title: The biological effectiveness of targeted radionuclide therapy based on a whole-body pharmacokinetic model.
abstract: Biologically effective dose (BED) may be more of a relevant quantity than absorbed dose for establishing tumour response relationships. By taking into account the dose rate and tissue-specific parameters such as repair and radiosensitivity, it is possible to compare the relative biological effects of different targeted radionuclide therapy (TRT) agents. The aim of this work was to develop an analytical tumour BED calculation for TRT that could predict a relative biological effect based on normal body and tumour pharmacokinetics. This work represents a step in the direction of establishing relative pharmacokinetic criteria of when the BED formalism is more applicable than absorbed dose for TRT. A previously established pharmacokinetic (PK) model for TRT was used and adapted into the BED formalism. An analytical equation for the protraction factor, which incorporates dose rate and repair rate, was derived. Dose rates within the normal body and tumour were related to the slopes of their time-activity curves which were determined by the ratios of their respective PK parameters. The relationships between the tumour influx-to-efflux ratio (k(34):k(43)), central compartment efflux-to-influx ratio (k(12):k(21)), central elimination (k(el)), and tumour repair rate (μ), and tumour BED were investigated. As the k(34):k(43) ratio increases and the k(12):k(21) ratio decreases, the difference between tumour BED and D increases. In contrast, as the k(34):k(43) ratios decrease and the k(12):k(21) ratios increase, the tumour BED approaches D. At large k(34):k(43) ratios, the difference between tumour BED and D increases to a maximum as k(el) increases. At small k(34):k(43) ratios, the tumour BED approaches D at very small k(el). At small μ and small k(34):k(43) ratios, the tumour BED approaches D. For large k(34):k(43) ratios, large μ values cause tumour BED to approach D. This work represents a step in the direction of establishing relative PK criteria of when the BED formalism is more applicable than absorbed dose for TRT. It also provides a framework by which the biological effects of different TRT agents can be compared in order to predict efficacy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, 1111 Highland Ave, Madison, WI 53705, USA. grudzinski@wisc.edu
authors.forename: Joseph J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Grudzinski
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Tomé
authors.forename: Jamey P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Weichert
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jeraj
mesh_terms: D008954:Models, Biological; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000532:radiotherapy; D011868:Radioisotopes / Q000493:pharmacokinetics* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012062:Relative Biological Effectiveness; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
chemical_list: D011868:Radioisotopes
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