Journal
CANCER BIOTHERAPY AND RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS
Volume 18, Issue 2, Pages 225-230Publisher
MARY ANN LIEBERT INC PUBL
DOI: 10.1089/108497803765036391
Keywords
Ho-166-DOTMP; dosimetry; skeletal targeted radiotherapy
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A study was undertaken to determine the maximum tolerated dose of Ho-166-DOTMP that could be administered safely, without negatively impacting marrow re-engraftment, in patients with multiple myeloma treated with melphalan prior to transplant. Ho-166 DOTMP is a tetraphosphonate that localizes rapidly to bone surface. The Ho-166 physical half-life is 26.8 hr and the maximum beta energy is 1.8 MeV. Standard dosimetry models were adapted for radiation absorbed dose estimates using data obtained from whole body counting of the low abundance photons emitted by Ho-166. Eighty-three patients received high dose Ho-166-DOTMP followed by melphalan and transplant of peripheral blood stem cells. Twenty-five patients also received 8 Gy total body radiation (TBI). Dosages administered ranged from 460 to 4476 MCi Ho-166-DOTMP. Marrow dose was derived using the assumption that all radioactivity not excreted by 20 hours was localized to the bone surfaces, and applying the Eckerman bone and marrow dose model to the calculated bone residence times. The dosimetry of the urinary bladder and kidneys was important because of the rapid excretion of the non-targeted radioactivity via the urinary pathway. The dynamic bladder model was used for bladder wall surface dose, and the ICRP 53 kinetic model was used to model kidney kinetics with an additional blood component included. Marrow doses ranged from 13 to 59 Gy and successful hematapoietic recovery occurred. Bladder doses ranged from 4.7 to 157 Gy. Hemorrhagic cystitis occurred in some patients who received more than 40 Gy to the bladder wall surface. Bladder irrigation was successful in protecting patients from bladder toxicity. Kidney doses ranged from 0.5-7.9 Gy. Kidney toxicity, in the form of thrombotic microangiopathy with renal dysfunction was observed, with the severity being related to Ho-166-DOTMP radiation dose and probably the dose rate as well. In a future trial, kidney dosimetry will be assessed using early serial gamma camera imaging and modifications will be implemented to reduce renal toxicity.
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