Update Nuklearmedizin 2025: Theranostik

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Contributors

  • Ralph Alexander Bundschuh - , Department of Nuclear Medicine, Augsburg University, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden (Author)
  • Johanna Enke - , Augsburg University (Author)
  • Elena Brinkmann - , University of Cologne (Author)
  • Conrad Amadeus Voltin - , University of Cologne (Author)
  • Winfried Brenner - , Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin (Author)

Abstract

Background: Theranostic procedures shape diagnostic and therapeutic patient care in nuclear medicine. This article presents advancements in established and new theranostic approaches at various clinical stages. Methods: The work is based on a compilation of recent literature and guidelines on the current status of the selected radiopharmaceuticals. Results: Radiopharmaceuticals for treatment of prostate carcinoma and neuroendocrine tumors have been approved for several years, both for diagnostics using positron emission tomography (PET) and for radiopharmaceutical therapy. For these established radiopharmaceuticals, clinical studies are currently underway on earlier use during the course of disease, combination therapies, new indications and the use of alpha emitters such as [225Ac]actinium instead of the beta emitter [177Lu]lutetium. Radiolabeled CXCR‑4 ligands are radiopharmaceuticals for the receptor-specific detection and therapy of tumors with expression of chemokine receptor 4. Initial studies in hematological neoplasms such as non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and multiple myeloma suggest that these radiopharmaceuticals will be used more frequently in the future. Other radiolabeled ligands, e.g., against the fibroblast activation protein (FAP) or for imaging hypoxic tissue, are currently opening up completely new opportunities for specific PET-based imaging of the tumor microenvironment. Conclusion: Following the approval of Lutathera® and Pluvicto®, studies are currently underway to explore extended and new indications for these radiopharmaceuticals. In addition, the alpha emitter [225Ac]actinium is also being investigated as an alternative therapeutic radionuclide. Other promising new theranostic agents for the diagnosis and systemic treatment of tumors are currently being investigated in clinical trials.

Translated title of the contribution
Update on nuclear medicine 2025
theranostics

Details

Original languageGerman
Pages (from-to)1044-1054
Number of pages11
JournalOnkologie
Volume31
Issue number10
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2025
Peer-reviewedYes

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Keywords

  • C-X‑C motif chemokine receptor 4, Fibroblast activation protein inhibitor, Positron emission tomography, Prostate-specific membrane antigen, Radiopharmaceutical therapy