Intraoperative Avidination for RadionuclideTherapy: A Prospective New Development to Accelerate Radiotherapy in Breast Cancer

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Intraoperative Avidination for RadionuclideTherapy: A Prospective New Development to Accelerate Radiotherapy in Breast Cancer
Intraoperative Avidination for RadionuclideTherapy: A Prospective
New Development to Accelerate Radiotherapy in Breast Cancer
Giovanni Paganelli,1 Mahila Ferrari,2 Laura Ravasi,1 Marta Cremonesi,2 Concetta De Cicco,1
Viviana Galimberti,3 Gregory Sivolapenko,5 Alberto Luini,3 Rita De Santis,6
Laura Lavinia Travaini,1 Maurizio Fiorenza,1 Marco Chinol,1 Stefano Papi,1
Claudio Zanna,6 Paolo Carminati,6 and Umberto Veronesi3,4

     Abstract          Purpose: In a continuous effort to seek for anticancer treatments with minimal side effects, we
                       aim at proving the feasibility of the Intraoperative Avidination for RadionuclideTherapy, a new pro-
                       cedure for partial breast irradiation.
                       Experimental Design: To assess doses of 90Y-DOTA-biotin to target (i.e., breast tumor bed)
                       and nontarget organs, we did simulation studies with 111In-DOTA-biotin in 10 candidates for con-
                       servative breast surgery. Immediately after quadrantectomy, patients were injected with 100-mg
                       avidin in the tumor bed. On the following day, patients were given 111In-DOTA-biotin (f111MBq)
                       i.v. after appropriate chase of biotinylated albumin (20 mg) to remove circulating avidin. Biokinetic
                       studies were done by measuring radioactivity in scheduled blood samples, 48-h urine collection,
                       and through scintigraphic images. The medical internal radiation dose formalism (OLINDA code)
                       enabled dosimetry assessment in target and nontarget organs.
                       Results: Images showed early and long-lasting radioactive biotin uptake in the operated breast.
                       Rapid blood clearance (75% at 24 h) were observed. Absorbed
                       doses, expressed as mean F SD in Gy/GBq, were as low as 0.15 F 0.05 in lungs, 0.10 F 0.02 in
                       heart, 0.06 F 0.02 in red marrow, 1.30 F 0.50 in kidneys, 1.50 F 0.30 in urinary bladder, and 0.06
                       F 0.02 in total body, whereas in the targeted area, they increased to 5.5 F 1.1 Gy/GBq (50%
                       ISOROI) and 4.8 F 1.0 Gy/GBq (30% ISOROI).
                       Conclusion: Our preliminary results suggest that Intraoperative Avidination for Radionuclide
                       Therapy is a simple and feasible procedure that may improve breast cancer patients’ postsurgical
                       management by shortening radiotherapy duration.

Breast conservative surgery, with sentinel node biopsy and                             Based on our previous clinical experience in locoregional
postoperative regional radiotherapy, represents the treatment of                    treatment of peritoneal carcinomatosis and recurrent high-
choice in patients with early breast cancer (1, 2). Unfortunately,                  grade glioma using the avidin-biotin pretargeting technique
the duration of a standard course of whole-breast external beam                     (9 – 11), we foresaw a potential application of 90Y-DOTA-biotin
radiation therapy (EBRT), followed by a boost to the tumor bed,                     radionuclide therapy in breast cancer. We developed the
is usually 6 to 8 weeks. This can represent a logistics problem for                 Intraoperative Avidination for Radionuclide Therapy (IART)
many patients, particularly those who are far from a radiation                      that relies on the avidin-biotin binding system. In fact, the
treatment facility (3). Alternative modalities of accelerated partial               ‘‘avidination’’ of the anatomic area of the tumor with native
breast irradiation, such as MammoSite, breast brachytherapy,                        avidin, directly injected by the surgeon into and around the
three-dimensional Conformal External Beam Radiotherapy,                             tumor bed, provides a target for the radiolabeled biotin i.v.
interstitial brachytherapy, and single fraction intraoperative                      injected 1 day later.
radiotherapy, are currently under clinical evaluation (4–8).                           To prove the feasibility of this new procedure, we first did a
                                                                                    pilot study to optimize the chase of biotinylated albumin to
                                                                                    bind circulating avidin, thus restricting the presence of free
Authors’ Affiliations: Divisions of 1Nuclear Medicine, 2Medical Physics, and        avidin in the tumor bed. Consequently, 10 patients with early
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  Senology, European Institute of Oncology; 4European Institute of Oncology,        breast cancer, candidates for breast conservative surgery, were
Milan, Italy; 5Department of Pharmacy, Pharmacokinetics Laboratory, University of   enrolled in a phase I trial specifically designed to study
Patras, Patras, Greece; and 6R&D, Sigma-Tau SpA, Rome, Italy                        dosimetry and biodistribution of 90Y-DOTA-biotin in target
Received 5/3/07; accepted 5/16/07.
Grant support: Italian Association for Cancer Research (AIRC).
                                                                                    and nontarget organs through simulation studies based on
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Presented at the Eleventh Conference on Cancer Therapy with Antibodies and              In-DOTA-biotin. Tumor resection was followed by avidin
Immunoconjugates, Parsippany, New Jersey, USA, October 12-14, 2006.                 injection in the tumor bed. On the following day, patients were
Requests for reprints: Giovanni Paganelli, European Institute of Oncology, Via      given 111In-DOTA-biotin i.v. after appropriate chase of bio-
Ripamonti 435, 20141 Milan, Italy. Phone: 39-025-748-9043; Fax: 39-025-748-
9040; E-mail: divisione.medicinanucleare@ ieo.it.
                                                                                    tinylated albumin. Biokinetic studies were based on measured
   F 2007 American Association for Cancer Research.                                 radioactivity in timed blood samples, 48-h urine collection,
   doi:10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-07-1058                                                and through scintigraphic images. Our preliminary results

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suggested 20 mg of biotinylated albumin as the optimal chase               biopsy), gave signed, written informed consent to participate in our
dose to remove circulating avidin. The 111In-DOTA-biotin                   study. In particular, 5 patients were randomly selected for a pilot study
simulation studies to predict dosimetry with 90Y-DOTA-biotin               for B-HSA chase optimization and 10 were enrolled in a phase I trial.
                                                                           Inclusion criteria were performance status (Eastern Cooperative
showed that the mean absorbed dose in nontarget organs
                                                                           Oncology Group), 0-2; age, 18 to 75 years; life expectancy, >1 year;
was 2, previous biopsy or surgically removed tumor,
(30% ISOROI) in the target area. Images showed early and                   severe psychiatric disorders, pregnancy, and breast-feeding.
long-lasting radioactive biotin uptake in the operated breast.                The study was approved by the Local Ethics Committee (IEO
Rapid blood clearance and urine excretion were observed.                   S208/504). The patient undergoing the pilot therapeutic study
Such findings led to apply IART with 90Y-DOTA-biotin for the               had advanced breast cancer with bone and lung metastases and local
first time in a patient with local breast cancer recurrence,               cancer recurrence, characterized by little lumps under the skin of
                                                                           the right thorax and reddish-pink rashes and swelling of the left
showing an objective response to this new targeted locore-
                                                                           breast area.
gional therapy.
                                                                              Pilot study to chase circulating avidin
 Materials and Methods                                                        To correctly set up the phase I trial, we tested the chase while varying
                                                                           the quantity and volume of administered avidin and the gap time
    Reagents                                                               between avidin and biotin injection. In particular, avidin doses ranged
    Native avidin (10 mg/mL), biotinylated human serum albumin             from 50 to 150 mg diluted in 20 to 40 mL. One patient was not given
(HSA-biot; 20 mg/mL), and DOTA-biotin ligand (2 mg/mL, product             biotinylated albumin (HSA-biot), whereas the others received a dose
code ST2210) dissolved in saline were supplied by Sigma-Tau S.p.A.         ranging from 15 to 25 mg, 3 to 10 min before 111In-DOTA-biotin
i.f.r. Anhydrous sodium acetate (NaAc), acetic acid, and diethylene-       administration. Liver and breast uptake, expressed as percentage of
triaminepentaacetic acid were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich Italy at the    injected radioactivity, were monitored.
highest available purity. A NaAc buffer at 1 mol/L (pH 5.0) was
prepared using MilliQ water (q = 18 MV/cm) as previously described            IART procedure
(12). Indium-111 chloride (111InCl3) in 0.05 N HCl was purchased              Intrasurgical phase. In the phase I trial, the surgeon administered
from Mallinckrodt Medical B.V., whereas yttrium-90 chloride (90YCl3)       100 mg native avidin with three 10 mL syringes as 1 cm-apart multiple
in 0.04N HCl was obtained from Perkin-Elmer, Inc.                          injections into the tumoral-peritumoral bed and periareolar site, where
                                                                           necessary, to percolate the index quadrant. Avidin injection occurred
   Radiolabeling                                                           after either sentinel node biopsy or axillary dissection.
   The radiolabeling of DOTA-biotin was carried out following a               In the pilot therapeutic study, the dose for the subdermal avidination
previously described procedure (12). Briefly, a volume of NaAc buffer,     of the skin lesion was 150 mg.
equal to that of the radionuclide MCl3 (M = 111In or 90Y) solution, was       Postsurgical phase. Sixteen to 24 h after surgery, patients were given
mixed with a quantity of DOTA-biotin (Mw = 715) to achieve a specific      radiolabeled biotin i.v. as a slow bolus injection. 111In-DOTA-biotin
activity of 2.65 MBq/nmol. The buffered DOTA-biotin was added to the       activity was 108 F 9 MBq for patients (n = 10) enrolled in the phase I
MCl3 vial and then incubated in a water bath at 95jC for 30 min. After     trial.
incubation, radiochemical purity was assessed by Silica Gel Instant Thin      To chase the excess of free avidin, which had been drained over-
Layer Chromatography (ITLC-SG, Gelman); an aliquot of the radio-           night by the lymphatic system toward the blood stream, patients were
labeled solution was mixed with a molar excess of avidin and               given 20 mg/5 mL of HSA-biot via i.v. injection 10 min before
diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid, then spotted in triplicate. Quanti-    radioactive biotin administration. In the pilot therapeutic study,
tation of 111In/90Y – radiolabeled DOTA-biotin (R f = 0) and free          the patient received 25 mg of HSA-biot as chase and, 10 min later,
amount of 111In/90Y complexed to diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid        she was co-injected i.v. with 1.2 GBq 90Y-DOTA-biotin for thera-
(R f = 1) was carried out by high-performance storage phosphor screen      peutic purposes and 130 MBq 111In-DOTA-biotin for biodistribution
(Cyclone, Packard BioScience).                                             purposes.

  Patients                                                                   Pharmacokinetic studies
  Fifteen patients with breast cancer at stage T1-2N0-1, suitable for a      To determine 111In-DOTA-biotin blood clearance and excretion rate,
quadrantectomy and axillary dissection (or sentinel lymph node             blood samples were withdrawn at t = 5, 10, 30, and 60 min and t = 3, 5,

  Table 1. Circulating avidin chase study

  Case no.           Avidin            Avidin              HSA-biotin      Gap time         Liver uptake                  Breast uptake
                     mass (mg)         volume (mL)         chase (mg)      (min)            (% injected activity)         (% injected activity)
  1                       150                25                 —              —                      f9                             f4
  2                        50                20                 15              1                     f5                             f4
  3                       100                40                 25              3                     f2                             f8
  4                        50                20                 20             10                     —
30% ISOROI); and the low-uptake area (i.e., area between 30% and
                                                                                    10% ISOROI).
                                                                                       SAAM II software (15) was used to depict the kinetics of the
                                                                                    radioconjugate by an appropriate compartmental model and to obtain
                                                                                    the number of disintegrations [ND(h)] occurring in the source organs
                                                                                    for 90Y, on the assumption that the kinetics of biotin with either 111In
                                                                                    or 90Y would be identical.
                                                                                       Dose calculations were done for each patient according to the
                                                                                    medical internal radiation dose formalism using OLINDA/EXM
                                                                                    software (16), entering the ND(h) for all source organs. The absorbed
                                                                                    doses were calculated according to the patient/phantom mass ratio.
                                                                                       The self-dose in the breast area was calculated assuming uniform
                                                                                    activity distribution in spherical shaped tumors (Spheres Model
                                                                                    available in OLINDA/EXM). The ND(h) for the tumor area was derived
                                                                                    from the breast area time-activity curves.
                                                                                       The ND(h) in the red marrow was calculated from the ND(h) in
                                                                                    blood, assuming that no specific uptake would occur in bone marrow.
                                                                                    Uniform activity distribution as well as equivalent clearance in blood
                                                                                    and red marrow was also assumed. Due to the small size of the
                                                                                    radiolabel, specific activity in red marrow was considered equal to the
                                                                                    specific activity in blood (17).
                                                                                       To calculate the absorbed dose to the bladder wall, the ND(h) for
                                                                                    bladder contents was calculated according to the dynamic urinary bladder
                                                                                    model (18), based on the experimental curve of the cumulative activity
                                                                                    eliminated in the urine. The bladder was assumed to void every 1.5 h in
Fig. 1. Scintigraphy scan acquired at 90 to 120 h after f111MBq 111In-DOTA-biotin   the first 8 h after injection (forced diuresis) and at every 4.8-h interval
i.v. injection. Patients received 150 mg avidin only (A); 50 mg avidin and 15 mg
HSA-biotin (B); and 100 mg avidin and 20 mg HSA-biotin (C).                         thereafter.

                                                                                       Biological effective dose: the linear-quadratic model
12, 16, 24, 36, and 48 h, assuming t = 0 at injection time. Urine was                  The linear-quadratic model enabled a comparison of doses released
collected over 48 h. The urinary tract was assumed to be the only                   through EBRT to those from IART and analysis of possible effects on
elimination route (13).                                                             nontarget organs (19, 20). In fact, we adopted the biological effective
   Radioactivity in blood and urine samples was measured with a                     dose (BED) expression defined by:
gamma counter (Cobra II, Perkin-Elmer) with a 20% reading window
centered on the 173-keV peak of 111In. The efficiency of the                                                   X            1            T1=2rep       X
                                                                                                      BED ¼          Di þ       ð                    Þ   D2
gamma counter was determined by counting a calibrated source of                                                  i
                                                                                                                            a
                                                                                                                            b       T1=2rep þ T1=2eff i i
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   In with the same geometry used for biological samples. The radio-
activity measurements were corrected for physical decay at injection                where Di is the dose delivered per cycle i; T 1/2 rep is the repair half-time
time and expressed as a percentage of injected activity (IA%) versus                of sublethal damage; and T 1/2 eff is the effective half-life of the
time. The time-activity curve in the blood was fitted with three-                   radiopharmaceutical in the specific tissue. The a/b ratio relates the
exponential function as described (13). The activity in urine samples
was used to obtain the cumulative IA% versus time eliminated through
the kidneys.

   Imaging, biodistribution, and dosimetry
   Whole-body transmission scans with 57Co-flood source were done
for attenuation correction purposes. At 1, 4, 24, 36, and 48 h after a
slow bolus injection of 111In-DOTA-biotin, standard scintigraphic
whole-body scans were acquired in anterior and posterior views with
a double-head gamma camera (GE Millennium VG) equipped with a
medium energy general purpose collimator.
   Whole-body images were analyzed by the conjugated view method
(14). Regions of interest were drawn manually over the whole
body, breast region, and source organs (kidneys, heart, and lungs).
The same set of regions of interest was used for all scans. Counts
from the gamma-camera images were corrected for background,
scatter, and physical decay; biological time-activity curves were
obtained.
   To further detect 111In-DOTA-biotin uptake and distribution in the
mammal gland and surrounding tissues, a single-photon emission
computed tomography scan was acquired over the breast region at t =
16 h.
   The time-activity curve in the breast gland was created from single-
photon emission computed tomography and whole-body images. The
                                                                                    Fig. 2. Images from scintigraphy scans acquired at t = 1, 5, 16, and 40 h after
breast region was divided into three distinct areas: the high-uptake area           111
                                                                                       In-DOTA-biotin (111MBq) i.v. injection in a patient given 100-mg avidin on the
(i.e., 50% ISOROI, where all pixels/voxels have more than 50% of                    day of surgery and 20-mg HSA-biot for chase 10 min before radiocompound
maximum counts); the mean-uptake area (i.e., area between 50% and                   administration. Arrows, early and stable uptake in breast area.

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  Table 2. Dosimetric results

                                              No. disintegrations [ND(h)]                                        Absorbed doses (Gy/GBq)
                                      Mean (SD)                 Min              Max                 Mean (SD)                    Min                 Max
  Heart                               0.07 (0.05)               0.02             0.14                0.14     (0.11)              0.04                0.39
  Kidneys                             0.68 (0.28)               0.35             1.20                1.20     (0.42)              0.69                2.05
  Lungs                               0.11 (0.07)               0.05             0.22                0.07     (0.05)              0.01                0.15
  Red marrow                          0.12 (0.03)               0.09             0.18                0.05     (0.02)              0.03                0.10
  Urinary bladder                     0.80 (0.06)               0.72             0.87                1.39     (0.10)              1.24                1.55
  Remainder of the body               5.14 (2.43)               2.69             8.91                0.06     (0.10)              0.03                0.11
  Other organs                            —                      —                —                  0.05     (0.03)              0.03                0.10
  High-uptake region                  1.42 (1.01)               0.66             3.39                 5.5     (1.1)               4.2                 7.3
  Mean-uptake region                  1.77 (0.46)               1.27             2.41                 5.1     (1.4)               3.3                 7.7
  Low-uptake region                   2.09 (1.13)               0.98             4.01                 2.1     (1.2)               1.3                 3.0

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  NOTE: Number of disintegrations and absorbed doses throughout the body in 10 patients after                In-DOTA-biotin injection.

intrinsic radiosensitivity (a) and the potential sparing capacity (b) to a   fast, the IA% in the blood at t = 24 h was 0.15 F 0.10%,
specified tissue or effect.                                                  whereas the cumulative activity excreted in the urine was 81.4 F
   For the breast region, we used T 1/2 rep = 1.5 h, a/b = 10 Gy (21); for   12.2% IA 24 h after injection.
the kidneys, we used T 1/2 rep = 2.8 h, a/b = 2.6 Gy (22).                      Dosimetry and biological effective dose. Using SAAM II
                                                                             software, the ND(h) that occurred in the source organs for
                                                                             90
 Results                                                                        Y was extrapolated (Table 2). The highest absorbed doses
                                                                             were in the urinary bladder wall (1.4 F 0.1 Gy/GBq) and
  Radiopharmaceutical preparation                                            kidneys (1.2 F 0.4 Gy/GBq). The estimated absorbed dose to
   DOTA-biotin was successfully labeled with 111In/90Y, rou-                 the red marrow was 0.05 F 0.02 Gy/GBq.
tinely achieving radiochemical purities z99.0%.                                 In seven patients, the maximum uptake in breast area was at
                                                                             t = 4 h. The other three had maximum uptake within 24 h after
  Patients
                                                                             injection. The breast area time-activity curve revealed an early
  Patients ranged in age from 33 to 64 years. All had good                   and stable radioactive uptake in the target area (Fig. 3). The
performance status (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group                       mean value of the ND(h) for the mean-uptake region of the
score = 0). Postoperative staging according to tumor-node-                   target tissue was 1.77 h, ranging from 1.27 to 2.41 h; the mean
metastasis classification showed six T1c (1-2 cm), one T1mic                 value of the absorbed dose to the mean-uptake breast region
(9%) liver uptake (Fig. 1A). Similarly, a short gap          injection of 1.2 GBq of 90Y-DOTA-biotin and 130 MBq of
time between HSA-biot and 111In-DOTA-biotin injections led                   111
                                                                                 In-DOTA-biotin (Fig. 4A), we extrapolated that the
to liver uptake (Fig. 1B; case no. 2: 5% and case no. 3: 2%). A
low mass of avidin (50 mg) was associated with inadequate
breast uptake (case no. 4: 0.4%) whereas 100-mg avidin seemed
to be the optimal dose to reach satisfactory breast uptake with
a 20-mg HSA-biot injection 10 min before radiolabeled biotin
administration (case no. 5: >4%; Fig. 1C).
   An avidin dose ratio of 5:1 was considered appropriate for a
successful chase and led to 20 mg of HSA-biot.

  Phase I trial
  Patients enrolled in the phase I trial showed no clinical
adverse reactions: the intrasurgical injection of avidin was well
tolerated and no side effects were observed after the i.v.
injection of 111In-DOTA-biotin.
  Imaging and biodistribution. The scintigraphic images
showed that the radiolabeled compound remained well
localized within the operated breast area with very negligible               Fig. 3. 111In-DOTA-biotin time-activity curve in breast area (points, mean from
background in other tissues (Fig. 2). The blood clearance was                10 patients; bars, SD).

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Fig. 4. A, serial scans of patient with local
                                                                                                       breast cancer recurrence, acquired at t = 1,
                                                                                                       4, 24, 48, and 96 h after 90Y-DOTA-biotin
                                                                                                       (1.2 GBq) and 111In-DOTA-biotin (130 MBq)
                                                                                                       co-injection with 150-mg avidin and 25-mg
                                                                                                       HSA-biotin as chase, show fast and stable
                                                                                                       uptake in target area. B, follow-up images of
                                                                                                       patient who underwent IART, documenting
                                                                                                       objective response to therapy with
                                                                                                       90
                                                                                                         Y-biotin.

absorbed dose was 1.8 Gy in kidneys and 2.5 Gy in urinary               range in tissue (R max = 11.3 mm). Thus, 90Y-DOTA-biotin is
bladder wall. The target area received a dose ranging from 8 to         particularly suitable for radionuclide therapy, with the likeli-
10 Gy. The patient had an objective local response to IART              hood of killing the majority of neoplastic cells related to the so-
therapy (Fig. 4B), documented by clinical inspection lasting            called cross-fire effect (31), whereas 177Lu may be particularly
more than a year. Moreover, the patient had complete pain               suitable for microscopic residual disease or nipple sparing
remission in the chest with consequent withdrawal of pain               mastectomy, where it is crucial to avoid a high radiation dose to
relief drugs (morphine).                                                the derma. Avidin-biotin – based pretargeting methods have
                                                                        been used in clinical imaging and experimental therapy trials
 Discussion                                                             for more than a decade (11, 30).
                                                                           This study suggests that the IART procedure succeeds in
   In an attempt to provide quality of life improvement through         placing interstitial receptors (tissue avidination) able to bind
investigating patient-customized anticancer therapies, we pro-          labeled DOTA-biotin 1 day after breast conservative surgery.
pose IART as a new procedure for partial breast irradiation in             The scintigraphic images showed a fast and long-lasting
candidates for conservative breast surgery.                             uptake of labeled DOTA-biotin at the operated breast site. This
   The simple two-step method of intraoperative locoregional            area is therefore suitable for an efficient, targeted therapy.
avidin injection (first step) and 90Y-DOTA-biotin i.v. adminis-         Through simulation studies based on in vivo pharmacokinetics
tration after 16 to 24 h (second step) relies on avidin-biotin          and biodistribution of 111In-DOTA-biotin, we estimated the
chemical affinity and Yttrium radioisotope properties. In fact,         absorbed doses and biological effective dose to the breast
avidin is a 66-kDa glycosylated and positively charged                  region and normal organs during treatment with 90Y-DOTA-
(isoelectric point ffi 10) glycoprotein with extremely high               biotin.
affinity for the 244-Da vitamin H, biotin (k d = 10-15 mol/L;              In the phase I trial, pharmacokinetics of labeled DOTA-biotin
ref. 23). Surgical intervention causes an inflammation reaction         showed a rapid renal elimination, which, however, resulted in a
that increases capillary permeability and triggers cation-              moderate dose to the kidney. The absorbed dose to the most
exchanging flows (24). Therefore, at the injection site, avidin         involved nontarget organs (urinary bladder and kidneys) was
is retained for several days and may act as ‘‘artificial receptor for   far from the threshold doses of tissue side effects, according to
radiolabeled biotin’’ (25, 26). Preclinical animal studies and          the EBRT experience (32). However, these threshold doses are
prior clinical experience show that avidin injection in surgically      not suitable for internal radionuclide therapies because the
created cavities is well tolerated (27 – 30).                           radiation dose delivered during such therapy differs in many
   On the other hand, biotin can be easily labeled with 90Y or          aspects from that delivered by external beam irradiation (33).
177
    Lu through the chelating agent N,N¶,N 00,N-1,4,7,10-tetraa-        Recently, the linear-quadratic model has been used to quantify
zacyclododecan-1,4,7,10-tetraacetic acid (DOTA). 90Y is a high-         the dose-rate sparing concepts expressly for radionuclide
energy pure h-emitter (E ave, b = 0.935 MeV), with a relatively         therapy, taking into account the different dose rate as compared
short physical half-life (T 1/2 = 64.1 h) and a long penetration        with EBRT (34 – 36). In particular, for an injection of 3.7 GBq,

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the absorbed dose to the kidneys was 4.4 F 1.5 Gy, whereas the                                  treatable with conservative surgery; multifocality, tumor loca-
biological effective dose was 4.8 F 1.8 Gy, which is clearly                                    tion, and size are not limiting factors. The surgeon injects
lower than the threshold dose for the reported kidney toxicity                                  avidin all around the tumor bed, without margin limitations or
(22, 37).                                                                                       constraints. IART can be applied in all institutions where breast
   The pharmacokinetics herein reported is useful to calculate                                  surgery is done and a nuclear medicine unit is available.
the optimal injected activity of 90Y-DOTA-biotin. The radiation                                    In our opinion, the combined use of IART followed by
dose released to the breast region is f5 Gy/GBq (biological                                     reduced EBRT is a valid approach to an easier, patient-tailored
effective dose, 4.8 F 1.1 Gy/GBq) suitable for targeted                                         accelerated irradiation after breast conservative surgery.
radionuclide therapy. The estimated biological effective dose,                                     Based on the pilot therapeutic study results and dosimetry
according to the linear-quadratic model, would facilitate                                       data herein reported, we consider further clinical development
integration with EBRT treatment planning. IART has the great                                    of randomized trials with IART in combination with EBRT fully
advantage of potentially being applied to any breast cancer                                     justified.

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