Green Michael, Lowe Jonathan, Kadirvel Manikandan, McMahon Adam, Westwood Nigel, Chua Sue, Brown Gavin
Wolfson Molecular Imaging Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, M20 3LJ UK.
Cancer Research UK, Angel Building, London, EC1V 4AD UK.
J Radioanal Nucl Chem. 2017;311(1):727-732. doi: 10.1007/s10967-016-5073-1. Epub 2016 Oct 24.
-iodobenzylguanidine (IBG) has been radiolabelled at the no-carrier-added level with [I] for a proof of concept study to assess the diagnostic accuracy of [I]IBG PET/CT in detecting metastatic deposits in patients diagnosed with metastatic neuroblastoma. Radiolabelling of IBG was achieved via the iododesilylation reaction between [I]sodium iodide and -trimethylsilylbenzylguanidine. [I]IBG was produced in 62-70 % radioiodide incorporation yield from [I]sodium iodide. The average amount of formulated [I]IBG was 359 MBq (range 344-389 MBq) with an average specific radioactivity of 4.1 TBq μmol (range 1.8-5.9 TBq μmol) at end of synthesis.