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Yttrium-90 and Rhenium-188 Radiopharmaceuticals for Radionuclide Therapy

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During this CRP, several groups dealt with the measurement of <strong>90</strong> Sr content<br />

in <strong>90</strong> Y samples using the following analytical methodologies:<br />

(a)<br />

(b)<br />

(c)<br />

(d)<br />

(e)<br />

(f)<br />

EPC (Brazil, Cuba, India, Serbia, Syrian Arab Republic, Thail<strong>and</strong>,<br />

Viet Nam);<br />

Extraction resin chromatography (Sr-Spec, DGA) (Pol<strong>and</strong>, Syria);<br />

Cation exchange paper chromatography (Wh P81) (Pol<strong>and</strong>);<br />

Measurement of the half-life of <strong>90</strong> Y with a β counter after allowing complete<br />

decay of <strong>90</strong> Y (Brazil, Cuba, Syrian Arab Republic);<br />

Inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy (ICP OES)<br />

(Brazil, Thail<strong>and</strong>);<br />

Inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy (ICP MS) (Syrian Arab<br />

Republic).<br />

Work carried out by the groups in India <strong>and</strong> Thail<strong>and</strong> aimed at validating<br />

the EPC technology using, in particular, procedures described in the United States<br />

Pharmacopeia to validate their results. This method proved to be reliable <strong>and</strong><br />

reproducible. Owing to limited access to key reagents needed <strong>for</strong> EPC, several<br />

participants investigated alternative solvents <strong>and</strong> solid supports that allowed <strong>for</strong><br />

the achievement of good results. Hence, it is expected that the EPC method will<br />

prove to be very effective <strong>and</strong> will be widely applicable in Member States.<br />

The extraction resin chromatographic method was validated in Pol<strong>and</strong>, <strong>and</strong><br />

a lowest detection limit (DL) of 3 × 10 –6 % of <strong>90</strong> Sr was achieved in a sample<br />

containing 250 MBq of <strong>90</strong> Y.<br />

A previously recommended method <strong>for</strong> indirectly assessing the presence<br />

of metallic impurities in <strong>90</strong> Y eluates rested on the analysis of results of the<br />

<strong>90</strong> Y labelling of the peptide 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane 1,4,7,10-tetraacetic<br />

acid (Tyr 3 ) octreotate (DOTATATE). High labelling yields associated with<br />

high specific activity provided robust evidence <strong>for</strong> a very low content of<br />

non-radioactive metals. Further validation studies carried out during the CRP<br />

strongly confirmed that this easy to use method constitutes a sensitive tool <strong>for</strong><br />

qualitative assessment of the metallic purity of <strong>90</strong> Y eluates.<br />

1.3.3. <strong>Yttrium</strong>-<strong>90</strong> labelled antibodies<br />

Labelling of various antibodies (rituximab, ERIC1, hR3) with <strong>90</strong> Y has<br />

been studied using 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane 1,4,7,10-tetraacetic acid<br />

(DOTA) <strong>and</strong> diethylenetetraminopenta acetic acid (DTPA) as chelating systems<br />

<strong>for</strong> the radiometal. Preliminary work was carried out on the characterization of<br />

the antibody after tethering the chelating group to its structure. This involved<br />

determination of the number of chelating groups per antibody molecule <strong>and</strong><br />

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