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I Tyson

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Prostate cancer imaging with a new monoclonal antibody: a preliminary report.

BACKGROUND: Optimal treatment of prostate cancer depends on accurate staging. Computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging have severe limitations, and standard bone scanning can show only destructive osseous metastases. A radiolabeled antibody specific to prostatic adenocarcinoma could theoretically find evidence of soft-tissue metastases and lymph node involvement. METHODS: An immunoconjugate (CYT-356) consisting of a murine monoclonal antibody against human prostatic adenocarcinoma bound to a linker-chelator and radiolabeled with indium 111 was administered intravenously to seven patients with documented Stage D adenocarcinoma of the prostate. Planar imaging was done on days 1, 2, and 3 after injection. The CYT-356 scans were compared with standard technetium Tc99m sulfur colloid bone scans and CT scans. RESULTS: Optimal imaging results were obtained on the 72-h scans. All patients had lesions on both the 99mTc-sulfur colloid bone scan and the CYT-356 scan. The location of the lesions correlated to a great extent. Two patients had positive lesions biopsied, and both biopsies showed the presence of metastatic prostatic carcinoma. There were no side effects from administration of the antibody. CONCLUSION: In this preliminary study, CYT-356 scanning appears to be a promising agent to accomplish specific staging of prostatic carcinoma.

Adenocarcinoma↗

Immunoscintigraphy of prostatic cancer: preliminary results with 111In-labeled monoclonal antibody 7E11-C5.3 (CYT-356).

A phase 1 study was conducted with the investigational immunoscintigraphic agent, 111In-CYT-356, a radiolabeled, site-specific immunoconjugate of monoclonal antibody 7E11-C5.3, in 40 patients with prostatic carcinoma and known distant metastases. Each patient received a single intravenous infusion of CYT-356 (dose range, 0.1-5 mg) radiolabeled with approximately 5 mCi of 111In. None of the patients experienced adverse reactions. One patient who received a 5-mg dose developed antibodies to the CYT-356 immunoconjugate. 111In-CYT-356 immunoscintigraphy detected bony metastases in 21 of 38 patients (55%), including 12 of 14 (86%) receiving concomitant hormonal therapy, and soft tissue lesions in four of six patients (67%). Antibody imaging detected occult lesions in the bony pelvis and lumbar spine, which were confirmed by follow-up imaging tests, in one patient. Higher CYT-356 doses may clear the blood pool more slowly. These results suggest that 111In-CYT-356 can be safely administered to patients with prostatic carcinoma and that further clinical investigation of this agent is warranted.

Aged↗

Low-dose captopril scintigraphy in the evaluation of renovascular hypertension.

This study compared the results of renal scintigraphy with simultaneous administration of Tc-99m DTPA and I-131 Hippuran (before and after 25 mg of oral captopril) with the results of the renal arteriogram and renal vein renins (before and after the administration of 25 mg of oral captopril) to evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of renal scintigraphy in the diagnosis of renovascular hypertension. The results of 21 consecutive patients suspected of having renovascular hypertension who underwent scintigraphy and renal arteriography were analyzed. Renal scintigraphy postcaptopril detected all the cases of renovascular hypertension (eight patients) plus two additional patients who had significant renovascular stenosis but no renin overproduction. The results indicate that the renal scintigram, before and after the administration of captopril, is an accurate and sensitive test for the detection of renovascular hypertension and should be used as a screening procedure before arteriography is considered.

Administration, Oral↗

Family dysfunction and Native American women who do not seek prenatal care.

OBJECTIVE: To test the hypotheses that, in a health system with few external barriers to care, women with no prenatal care (NPC) have higher rates of nuclear family dysfunction and disproportionate amounts of adverse neonatal outcomes compared with women with prenatal care. DESIGN: Case-control study. SETTING: Indian Health Service system. PATIENTS: Nuclear families of women not seeking prenatal care compared with those who did seek prenatal care. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Dysfunctional outcome measures in nuclear families were children adopted, placed, or under protective surveillance; mothers denying pregnancy, being abused, or attempting suicide; and parents with alcoholism. Neonatal outcome measures were low birth weight and neonatal intensive care days. RESULTS: Dysfunctional markers occurred significantly more frequently in families of women with NPC than in families of women with prenatal care (57% of NPC and 12% of control families; McNemar odds ratio, 14; 95% confidence interval, 4.7-41.6). Neonatal outcome in this Native American population showed that women with NPC had only 2.6% (58/2222) of the total births but accounted for 11% of the low-birth-weight infants (< 2500 g), 18% of the very-low-birth-weight infants (< 1500 g), and 24% of the level II and 41% of the level III newborn intensive care days. CONCLUSIONS: Women not seeking prenatal care in a system with few external barriers to care have significantly more family dysfunction (P < .001) than women seeking prenatal care. Infants of women with NPC generated a disproportionate amount of adverse neonatal outcome. The combination of NPC and family dysfunction was more predictive of adverse neonatal outcome than was NPC alone.

Adolescent↗