Radiotracer compositions
AssigneeGe Healthcare Limited
InventorsTorgrim Engell, Julian Grigg, Dimtrios Mantzilas
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Abstract
The present invention relates to improved radiotracer imaging agent compositions, which comprises 18F-labelled biological targeting moieties, wherein impurities which affect imaging in vivo are identified and suppressed. Also provided are radiopharmaceuticals comprising said improved compositions, together with radiofluorinated aldehyde compositions useful in preparing said radiotracer compositions. The invention also includes methods of imaging and/or diagnosis using the radiopharmaceutical compositions described.
Claims19
A composition which comprises an imaging agent of Formula (I) together with one or more non-radioactive aryl derivatives of Formula (II):
- wherein:
- BTM is a biological targeting moiety;
- L1 is a synthetic linker group of formula -(A)m- wherein each A is independently —CR2—, —CR═CR—, —C≡C—, —CR2CO2—, —CO2CR2—, —NRCO—, —CONR—, —CR═N—O—, —NR(C═O)NR—, —NR(C═S)NR—, —SO2NR—, —NRSO2—, —CR2OCR2—, —CR2SCR2—, —CR2NRCR2—, a C4-8 cycloheteroalkylene group, a C4-8 cycloalkylene group, —Ar—, —NR—Ar—, —O—Ar—, —Ar—(CO)—, an amino acid, a sugar or a monodisperse polyethyleneglycol (PEG) building block, wherein each Ar is independently a C5-12 arylene group, or a C3-12 heteroarylene group;
- each R is independently chosen from H, C1-4 alkyl, C2-4 alkenyl, C2-4 alkynyl, C1-4 alkoxyalkyl or C1-4 hydroxyalkyl;
- m is an integer of value 1 to 20;
- Y is —O— or —NH—;
- X1 is 18F, —O(CH2)q18F or —OCH2—CH(OH)—CH218F, wherein q is 2, 3 or 4;
- X2 is —N+(CH3)3, —N(CH3)2, —OCH3, H, —CH3, —OH, —SCH3, —OC6H4CHO or 19F;
- wherein BTM, L1 and Y are the same in Formula (I) and (II);
- and wherein the total concentration of derivatives of Formula (II) present in the composition is less than 150 μg/mL.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.