Gallium-68 Labeled LM3 PET/CT in Neuroendocrine Tumors

Twenty patients will take this intervention. They will be further divided into two sub-groups with the same interventional radiopharmaceutical (Gallium-68 NODAGA-LM3) but different scanning protocols (Protocol A and Protocol B). The first enrolled 8 patients will go with Protocol A, who will undergo serial whole-body PET/CT scans at multiple time points (5m, 10m, 20m, 40m, 1h, 2h) after administering 40ug/150-200MBq Gallium-68 NODAGA-LM3. Baseline safety assessment will be conducted right before the study. The following 12 patients will go with Protocol B, who will undergo a whole-body PET/CT scan at 1 hour after administering 40ug/150-200MBq Gallium-68 NODAGA-LM3.

Twenty patients will take this intervention. They will be further divided into two sub-groups with the same intervention radiopharmaceutical (Gallium-68 DOTA-LM3) but different scanning protocols (Protocol C and Protocol D). The first enrolled 8 patients will go with Protocol C, who will undergo serial whole-body PET/CT scans at multiple time points (5m, 10m, 20m, 40m, 1h, 2h) after administering 40ug/150-200MBq Gallium-68 DOTA-LM3. Baseline safety assessment will be conducted right before the study. The following 12 patients will go with Protocol D, who will undergo a whole-body PET/CT scan at 1 hour after administering 40ug/150-200MBq Gallium-68 DOTA-LM3.

All patients have to do a Gallium-68 DOTATATE PET/CT scan (40ug/150-200MBq, 1h post-injection) for comparison on the next day of LM3 scan. Safety assessment and tolerability of the previous LM3 study will be conducted right before the study.