Advancing Nuclear Medicine Through Innovation (2007)
Chapter: Appendix C Commercially Available Radiopharmaceuticals
Appendix C
Commercially Available Radiopharmaceuticals
Radiopharmaceutical | Trade Name | Primary Uses |
Carbon-14 Urea | Pytest | Detection of H Pylori |
Cobalt-57 cyanocobalamin | Rubratope | Schilling test |
Chromium-51 sodium chromate | Chromitope (Bracco) Mallinckrodt Cr-51 | Labeling red blood cells (RBC) |
Fluorine-18-FDG |
| Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging |
Gallium-67 | Neoscan (GE) DuPont Ga-67 Mallinckrodt Ga-67 | Soft-tissue tumor and inflammatory process imaging |
Indium-111 chloride | Indiclor (Nycomed) Mallinckrodt In-111Cl | Labeling monoclonal antibodies and peptides (OncoScint & Octreoscan) |
Indium-111 pentetate (DTPA) | Indium DTPA In-111 | Imaging of cerebrospinal fluid kinetics |
Indium-111 oxyquinoline (oxine) | Indium-111 oxine | Labeling leukocytes and platelets |
Indium-111 Capromab pendetide | ProstaScint | Monoclonal antibody for imaging prostate cancer |
Radiopharmaceutical | Trade Name | Primary Uses |
Indium-111 pentetreotide | Octreoscan | Imaging neuroendocrine tumors |
I-123 sodium iodide | Mallinckrodt Amersham | Thyroid imaging and uptake |
I-125 iothalamate | Glofil | Measurement of glomerular filtration |
I-125 human serum albumin (RISA) | Isojex | Plasma volume determinations |
I-131sodium iodide | Iodotope (Bracco) CIS - I-131 Mallinckrodt I-131Soln Mallinckrodt I-131 Therapy Caps Mallinckrodt I-131 Diagnostic Caps | Thyroid uptake, imaging, and therapy |
Tositumomab & Iodine I-131 Tositumomab | Bexxar | Treatment of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma |
I-131 iodomethylnorcholesterol (NP-59) | (University of Michigan) | Adrenal imaging |
I-131 metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) | I-131 MIBG | Imaging pheochromocytomas and neuroblastomas |
P-32 chromic phosphate | Phosphocol P32 | Therapy for intracavitary malignancies |
P-32 sodium phosphate |
| Therapy for polycythemia vera |
Rubidium-82 (from Sr-82/Rb-82 generator) | Cardio-Gen-82 | PET imaging |
Samarium-153 Lexidronam (Sm-153 EDTMP) | Quadramet | Palliative treatment of bone pain of skeletal metastases |
Strontium-89 | Metastron | Palliative treatment of bone pain of skeletal metastases |
Radiopharmaceutical | Trade Name | Primary Uses |
Tc-99m pertechnetate Generators | DuPont Mallinckrodt DTE Mallinckrodt FM Amersham | Imaging thyroid, salivary glands, ectopic gastric mucosa, parathyroid glands, dacryocystography, cystography |
Tc-99m Apcitide | AcuTect | Peptide imaging of deep vein thrombosis |
Tc-99m bicisate (ECD) | Neurolite | Cerebral perfusion imaging |
Tc-99m disofenin (DISIDA) | Hepatolite-CIS | Hepatobiliary imaging |
Tc-99m exametazine (HMPAO) | Ceretec | Cerebral perfusion imaging |
Tc-99m Gluceptate | Draximage Mallinckrodt | Renal imaging |
Tc-99m human serum albumin (HSA) |
| Imaging cardiac chambers |
Tc-99m macroaggregated albumin (MAA) | Pulmolite - CIS Macrotec (Bracco) Technescan MAA (Mallinckrodt) Draximage Amersham MAA | Pulmonary perfusion |
Tc-99m Mebrofenin | Choletec | Hepatobiliary imaging |
Tc-99m Medronate (MDP) | Bracco Osteolite - CIS Draximage Mallinckrodt Amersham | Bone imaging |
Tc-99m Mertiatide | Technescan MAG3 | Renal imaging |
Tc-99m Oxidronate (HDP) | Mallinckrodt HDP | Bone imaging |
Tc-99m Pentetate (DTPA) | Techneplex (Bracco) CIS-AN DTPA CIS-DTPA Draximage DTPA Mallinckrodt DTPA Nycomed DTPA | Renal imaging and function studies; Radioaerosol ventilation imaging |
Radiopharmaceutical | Trade Name | Primary Uses |
Tc-99m Pyrophosphate (PYP) | Phosphotec (Bracco) Pyrolite-CIS Pyro-CIS Technescan PYP Amersham PYP | Avid infarct imaging; in vivo RBC labeling |
Tc-99m red blood cells | Ultratag | Imaging gastrointestinal (GI) bleeds, cardiac chambers |
Tc-99m Sestamibi | Cardiolite Miraluma | Myocardial perfusion imaging Breast tumor imaging |
Tc-99m Succimer (DMSA) | Amersham DMSA | Renal imaging |
Tc-99m Sulfur Colloid (SC) | CIS-Sulfur Colloid Nycomed - SC | Imaging liver/spleen, gastric emptying, GI bleeds |
Tc-99m Tetrofosmin | Myoview | Myocardial perfusion imaging |
Thallium-201 | DuPont Mallinckrodt Amersham | Myocardial perfusion imaging; Parathyroid and tumor imaging |
Y-90 Ibitumomab Tiuxetan | Zevalin | non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma |
Xenon-133 | DuPont Xenon Mallinckrodt Xenon Amersham Xenon | Pulmonary ventilation imaging |
Interventional Agents | Trade Name | Use in nuclear medicine |
ACD solution (anticoagulant acid Acitrate dextrose) | ACD Solution Modified | Anticoagulant used in blood labeling |
Adenosine | Adenoscan | Pharmacologic stress |
Ascorbic acid | Ascorbic acid | RBC labeling and HDP preparation |
I.V. Dipyridamole | I.V. Persantine | Pharmacologic stress |
Sincalide | Kinevac | Gallbladder ejection fraction studies |
SOURCE: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (http://nuclearpharmacy.uams.edu/resources/PackageInserts.asp). | ||
