Tracers / [64Cu]Cu-DOTATATE

[64Cu]Cu-DOTATATE

Also written as [64Cu]Cu-DOTATATE; copper Cu 64 dotatate
Radionuclide
Cu-64 t½ 762 min
Modality
PET
Production route
Cyclotron solid target
Stage
Approved
Syntheses indexed
6

What it is

Compound class
Peptide (somatostatin analogue)
Target / mechanism
Somatostatin receptor subtype 2 (SSTR2) PMID 28547177 / DOI 10.1007/s00259-017-3728-y
Clinical application
Neuroendocrine tumours PMID 31924723 / DOI 10.2967/jnumed.119.236091; PMID 28547177 / DOI 10.1007/s00259-017-3728-y
Theranostic pair
<a href="/tracers/lu177-dotatate/">lu177-dotatate</a>

Regulatory status

FDA
Yes — 2020; DETECTNET (copper Cu 64 dotatate); Curium US; NDA 213227 Drugs@FDA, NDA 213227, approved 2020-09-03 — https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cder/daf/index.cfm?event=BasicSearch.process&searchTerm=dotatate
EMA (centralised)
No EMA medicines register — Deqtynet (copper (64Cu) oxodotreotide) REFUSED; EPAR: https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/EPAR/deqtynet
Other approvals
Brand names
Detectnet (US, FDA)

Clinical use

Typical injected activity
~200 MBq (studies used 183-232 MBq; US phase III dose-ranging identified 185 MBq / 5.0 mCi) PMID 32444370 / DOI 10.2967/jnumed.120.244509; PMID 31924723 / DOI 10.2967/jnumed.119.236091
Uptake time
1 h post-injection (1-3 h imaging window shown equivalent) PMID 32444370 / DOI 10.2967/jnumed.120.244509; PMID 25952736 / DOI 10.2967/jnumed.115.156539

Reported in the literature. Not a dosing recommendation.

Published syntheses

ModuleCassettePurificationYield %RCP %Precursor / supplierSource
Kit-based preparation41754861
2026 Pharmaceuticals (Basel)
[64Cu]Cu-DOTA-TATE has been approved by the FDA in 2020 as Detectnet
40563587
2025 Cancers (Basel)
39579473
2024 Endocr Connect
39142828
2024 J Nucl Med
35454822
2022 Cancers (Basel)
39902600
2025 Circ Cardiovasc Imaging

Precursor

Common precursor
DOTATATE peptide PMID 35418569 / DOI 10.1038/s41598-022-09590-2
Suppliers seen in the literature
DOTATATE (DOTA-(Tyr3)-octreotate) acetate salt from Bachem (Bubendorf, Switzerland)
Typical final purification
SPE

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Quality control Preliminary — inferred from compound class

Ph. Eur. monograph
USP monograph
AppearancepHRCP HPLCHPLC UVRadionuclidic (HPGe)Half-lifeActivityEndotoxins (LAL)SterilityFilter integrityMolar activityMetal impurities
How this set was arrived at. base set per Ph. Eur. general monograph 0125 (rule); radiometal tracer -> metal impurities (rule); receptor ligand with a saturable target -> molar activity (rule)

Tests listed by reference only. Monograph texts are copyrighted and are not reproduced here. How these are derived

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Notes

Longer half-life allows delayed imaging and distribution.