Tracers / [18F]AF78

[18F]AF78

Also written as [18F]AF78; [F-18]AF78
Radionuclide
F-18 t½ 109.77 min
Modality
PET
Production route
Stage
first-in-human
Syntheses indexed
2

What it is

Compound class
Norepinephrine transporter (NET) PET tracer
Target / mechanism
Norepinephrine transporter (NET) PMID 42247617
Clinical application
Cardiac sympathetic nerve imaging via NET PET PMID 42247617
Theranostic pair

Regulatory status

FDA
EMA (centralised)
Other approvals
Brand names

Clinical use

Typical injected activity
Uptake time

Reported in the literature. Not a dosing recommendation.

Published syntheses

ModuleCassettePurificationYield %RCP %Precursor / supplierSource
CFN-MPS200
Sumitomo
HPLC+SPE1.4–12.0%
no
>96%precursor42247617
2026 Clin Nucl Med
Automated synthesis was performed on a CFN-MPS200 module (Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan). — The non-decay-corrected radiochemical yield was 1.4–12.0%
27%32274584
2020 J Neural Transm (Vienna)

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Quality control Preliminary — inferred from compound class

Ph. Eur. monograph
USP monograph
AppearancepHRCP HPLCRCP TLCHPLC UVRadionuclidic (HPGe)Half-lifeActivityEndotoxins (LAL)SterilityFilter integrity
How this set was arrived at. base set per Ph. Eur. general monograph 0125 (rule); organic-phase radiosynthesis assumed from isotope/compound class, no synthesis data confirming it -> GC residual solvents (preliminary); conventional nucleophilic 18F-fluorination assumed from isotope/compound class, no synthesis data confirming K222 use -> Kryptofix test (preliminary)

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

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Notes

Added from reverse module search (stage 6); 6 article(s) with F-18. Stage set/updated at stage 23 from PMID 42247617: 'We therefore conducted the first-in-human evaluation of this new class of [18F] labeled NET PET tracer to assess its safety, biodistribution, radiation dosimetry, and imaging characteristics.'. | Stage 28: added indication(s) car-sympathetic from consolidated missing-rubric review.