Tracers / [18F]FMZ
[18F]FMZ
Also written as [18F]Flumazenil; [18F]FMZ; [F-18]Flumazenil; [F-18]FMZ; Flumazenil
- Radionuclide
- F-18 t½ 109.77 min
- Modality
- PET
- Production route
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- Stage
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- Syntheses indexed
- 9
What it is
- Compound class
- Radiolabelled imidazobenzodiazepine (flumazenil derivative)
- Target / mechanism
- Central benzodiazepine site of the GABA-A receptor PMID 23857513
- Clinical application
- Localisation of the epileptogenic zone in drug-resistant temporal lobe epilepsy (presurgical evaluation) PMID 23857513
- Theranostic pair
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Regulatory status
- FDA
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- EMA (centralised)
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- Other approvals
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- Brand names
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Clinical use
- Typical injected activity
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- Uptake time
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Reported in the literature. Not a dosing recommendation.
Published syntheses
| Module | Cassette | Purification | Yield % | RCP % | Precursor / supplier | Source |
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| TRACERlab MX GE HealthCare | custom manifold | — | 4 % yes | — | 2-nitroflumazenil | 27090254 2016 EJNMMI Res A new synthesis sequence was written for the GE TRACERlab MXFDG. — 18F-flumazenil was successfully obtained in 4 % decay corrected yield |
| iPHASE FlexLab iPHASE Technologies | — | HPLC+SPE | 22.2 ± 2.7% yes | >98% | stannyl precursor 3 (Ethyl 5-methyl-6-oxo-8-(tributylstannyl)-5,6-dihydro-4H-benzo[f]imidazo[1,5-a][1,4]diazepine-3-carboxylate) In-house / non-commercial (various) | 36144667 2022 Molecules the iPHASE Flexlab radiochemistry module — affording a 22.2 ± 2.7% (n = 5) decay-corrected yield after 80 min |
| AllinOne (AiO) Trasis | vendor cassette | HPLC | 35 ± 5% no | [18F]flumazenil > 99% | FMZ-BPin In-house / non-commercial (various) | 35306596 2022 EJNMMI Radiopharm Chem The fully automated synthesis was developed on the Trasis AllinOne (AIO) platform using a single-use cassette. — this method yielded [18F]FMZ in 35 ± 5% n.d.c. |
| AllinOne (AiO) Trasis | vendor cassette | HPLC | 43 ± 2% no | [18F]flumazenil ≥ 98% | FMZ-BPin In-house / non-commercial (various) | 35306596 2022 EJNMMI Radiopharm Chem The fully automated synthesis was developed on the Trasis AllinOne (AIO) platform using a single-use cassette. — Starting with 300–340 MBq (n = 5, Trasis) of [18F]fluoride this method yielded [18F]FMZ in 43 ± 2% n.d.c. |
| TRACERlab FX FN GE HealthCare | — | HPLC+SPE | 15-20 yes | >95% | nitroflumazenil | 36986516 2023 Pharmaceuticals (Basel) All synthesis and purification procedures were performed on a Tracerlab FX-FN automated synthesizer — with a radiochemical yield (RCY) of 15–20% decay, corrected at the end of bombardment (EOB) |
| — | — | — | 20% for [18F]flumazenil | — | — | 22001413 2012 Appl Radiat Isot The substitutions were carried out in a microfluidic reaction flow cell — 20% for [(18)F]flumazenil |
| — | — | SPE | 6.4 ± 0.7% no | >97% | — | 29413823 2018 Appl Radiat Isot All procedures were performed with TRACERlab FX N Pro synthesizer in 53 min. — FMZ was routinely synthesized in 6.4 ± 0.7% RCY at EOS (not decay corrected, n = 8) |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | 24480268 2014 Nucl Med Biol |
| — | — | SPE | 26±4% | >99% | nitro-flumazenil precursor | 19423008 2009 Nucl Med Biol an automated radiosynthesis system integrating a microwave reactor — The radiochemical yield obtained at the end of synthesis was 26+/-4% (EOB) |
Precursor
- Common precursor
- 2-nitroflumazenil PMID 27090254 (DOI 10.1186/s13550-016-0168-9)
- Suppliers seen in the literature
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- Cited suppliers in indexed syntheses
- In-house / non-commercial (various)
- Typical final purification
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Get in touchQuality control Preliminary — inferred from compound class
- Ph. Eur. monograph
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- USP monograph
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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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Get in touchNotes
Added from reverse module search (stage 6); 8 article(s) with F-18.