Tracers / [68Ga]CE-21

[68Ga]CE-21

Also written as [Ga-68]Ga-CE-21
Radionuclide
Ga-68 t½ 67.71 min
Modality
Therapy
Production route
Stage
first-in-human
Syntheses indexed
1

What it is

Compound class
CEA-targeted nanobody conjugated with NOTA chelator (CE-21-NOTA)
Target / mechanism
Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) PMID 41275230
Clinical application
PET/CT imaging of CEA-expressing tumors PMID 41275230
Theranostic pair
<a href="/tracers/lu177-ce21/">lu177-ce21</a>

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
Manual synthesisSPE43.6 ± 3.9%>99%CEA-Nanobody (CE-21-NOTA conjugate)41275230
2025 J Nanobiotechnology
A solution of ⁶⁸Ga in 1 mL of 0.05 M HCl was mixed with 0.3 mL of 0.25 M sodium acetate buffer to adjust the pH to approximately 5.0, followed by the addition of 200 µg of CEA-Nanobody. — radiochemical yields (RCY) of 43.6 ± 3.9% for [⁶⁸Ga]Ga-CE-21 and 39.6 ± 2.9% for [⁶⁸Ga]Ga-CE-88, with radiochemical purities (RCP) > 99%

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Notes

Added at stage 22: promoted from 'Reported once' (single-article, no diagnostic pair at discovery) because a full-text synthesis with extracted data exists in parsed-therapy.xlsx -- PMID(s): 41275230. Target/mechanism, clinical application, indications, approval and precursor fields still need per-agent research and are intentionally left empty. Compound class inferred from precursor name (not stated outright) -- PMID 41275230: 'CEA-Nanobody (CE-21-NOTA conjugate)'. Stage set/updated at stage 23 from PMID 41275230: 'A high-affinity CEA-targeted nanobody for 68Ga PET imaging and 177Lu-based radioisotope therapy: preclinical and first-in-human evaluation.'.