Tracers / [68Ga]Ga-DOTA-exendin-4

[68Ga]Ga-DOTA-exendin-4

Also written as [68Ga]Ga-DOTA-exendin-4; [Ga-68]Ga-DOTA-exendin-4
Radionuclide
Ga-68 t½ 67.71 min
Modality
PET
Production route
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Stage
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Syntheses indexed
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Pancreatic beta-cell imagingCongenital hyperinsulinism

What it is

Compound class
GLP-1 receptor analog (Exendin-4 peptide) labeled with DOTA chelator
Target / mechanism
GLP-1 receptor (GLP-1R) PMID 40447542
Clinical application
Preoperative localization of insulinomas and imaging of endogenous hyperinsulinism/nesidioblastosis (pancreatic beta-cell disorders) PMID 37371836
Theranostic pair
<a href="/tracers/lu177-dotaexendin4/">lu177-dotaexendin4</a>

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

ModuleCassettePurificationYield %RCP %Precursor / supplierSource
——————40447542
2025 Semin Nucl Med
——————37371836
2023 Biomedicines
————>93 %—37634398
2023 Nucl Med Biol
cassette based synthesis module (Modular-Lab PharmTracer, Eckert & Ziegler) using commercially available cassettes

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Quality control Preliminary — inferred from compound class

Ph. Eur. monograph
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USP monograph
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AppearancepHRCP HPLCHPLC UVRadionuclidic (HPGe)Half-lifeActivityEndotoxins (LAL)SterilityFilter integrityMolar activityMetal impuritiesGe-68 breakthrough
How this set was arrived at. base set per Ph. Eur. general monograph 0125 (rule); radiometal tracer -> metal impurities (rule); Ga-68, generator production assumed (no synthesis data found) -> Ge-68 breakthrough (preliminary); 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

Added from reverse module search (stage 6); 1 article(s) with Ga-68.