Tracers / [177Lu]Lu-FAPI

[177Lu]Lu-FAPI

Also written as [177Lu]Lu-FAPI; [Lu-177]Lu-FAPI; FAPI
Radionuclide
Lu-177 t½ 9585 min
Modality
Therapy
Production route
Stage
Syntheses indexed
7

What it is

Compound class
FAP inhibitor (FAPI) multimer with DOTA chelator
Target / mechanism
Fibroblast activation protein (FAP) targeting PMID 37321827
Clinical application
Theranostic pair
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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 synthesisSPE>95%DOTA-2P(FAPI)239800373
2025 J Immunother Cancer
the precursors were dissolved in 1 mL of NH4OAc (0.25 M aqueous solution) and added to 4 mL of 177LuCl3 solution (0.7 GBq, 0.05 mol/L HCl solution)
Manual synthesisSPE>90%>95%DOTA-4P(FAPI)437321827
2023 J Nucl Med
For 177Lu labeling, each of the aforementioned precursors was dissolved in 1 mL of NaAc (0.25 M in water) and added to 4 mL of 177LuCl3 solution (740 MBq in 0.05 M HCl). — 68Ga, 64Cu, and 177Lu were labeled in more than 90% yield with radiochemical purity of more than 95%.
Manual synthesisSPE>90%>95%DOTA-2P(FAPI)237321827
2023 J Nucl Med
For 177Lu labeling, each of the aforementioned precursors was dissolved in 1 mL of NaAc (0.25 M in water) and added to 4 mL of 177LuCl3 solution (740 MBq in 0.05 M HCl). — 68Ga, 64Cu, and 177Lu were labeled in more than 90% yield with radiochemical purity of more than 95%.
>99%DOTAGA.Glu2.(FAPI)242448891
2026 Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging
>99%DOTAGA.PEG2.Glu.(FAPI)242448891
2026 Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging
DOTA-T1-(FAPI)242343548
2026 J Med Chem
DOTA-2P(FAPI)241739974
2026 ACS Appl Mater Interfaces

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Quality control Preliminary — inferred from compound class

Ph. Eur. monograph
USP monograph
AppearancepHRCP HPLCHPLC UVRadionuclidic (HPGe)Half-lifeActivityEndotoxins (LAL)SterilityFilter integrityOsmolalityMolar activityMetal impuritiesLu-177m
How this set was arrived at. base set per Ph. Eur. general monograph 0125 (rule); radiometal tracer -> metal impurities (rule); Lu-177 preparation -> Lu-177m content (rule); therapeutic radiopharmaceutical -> osmolality (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

Added from reverse module search (stage 6); 2 article(s) with Lu-177. Compound class inferred from precursor name (not stated outright) -- PMID 37321827: 'DOTA-2P(FAPI)2'.