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[en] Antibiotic therapy in patients affected by discitis is often empirical. Therefore, early evaluation of response to therapy is important. In many patients inflammatory indexes are low during all the phases of the diseases or are altered by concomitant diseases. The aim of the study was to assess the possible role of FDG PET/CT for the early evaluation of response to therapy in patients affected by infective discitis, in comparison to C-reactive protein (CRP) serum levels. Enrolled in the study were 38 patients diagnosed with haematogenous infective discitis. Of the 38 patients, 7 had tubercular infection, 1 fungal infection and 30 pyogenic discitis. Four patients were excluded because the second PET/CT scan was not performed. Thus 34 patients (18 women, mean age 64 years) were analysed. All the patients included underwent a FDG PET/CT scan and determination of CRP level at baseline and again 2 to 4 weeks after the start of therapy. The PET results in terms of SUV of the first and second scans (SUV1 and SUV2) and delta-SUVmax were compared to the inflammatory indexes and clinical status during therapy. The mean SUVmax at diagnosis was 8.6 ± 3.7. The mean CRP level at diagnosis was 3.8 ± 3.8 mg/dl. A progressive clinical response was seen in 26 patients and 8 patients showed no response. SUV1 was not correlated with the baseline CRP level (CRP1, p = 0.7) and SUV2 was not correlated with the CRP level at the time of the second scan (CRP2, p = 0.4). In responders, SUV2 and CRP2 were significantly lower than SUV1 and CRP1 (p < 0.0001 and p = 0.001, respectively). ROC curves for delta-SUVmax showed a sensitivity of 82 % and a specificity of 82 % with a cut-off of 34 %. ROC curves for SUV2 showed a sensitivity of 83 % and a specificity of 46 % with a cut-off of 6.4. ROC curves for delta-CRP showed a sensitivity of 67 % and a specificity of 89 % with a cut-off of 74 %. ROC curves for CRP2 showed a sensitivity of 65 % and a specificity of 70 % with a cut-off of 0.7 mg/dl. No statistically significant difference was found between delta-SUVmax AUC and delta-CRP AUC (p = 0.5). Delta-SUVmax provided a higher sensitivity and specificity for identifying responders. SUV2 provided comparable sensitivity, but significantly lower specificity. CRP level performed less well for identifying responders. There was no significant difference in the global performance of the two tests (delta-SUVmax AUC and delta-CRP AUC). However, the higher sensitivity of delta-SUVmax for the early identification of responders may have an important clinical impact in guiding antibiotic therapy especially in patients with a noninformative CRP test at diagnosis. (orig.)
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European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging; ISSN 1619-7070; ; v. 39(10); p. 1538-1544
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ANIMAL TISSUES, ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, ANTIMETABOLITES, BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, BODY, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM, COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY, CONNECTIVE TISSUE, DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, DISEASES, DRUGS, EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY, FLUORINE ISOTOPES, HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES, ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES, ISOTOPES, LABELLED COMPOUNDS, LIGHT NUCLEI, MATERIALS, NANOSECONDS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES, NERVOUS SYSTEM, NUCLEI, ODD-ODD NUCLEI, ORGANIC COMPOUNDS, PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES, PROTEINS, RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS, RADIOISOTOPES, RHEUMATIC DISEASES, SKELETAL DISEASES, SYMPTOMS, TOMOGRAPHY
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[en] The Spinal Instability Neoplastic Score (SINS) categorizes tumor related spinal instability. It has the potential to streamline the referral of patients with established or potential spinal instability to a spine surgeon. This study aims to define the inter- and intra-observer reliability and validity of SINS among radiation oncologists. Thirty-three radiation oncologists, across ten international sites, rated 30 neoplastic spinal disease cases. For each case, the total SINS (0-18 points), three clinical categories (stable: 0-6 points, potentially unstable: 7-12 points, and unstable: 13-18 points), and a binary scale (‘stable’: 0-6 points and ‘current or possible instability’; surgical consultation recommended: 7-18 points) were recorded. Evaluation was repeated 6-8 weeks later. Inter-observer agreement and intra-observer reproducibility were calculated by means of the kappa statistic and translated into levels of agreement (slight, fair, moderate, substantial, and excellent). Validity was determined by comparing the ratings against a spinal surgeon’s consensus standard. Radiation oncologists demonstrated substantial (κ = 0.76) inter-observer and excellent (κ = 0.80) intra-observer reliability when using the SINS binary scale (‘stable’ versus ‘current or possible instability’). Validity of the binary scale was also excellent (κ = 0.85) compared with the gold standard. None of the unstable cases was rated as stable by the radiation oncologists ensuring all were appropriately recommended for surgical consultation. Among radiation oncologists SINS is a highly reliable, reproducible, and valid assessment tool to address a key question in tumor related spinal disease: Is the spine ‘stable’ or is there ‘current or possible instability’ that warrants surgical assessment?
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Radiation Oncology (Online); ISSN 1748-717X; ; v. 9; p. 69
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