CPC A61B 5/055 (2013.01) [A61K 49/10 (2013.01); C07C 229/08 (2013.01)] | 17 Claims |
1. A diagnostic agent, comprising a deuterated derivative of 2-amino-2-methylpropionic acid and/or 2-(N-methylamino)-2-methylpropionic acid and/or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt, or a mixture of at least two different deuterated derivatives of 2-amino-2-methylpropionic acid and/or 2-(N-methylamino)-2-methylpropionic acid and/or its pharmaceutically acceptable salts, formulated for in vivo diagnosis of an oncological disease in a human subject by magnetic resonance imaging and/or magnetic resonance spectroscopy at a frequency of deuterium nuclei,
wherein the diagnostic agent is formulated to fail to accumulate to indicate the absence of cancer in the subject where the deuterated derivative of 2-amino-2-methylpropionic acid is 2-amino-2-(CD3)-3,3,3-D3-propionic acid or 2-amino -2-(CD2H)-3,3,3-D3-propionic acid or 2-amino-2-(CDH2)-3,3,3-D3-propionic acid or 2-amino -2-methyl-3,3,3-D3- propionic acid or 2-amino-2-(CD2H)-3,3-D2-propionic acid or 2-amino-2-(CDH2)-3,3-D2-propionic acid or 2-amino-2-methyl-3,3-D2-propionic acid or 2-amino-2-(CDH2)-3-D-propionic acid or 2-amino-2-methyl-3-D-propionic acid and wherein the deuterated derivative of 2-(N-methylamino)-2-methylpropionic acid is a 2-methylamino-2-(CD3)-3,3,3-D3-propionic acid or 2-(N-(CD3)amino)-2-methylpropionic acid or 2-(N-(CD3)amino)-2-(CD3)-3,3,3-D3-propionic acid.
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