CPC A61K 49/10 (2013.01) [C07H 3/02 (2013.01); A61K 9/0053 (2013.01)] | 15 Claims |
1. A method for diagnosing an oncological disease in a subject, the method comprising:
a) administering to the subject a diagnostic agent comprising:
a deuterated derivative of 3-O-methylglucose or a mixture of at least two different deuterated derivatives of 3-O-methylglucose,
wherein the deuterated derivative of 3-O-methylglucose or the mixture of the at least two different deuterated derivatives of 3-O-methylglucose is formulated to accumulate in tumor cells in a concentration detectable in vivo by 2H magnetic resonance imaging, and/or magnetic resonance spectroscopy at a frequency of deuterium nuclei, in the diagnosis of the oncological disease, and
wherein “deuterated” and “deuterated derivative” refer to a compound containing deuterium associated with carbon in excess of its natural content, at least in one position, and wherein “mixture of at least two different deuterated derivatives” refers to a mixture of compounds containing deuterium in different positions of the molecule, or containing different amounts of deuterium in the same position wherein the deuterated derivative of 3-O-methylglucose is a 3-O-CD3-glucose, 3-O-CD2H-glucose, 3-O-CDH2-glucose, 6,6-dideuterio-3-O-CD3-glucose, 6,6-dideuterio-3-O-CD2H-glucose, 6,6-dideuterio-3-O-CDH2-glucose or 6,6-dideuterio-3-O—CH3-glucose or at least two different deuterated derivatives of 3-O-methylglucose, selected from 3-O-CD3-glucose and/or 3-O-CD2H-glucose and/or 3-O-CDH2-glucose and/or 6,6-dideuterio-3-O-CD3-glucose and/or 6,6-dideuterio-3-O-CD2H-glucose and/or 6,6-dideuterio-3-O-CDH2-glucose and/or 6,6-dideuterio-3-O—CH3-glucose and/or any other deuterated derivatives of 3-O-methyl glucose;
b) conducting magnetic resonance imaging and/or magnetic resonance spectroscopy at the frequency of deuterium nuclei after administration of the diagnostic agent after a period of time sufficient for accumulation of said diagnostic agent in a tumor, for obtaining, respectively, a MR image and/or NMR spectrum; and
c) diagnosing presence or absence of the oncological disease based on an observed signal intensity of deuterium nuclei, reflecting a level of accumulation of the diagnostic agent.
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