A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä

Combined [18F]-FDG PET-MR imaging for monitoring small bowel crohn’s disease




TekijätMattila, Juho; Kallio, Johanna; Löyttyniemi, Eliisa; Nuutila, Pirjo; Koffert, Jukka

Kustantaja Springer Nature

Julkaisuvuosi2025

JournalEuropean Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

ISSN1619-7070

eISSN1619-7089

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-025-07524-4

Verkko-osoitehttps://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-025-07524-4

Rinnakkaistallenteen osoitehttps://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/500214953


Tiivistelmä

Crohn’s disease (CD) is a chronic and relapsing inflammatory disease of the gastrointestinal tract. Diagnostics and follow-up are difficult in small bowel, that can be only partially evaluated by conventional endoscopy. Combined positron emission tomography magnetic resonance enterography (PET-MRE) has shown potential in diagnosing small bowel CD, but its role in monitoring treatment response has not been previously established. This study aimed to evaluate whether PET-MRE can be used to assess the efficacy of medical therapy. We hypothesized that standardized uptake values (SUV) in inflamed small bowel segments would decrease following initiation of standard therapy. A total of 35 volunteer patients with clinically suspected small bowel CD were recruited. All patients underwent ileocolonoscopy and laboratory testing, followed by [18F]-FDG PET-MRE. CD diagnosis was confirmed by small bowel capsule endoscopy. Clinicians initiated treatment based on standard diagnostics, blinded to the PET results. Eighteen patients completed follow-up [18F]-FDG PET-MRE at three months. Maximum SUV (SUVMax) was measured in the small intestine and compared with MRE findings. The median SUVMax decreased significantly from baseline to follow-up (3.2 vs. 2.1, p = 0.0025). The Simplified Magnetic Resonance Index of Activity (sMARIA) was also significantly lower at follow-up (p = 0.001). Representatively, median fecal calprotectin declined (451 µg/g vs. 163 µg/g, p = 0.004). This preliminary prospective study suggests that [18F]-FDG PET-MRE may be a useful tool for assessing biochemical response to treatment in newly diagnosed small bowel CD.


Ladattava julkaisu

This is an electronic reprint of the original article.
This reprint may differ from the original in pagination and typographic detail. Please cite the original version.




Julkaisussa olevat rahoitustiedot
Open Access funding provided by University of Turku (including Turku University Central Hospital). This study was supported by InFlames Finnish Flagship Programme Funding, Turku University Hospital, University of Turku, the Finnish Government research funding, a grant form MARY OCH GEORG C. EHRNROOTHS STIFTELSE (grant number: 202300058), a grant from Finnish Medical Foundation (grant number: 7849) and a grant from Research Council of Finland (grant number: 347251).


Last updated on 2025-26-09 at 13:02