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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2009
Enrico Cappelletti, Seregno, IT;
Luciano Lattuada, Bussero, IT;
Karen E. Linder, Kingston, NJ (US);
Edmund Marinelli, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Palaniappa Nanjappan, Princeton, NJ (US);
Natarajan Raju, Kendall Park, NJ (US);
Kondareddiar Ramalingam, Dayton, NJ (US);
Rolf E. Swenson, Princeton, NJ (US);
Michael Tweedle, Bexley, OH (US);
Enrico Cappelletti, Seregno, IT;
Luciano Lattuada, Bussero, IT;
Karen E. Linder, Kingston, NJ (US);
Edmund Marinelli, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Palaniappa Nanjappan, Princeton, NJ (US);
Natarajan Raju, Kendall Park, NJ (US);
Kondareddiar Ramalingam, Dayton, NJ (US);
Rolf E. Swenson, Princeton, NJ (US);
Michael Tweedle, Bexley, OH (US);
Bracco Imaging S.p.A., Milan, IT;
Abstract
Improved compounds for use in diagnostic imaging or therapy having the formula M-N-O-P-G, wherein M is an optical label or a metal chelator (in the form complexed with a metal radionuclide or not), N-O-P is the linker, and G is the GRP receptor targeting peptide. Methods for imaging a patient and/or providing radiotherapy or phototherapy to a patient using the compounds of the invention are also provided. Methods and kits for preparing a diagnostic imaging agent from the compound are further provided. Methods and kits for preparing a radiotherapeutic agent are further provided.