European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2026
Pulmonary [18F]FDG uptake demonstrates phenotypic PET behaviour in non-specific interstitial pneumonitis and refines risk stratification.
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Torlot Hannah, Ganeshan Balaji, Win Thida, Garthwaite Helen, Hoy Luke R, Walls Darren, Endozo Raymond, Shortman Robert I, Fraioli Francesco, Screaton Nicholas J, Porter Joanna C, Groves Ashley M
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RATIONALE: Effective prognostic biomarkers in Non-specific Interstitial Pneumonitis (NSIP) are limited.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the potential of [18F]FDG PET/CT to predict mortality in NSIP and to assess its relationship with physiological indices and the Interstitial Lung Disease - Gender-Age-Physiology (ILD-GAP) score.
METHODS: Ninety-six patients with a multidisciplinary team-confirmed diagnosis of NSIP (40 male, 56 female; mean age 59.8 ± 9.8 years) underwent baseline [18F]FDG PET/CT and 83 patients completed full pulmonary function testing. Pulmonary uptake of [18F]FDG was quantified using region-of-interest analysis as the maximum uptake in diseased lung (SUVmax) and the background uptake in visually normal lung (SUVmin). A target-to-background (TBR) ratio was calculated as SUVmax /SUVmin. Kaplan-Meier survival analysis examined associations between the [18F]FDG PET/CT metrics, the pulmonary function tests and ILD-GAP scores. Stepwise forward Wald multivariable Cox regression assessed independence of the significant [18F]FDG PET/CT parameters from the ILD-GAP index. The modified ILD-GAP (mGAP) models were generated by incorporating the [18F]FDG PET/CT data into the ILD-GAP index.
RESULTS: 65 patients died during a mean follow up of 83.2 ± 48.2 months. Mean ± SD SUVmax, SUVmin and TBR were 3.2 ± 1.2, 0.6 ± 0.3 and 6.0 ± 2.4, respectively. Mortality was associated with higher SUVmax (median cutoff ≥ 2.9, p = 0.038) and higher SUVmin (optimised cutoff ≥ 0.675, p < 0.001), whereas TBR was not prognostic (p = 0.48). Multivariable Cox regression confirmed median SUVmax as independent of ILD-GAP index (p = 0.031), although optimised SUVmin was not independent. Incorporating either parameter into a modified ILD-GAP model improved survival stratification compared with ILD-GAP index alone (p < 0.01, log-rank test).
CONCLUSION: High pulmonary [18F]FDG PET/CT uptake predicts increased mortality in NSIP. Median SUVmax is an independent predictor of mortality and adding [18F]FDG PET/CT parameters to the ILD-GAP index enhances prognostic discrimination. These findings support a disease-specific interpretation of [18F]FDG PET/CT metrics in ILD, where SUVmax and SUVmin are dominant prognostic markers in diffuse NSIP.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the potential of [18F]FDG PET/CT to predict mortality in NSIP and to assess its relationship with physiological indices and the Interstitial Lung Disease - Gender-Age-Physiology (ILD-GAP) score.
METHODS: Ninety-six patients with a multidisciplinary team-confirmed diagnosis of NSIP (40 male, 56 female; mean age 59.8 ± 9.8 years) underwent baseline [18F]FDG PET/CT and 83 patients completed full pulmonary function testing. Pulmonary uptake of [18F]FDG was quantified using region-of-interest analysis as the maximum uptake in diseased lung (SUVmax) and the background uptake in visually normal lung (SUVmin). A target-to-background (TBR) ratio was calculated as SUVmax /SUVmin. Kaplan-Meier survival analysis examined associations between the [18F]FDG PET/CT metrics, the pulmonary function tests and ILD-GAP scores. Stepwise forward Wald multivariable Cox regression assessed independence of the significant [18F]FDG PET/CT parameters from the ILD-GAP index. The modified ILD-GAP (mGAP) models were generated by incorporating the [18F]FDG PET/CT data into the ILD-GAP index.
RESULTS: 65 patients died during a mean follow up of 83.2 ± 48.2 months. Mean ± SD SUVmax, SUVmin and TBR were 3.2 ± 1.2, 0.6 ± 0.3 and 6.0 ± 2.4, respectively. Mortality was associated with higher SUVmax (median cutoff ≥ 2.9, p = 0.038) and higher SUVmin (optimised cutoff ≥ 0.675, p < 0.001), whereas TBR was not prognostic (p = 0.48). Multivariable Cox regression confirmed median SUVmax as independent of ILD-GAP index (p = 0.031), although optimised SUVmin was not independent. Incorporating either parameter into a modified ILD-GAP model improved survival stratification compared with ILD-GAP index alone (p < 0.01, log-rank test).
CONCLUSION: High pulmonary [18F]FDG PET/CT uptake predicts increased mortality in NSIP. Median SUVmax is an independent predictor of mortality and adding [18F]FDG PET/CT parameters to the ILD-GAP index enhances prognostic discrimination. These findings support a disease-specific interpretation of [18F]FDG PET/CT metrics in ILD, where SUVmax and SUVmin are dominant prognostic markers in diffuse NSIP.