When assessing patients with suspected prostate cancer metastasis who are candidates for initial definitive therapy or suspected recurrence based on elevated PSA,

PYLARIFY® reveals The clearer Picture.3-11

Not actual patients.

Piflufolastat F 18 Injection (PYLARIFY®)

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  • PET imaging icon

    PET IMAGING:
    FOR ACCURACY6

  • PSMA targeting icon

    PSMA TARGETING:
    FOR PRECISION7-9

  • Fluorine-18 icon

    18F RADIOISOTOPE:
    FOR CLARITY5

  • Artificial Intelligence icon

    ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE:
    FOR CONSISTENCY2

This combination brings superior diagnostic performance in assessing patients with suspected metastasis for initial definitive therapy or suspected recurrence based on elevated PSA, allowing you to better assess your patients' disease status.3,5,6,10

Compared to standard anatomic images.13       
In the setting of negative or equivocal standard imaging.14

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The incidence of prostate cancer is rising and  resulting mortality rates remain significant15,16

Approximately 248,530 new prostate cancer cases will be diagnosed in 2021

new prostate cancer cases will be diagnosed in 202315,16

Approximately 34,130 PCa deaths will occur in 2021

deaths will occur in 2023 due to PCa, the second leading cause of cancer death in American men15,16

Accurate initial assessment of a patient's disease is critical because high-risk PCa is more likely to be advanced at diagnosis and/or relapse than low-risk PCa12,17,18

5-year relative survival rate for patients diagnosed with localized prostate cancer approaches 100%, however, if distant metastasis is present at the time of diagnosis, the 5-year survival rate has been reported to be 32%19

5-year survival rates of localized, regional, and distant prostate cancer
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Standard imaging offers limited accuracy in PCa assessment, potentially compromising therapeutic decision-making20,21

  • Although bone scans and CT scans can detect bone metastases, they lack sensitivity for early lesion detection6
  • Standard imaging offers limited utility in detecting recurrent lesions at PSA levels <1.0 ng/mL22
  • CT scans and MRIs depend on size to detect lesions, and are therefore less likely to detect metastatic tumors between 4 mm and 8 mm6,13
  • Bone remodeling in response to treatment may lead to false positives on MRI images6
PSMA PET CAN DETECT WHAT CONVENTIONAL IMAGING DID NOT23

Tom Boike, MD, MMM, discusses the limitations of conventional imaging for prostate cancer compared to the advances of PSMA PET imaging.

PET imaging§ has the potential to improve disease localization compared to standard imaging, thus enhancing therapeutic decision-making20,21,24

§With an appropriate tracer and combined with CT or MRI.


  • PSMA PET/CT can detect lesions between 4 mm and 8 mm, and therefore has a higher detection rate6,13
    • Because up to 80% of nodal metastases in PCa are smaller than 8 mm in size, PSMA PET/CT is a promising imaging modality6
  • PSMA PET/CT is also effective at lower PSA levels; the rate of detection of nodal metastases has been reported to be 46% when PSA was <0.2 ng/mL6

PSMA PET IMAGING IMPROVES DISEASE ASSESSMENT

which reduces the risk of undertreatment (leading to disease spread) and overtreatment (leading to unnecessary toxicity or surgery)25,26

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FOR PCa IMAGING
PSMA PET IMAGING  HELPS IDENTIFY  CLEAR NEXT STEPS3-11

Ben Lowentritt, MD, FACS, recounts scenarios where PSMA PET imaging changed the course of patient care.

CT=computed tomography; MRI=magnetic resonance imaging; NCCN=National Comprehensive Cancer Network; PCa=prostate cancer; PET=positron emission tomography; PSMA=prostate-specific membrane antigen.

INDICATION & IMPORTANT
SAFETY INFORMATION

PYLARIFY® (piflufolastat F 18) Injection is a radioactive diagnostic agent indicated for positron emission tomography (PET) of prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) positive lesions in men with prostate cancer:

  • with suspected metastasis who are candidates for initial definitive therapy.
  • with suspected recurrence based on elevated serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level.

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