Abstract
Objectives18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) Positron Emission Tomography- Computed Tomography (PET/CT) scans can be used to assess healing following treatment for spinal tuberculosis (TB) but have limited accessibility and high cost. This study investigated the association between immune biomarkers and FDG-PET/CT activity after ≥9 months of treatment for spinal TB. MethodsPatients who had completed ≥9 months of treatment for spinal TB were recruited from a major hospital in the Western Cape, South Africa. Participants underwent a FDG-PET/CT scan and FDG- PET/CT activity was quantified for all spinal and extra-spinal sites. Participants also provided a blood sample, which was evaluated for 19 cytokines along with erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR). Correlations and multiple regression analyses were used to investigate the association between biomarkers and PET/CT measures. ResultsTwenty-eight patients were recruited, of whom 24 (86%) had spinal and/or extra-spinal FDG-PET/CT activity. In the strongest multiple regression model, CXCL10/IP-10, VEGFA, IFN-γ, CRP and Factor D/Adipsin explained 52% of the variation in overall maximal FDG uptake. Conventional monitoring marker ESR showed no significant association with PET/CT measures. ConclusionsThe current findings offered encouragement that biomarkers to predict FDG-PET/CT activity may show some promise and identified candidate biomarkers for further investigation in this regard.
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