Flyrcado Dosage

Recommended Dosage

• The recommended activity for each type of examination is presented in Table 1.
• Administer two doses by intravenous injection, one for rest imaging and one for stress imaging, using either pharmacologic or exercise stress, in either a 1-day or 2-day protocol.
• If performing a combined exercise/pharmacologic stress protocol, administer the recommended activity for pharmacologic stress.
• When rest and stress imaging are performed on the same day, the recommended minimum stress activity is 2-fold the rest activity for pharmacologic stress and 3-fold the rest activity for exercise stress to provide adequate image quality and obscure residual signal from the first acquisition.
• The recommended maximum total volume administered in one day is 6.1 mL.

Patient Preparation

Instruct patients to drink water to ensure adequate hydration prior to administration of FLYRCADO and to continue drinking and voiding frequently during the first hours following administration to reduce radiation exposure.

Drug Preparation

• Use aseptic technique and radiation shielding to withdraw and administer FLYRCADO.
• Calculate the necessary volume to administer based on calibration time and activity using a suitably calibrated instrument.
• Visually inspect FLYRCADO for particulate matter and discoloration prior to administration and do not use if either is observed.
• Ensure the correct syringe is used and has adequate volume (at least 1 mL to 2 mL) so that the activity in the syringe can be administered without excessive dead volume loss.
• Measure patient dose using a dose calibrator immediately before administration.
• Do not use and discard FLYRCADO 8 hours after end of synthesis or when the activity falls below the activity requirement at the time of injection, whichever is earlier.
• FLYRCADO may be diluted aseptically with 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection, USP. Diluted product should be used within 8 hours after end of synthesis or when the activity falls below the activity requirement at the time of injection, whichever is earlier.
• Dispose of unused product in a safe manner and in compliance with applicable regulations.

Administration Instructions

• Administer FLYRCADO via intravenous injection as a bolus lasting less than 10 seconds and immediately follow with a flush of 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection, USP.
• The minimum time between rest and stress dose administration is:
  • 30 minutes when using pharmacologic stress
  • 60 minutes when using exercise stress
• When using pharmacologic stress, administer FLYRCADO at the time of peak vasodilation according to the prescribing information for the stress agent, using an intravenous port different from the one used for the stress agent.
• When using exercise stress, administer FLYRCADO after the patient reaches at least 85% of their age-predicted maximum heart rate or exhibits ischemic signs or symptoms. The patient should then continue to exercise for approximately 1 minute to 2 minutes after the injection. If the patient cannot achieve the target heart rate, the examination may be converted to pharmacologic stress.

Rest Imaging

Begin the PET acquisition 5 minutes after FLYRCADO administration and acquire images for 10 minutes using a scanner in 3D mode.

Pharmacologic Stress Imaging

Begin the PET acquisition 5 minutes after FLYRCADO administration and acquire images for 10 minutes using a scanner in 3D mode.

Optionally, dynamic imaging may be performed, starting immediately prior to the injection of FLYRCADO.

Exercise Stress Imaging

Once the patient has been positioned on the scanner and respiration has begun to return to normal, begin image acquisition (about 15 minutes to 25 minutes after administration of FLYRCADO). Acquire images for 10 minutes using a scanner in 3D mode.