A NOVEL KIT FOR RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATION OF A RADIOMETAL LABELED CHELATE-FUNCTIONALIZED TARGETING CONJUGATE

1 . A lyophilized kit formulation for the preparation of radiometal labeled chelate-functionalized targeting conjugates comprising

a chelate-functionalized targeting conjugate comprising

i. a chelating moiety

ii. at least one targeting moiety, wherein said targeting moiety is a GRP receptor (GRPr) targeting peptide, and

iii. optionally, at least one linker, connecting the chelating moiety with the GRP receptor (GRPr) targeting moiety,

at least one non-reducing sugar selected from the group comprising trehalose and sucrose, and

at least one radio stabilizer, selected from the group comprising ascorbic acid, ascorbic acid salts, gentisic acid, gentisic acid salts, or mixtures thereof.

2 . The kit formulation according to claim 1 , wherein the concentration of the non-reducing sugar in said formulation is 10-600 μmol, preferably, 20-500 μmol, more preferably, 50-300 μmol.

3 . The kit formulation according to claim 1 , wherein the concentration of said radiostabilizer in the formulation is 1-500 μmol, preferably 5-250 μmol, more preferably 10-100 μmol.

4 . The kit formulation according to claim 1 , wherein the amount of ascorbic acid in the formulation is 1-20 mg, more preferably 1-10 mg.

5 . The kit formulation according to claim 1 , wherein said chelating moiety is selected from the group comprising TACN, TACN-TM, DTAC, H3NOKA, NODASA, NODAGA, NOTP, NOTPME, PrP9, TRAP, Trappist Pr, NOPO, TETA; Tris(hydroxypyridinone) (THP) and derivatives, chelates open chain such as HBED, DFO or desferrioxamine or desferal, EDTA, 6SS, B6SS, PLED, TAME, YM103; NTP (PRHP)3; the H2dedpa and its derivatives such as H2dedpa-1, 2-H2dedpa, H2dp-bb-NCS, and H2dp-N-NCS; (4,6-Me02sal) 2-BAPEN; and citrate and derivatives thereof.

6 . The kit formulation according to claim 1 , wherein the linker is selected from the group comprising a bond, a natural amino acid, an unnatural amino acid, a linear diamine, a cyclic diamine, a linear carboxylic acid, a cyclic carboxylic acid, polyethylene glycol (PEG) and combinations thereof.

7 . The kit formulation according to claim 1 , wherein said a GRP receptor (GRPr) targeting molecule comprises peptide sequences selected from the group comprising:

Gln-Trp-Ala-Val-Gly-His,

D-Phe-Gln-Trp-Ala-Val-Gly-His,

Gln-Trp-Ala-Val-Gly-His-Sta,

D-Phe-Gln-Trp-Ala-Val-Gly-His-Sta,

Gln-Trp-Ala-Val-Gly-His-Leuψ(CHOH-CH 2 )-

(CH 2 ) 2 -CH 3 ,

D-Phe-Gln-Trp-Ala-Val-Gly-His-Leuψ(CHOH-

CH 2 )-(CH 2 ) 2 -CH 3 ,

D-Phe-Gln-Trp-Ala-Val-Gly-His-Leuψ(CH 2 NH),

Gln-Trp-Ala-Val-Gly-His-Leuψ(CH 2 NH),

Gln-Trp-Ala-Val-Gly-His-Sta-Leu-NH 2 ,

or

D-Phe-Gln-Trp-Ala-Val-Gly-His-Sta-Leu-NH 2 .

8 . The kit formulation according to claim 1 , wherein the formulation for preparation of chelate-functionalized GRP receptor targeting conjugates is labeled with a trivalent radiometal cation or a bivalent radiometal cation.

9 . A method for preparation of a radiometal labeled chelate-functionalized GRP receptor targeting conjugate using said kit formulation according to claim 1 , comprising the steps of

mixing a solution of the radiometal with the kit formulation according to claim 1 ,

optionally, adding at least one labeling buffer or a mixture of labeling buffers, and

complexing the chelate-functionalized GRP receptor targeting conjugate according to claim 1 with the radiometal.

10 . A radiometal labeled chelate-functionalized targeting conjugate obtainable by the method according to claim 9 .

11 . A radiopharmaceutical composition comprising the radiometal labeled chelate-functionalized GRP receptor targeting conjugate according to claim 10 .

12 . A kit comprising

a vial comprising the lyophilized kit formulation according to claim 1 ;

a vial or a syringe comprising at least one labelling buffer or a mixture of labelling buffers and/or

a vial or syringe comprising a solution of the radiometal.