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Filter by:The purpose of this research study is to determine if 5 (five) fractions of external radiotherapy with higher radiation doses per fraction to the pelvis leads to similar results to the standard of care external radiotherapy treatment that is comprised of 25 fractions of external radiotherapy with lower radiation doses per fraction to the pelvis. This study aims to investigate the impact in quality of life associated with hypofractionated Whole Pelvis Radiotherapy (WPRT) in comparison to conventionally-fractionated WPRT in patients with unfavorable-intermediate and high-risk prostate cancers. This information is valuable as hypofractionated WPRT is a more attractive and convenient treatment approach, and may become the new standard of care if proven to be well-tolerated and effective. Therefore, this study aims to provide a more rational justification for use of hypofractionated WPRT in future larger randomized trials by comparing this strategy with the current standard of care. This study will also provide an initial understanding of the toxicity profile and cancer control associated with hypofractionated WPRT and High Dose Rate Brachytherapy (HDR-BT).
The goal of this study is to investigate the feasibility and toxicity of using prostate-specific membrane antigen-positron emission tomography (PSMA-PET) and multi-parametric magnetic resonance imagining (mpMRI) with PET-MR technology to define radiotherapy targets, while meeting all the current planning criteria.
PSMA (Prostate Specific Membrane Antigen) is overexpressed in prostate cancer cells. The 68Ga-PSMA PET / CT test, using small molecules that bind to the PSMA protein and undergo intercellularization, is a test that has been shown to be more sensitive and specific than other conventional and molecular imaging modalities (CT, MRI, bone mapping, Disease in prostate cancer patients and its consequences often change therapeutic decisions in patients. In light of this, the examination of the health basket of the State of Israel was introduced to the staging of patients at moderate or high risk, as well as to the extent of the disease in patients with biochemical failure. However, testing with 68Ga-PSMA has several limitations, resulting from the use of 68 Ga, which can be overcome by switching to fluorine-18 (18F) -based materials: A. The generation capacity of the generator is low and therefore limits the number of tests that can be performed at a given time. In contrast, 18F is produced in cyclotron. B. 68 Ga has a short half-life of 68 minutes, which is a logical consequence of its availability to remote medical centers from the place of production, the time of the test and the patient's comfort, and the possibility of subsequent mappings. The half-life of 18F is 110 minutes. third. 18F has less energy than 68Ga (0.65 MEV vs. 1.9) and, as a result, a better maximum resolution that would potentially enable the demonstration of smaller lymph nodes involved in the disease. Among the fluorine-18 (18F) materials selected for clinical application is 18F-PSMA-1007, both because the uptake is higher in the tumor than in the background, and because its removal is mainly the pathobiliary and only a small fraction of the material is released in the urine. This is another advantage of 18F-PSMA-1007 over 68Ga-PSMA, potentially enabling a better demonstration of disease sites in the pelvis, without significant absorption of the bladder material. To date, accumulated promising experience, in Germany, in imaging with 18F-PSMA-1007. In one published case, 17 degenerative disease sites were detected in one patient with biochemical failure 9 years after undergoing radical prostatectomy, which was not demonstrated by other imaging modalities, including CT, MRI and bone mapping
The present study evaluates clinical outcomes and treatment-related toxicity following definitive ultra-high dose external beam radiotherapy delivered with two different regimens in patients with intermediate-risk adenocarcinoma of the prostate. Modern computer-driven technology enables the implementation of ultra-high hypofractionated Image-Guided Radiotherapy (IGRT) safely. Prostate cancer patients classified according to the current National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines as intermediate risk (biopsy Gleason score of 7 and/or Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) level >10 and ≤20 ng/mL and/or Stage T1, T2a, T2b or T2c) are eligible for this study. Patients will undergo IGRT with volumetric intensity-modulated arc radiotherapy (VMAT) with state-of-the-art treatment-planning and quality assurance procedures. Emphasis is placed on normal tissue sparing and delivery accuracy via the use of devices that ensure stability and beam location reproducibility. A rectal balloon with air filling will be used for prostate target immobilization and anatomical reproducibility, while a urethral catheter loaded with beacon transponders will be used to ensure set-up reproducibility and online target tracking. Previously untreated patients with intermediate-risk prostate cancer will be prospectively randomized to receive either 45 Gy in five fractions of 9 Gy each vs. 24 Gy in a single-dose. Patients will be followed at one month post-treatment and every 3 months for up to 12 months (+/- 4 weeks) and every 6 months thereafter. Acute and chronic toxicity evaluations will focus on urinary, rectal and sexual functions and will be assessed through validated questionnaires. Serum PSA values will be regularly acquired during follow-up. A multiparametric MRI will be performed at baseline, 6, 12 and 24 months following intervention. Additionally, a post-treatment diffusion-weighted MRI (DW-MRI) will be performed within 15 minutes of the first treatment, to measure early physiologic changes, such as perfusion and ischemia, that may correlate with clinically relevant end-points. Post-treatment prostate needle biopsies will be obtained at 24 months to evaluate pathologic response to therapy. The study will be continuously monitored for a minimum of 5 years. In the event unexpected severe (grade ≥3) toxicities are observed in any one of the treatment arms, the study will be terminated according to the stopping rule >3/first 15 patients.
The current standard of care treatment for prostate cancer confined to the prostate is surgical removal or irradiation of the entire prostate gland. This is effective at curing cancer but result in damage to critical adjacent structures such as the urinary sphincter muscle and erectile nerves resulting in impaired urinary continence and erectile dysfunction. The concept of focal therapy is to treat just the dangerous focus of cancer in the prostate while monitoring the rest of the gland, thus avoiding impairment of urinary continence and erectile function. We aim to evaluate the degree of preservation of continence and erectile function and early oncological outcomes in patients undergoing focal therapy of the prostate using cold energy or cryo- ablation. In this study, we seek to evaluate patient reported outcomes in urinary, sexual, bowel and general health areas at fixed time points after focal cryo-ablation in selected patients with low-volume, localized cancer. The primary goal of this study is to demonstrate whether there is a deterioration of scores in these health areas over 1 year of follow-up. The secondary goal is to measure cancer control at 1 year re-biopsy. Further goals include longer follow-up to monitor cancer progression rates and impact on patient survival.
The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of darolutamide as part of adjuvant androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) with a luteinising hormone releasing hormone analogue (LHRHA) in men having radiation therapy for localised prostate cancer at very high risk of recurrence.
The purpose of this study is to find out in the real-world setting, if darolutamide is safe and effective for patients diagnosed with prostate cancer that has not spread to other parts of the body. When a patient is enrolled to the study, his/her physician would have already made the decision to treat patient with darolutamide per local standard practice.
Conventional treatment options for localized prostate cancer include prostatectomy, radiotherapy and active surveillance. However, prostatectomy and radiotherapy carry certain degree of morbidity, including the risks of urinary incontinence, erectile dysfunction and injury to the surrounding organs like rectum and bladder. Active surveillance carries the risk of disease progression and psychological distress to the patients. Focal therapy employs the concept of only destroying the target lesion without treating other benign areas, resulting in disease cure in majority of cases with less treatment morbidity. Microwave treatment to the prostate has been performed since more than 20 years ago for benign prostatic hyperplasia and is approved by FDA in United States. It exerts its effect through thermal destruction of prostate tissue. Targeted treatment of localized prostate cancer using microwave needle ablation guided by MRI and Ultrasound imaging has been performed recently and was shown to be safe and effective. Our study aims to assess the effectiveness of this focal therapy in treating localized prostate cancer.
The aim of this trial is to evaluate SHR3680 combined with SHR3162 and SHR3680 single drug to improve Metastatic Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer Patients whether the patient's overall survival (OS) is superior to placebo.
In this non-interventional study, men being seen by urologists in the course of their normal practice that present with clinical suspicion of prostate cancer (based on DRE, elevated Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA), and/or family medical history of prostate cancer, among other reasons) and who meet the inclusion/exclusion criteria will be asked to consent to the clinical study and provide a 40-60 mL urine sample, without prior DRE, along with relevant de-identified clinical data, at the time of the initial consultation, prior to core-needle biopsy. The miR Scientific Sentinel® Prostate Cancer Classifier Platform (Sentinel® PCC4 Test) is a new molecular test that interrogates 442 small non-coding RNAs (sncRNA) extracted from urinary exosomes. Using the expression levels of 442 sncRNAs isolated from urine exosomes, the Sentinel® PCC4 Test provides an initial classification of disease status as either no molecular evidence of prostate cancer (NMEPC), or molecular evidence (MEPC) of low-, intermediate- or high-risk of aggressive prostate cancer. This study is designed to validate the classification algorithm and finalize the performance characteristics of the Test using risk-group labeling based on pathological grading from core-needle biopsy data.