Magnetic Resonance Image (MRI) Guided High Energy Ultrasound for Focal Prostate Cancer Ablation

Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Device
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

Background: The ability to treat early prostate cancer is still limited. Thermal ablation methods are being tested for focal prostate cancer therapy. Researchers want to improve on these methods.

Objective: To understand if Transurethral UltraSound Ablation (TULSA) in combination with MRI guidance is useful to treat localized prostate cancer.

Eligibility: English-speaking adults ages 18 and older with localized prostate cancer that can be seen on MRI and can be treated by thermal ablation.

Design: Participants will be screened with the following: * Medical history * Physical exam * Digital rectal exam * Blood and urine tests * Electrocardiogram * Tumor biopsy * Questionnaire to assess urinary tract symptoms * MRI of the pelvis. The MRI scanner is a long, narrow tube. Participants will lie on a bed that moves in and out of the scanner. Participants may also be screened with the following: * Echocardiogram * Chest x-ray * Bone scan * Urodynamic studies to see how well the bladder, sphincters, and urethra hold and release urine * MRI of the brain * Transrectal ultrasound * Computer tomography (CT) scan of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis. A CT scan is a series of x-ray images taken of parts of the body. Some screening tests will be repeated during the study. Participants will have the TULSA procedure. They will have an MRI for guidance. A small ultrasound applicator will be placed into their urethra. It uses heat to destroy the cancer areas in the prostate. It is controlled by a robotic arm. A cooling catheter will be placed into their rectum. Participants will use a urethral catheter for 1-7 days. Participants will have follow-up visits at 3, 6, 12, 18, 24, and 36 months.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: Male
Minimum Age: 18
Healthy Volunteers: f
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⁃ Subjects must have prostate cancer amenable for ultrasound ablation defined as:

• diagnosed by transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy via standard 12 core biopsy and targeted biopsy of any MRI-visible or tracked lesions; pathological diagnosis must be confirmed by Laboratory of Pathology, NCI;

• Gleason Score \<= 7;

• MRI-visible or MRI-tracked prostate cancer. This includes prostate cancer found on targeted biopsy of MRI-visible or MRI-tracked lesion. Histologically positive standard biopsy cores of Grade Group \>= 2 prostate cancer must be from an area overlying or within 1cm of an MRI-visible or tracked lesion(s) and reviewed by NCI urologic pathologist. (Left / Right, Base, Mid-Gland, Apex). Systematic and targeted cores of Grade Group 1 prostate cancer outside of proposed ablation zone do not affect inclusion status, as these can be observed by conventional guideline management.

• organ confined clinical T1c or clinical T2a prostate cancer that is visualized on MRI. Note: Participants after prostate cancer treatment with local recurrence or residual tumor which is visible on MRI are eligible.

• PSA \< 20 ng/ml or PSA \>20 with a PSA density \<0.15.

• Adults (\>= 18 years of age)

• Participants must have adequate organ and marrow function as defined below:

⁃ Platelets \>= 50,000/mcL

⁃ Hemoglobin \>= 8 g/dL

⁃ Measured or calculated creatinine clearance (CrCl) (eGFR may also be used in place of CrCl)\* \>= 30 mL/min/1.73 m\^2

⁃ GFR=glomerular filtration rate; ULN=upper limit of normal.

⁃ \*Creatinine clearance (CrCl) or eGFR should be calculated per institutional standard.

• Subjects must be able to understand and willing to sign a written informed consent document.

• Subjects must be co-enrolled to NCI protocol 16-C-0010 Care of the Prostate Cancer Patient and Prospective Procurement of Prostate Cancer Tissue.

Locations
United States
Maryland
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
RECRUITING
Bethesda
Contact Information
Primary
Jill M Harper, Ph.D.
jill.harper@nih.gov
(240) 974-5755
Backup
Peter A Pinto, M.D.
pp173u@nih.gov
(240) 858-3700
Time Frame
Start Date: 2023-11-20
Estimated Completion Date: 2027-09-01
Participants
Target number of participants: 21
Treatments
Experimental: 1/Arm 1
Ultrasound ablation of focal prostate cancer
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: National Cancer Institute (NCI)

This content was sourced from clinicaltrials.gov