Pilot Study for the Detection of Minimal Residual Disease Post-prostatectomy and Early Disease Recurrence in Circulating Tumor DNA to Guide Future Adjuvant Therapy in High-risk Prostate Cancer Patients (MiRaDE)
The clinical objective for this pilot study is to determine whether minimal residual disease (MRD) detection in high-risk prostate cancer, utilizing a custom-made prostate-specific circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) panel, may lead to more optimal prediction of disease recurrence following radical prostatectomy.
• Male aged 18 years or older;
• High-risk prostate cancer, defined as:
‣ High-risk localized prostate cancer, with PSA level \>20 ng/mL, Gleason score 8-10 (ISUP grade 4/5) at prostate biopsies, or iT3a (based on multi-parametric MRI of the prostate); or
⁃ High-risk locally advanced prostate cancer, having any PSA level, any Gleason score/ISUP grade, iT3b-4 (based on multi-parametric MRI of the prostate) or iN1 (based on PSMA PET/CT imaging);
• Scheduled for robot-assisted radical prostatectomy;
• Willingness to consent to both patient information sheets regarding tissue and liquid biobanking.