Focal Salvage Brachytherapy Study (FocaSaBra)
Recruiting · NCT05715502 · Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment) · Lead sponsor: The Greater Poland Cancer Centre
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What this trial is about
The aim of this prospective phase II study is to evaluate the toxicity of salvage partial (focal) prostate brachytherapy in patients after prior radiotherapy (standard teleradiotherapy with / without brachytherapy, hypofractionated, self-reactive HDR / LDR brachytherapy) with local recurrence on the part of the prostate gland.
Who can take part
Age range
18 Years and older
Sex
Male
Healthy volunteers
No - a diagnosis or condition is required
Phase
Not applicable (e.g. observational or device study)
Study type
Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment)
Inclusion criteria
- Histopathologically confirmed by biopsy (fusion mapping biopsy preferred) recurrence of prostate cancer after prior radical radiotherapy (brachytherapy, external beam radiotherapy alone or with brachytherapy boost, stereotaxic radiotherapy)
- Localized tumor lesion assessed by MRI or in the case of MR contraindications with TRUS and CT
- Exclusion of distant metastases using CT, MR, or PET imaging
- PSA doubling time over six months
- PSA value \<10 ng / ml
- No anti-androgen treatment in the year prior
- Dysuria on the IPSS (International Prostate Symptom Score) ≤ 20 points
- General condition according to the WHO scale ≤ 2
- Signing informed consent to participate in the study
Exclusion criteria
- PSA value\> 10ng / ml
- General condition according to the WHO scale\> 2
- Dysuria on the IPSS scale\> 20 points
- PSA doubling time \<6 months
- Inability to discontinue anticoagulants.
- An active urinary tract infection.
- Contraindications to general anesthesia
- Active inflammatory bowel diseases.
- Second active cancer or treatment with completion less than 3 years earlier, except for low-stage skin cancer
- Estimated Survival \<5 years
Where it is running
1 location listed.
- Greater Poland Cancer Centre / Brachytherapy Department - Poznan, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland