Improving Cryoablation Efficacy With BARRigel Rectal Spacing (ICE-BARR)
Recruiting · NCT07567027 · Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment) · Lead sponsor: NYU Langone Health
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Barrigel Injectable GelCryoablation
What this trial is about
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility, safety, and potential protective benefit of Barrigel, a hyaluronic acid-based rectal spacer, in patients undergoing prostate cryoablation for localized or recurrent prostate cancer. The primary aim is to assess Barrigel thermal stability during cryoablation.
Who can take part
Age range
40 Years to 95 Years
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
- Male patients aged 40-95 years.
- Biopsy-confirmed localized prostate cancer (Grade Group ≥ 2). Salvage cryoablation cases may be included.
- Unifocal disease visible on multiparametric MRI (mpMRI) and amenable to focal or whole gland cryoablation.
- Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) \< 20 ng/ml.
- No metastatic disease on Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen (PSMA) PET/CT, when recommended per National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines.
- Eligible for and consenting to transperineal cryoablation under anesthesia.
- Willingness to comply with post-procedure follow-up, including PSA testing and imaging.
- Cryoablation which requires treatment of the posterior prostate as per clinician judgement.
Exclusion criteria
- Evidence of metastatic disease.
- Prior radiation therapy to the area of the prostate.
- Active rectal or urinary tract infection.
- Known allergy to hyaluronic acid products or contrast agents.
- Inability to tolerate MRI.
- Inability or unwillingness to comply with study follow-up.
Where it is running
1 location listed across 1 US state.
- NYU Langone Health - New York, New York, United States