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MR-guided Focal Laser Ablation of the Prostate

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Prostate Cancer
MRI
Focal Laser Ablation
Interventions
Device: MR-guided focal laser ablation
Registration Number
NCT02200809
Lead Sponsor
Radboud University Medical Center
Brief Summary

Purpose of the investigators study is to determine the short and medium term histological cancer control of focal therapy using MR-guided focal laser ablation therapy in the treatment of localised prostate cancer.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
Male
Target Recruitment
20
Inclusion Criteria
  • Newly diagnosed and biopsy proven prostate cancer
  • Intermediate risk patients (PSA <= 20 ng/mL, Gleason ≤ 7, T2b)
  • No previous treatment for prostate cancer
  • Cancer lesion located at least 1 cm away from the neurovascular bundle according to Multimodality MR images
  • Signed informed consent by patient
  • Age 18 years or older
  • Signed screening form (to determine exclusion for metal device/foreign bodies/claustrophobia)
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Exclusion Criteria
  • Impossibility to obtain a valid informed consent
  • Patients unable to undergo MR imaging, including those with contra-indications
  • Contra-indications to MR guided focal laser therapy (colitis ulcerosa, rectal pathology or abdomino perineal resection)
  • Metallic hip implant or any other metallic implant or device that distorts local magnetic field and compromises the quality of MR imaging
  • Patients with evidence for nodal or metastatic disease
  • Patients with an estimated Glomerular Filtration Ratio (eGFR) < 40 mL/min/1.73 m2
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Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
MR-guided focal laser ablationMR-guided focal laser ablation-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Disease free survival36 months.

The short and medium term histological cancer control defined as the percentage of patients with disease free survival according to the pathological MR-guided biopsy results after 36 months.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (3)

Radboud University Medical Center

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Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands

Ziekenhuisgroep Twente

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Hengelo, Overijssel, Netherlands

Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital

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Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands

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