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Robot-gestuurde plaatselijke inwendige bestraling voor de behandeling van patiënten met teruggekeerde prostaatkanker.

Recruiting
Conditions
Prostate cancer, brachytherapy, robotic device
Registration Number
NL-OMON26571
Lead Sponsor
niversity Medical Center Utrecht (UMCU)
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
5
Inclusion Criteria

Age at least 18 years;
- Biochemical recurrence according to the RTOG-ASTRO Phoenix definition (PSA >2 ng/ml above nadir) at least 2 years after primary treatment;
- Stage T3b tumour or lower;
- Recurrent lesion visible on 68Ga-PSMA-PET-CT and at least 1 sequence of the mp-MRI (T2 weighted (T2W), DCE or DWI);
- Karnofsky score at least 70;
- Prior prostate cancer treatment with standard external beam radiation therapy (EBRT), for which fiducial gold markers were placed in the prostate;
- Tumour location technically feasible for robotic needle placement as determined on diagnostic MRI scan and PET-CT scan;
- Written informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria

- Metastatic disease;
- Other prostate cancer treatments in the past (HIFU or cryosurgery), except for radiotherapy;
- Trans-urethral resection of the prostate (TURP) within the past 6 months;
- Prior radiotherapy for a malignancy in the pelvic area, other than prostate cancer;
- Continuously required anticoagulant administration, except for platelet aggregation inhibitors (for example Ascal/Persantin);
- Hypofractionated EBRT as primary prostate cancer treatment;
- Less than 3 gold markers visible in the prostate on the pre-treatment MRI-scan;
- Physical inability to spread the legs sufficiently for positioning in the leg supports;
- Contra-indications for MRI.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
To investigate the technical feasibility of using a robotic needle-implant device, which will be determined by the needle-to-tumour-target distance.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
- Geometric accuracy of the brachytherapy needle position in the prostate compared to the planned position (quantified by needle-to-geometric-target (NTG) distance;<br>- Deformation of the prostate during and after needle insertion;<br>- Duration of the robotic needle insertion procedure;<br>- Toxicity related to treatment.
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