Assessment of Supersonic Imagine Aixplorer for the Detection and Localisation of Prostate Cancer Foci (PROSTATE SSI)

Civil Hospices of Lyon

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cancer of Prostate

Treatments: Other: Elastography

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01639859

2011.658

Details and patient eligibility

About

The primary aim of the study is to assess the elasticity (Young's modulus) of cancerous tumor foci, of normal peripheral zone, and of normal transition zone in the prostate. Images obtained with the Supersonic Imagine Aixplorer scanner prior to radical prostatectomy are compared to whole-mount histology.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patient over 18 years old, with prostate cancer and scheduled for radical prostatectomy

Exclusion criteria

• Medical history of prostate surgery or radiotherapy of prostate
• Medical history of abdominal perinéanal amputation or whole of state which prevent to use endorectal probe

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

---

30 participants in 1 patient group

Elastography

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Elastography