Comparison of 20-core Versus 12-core Prostate Biopsy Diagnostic Performance in the Detection of Prostate Cancer

Poitiers University Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Prostate Cancer

Treatments: Procedure: prostate biopsy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00992615

BP20-12

Details and patient eligibility

About

The optimal number of prostate cores extracted during a prostate biopsy performed because of a suspected prostate cancer is still debated. The present consensus is to sample 12 cores. However, recent data published in the literature brought arguments in favour of a higher number, probably 20. This would have the advantages of decreasing the false negatives and the re-biopsy rate.

Sex: Male

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients older than 18
• Patients with a PSA value between 3 et 20 ng/ml
• Obtained informed consent
• Patients able to comply with the study protocol
• Patients covered by a social insurance

Exclusion criteria

• None

Trial design

0 participants in 2 patient groups

Arm 20 cores

Experimental group

Treatment:

Procedure: prostate biopsy

arm 12 cores

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Procedure: prostate biopsy