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Mp-3TMRI and 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT Guided Prostate Biopsy and Tumor Node Metastasis (TNM) Staging. (BIOPSTAGE)

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Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori Dino Amadori IRST S.r.l. IRCCS

Status

Terminated

Conditions

Mp-3TMRI Guided Prostate Biopsy
Diagnosis
68Ga-PSMA PET/CT Guided Prostate Biopsy
Prostate Cancer
TNM Staging

Treatments

Diagnostic Test: pelvic MRI
Diagnostic Test: 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT03465579
IRST185.05

Details and patient eligibility

About

BIOPSTAGE is a prospective, non-randomized, diagnostic, multi-cohort investigational study to evaluate the impact of pelvic Multi-parametric 3-Tesla magnetic resonance imaging (mp-3TMRI) and whole-body 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT for diagnosis of clinically-significant prostate cancer and pre-surgical staging.

Full description

The aim of this study is to characterize the diagnostic accuracy of both multi-parametric pelvic Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) (T2-weighted, Diffusion Weighted Imaging (DWI), Dynamic Contrast Enhancement (DCE) and 68Ga-chelated Prostate Specific Membrane Antigen ligand (68Ga-PSMA) Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography (PET /CT) in three cohorts of patients:

  • COHORT 1 Guiding prostate biopsies in men with clinical suspicion and/or unconfirmed clinically-significant prostate cancer (CS-PCa) on initial prostate biopsy;
  • COHORT 2 Targeting repeat prostate biopsy in patients on Active Surveillance (PRIAS Study), scheduled for PRIAS repeat biopsy;
  • COHORT 3

Providing pelvic / whole-body pre-surgical staging in:

  • 3a: men with high-risk PCa (HR-PCa);
  • 3b: men candidates for nerve sparing surgery (NSS);

Enrollment

261 patients

Sex

Male

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Cohort 1 - Biopsy guidance in clinically-suspected PCa

  1. Men aged 45 to 75 years old with clinically-suspected PCa candidated for either initial or repeat TRUS-guided prostate biopsy, meeting any of the following criteria:

a) Abnormal PSA metrics, defined as follows:

A rising and/or persistently elevated serum PSA (i.e PSA > 2.5ng/ml for men in the age group comprising 60 to 75 years old; PSA > 3.0ng/ml for men in the age group comprising 45 to 60 years old) and at least one of the following PSA-based metrics:

i. Percent free PSA (%fPSA) < 25% with PSA range 4-10ng/ml (NCCN); ii. PSA velocity (PSAvel) >0.35 ng/mL/y; iii. PSA density (PSAden) > 0.25ng/mL/cc iv. PSA > 10ng/ml, 50% risk of PCa (EAU) b) Suspicious digital rectal examination (DRE), 5-30% risk of PCa; c) Prostate Cancer Gene 3 (PCA3) > 35; d) Suspicious findings on first-round biopsy: i. A few Atypical Glands immediately adjacent to HG-PIN, 50% risk of PCa; ii. Atypical Small Acinar Proliferation, 40% of PCa; iii. Multifocal High-Grade Prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (HG-PIN), 30% ; iv. Intraductal carcinoma as solitary finding, 90% of PCa;

Cohort 2 - Biopsy guidance on Active Surveillance

Men consenting to enter the PRIAS MRI side-study as per currently inclusion criteria in Version Number 1.0 dated August 20, 2013. These are:

  1. Histologically-proven adenocarcinoma of the prostate;

  2. Age ≥ 18

  3. Men should be fit for curative treatment;

  4. Clinical stage T1c or T2;

  5. Gleason score 3+3=6;

  6. One or two biopsy cores invaded with prostate cancer:

    1. If an MRI, including targeted biopsies on positive lesions, is done at inclusion, there is no limit in the number of positive cores (that is, more than two, and no limit in the % of cancer present in the cores);
    2. If saturation biopsies (either trans-perineal or trans-rectal) are done 15% of the cores can be positive with a maximum of 4 (i.e. 26 cores 4 cores can be positive) (all other inclusion criteria still apply);
  7. PSA density (PSA D) less than 0.2;

  8. PSA-level at diagnosis ≤ 10 ng/mL;

Cohort 3a - Pre-surgical TNM staging in high-risk prostate cancer

  1. Male, aged 18 years or older;

  2. Cyto / histological confirmation of PCa (i.e. TRUS-guided biopsies; TURP);

  3. Any of the PCa high risk features for Organ-Confined Disease (OCD):

    • Clinical T stage ≥ T2c;
    • Gleason Score ≥ 8;
    • Serum PSA > 20 ng/mL;
  4. Any of the PCa high-risk features for Locally-Advanced Disease (LAD):

    • Clinical T stage ≥ T3b-T4 OR any T and clinical N1 disease;
    • Gleason Score ≥ 8;
    • Serum PSA > 20 ng/mL;
  5. Routine clinical staging (CTscan ± Bone scan) performed within 12 weeks enrolment returning negative or equivocal results for distant metastatic disease;

Cohort 3b - pelvic TNM staging of prostate cancer prior to nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy

  1. Male, aged 18 years or older;

  2. Cyto / histological confirmation of PCa (i.e. TRUS-guided biopsies; TURP);

  3. All of the following PCa-related features must be met for nerve-sparing (either mono- or bi-lateral):

    • Clinical T stage ≤ T2b;
    • Gleason Score ≤ 7 (3+4) and maximum one biopsy with Gleason > 6 at the ipsilateral side;
    • Serum PSA < 10 ng/mL;

Exclusion criteria

The participant may not enter the study if ANY of the following apply:

  1. Hormone androgen deprivation therapy of any type within 6 months prior to enrollment.
  2. Prior pelvic radiotherapy;
  3. Sickle cell disease;
  4. Insufficient renal function (eGFR < 30 mL/min/1.73 m2);
  5. Hip prosthesis, vascular grafting or other conditions affecting imaging;
  6. Contraindication to MRI, including but not restricted to: pacemaker or other electronic im-plants, known metal in the orbit, MR incompatible surgical or cerebral aneurysm clips, shrapnel, tattoos, non-removable body piercings (relative contraindications);
  7. History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic com-position to 68Ga-PSMA or Gadolinium-based contrast agents used in the study.

Trial design

Primary purpose

Diagnostic

Allocation

Non-Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

261 participants in 4 patient groups

Cohort 1
Other group
Description:
Men with suspected clinically-significant PCa (CS-PCa) who are candidates for prostate biopsy or after first-round negative transrectal ultrasonography (TRUS) biopsy
Treatment:
Diagnostic Test: 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT
Diagnostic Test: pelvic MRI
Cohort 2
Other group
Description:
Men framed in Active Surveillance (PRIAS study), scheduled for PRIAS repeat biopsy.
Treatment:
Diagnostic Test: 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT
Diagnostic Test: pelvic MRI
Cohort 3a
Other group
Description:
Men with high-risk PCa (HR-PCa) prior to radical surgery.
Treatment:
Diagnostic Test: 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT
Diagnostic Test: pelvic MRI
Cohort 3b
Other group
Description:
Men diagnosed with CS-PCa prior to nerve-sparing prostate surgery (NSS).
Treatment:
Diagnostic Test: 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT
Diagnostic Test: pelvic MRI

Trial contacts and locations

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Central trial contact

Oriana Nanni; Federica Matteucci, MD

Data sourced from clinicaltrials.gov

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