PRostate Evaluation for Clinically Important Disease: MRI vs Standard Evaluation Procedures (PRECISE)

Canadian Urology Research Consortium

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Prostate Cancer

Treatments: Procedure: MRI Targeted Biopsy; Procedure: MRI; Procedure: Standard of Care

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02936258

PRECISE Trial

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to assess the efficacy of MRI-targeted biopsy compared to standard of care systematic TRUS guided biopsy in the detection of clinically significant and clinically insignificant prostate cancer in men without prior biopsy. The implication of this trial is that MRI-targeted biopsy could replace systematic TRUS guided biopsy as the standard of care in the diagnosis of prostate cancer.

Full description

The standard pathway for prostate cancer diagnosis is trans-rectal ultrasound guided (TRUS) biopsy of the prostate following an elevated PSA. TRUS guidance is performed primarily for anatomic guidance as the ultrasound poorly discriminates between cancerous and non-cancerous tissue. TRUS guided prostate biopsies are concentrated in areas of the peripheral zone, thought to harbor the majority of cancer.

An alternative pathway for prostate cancer diagnosis in men with elevated PSA is to perform multi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging (MPMRI) to localize cancer. This information is used to direct a subsequent biopsy, known as an MRI-targeted biopsy. MRI-targeted biopsy has been shown in preliminary studies to detect a similar or greater amount of clinically significant cancer than systematic TRUS guided biopsy and has several other potential advantages including: the ability to differentiate between clinically significant and insignificant cancer, reducing unnecessary biopsy and fewer numbers of biopsy cores, reducing biopsy-related side-effects.

A 'clinically insignificant cancer' is cancer that is unlikely to progress or to affect an individual's life expectancy and therefore does not warrant treatment. However when diagnosed with low grade cancer that is likely to be insignificant, a large proportion of subjects request treatment in case a more significant cancer is present. A challenge in this area is that subjects are typically not aware that their cancer is clinically insignificant, and often view the early diagnosis and aggressive treatment they have been subjected to as life-saving.

A prostate cancer detection procedure that differentiates clinically significant cancer from clinically insignificant cancer is therefore a major unmet need.

The potential implications of this trial include:

• A redefinition of the prostate cancer diagnostic pathway;
• A reduction in the number of subjects undergoing prostate biopsy;
• A reduction in the number of biopsy cores taken per subject;
• A reduction in biopsy-related adverse events including sepsis and pain;
• A reduction in the over-diagnosis of clinically insignificant prostate cancer;
• A reduction in the economic burden of diagnosing and treating prostate cancer.

Enrollment: 450 estimated patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

In order to be eligible, all inclusion criteria must be met:

1. Men at least 18 years of age referred with clinical suspicion of prostate cancer who have been advised to have a prostate biopsy;
2. ≥5% chance of high-grade prostate cancer as calculated using individualized risk assessment of prostate cancer calculator, PCPTRC 2.0, found at http://deb.uthscsa.edu/URORiskCalc/Pages/calcs.jsp;
3. Serum PSA ≤ 20ng/ml within 3 months of randomization
4. Fit to undergo all procedures listed in protocol;
5. Able to provide written informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

1. Prior prostate biopsy
2. Prior treatment for prostate cancer
3. Contraindication to MRI (e.g. claustrophobia, pacemaker, estimated GFR ≤ 50mls/min)
4. Contraindication to prostate biopsy
5. Men in whom artifact would reduce the quality of the MRI, i.e. previous hip replacement surgery, metallic hip replacement or extensive pelvic orthopaedic metal work
6. Unfit to undergo any procedures listed in protocol.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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450 participants in 2 patient groups

MRI

Other group

Description:

Men in Arm A will undergo a MRI followed by either a targeted biopsy of suspicious areas or will be followed for two years if there is no suspicious areas identified by MRI. The unbiopsied men will have a repeat MRI at 2 years.

Treatment:

Procedure: MRI Targeted Biopsy

Procedure: MRI

Standard of Care

Active Comparator group

Description:

Men in Arm B will undergo a 12-core systematic TRUS guided biopsy. All men in the study will be followed for two years or until they have had radical treatment (whichever comes first).

Treatment:

Procedure: Standard of Care