Shear Wave Elastography of Prostate Cancer (ElaProC)

University of Magdeburg

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 2

Conditions: Prostate Cancer

Treatments: Procedure: Transrectal random biopsy of the prostate; Device: Transrectal shear wave elastography of the prostate

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02425163

MD-URO-0047

Details and patient eligibility

About

Evaluation of significant Shear Wave Elastography Parameters for Prostate Biopsy and Prostate Cancer detection.

Full description

This Study will evaluate the Shear Wave Elastography (SWE) Parameters for Prostate Biopsy and Prostate Cancer detection.

Enrollment: 73 patients

Sex

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Suspicious for prostate cancer with no pretreatment and Prostata specific Antigen (PSA) >4ng/ml or PSA velocity > 0.75 ng/ml per year or suspicious transrectal digital examination
• Status after external beam radiotherapy of the prostate in localized prostate cancer and suspicious for local prostate cancer recurrence

Exclusion criteria

• None.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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73 participants in 1 patient group

suspicious for Prostate Cancer

Active Comparator group

Description:

PSA \>4ng/ml or PSA-Velocity \>0.75ng/ml/a or suspicious rectal examination or Status after external beam therapy of the prostate in prostate cancer. Patients who are able for transrectal ultrasound examination. Transrectal shear wave elastography of the prostate for Transrectal random biopsy of the prostate.

Treatment:

Device: Transrectal shear wave elastography of the prostate

Procedure: Transrectal random biopsy of the prostate