Description:
Background:
The ability to treat early prostate cancer is still limited. Thermal ablation methods are
being tested for focal prostate cancer therapy. Researchers want to improve on these methods.
Objective:
To understand if Transurethral UltraSound Ablation (TULSA) in combination with MRI guidance
is useful to treat localized prostate cancer.
Eligibility:
English-speaking adults ages 18 and older with localized prostate cancer that can be seen on
MRI and can be treated by thermal ablation.
Design:
Participants will be screened with the following:
- Medical history
- Physical exam
- Digital rectal exam
- Blood and urine tests
- Electrocardiogram
- Tumor biopsy
- Questionnaire to assess urinary tract symptoms
- MRI of the pelvis. The MRI scanner is a long, narrow tube. Participants will lie on a
bed that moves in and out of the scanner.
Participants may also be screened with the following:
- Echocardiogram
- Chest x-ray
- Bone scan
- Urodynamic studies to see how well the bladder, sphincters, and urethra hold and release
urine
- MRI of the brain
- Transrectal ultrasound
- Computer tomography (CT) scan of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis. A CT scan is a series
of x-ray images taken of parts of the body.
Some screening tests will be repeated during the study.
Participants will have the TULSA procedure. They will have an MRI for guidance. A small
ultrasound applicator will be placed into their urethra. It uses heat to destroy the cancer
areas in the prostate. It is controlled by a robotic arm. A cooling catheter will be placed
into their rectum.
Participants will use a urethral catheter for 1-7 days.
Participants will have follow-up visits at 3, 6, 12, 18, 24, and 36 months.
Title
- Brief Title: Pilot Study to Investigate Magnetic Resonance (MR) Image Guided Focal Therapy in Prostate Cancer
- Official Title: Magnetic Resonance Image (MRI) Guided High Energy Ultrasound for Focal Prostate Cancer Ablation
Clinical Trial IDs
- ORG STUDY ID:
210017
- SECONDARY ID:
21-C-0017
- NCT ID:
NCT04808427
Conditions
Purpose
Background:
The ability to treat early prostate cancer is still limited. Thermal ablation methods are
being tested for focal prostate cancer therapy. Researchers want to improve on these methods.
Objective:
To understand if Transurethral UltraSound Ablation (TULSA) in combination with MRI guidance
is useful to treat localized prostate cancer.
Eligibility:
English-speaking adults ages 18 and older with localized prostate cancer that can be seen on
MRI and can be treated by thermal ablation.
Design:
Participants will be screened with the following:
- Medical history
- Physical exam
- Digital rectal exam
- Blood and urine tests
- Electrocardiogram
- Tumor biopsy
- Questionnaire to assess urinary tract symptoms
- MRI of the pelvis. The MRI scanner is a long, narrow tube. Participants will lie on a
bed that moves in and out of the scanner.
Participants may also be screened with the following:
- Echocardiogram
- Chest x-ray
- Bone scan
- Urodynamic studies to see how well the bladder, sphincters, and urethra hold and release
urine
- MRI of the brain
- Transrectal ultrasound
- Computer tomography (CT) scan of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis. A CT scan is a series
of x-ray images taken of parts of the body.
Some screening tests will be repeated during the study.
Participants will have the TULSA procedure. They will have an MRI for guidance. A small
ultrasound applicator will be placed into their urethra. It uses heat to destroy the cancer
areas in the prostate. It is controlled by a robotic arm. A cooling catheter will be placed
into their rectum.
Participants will use a urethral catheter for 1-7 days.
Participants will have follow-up visits at 3, 6, 12, 18, 24, and 36 months.
Detailed Description
Background:
Prostate cancer is relatively slow growing, with doubling times for local tumors estimated at
2 to 4 years.
Some prostate cancers prove to be small, low grade, and noninvasive and they appear to pose
little risk to the life or health of the host. Recent patient series suggest that 20% to 30%
of men undergoing radical prostatectomy have pathologic features in the radical prostatectomy
specimen consistent with an insignificant or "indolent" cancer which poses little threat to
life or health.
We propose that participants with low volume and low grade disease can be best served with
focal ablation of the visible prostate cancer without the side effects of urinary
incontinence and erectile dysfunction associated with radiation therapy or radical surgery.
Focal Therapy for prostate cancer has gained popularity however prior studies demonstrate a
failure rate as high as 50% with a laser.
Objective:
To determine the feasibility of magnetic resonance image (MRI)-guided ultrasound-induced
thermal therapy of biopsy-confirmed and MRI visible, prostate tumor(s) using the TULSA
Thermal Therapy System (Profound Medical)
Eligibility:
Subjects with prostate cancer, amenable for ultrasound ablation
Organ confined clinical T1c or clinical T2a prostate cancer, visible on MRI, and confirmed by
prostate biopsy
Adequate organ and marrow function
Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) < 20 ng/ml
Age >=18 years
Design:
Study testing feasibility and tolerability of ultrasound ablation of focal prostate cancer.
It is anticipated that 15 participants will be accrued for this study.
Trial Arms
Name | Type | Description | Interventions |
---|
1/Arm 1 | Experimental | Ultrasound ablation of focal prostate cancer | |
Eligibility Criteria
- INCLUSION CRITERIA:
Subjects must have prostate cancer, amenable for ultrasound ablation defined as following:
- diagnosed by prostate biopsies consist of transrectal ultrasound-guided standard 12
core biopsy and biopsies of one or two MRI target lesions;
- Gleason Score <= 7;
- <= 4 cores positive in a standard 12 core biopsy and <= 4 cores positive on MRI target
lesions biopsy where 2 cores are taken from each of the one or two MRI target lesions;
- histologically positive standard biopsy cores must be from the same location in the
prostate as an MRI target lesion(s) and reviewed by NCI urologic pathologist. (Left /
Right, Base, Mid-Gland, Apex).
- organ confined clinical T1c or clinical T2a prostate cancer that is visualized on MRI
imaging. Note: Participants after prostate cancer treatment with local recurrence or
residual tumor which is visible on MRI are eligible.
- PSA < 20 ng/ml.
- Adults (>= 18 years of age)
- Participants must have adequate organ and marrow function as defined below:
Platelets >= 50,000/mcL
Hemoglobin >= 8 g/dL
ALT or AST <= 5 x ULN
Measured or calculated creatinine clearance (CrCl) (eGFR may also be used in place of
CrCl)* >= 30 mL/min/1.73 m^2
ALT (SGPT)=alanine aminotransferase (serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase); AST
(SGOT)=aspartate aminotransferase (serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase); GFR=glomerular
filtration rate; ULN=upper limit of normal.
*Creatinine clearance (CrCl) or eGFR should be calculated per institutional standard.
- Subjects must be able to understand and willing to sign a written informed consent
document.
EXCLUSION CRITERIA:
- The presence of 3 or more MRI visible lesions positive for prostate cancer on biopsy
- Targeted lesion ablation length from apex to base of >5 cm or lesion extending >3 cm
from the urethra.
- Target ablative volume of greater than 100 ml.
- Presence of calcifications that would impede ultrasound transmission between the
urethra and ablative target.
- The participant is unable to tolerate MRI (foreign body, i.e., pacemaker or other
implanted device; claustrophobia; inability to tolerate rectal coil; etc.)
- The participant with the inability to follow up
- Acute urinary tract infection
- Lower urinary tract symptoms defined by an IPSS > 20
- Participants with uncontrolled coagulopathies (including liver dysfunction, or
untreated hereditary coagulopathies which have a standard of care treatment) per
surgeon discretion based on bleeding risk.
- Other serious illnesses according to the PI: involving the cardiac, respiratory, CNS,
renal, or hepatic organ systems, which would preclude study completion or impede the
determination of causality of any complications experienced during the conduct of this
study.
Maximum Eligible Age: | N/A |
Minimum Eligible Age: | 18 Years |
Eligible Gender: | Male |
Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Primary Outcome Measures
Measure: | feasibility and tolerability |
Time Frame: | 3, 6, 12, 18, 24, and 36 months |
Safety Issue: | |
Description: | To determine the feasibility of magnetic resonance image (MRI)-guided ultrasound-induced thermal therapy of biopsy-confirmed and MRI visible, prostate tumor(s) using the TULSA Thermal Therapy System (Profound Medical) |
Secondary Outcome Measures
Measure: | safety and tolerability |
Time Frame: | 3, 6, 12, 18, 24, and 36 months |
Safety Issue: | |
Description: | Address short- and long-term complication rates of study treatment by tabulating adverse events by grade according to CTCAE, and analyzing and reporting descriptively |
Measure: | changes in imaging and biopsy characteristics |
Time Frame: | 3, 6, 12, 18, 24, and 36 months |
Safety Issue: | |
Description: | Determine if focal ablation of MRI visible, biopsy-confirmed prostate cancer using the TULSA Thermal Therapy System (Profound Medical) platform can successfully ablate targeted prostate cancer lesions in >50% of participants |
Measure: | effect of thermal ablation on short- and long-term complication rates |
Time Frame: | 3, 6, 12, 18, 24, and 36 months |
Safety Issue: | |
Description: | Observe thermal damage on post-contrast MRI which extends into areas of the Rectum or Urethra; assess frequency of not completing the procedure |
Measure: | thermal damage |
Time Frame: | 3, 6, 12, 18, 24, and 36 months |
Safety Issue: | |
Description: | Observe thermal damage on post-contrast MRI which extends into areas of the Rectum or Urethra; assess frequency of not completing the procedure |
Measure: | outcome of TULSA ablation |
Time Frame: | 3, 6, 12, 18, 24, and 36 months |
Safety Issue: | |
Description: | Use descriptive statistical analysis to examine serial PSA, PSA density, changes in imaging and biopsy, International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS), and Sexual Health Inventory for Men (SHIM) |
Details
Phase: | N/A |
Primary Purpose: | Interventional |
Overall Status: | Not yet recruiting |
Lead Sponsor: | National Cancer Institute (NCI) |
Trial Keywords
- TULSA
- Thermal Therapy System
- PSA
- Gleason Score
Last Updated
August 27, 2021