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Retreating localised prostate cancer with either repeat radiotherapy or brachytherapy

Reirradiation Options for Previously Irradiated Prostate cancer (RO-PIP): Feasibility randomised clinical trial investigating toxicity outcomes following reirradiation with ultra-hypofractionated external beam radiotherapy vs. high dose rate brachytherapy

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN12238218
Enrollment
60
Registered
2022-07-01
Start date
2022-07-30
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-09-08

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Conditions

Prostate cancer Cancer

Interventions

Phase 1- Recruitment and registration: This two-arm randomised (1:1) feasibility study will aim to prospectively recruit 30 patients over 24 months into each treatment arm (BT and SABR) giving a total

Sponsors

University of Leeds
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
Male

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Aged =18 years 2. Biopsy-proven locally recurrent prostate cancer 3. T1-3 N0 M0 Any Gleason/ISUP grade group adenocarcinoma prostate with most recent PSA 0 ml/s on flow tests) 10. > 10-year life expectancy 11. No metastatic disease (PET-CT - any of choline/fluciclovine/PSMA) 12. No prior prostatectomy (TURP >3 months before randomisation is acceptable) 13. No history of inflammatory bowel disease 14. Suitable for procedure under general anaesthesia 15. Androgen Deprivation Therapy may be initiated at the discretion of the treating oncologist but this must be started at the time of the first salvage radiotherapy treatment (at first fraction of EBRT or at HDR-BT)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Not compliant with any inclusion criteria 2. Do not have a prostate biopsy confirming locally recurrent prostate cancer or who are unfit for a prostate biopsy 3. Unfit for a general anaesthetic due to other comorbidities 4. Contraindications to MRI 5. Clinical or radiological evidence of metastatic prostate disease 6. Medical or psychiatric condition that impairs their ability to give informed consent

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Feasibility measured using overall, and recruitment site-specific recruitment rates collected monthly over the 24-month recruitment period

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1. Toxicity following salvage ultra-hypofractionated external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) or high-dose rate brachytherapy (HDR-BT) to inform future RCT design will be measured using: 1.1. Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in terms of impact on quality of life and urinary, bowel, and sexual function using the EPIC-26, EORTC QLQ-C30, and IPSS questionnaires at baseline, 1, 3, 6, 12, and 24 months 1.2 Clinician-reported toxicity outcomes collected using Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 5.0 at baseline, 1, 3, 6, 12, 18, and 24 months 2. Identification of MRI biomarkers that may be predictive of genitourinary and gastrointestinal toxicity (measured by PROMs as detailed above) using multiparametric MRIs at baseline and at 1-month and 1-year post-treatment 3. Image quality and repeatability of prostate functional imaging for detecting hypoxia measured using the diffusion coefficient (D), perfusion fraction (f), and pseudo-diffusion coefficient (D*) on IVIM sequences and the rate of relaxation per second (R2*) on BOLD sequences at 1-month and 1-year post-treatment 4. Changes in a hypoxia-associated gene signature and proteomic/cytokine signatures following primary radiation (and exploration of the prognostic value of such changes) measured using blood and urine samples collected at baseline and 1, 3, and 6 months after radiation treatment

Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026