Prostate cancer
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: a) Pathologically proven prostate cancer b) ECOG performance status of 0-2 c) Aged 20 to 85 years old at the time of informed consent d) Written informed consent
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: a) Refusal to participate b) Lymph node or distant metastasis c) History of treatment except hormone therapy for prostate cancer d) History of radiotherapy for pelvic region e) Inflammatory bowel disease like ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease f) History of surgery for rectal disease g) Participants of other clinical trial that may affect the result of this study h) Ineligible patients judged by investigators Following patients were ineligible for injection of hydrogel spacer i) Difficult to insert the ultrasound probe into the rectum j) Allergic to local anesthetic agents k) Rectum invasion or dorsal extracapsular invasion
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The incidence of CTCAE grade 3-5 toxicity during the initiation of radiotherapy and 180 days from the end of radiotherapy. Toxicities will be graded using CTCAE version 5.0. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The incidence of toxicity during the initiation of radiotherapy and 90 days from the end of radiotherapy The incidence of toxicity during the follow-up period after 91 days from the end of radiotherapy The incidence of toxicity caused by injection of hydrogel spacer The incidence of patient-reported toxicity based on PRO-CTCAE version 1.0 Quality of life using EPIC and FACT-P The International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) Overall survival biochemical recurrence-free survival using the Phoenix definition of biochemical failure | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
The University of Tokyo Hospital Radiology