prostate cancer
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: PSA 20 ng/ml or less, Gleason score 3+3 or less, 2 positive cores or less , and maximum cancer occupancy (within positive cores) less than 50%
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients with a history of cerebral infarction, unstable angina, diabetes uncontrolled by insulin, severe hypertension, or myocardial infarction within 6 months
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Proportion of patients with a PSA doubling time of more than 2 years at 6 months after enrollment among patients selected for active surveillance | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1) Percentage of patients who met the pathological eligibility criteria at the time of enrollment as a result of re-biopsy among patients selected for active surveillance who underwent re-biopsy performed 13 months after enrollment 2) Percentage of patients who underwent total prostatectomy as the first treatment for prostate cancer within 6 months of enrollment who had a pathology diagnosis of Non Organ Confined Disease in the resected specimen. 3) Adverse events in patients receiving active treatment 4) Degree of decline in her QOL in patients choosing active surveillance and patients choosing active treatment 5) Overall survival time in patients who selected active surveillance and patients who selected active therapy 6) Metastasis-free survival time in patients who selected active surveillance and patients who selected active therapy | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Kagawa university Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine