prostate cancer
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1) Risk classification according to NCCN guidelines: very low to favorable intermediate (2) Strong desire for preservation of sexual function and ECOG PS: 0-1 (3) Eligible for treatment with MR linear accelerator (4) No lymph node or distant metastasis on imaging (5) No history of smoking, or has quit smoking (6) Well-controlled diabetes (HbA1c < 7.0%)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) Patients already receiving hormone therapy 2) Patients with a history of pelvic radiation therapy 3) Patients with a biopsy positivity rate of 33.3% or higher in both lobes 4) Patients with PI-RADS >=4 lesions within 5 mm of the NVB on both sides of the bilateral MRI before treatment 5) Patients with an EPIC combined sex score of 30 or less 6) Patients taking anticoagulants or antiplatelet drugs 7) Patients with psychosis or psychiatric symptoms who are deemed unable to participate in the study 8) Patients whom the principal investigator deems unsuitable for inclusion in the study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| At 24 months post-treatment, is the average total score of the 13 items (out of 44 points) in questions 17-23 regarding sexual function within the EPIC score maintained at 80% of the average score before treatment? | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Sexual function at 60 months (compared to pre-treatment) Biochemical recurrence-free rate (defined as an increase of Nadir +2 ng/ml or higher, according to the Phoenix definition of RTOG-ASTRO). | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine Department of Radiation Oncology