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Fusion Targeted Biopsy of the Prostate

Molecular Image-directed, 3D Ultrasound-guided Biopsy of the Prostate

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT02013414
Enrollment
9
Registered
2013-12-17
Start date
2013-09-30
Completion date
2018-07-23
Last updated
2019-09-17

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Conditions

Prostate Cancer

Brief summary

The objective of the proposed study is to evaluate a new, molecular image directed, three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound guided biopsy system in human patients. The current biopsy uses ultrasound imaging as guidance. However, the procedure uses two-dimensional (2D) ultrasound images and has sampling errors thus some cancers can be missed from the standard 2D image-guided biopsy. In this study, an FDA-approved ultrasound device will be used to obtain three-dimensional (3D) images of the prostate from a commercially available ultrasound scanner. The clinician can use the 3D images to guide biopsy, record the core location of the biopsy sites, and perform re-biopsy to the same sites in a patient follow-up examination. This system can also use images from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or positron emission tomography (PET) and then fuse PET or MR images with 3D ultrasound images to guide the needle to a suspicious tumor target as seen on MRI or PET. We think that this fusion targeted biopsy technology will help to improve the accuracy of the current systematic biopsy approach for prostate cancer detection.

Interventions

DEVICE3D ultrasound-guided biopsy

Patients will have a PET/CT prior to the biopsy. The CT images will be combined with the PET images for improved localization of suspicious tumors. During the biopsy, the 3-D ultrasound images will be acquired immediately before the biopsy while the patient is on the table. The ultrasound images together with the PET images will be used to guide the targeted biopsy of the prostate.

Sponsors

National Cancer Institute (NCI)
CollaboratorNIH
Emory University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
MALE
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Patients must be 18 years or older * Abnormal uptake in prostate necessitating a biopsy * Able to provide informed consent

Exclusion criteria

* Age less than 18 * Cannot provide informed consent * Less than 2 months since any prior prostate biopsy (to decrease false positive uptake from inflammation)

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Cancer Detection by Targeted and Standard Biopsy ApproachesUp to 2 yearsThe feasibility of detecting cancer detection with the targeted prostate biopsy was assessed. This study sought only to determine if the targeted biopsy approach was able to detect recurrent prostate cancer and values for the number of samples testing positive for cancer per each biopsy approach are not available. This feasibility study preceded a clinical trial (NCT02744534) assessing the accuracy of prostate cancer detection with targeted biopsies compared to the standard biopsy.

Countries

United States

Participant flow

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Targeted Biopsy and Template Biopsy
Study participants with abnormal FACBC PET-CT scans received a fluciclovine PET ultrasound fusion targeted biopsy and a template (standard of care) biopsy to test the feasibility of targeted biopsies for detecting recurrent prostate cancer.
9
Total9

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicTargeted Biopsy and Template Biopsy
Age, Categorical
<=18 years
0 Participants
Age, Categorical
>=65 years
8 Participants
Age, Categorical
Between 18 and 65 years
1 Participants
Age, Continuous72.08 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 1.8
Race (NIH/OMB)
American Indian or Alaska Native
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Asian
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Black or African American
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
More than one race
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
White
9 Participants
Region of Enrollment
United States
9 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
0 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
9 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
EG001
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
0 / 90 / 9
other
Total, other adverse events
0 / 00 / 0
serious
Total, serious adverse events
0 / 00 / 0

Outcome results

Primary

Cancer Detection by Targeted and Standard Biopsy Approaches

The feasibility of detecting cancer detection with the targeted prostate biopsy was assessed. This study sought only to determine if the targeted biopsy approach was able to detect recurrent prostate cancer and values for the number of samples testing positive for cancer per each biopsy approach are not available. This feasibility study preceded a clinical trial (NCT02744534) assessing the accuracy of prostate cancer detection with targeted biopsies compared to the standard biopsy.

Time frame: Up to 2 years

Population: Only whether or not the targeted biopsy could detect cancer was examined and the number of positive biopsy cores per each biopsy approach were not determined.

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026