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Positron Emission Tomography / Magnetic Resonance Imaging (PET/MRI) Guided Biopsy in Men With Elevated PSA

Single-center Study for Biopsy Guidance Using Gallium-68 Labeled Prostate-specific Membrane Antigen (PSMA) PET/MRI in Patients With Elevated PSA Eligible for Prostate Biopsy in Comparison to Multiparametric MRI.

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03187990
Enrollment
52
Registered
2017-06-15
Start date
2017-03-03
Completion date
2021-08-03
Last updated
2021-09-02

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Conditions

Prostate Cancer

Keywords

PSMA PET/MRI, Guided Biopsy, Prostate Cancer

Brief summary

In 22% of patients with elevated Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) MRI guided biopsy will not detect significant prostate cancer (PCA) (defined as either: Gleason score (GS) ≥ 3+4 or tertiary pattern 5, or final stage ≥ pT3a and/or pN1). Therefore this study evaluates the ability of \[68Ga\]PSMA PET/MRI to detect and localize significant primary PCA to accurately direct prostate needle biopsy using the Gleason score from the histology of the core biopsies as standard of truth.

Detailed description

In this open label, single center, non-randomized, diagnostic study we plan to include 40 men with elevated PSA (ages 30-50 PSA \>2.5 ng/mL; ages 50-80 PSA \> 4ng/mL), which are assigned to a MRI guided biopsy. These patients will undergo one additional PET/MRI scan with \[68Ga\]PSMA within two to three weeks before the biopsy (Arm A), or in case of an unclear/negative MRI scan but positive biopsy two to three weeks after biopsy (Arm B). In Arm A a radiologist will delineate the suspected areas on (A) multiparametric magnetic resonance image (mpMRI) and a nuclear medicine physician will delineate and color code the suspicious areas on the PET/MRI: (B) \[68Ga\]PSMA. The images will be loaded into the BiopSee® system. Lesions positive on both modalities will be labeled as AB. Every suspicious lesion will be targeted with 3 cores. A maximum of 3 targets will be selected per patient. For arm B: PET/MRI results will be correlated with the template biopsy results. The data analysis of Arm A and Arm B will be identical. For the analysis the Gleason score from the histology of the core biopsies will serve as standard of truth. After completion of the PET/MR study part - an amendment for PET/CT was submitted to the local ethics commity and acknowledged to include 10 more participants with PSMA PET/CT to investigate the use of PET/CT guided biopsy and intraoperative verivication of the target with a gamma counter.

Interventions

PET/MRI with \[68Ga\]PSMA will be compared to mpMRI for biopsy guidance.

18F-PSMA-1007 PET/CT for biopsy guidance and intraoperative target verification.

Sponsors

Irene Burger
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE

Intervention model description

In both arms PET/MR is compared to mpMRI for diagnostic accuracy for PCA detection.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
MALE
Age
30 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

1. Previously undiagnosed patients with elevated PSA (ages 30-50 PSA \>2.5 ng/mL; ages 50-80 PSA \> 4ng/mL), eligible for prostate needle biopsy. 2. Patients can have negative prior needle biopsy(ies) for suspected prostate cancer 3. mpMRI with at least one suspicious target lesion (Arm A), or negative mpMRI but positive biopsy (Arm B). 4. Written informed consent 5. Age \> 30

Exclusion criteria

1. Age\> 80 2. Contraindication to MRI or prostate biopsy (e.g. extreme claustrophobia, metallic implants incompatible with MRI, anatomical contraindications, coagulopathy, severe medical comorbidity prohibiting halting of anticoagulation therapies) 3. Active urinary tract infection or indwelling catheter 4. Prior pelvic irradiation 5. Prior prostatectomy 6. Prior androgen deprivation hormonal therapy 7. Prostate biopsy within 8 weeks prior to study 8. Prior transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP)

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Rate of positive histopathology for [68Ga]PSMA-11 positive lesions7 monthsPCA detection of PET/MRI versus mpMRI based on histopathology per patient and per prostate section.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Correlation of [68Ga]PSMA-11 with tumor aggressiveness7 monthsCorrelation of stanadized uptake value (SUV) on \[68Ga\]PSMA-11 with Gleason Score on histopathology.

Countries

Switzerland

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 23, 2026