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MRI Guided SBRT for Localized Prostate Cancer

Prospective Evaluation of Multi-Parametric MRI Guided Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) for Localized Prostate Cancer

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03778112
Enrollment
54
Registered
2018-12-19
Start date
2016-05-23
Completion date
2029-03-01
Last updated
2026-03-09

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Conditions

Prostate Cancer

Keywords

Prostate Cancer, Radiotherapy, SBRT, Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy, MRI

Brief summary

This study utilizes advanced imaging techniques (mpMRI prostate scan) to select and stratify patients for two different radiotherapy regimens based on the presence/absence of identifiable intraprostatic lesions. In patients without identifiable prostate cancer lesions, SBRT to the prostate in 5 sessions (fractions) will be administered. In patients with MRI-identified lesion(s), pelvic IMRT in 25 fractions will be administered followed by an SBRT prostate boost while simultaneously treating the prostate cancer lesion(s) to a higher dose in 3 fractions.

Detailed description

Radiotherapy (RT) is considered standard of care treatment for prostate cancer. Conventional RT regimens consist of 8-9 weeks of daily RT. Recent data support the use of hypofractionated RT (5-6 weeks) due to similar disease control in a contracted treatment time. This study combines the benefits of RT dose escalation while shortening the overall RT treatment course. In this protocol, patients will undergo a pretreatment mpMRI prostate scan and be stratified to two separate SBRT regimens depending on whether prostate lesions are present. For patients without any positive mpMRI lesions, an SBRT monotherapy (36.25 Gy in 5 fractions) approach will be utilized. Patients with an equivocal or positive mpMRI lesion(s), will receive IG-IMRT (45 Gy in 25 fractions) to prostate and seminal vesicle +/- lymph nodes followed by a SBRT whole prostate boost (18 Gy in 3 fractions) with a simultaneously integrated boost (SIB) (21 Gy in 3 fractions) to intraprostatic lesion(s) only. Patients will be regularly assessed every 3 months for the first 2 years and then every 6 months, indefinitely. Side effects will be monitored using the standardized international prostate symptom score (I-PSS) and Sexual Health Inventory of Men (SHIM) questionnaires at baseline and subsequent follow-up appointments. Hypothesis: MRI-guided treatment planning and delivery can selectively target high-risk prostate cancer nodules and deliver a higher effective RT dose, to achieve maximal tumor control without increasing toxicity, all in a shortened treatment duration.

Interventions

RADIATIONSBRT to whole prostate

Those patients with negative mpMRI prostate scan (PI-RADS 0-2) will receive SBRT (36.25 Gy/5 fractions) to the whole prostate

RADIATIONIMRT followed by mpMRI guided SBRT boost with SIB to intraprostatic lesions

Patients with positive or equivocal mpMRI prostate scan (PI-RADS 3-5) will receive IMRT (45 Gy/25 fractions) to the prostate + seminal vesicles +/- lymph nodes followed by SBRT boost (18 Gy/3 fractions) to the whole prostate with simultaneous integrated boost (21 Gy/3 fractions) to MRI defined intraprostatic lesions

Sponsors

Rush University Medical Center
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

* Biopsy proven prostate adenocarcinoma within 1 year of randomization * NCCN Low to High Risk localized prostate cancer * Zubrod Performance Status 0-1 within 60 days prior to registration

Exclusion criteria

* Prior or concurrent invasive malignancy (except non-melanoma skin cancer) * Regional Lymph Node (N1) involvement * Distant Metastases (M1) involvement * History of prior pelvic irradiation (external beam radiotherapy or brachytherapy) * Prior chemotherapy * Severe, active co-morbidities (unstable angina and/or CHF; MI; COPD; liver disease; AIDS) * Acute bacterial or fungal infection requiring IV antibiotics * Inability to undergo MRI * Inability to receive fiducial markers

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Number of Participants With Late Radiation Induced Genitourinary and Gastrointestinal Toxicity18 monthsNumber of Participants with late grade 3-5 genitourinary and gastrointestinal toxicity following mpMRI guided radiation treatment. Late toxicity will be defined as toxicity occurring more than nine months from the start of radiotherapy.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Number of Participants With Acute Radiation Induced Genitourinary Adverse Event3 monthsAdverse acute events are evaluated by the CTEP Active Version of the NCI CTCAE. The treatment-related attribution includes definitely, probably or possibly related to treatment. An acute adverse event is defined as the first occurrence of worst severity of the adverse event ≤30 days after the completion of RT. For each cohort, we will evaluate the acute radiation therapy-related adverse events. Specifically, we are interested in the percentage of acute GI and GU Grade 3+ adverse events that occur in each arm, which is considered to be similar to the high RT dose arm of RTOG 0126 in terms of RT dose. For this arm, a reported 1% of patients experienced Grade 3+ GI/GU acute toxicity, with no patient experiencing Grade 4 or 5 toxicities. If either hypofractionated arm has an acceptable percentage, then that arm will be deemed to have an acceptable adverse event profile. We will report the percentage for each arm as well as the one-sided 97.5% confidence interval.
Biochemical Recurrence18 monthsBiochemical (PSA) recurrence is defined according to the proposed new Radiation Therapy Oncology Group/American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (RTOG-ASTRO) criteria also known as the RTOG Phoenix definition: an increase of the PSA level at least 2 ng/mL greater than the minimum level reached after therapy (lowest PSA+ 2 criterion). PSA failure at 1, 2, and 5 years will be estimated for each cohort by the cumulative incidence method.
Disease Free-Survival18 monthsThe disease-free survival duration will be measured from the date of registration to the date of documentation of disease progression or until the date of death from any cause. DFS at 1, 2, and 5 years will be estimated for each c o h o r t by the Kaplan-Meier method. Also, 95% confidence intervals will be reported.

Countries

United States

Contacts

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORDian Wang, MD, PhD

Rush University Medical Center

Participant flow

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Negative mpMRI Prostate Scan
SBRT to the whole prostate SBRT to whole prostate: Those patients with negative mpMRI prostate scan (PI-RADS 0-2) will receive SBRT (36.25 Gy/5 fractions) to the whole prostate
4
Positive mpMRI Prostate Scan
IMRT to the prostate + seminal vesicles followed by SBRT boost to the whole prostate with SIB to MRI defined intraprostatic lesions IMRT followed by mpMRI guided SBRT boost with SIB to intraprostatic lesions: Patients with positive or equivocal mpMRI prostate scan (PI-RADS 3-5) will receive IMRT (45 Gy/25 fractions) to the prostate + seminal vesicles +/- lymph nodes followed by SBRT boost (18 Gy/3 fractions) to the whole prostate with simultaneous integrated boost (21 Gy/3 fractions) to MRI defined intraprostatic lesions
50
Total54

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicPositive mpMRI Prostate ScanTotalNegative mpMRI Prostate Scan
Age, Categorical
<=18 years
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Age, Categorical
>=65 years
34 Participants36 Participants2 Participants
Age, Categorical
Between 18 and 65 years
16 Participants18 Participants2 Participants
Race and Ethnicity Not Collected0 Participants
Region of Enrollment
United States
50 participants54 participants4 participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
50 Participants54 Participants4 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
EG001
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
0 / 44 / 50
other
Total, other adverse events
0 / 40 / 50
serious
Total, serious adverse events
4 / 450 / 50

Outcome results

Primary

Number of Participants With Late Radiation Induced Genitourinary and Gastrointestinal Toxicity

Number of Participants with late grade 3-5 genitourinary and gastrointestinal toxicity following mpMRI guided radiation treatment. Late toxicity will be defined as toxicity occurring more than nine months from the start of radiotherapy.

Time frame: 18 months

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Negative mpMRI Prostate ScanNumber of Participants With Late Radiation Induced Genitourinary and Gastrointestinal Toxicity4 participants
Positive mpMRI Prostate ScanNumber of Participants With Late Radiation Induced Genitourinary and Gastrointestinal Toxicity50 participants
Secondary

Biochemical Recurrence

Biochemical (PSA) recurrence is defined according to the proposed new Radiation Therapy Oncology Group/American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (RTOG-ASTRO) criteria also known as the RTOG Phoenix definition: an increase of the PSA level at least 2 ng/mL greater than the minimum level reached after therapy (lowest PSA+ 2 criterion). PSA failure at 1, 2, and 5 years will be estimated for each cohort by the cumulative incidence method.

Time frame: 18 months

Secondary

Disease Free-Survival

The disease-free survival duration will be measured from the date of registration to the date of documentation of disease progression or until the date of death from any cause. DFS at 1, 2, and 5 years will be estimated for each c o h o r t by the Kaplan-Meier method. Also, 95% confidence intervals will be reported.

Time frame: 18 months

Secondary

Number of Participants With Acute Radiation Induced Genitourinary Adverse Event

Adverse acute events are evaluated by the CTEP Active Version of the NCI CTCAE. The treatment-related attribution includes definitely, probably or possibly related to treatment. An acute adverse event is defined as the first occurrence of worst severity of the adverse event ≤30 days after the completion of RT. For each cohort, we will evaluate the acute radiation therapy-related adverse events. Specifically, we are interested in the percentage of acute GI and GU Grade 3+ adverse events that occur in each arm, which is considered to be similar to the high RT dose arm of RTOG 0126 in terms of RT dose. For this arm, a reported 1% of patients experienced Grade 3+ GI/GU acute toxicity, with no patient experiencing Grade 4 or 5 toxicities. If either hypofractionated arm has an acceptable percentage, then that arm will be deemed to have an acceptable adverse event profile. We will report the percentage for each arm as well as the one-sided 97.5% confidence interval.

Time frame: 3 months

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Negative mpMRI Prostate ScanNumber of Participants With Acute Radiation Induced Genitourinary Adverse Event4 participants
Positive mpMRI Prostate ScanNumber of Participants With Acute Radiation Induced Genitourinary Adverse Event50 participants

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 10, 2026