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PSMA MRI Guided Prostate SBRT (ARGOS)/Comprehensive, Longitudinal Evaluation of Imaging Biomarkers Post Radiotherapy (CLIMBER)

PSMA MRI Guided Prostate SBRT(ARGOS)/Comprehensive, Longitudinal Evaluation of Imaging Biomarkers Post Radiotherapy (CLIMBER)

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05269550
Acronym
ARGOS/CLIMBER
Enrollment
50
Registered
2022-03-08
Start date
2022-05-03
Completion date
2028-12-15
Last updated
2025-07-28

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Prostate Cancer

Keywords

High intermediate risk prostate cancer, High-risk prostate cancer

Brief summary

This study is a prospective Phase I/II protocol enrolling men with either high intermediate-risk or high-risk or very high-risk prostate cancer. All men will have PSMA Targeted PET (using the PSMA targeting ligand PSMA 1007) and multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) for delineation of intra-prostatic foci of cancer and any involved regional lymph nodes based on high SUV uptake on PET or mpMRI (T2W, DWI/ADC, DCE) appearance suspicious for cancer. Tumour delineation will be performed by fusing the PSMA PET and mpMRI with planning CT simulation images. Fiducial marker implantation for treatment guidance will be mandatory but use of other organs at risk protection strategies (i.e. GU Loc, Space-OAR) will be allowed but not mandatory. Patients will be treated with image-guided SBRT using the fiducial markers for intra-fraction motion management. Dose escalation to imaging defined targets (intra-prostatic and involved nodes on PSMA PET + MRI) will be accomplished through a simultaneous boost technique. Maintaining dose to organs at risk will take precedence over boost dose targets (targeted maximum dose of 50Gy/5 fractions to imaging defined prostatic lesion; 35Gy/5 fractions to imaging defined involved nodes). Cohort extension: We hypothesize that integration of neoadjuvant androgen deprivation therapy will provide for pretreatment cancer downstaging and will allow us to achieve higher target doses to the imaging defined DILs than currently achieve. Additionally, we plan to include a novel sodium MRI protocol into the baseline imaging to compare DIL volumes delineated by this modality to those by mpMRI and PSMA PET and to characterize changes in sodium MRI in response to ADT alone and subsequent radiotherapy

Interventions

RADIATIONHigh-Intermediate Risk Patients-cohort 1

Patients will receive 35Gy/5 fractions to the whole prostate (25 Gy to proximal Seminal Vesicles) with a simultaneous boost to PET/MRI defined intra-prostatic foci to a target maximum dose of 50Gy/5 fractions. Six months of androgen deprivation therapy will commence with the end of radiotherapy (concurrent plus adjuvant)

RADIATIONHigh Risk or Very High-Risk Patients-cohort 1

Patients will receive 35Gy/5 fractions to the whole prostate (25Gy to whole Seminal Vesicles) with a simultaneous boost to PET/MRI defined intra-prostatic foci to a target maximum dose of 50Gy/5 fractions. Pelvic lymph nodes will receive 25Gy/5 fractions synchronous with prostate treatment with a simultaneous boost to imaging involved nodes to a maximum of 35Gy/5 fractions. Eighteen months of androgen deprivation therapy will commence with the end of radiotherapy (concurrent plus adjuvant)

RADIATIONHigh-Intermediate Risk Patients-cohort 2

Patients will receive 35Gy/5 fractions to the whole prostate (25 Gy to proximal Seminal Vesicles) with a simultaneous boost to PET/MRI defined intra-prostatic foci to a target maximum dose of 50Gy/5 fractions. Androgen deprivation therapy will commence 3 months before radiotherapy (concurrent plus adjuvant) and will continue for a total of 6 months.

RADIATIONHigh Risk or Very High-Risk Patients-cohort 2

Patients will receive 35Gy/5 fractions to the whole prostate (25 Gy to proximal Seminal Vesicles) with a simultaneous boost to PET/MRI defined intra-prostatic foci to a target maximum dose of 50Gy/5 fractions. Androgen deprivation therapy will commence 3 months before radiotherapy (concurrent plus adjuvant) and will continue for a total of 18 months.

Sponsors

London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

* Age \> 18 years of age * Histologically confirmed carcinoma of the prostate * High-intermediate risk or high risk as defined by NCCN criteria: * High intermediate: 2 or 4 intermediate risk factors (T2B-T2C, Gleason GG 2 or 3, PSA 10-20) or GG 3 or intermediate risk with equal or \>50% biopsy core involvement * High-risk: one of T3a, Gleason GG 4 or 5, or PSA \>20 ng/ml * Very-high risk: one of primary Gleason Pattern 5, \>4 cores Grade Group 4 or 5, clinical T3b, or more than 1 high-risk feature * Conventional imaging (bone scan and abdominal pelvic computed tomography) negative for extra-pelvic nodal, skeletal or visceral metastases * Willing to give informed consent to participate in this clinical trial * Able and willing to complete EPIC questionnaires

Exclusion criteria

* Prior prostate cancer treatment (apart from prior 5-alpha reductase inhibitor treatment); androgen deprivation therapy prior to enrollment or treatment planning not permitted * Men with clinical T4 disease are excluded * Contraindication to radical prostate radiotherapy e.g. connective tissue disease or inflammatory bowel disease * Contraindication to prostate MRI (i.e. non0compatible stent, pacemaker, prosthesis, etc.) * Contraindication to use of PSMA PET agent PSMA 1007 due to intolerance or allergy * Anticoagulation medication (if unsafe to discontinue for gold seed insertion) * Diagnosis of bleeding diathesis * Poor baseline urinary function defined as a score of 5 (big problem) on question 5 of the EPIC 26 (Overall, how big a problem has your urinary function been for you during the last 4 weeks?) * Definitive extra-pelvic nodal or distant metastatic disease on conventional staging investigations

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
6-month Toxicity6-months6-month gastrointestinal (GI) and genitourinary (GU) toxicity using the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 5.0 (CTCAE v5.0).
Expansion cohort: Median minimum dose to dominant intra-prostatic lesion6-monthsExpansion cohort: Median minimum dose to dominant intra-prostatic lesion
6-week Toxicity6-weeks6-week gastrointestinal (GI) and genitourinary (GU) toxicity using the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 5.0 (CTCAE v5.0).

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Quality of Life measured by the Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Composite (EPIC-26) questionnaires5 yearsQuality of life measured by the Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Composite (EPIC-26) questionnaires.
Disease Free Survival5 yearsFive-year disease-free survival (DFS) as a composite of biochemical control, patient death or development of clinical metastases or institution of salvage ADT.

Other

MeasureTime frameDescription
Translational Endpoint 124 monthsSerial PSMA PET/MRI images will be collected at baseline, 6 months and 2 years to characterize the imaging response of prostate cancer to treatment and potentially identify imaging biomarkers (including pharmacokinetic, radiomic and quantitative PET and mpMRI metrics) that predict for five-year DFS
Translational Endpoint 224 MonthsBaseline collection of diagnostic tissue biopsy samples and serial collection of blood and urine over multiple time points (baseline, 6 months, 1 year, 2 years post radiotherapy) for correlative biologic biomarker analyses with imaging changes and disease-free survival and toxicity post treatment
Translational Endpoint 45 yearsExamine novel clinical prognostic biomarkers (i.e. percentage of Gleason Pattern 4 on biopsy, 4- year PSA response rate) and their correlation with imaging findings and 5-year Disease Free Survival
Translational Endpoint 32 yearsA prostate biopsy at baseline and 2 years will allow for correlation of histopathology with PSMA PET/MRI images. Specifically, we will investigate biopsy correlations with pre-treatment PSMA PET/MRI images and whether a negative PSMA PET/MRI is correlated with a negative 2-year post treatment biopsy (shown to correlate with long term disease control
Translational Endpoint- Expansion cohort6 monthsCharacterize intra-prostatic foci on pre, post 3-month ADT and 6 months post radiotherapy on PSMA PET/MRI + sodium MRI imaging

Countries

Canada

Outcome results

None listed

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