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The Application Value of Prostate Specific Membrane Antigen PET/CT in Biopsy Free of PSA Grey Area Prostate Cancer

Application Value of Biopsy Free Technique for Prostate Specific Antigen Grey Area Prostate Cancer Based on 18F-Prostate Specific Membrane Antigen-1007 Positron Emission Tomography/Computerized Tomography

Status
Completed
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05958004
Enrollment
92
Registered
2023-07-24
Start date
2023-06-15
Completion date
2024-03-30
Last updated
2024-07-17

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Conditions

Prostatic Neoplasms

Keywords

PET/CT, PSMA, PSA grey area

Brief summary

The goal of this observational study is to establish an evaluation system for accurate identification of prostate cancer and clinical significant prostate cancer in patients in the PSA gray zone. The main questions it aims to answer are: proportion of men who could have avoided biopsy with positive PSMA-PET and no clinically significant cancer detected on biopsy. Participants will: 1. undergo PSMA PET/CT and multiparametric MRI; and 2. undergo prostate biopsy Researchers will compare the diagnostic performance of PSMA PET/CT and multiparametric MRI for prostate cancer and clinical significant prostate cancer to see if there are differences.

Detailed description

Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) is a serine protease secreted by prostate epithelial cells, which is a tumor marker of prostate cancer. At present, PSA\<4 ng/ml is considered as the normal value, and PSA 4-10 ng/ml is considered as the gray value. PSA\>10 ng/ml should be highly suspected of prostate cancer. Prostate biopsy is still the gold standard for the diagnosis of prostate cancer. However, as an invasive procedure, it can cause many complications such as pain, bleeding, lower urinary tract symptoms and infection. There is a growing trend to reduce unnecessary prostate biopsies. Prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA) is a membrane-bound enzyme that is highly expressed in more than 90% of prostate cancer lesions and has become an important target for molecular imaging of prostate cancer. In recent years, radioactive nuclide 18F labeling targeting PSMA positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) has shown important clinical application value in prostate cancer recurrence monitoring. The goal of this observational study is to establish an evaluation system for accurate identification of prostate cancer and clinical significant prostate cancer in patients in the PSA gray zone. Participants will: 1. undergo PSMA PET/CT and multiparametric MRI; and 2. undergo biopsy Researchers will compare the diagnostic performance of PSMA PET/CT and multiparametric MRI for prostate cancer and clinical significant prostate cancer to see if there are differences.

Interventions

None listed

Sponsors

First Affiliated Hospital Xi'an Jiaotong University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
MALE
Age
45 Years to 75 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* PSA (4-10 ng/mL) * MRI and PSMA PET/CT were not contraindicated * Did not receive prostate-related treatment * There are no contraindications to biopsy

Exclusion criteria

* Coexisting with other malignancies

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
detection rate of prostate cancerabout 1 yeardetection rate of prostate cancer
detection rate of clinical significant prostate cancerabout 1 yeardetection rate of clinical significant prostate cancer

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
gleason score group predictionabout 1 yearUsing biopsy histopathology as standard, patients will be classified as gleason score 6-10. We use PSMA PET and genomics to predict gleason score group
expression level of survival-related genesabout 1 yearUsing RNA sequence to evaluate the expression level of survival-related genes

Countries

China

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 6, 2026