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Prostate CancerNCT01006564

Multifunctional Magnetic Resonance (MR) for Radiotherapy Planning in Prostate Cancer

A study testing Imaging Investigations (not radiation) and Other in people with Prostate Cancer, run by Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust at 1 site in United Kingdom.

Unknown status

Status not confirmed. The sponsor has not verified this record for over two years, so it may be out of date.

Official record
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Trial summary

To determine if functional MRI methods will aid planning of a radiation dose boost within the prostate in patients with prostate cancer potentially improving safety and efficacy. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 16 years and older, men only
Conditions the study is for
Prostate Cancer
What is being tested?
Imaging Investigations (not radiation) and Other
How many people
30 participants
Where
1 siteUnited Kingdom
Study dates
Mar 2009to Jun 2011
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 16 years and older
  • Men only
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child, Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Hormone therapy naive patients planned to be treated by radical radiotherapy after 3-6 months of androgen suppression
  • Patients with low-high risk histologically confirmed localised disease are eligible, with WHO performance status 0-1.

Who cannot join

  • Patients unsuitable for functional MRI of the prostate or gold seed fiducial marker insertion (e.g. patients unable to tolerate endorectal MRI examination).
  • No prior pelvic radiotherapy or radical prostatectomy, previous androgen therapy, patients unsuitable for radical radiotherapy, life expectancy <10 years, previous active malignancy within last 5 years, co-morbid conditions likely to impact on the advisability of radical radiotherapy, full anticoagulation, other exclusions to MRI (e.g. hip prosthesis or fixation, claustrophobia, ferromagnetic implants).

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Dr Nandita deSouza contact

02086613289

nandita.desouza@icr.ac.uk

United Kingdom1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

    Sutton, Surrey, SM2 5PT

    Recruiting

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About this study

Official title: Multifunctional MR for Radiotherapy Planning in Prostate Cancer

To determine if functional MRI methods will aid planning of a radiation dose boost within the prostate in patients with prostate cancer potentially improving safety and efficacy.

Conditions
Prostate Cancer
Being tested
Imaging Investigations (not radiation), Other
Keywords
Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Prostate Cancer, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Radiotherapy planning
Medical subject headings
Prostatic Neoplasms

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Imaging Investigations (not radiation)Other

    Pre-hormone therapy MRI scans will be performed as an adjunct to the patients' staging MRI scan; post hormone MRI will be done wholly for research purposes.

  • OtherOther

    Insertion of gold seeds into prostate for image registration.

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Comparison of dose distributions produced by rival radiotherapy plans judged using radiobiological model predictions of Tumour Control Probability (TCP) and Normal Tissue Complication Probability (NTCP).

Secondary outcomes (4)
  1. Comparison of reproducibility of registration algorithms for mapping functional MR data acquired before hormone therapy to MR anatomical data acquired after hormone therapy and prior to radiotherapy.

  2. Comparison of reproducibility of registration of functional and MR data with computed tomography (CT) data using gold seed registration, assessing reproducibility and positioning issues.

  3. Comparison of image quality, registration reproducibility and gland distortion of internal and external imaging coils for MRI image acquisition and registration of the prostate.

  4. Comparison of dose distributions produced by rival radiotherapy plans judged using three standard dose-volume constraints for targets and normal tissues and careful examination of the 3D dose distribution.

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted3 Nov 2009 (estimated)
  2. Study startMar 2009
  3. Primary completionJun 2011 (estimated)
  4. Study completionJun 2011 (estimated)

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Diagnosis
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Enrolment
30 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT01006564
Sponsor's protocol ID
CCR3121
Status last verified
Nov 2009
First submitted
2 Nov 2009
Last updated
3 Nov 2009
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Imaging Investigations (not radiation) and Other in people with Prostate Cancer, run by Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust at 1 site in United Kingdom.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 2 inclusion and 2 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 3 Nov 2009. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United Kingdom. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Contact Dr Nandita deSouza (02086613289, nandita.desouza@icr.ac.uk), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Comparison of dose distributions produced by rival radiotherapy plans judged using radiobiological model predictions of Tumour Control Probability (TCP) and Normal Tissue Complication Probability (NTCP).. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 3 Nov 2009.

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