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Locally Recurrent Prostate CancerF-SharpNCT03312972

Focal Salvage HDR Brachytherapy for Locally Recurrent Prostate Cancer in Patients Treated With Prior Radiotherapy

A study testing HDR Brachytherapy in people with Locally Recurrent Prostate Cancer, run by Loyola University at 2 sites in United States.

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Under way, not looking for participants. Everyone needed has enrolled. The study is still running.

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Trial summary

This purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of a technique called focal high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy as treatment for prostate cancer that has come back in the prostate after prior radiotherapy. The study will examine the safety and efficacy of the treatment. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older, men only
Conditions the study is for
Locally Recurrent Prostate Cancer
What is being tested?
HDR Brachytherapy
Type of treatment
Surgery or procedure
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
50 participants
Where
2 sitesUnited States
Study dates
28 Aug 2017to 31 Jul 2026
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

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 18 years and older
  • Men only
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Biopsy proven locally recurrent adenocarcinoma of the prostate after the completion of definitive radiation therapy for initially diagnosed prostate cancer.
  • Biopsy must be performed within 182 days of trial registration
  • Biopsy should be a standard sextant biopsy AND either a targeted MR/ultrasound guided biopsy or saturation biopsy or both.
  • Initial cancer diagnosis that fits these specific criteria:
  • Stages T1-T3a
  • Nx or N0
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  • Mx or M0
  • Eligible initial definitive radiotherapy modalities include:
  • External beam radiotherapy, with photon or proton beam therapy
  • Conventional or moderately hypofractionated radiotherapy
  • Extremely hypofractionated external beam radiotherapy (Stereotactic body radiation therapy)
  • Definitive Brachytherapy:
  • Low-dose rate
  • High-dose rate
  • Locally recurrent disease confined to the prostate +/- seminal vesicles and immediately adjacent tissue, as evaluated by the following:
  • History/Physical examination
  • Radiographically node negative disease (N0), as defined by CT or MR of pelvis +/- abdomen within 6 months of registration.
  • No evidence of bone metastases (M0) on bone scan within 6 months of registration.
  • Fluciclovine-PET is encouraged, but not required
  • Patients receiving ADT are eligible as long as they meet the other eligibility criteria. However, the duration of all ADT must be documented.
  • Current ECOG Performance status Scale 0-2
  • Current International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) < 20
  • The patient must be medically suitable to receive general anesthesia.
  • The patient must be able and willing to sign a study-specific written informed consent form before study entry.

Who cannot join

  • Preregistration GI or GU toxicity (for any reason) grade ≥ 3 as defined in CTCAE version 4.03. That is, grade ≥ 3 GU or GI toxicity after first course of radiotherapy
  • Patients receiving any other investigational agents.
  • Uncontrolled inter-current illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, severely symptomatic congestive heart failure, cardiac arrhythmia, recent myocardial infarction in last 6 months, or psychiatric illness/social situations that could limit compliance with study requirements.
  • Patients who have received chemotherapy or immunotherapy within one month prior to study enrollment, other than ADT

Trial locations and contacts

2 sites in 1 country.

United States2 sites
  • University of Virginia School of Medicine

    Charlottesville, Virginia, 22908

  • Loyola University Medical Center

    Maywood, Illinois, 60153

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About this study

Official title: F-SHARP: A Phase I/II Trial of Focal Salvage High-dose-rate BRachytherapy for Locally Recurrent Prostate Cancer in Patients Treated With Prior Radiotherapy

This purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of a technique called focal high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy as treatment for prostate cancer that has come back in the prostate after prior radiotherapy. The study will examine the safety and efficacy of the treatment. The type of radiation that participants in this research will receive is targeted directly at the areas of the prostate where recurrent disease is evident, while avoiding treatment of the normal appearing prostate. This involves the placement of a radioactive material in the affected area of the prostate temporarily, where it remains for a short period of time, and then is subsequently removed using a minimally invasive technique called HDR Brachytherapy.

Read the detailed description

The goal of any radiation treatment plan is to achieve maximal disease response with minimal toxicity. HDR brachytherapy offers a promising definitive treatment option in the setting of Locally Recurrent Prostate Cancer after prior definitive radiation, based on the limited data described above, with achievement of biochemical disease control in a large percentage of patients with relatively low toxicity. With focal HDR brachytherapy, the investigators can treat the isolated areas of disease, while avoiding normal prostate tissue, with the goal of further improving toxicity rates. The investigators hypothesize that using single fraction, focal HDR brachytherapy performed with one single implant for the treatment of LRPC is feasible and without excess toxicity, and can be safely delivered. This should allow for better patient convenience and cost and improved treatment dosimetry and planning, as it will decrease the risk of catheter displacement between fractions, which will hopefully correlate to less GU and non-GU acute toxicity. The primary objective is to determine the acute and late GU and GI toxicity of single fraction focal HDR salvage brachytherapy (primary endpoint).

Being tested
HDR Brachytherapy
Keywords
Cancer, HDR Brachytherapy, Prostate Cancer
Medical subject headings
Neoplasms, Prostatic Neoplasms

What participants receive

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

  • HDR BrachytherapyRadiation

    HDR Brachytherapy implant, deliver 1 to 2 fractions, Up to 30 Gray (Gy) to target lesion

Study groups in NCT03312972
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
HDR BrachytherapyExperimentalHDR Brachytherapy implant, Up to 30 Gray (Gy) to target lesion in one to two fractions.
Receives: Radiation: HDR Brachytherapy

What is being measured

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

  1. Toxicity rate

    The primary outcome in this study is the number of acute or chronic grade 3-5 toxicities as described by the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 4.03.

    Measured: 24 months

Timeline

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

  1. First posted18 Oct 2017
  2. Study start28 Aug 2017
  3. Primary completion31 Mar 2026 (estimated)
  4. Study completion31 Jul 2026 (estimated)

Resources

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
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
50 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03312972
Sponsor's protocol ID
209557
Acronym
F-Sharp
Status last verified
Sep 2025
First submitted
22 Sep 2017
Last updated
24 Sep 2025
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
Yes
Individual data sharing
No: There is no plan to make individual participant data (IPD) available to other researchers

Publications

  • Parekh A, Graham PL, Nguyen PL. Cancer control and complications of salvage local therapy after failure of radiotherapy for prostate cancer: a systematic review. Semin Radiat Oncol. 2013 Jul;23(3):222-34. doi: 10.1016/j.semradonc.2013.01.006.

    PubMed 23763889
  • Shipley WU, Thames HD, Sandler HM, Hanks GE, Zietman AL, Perez CA, Kuban DA, Hancock SL, Smith CD. Radiation therapy for clinically localized prostate cancer: a multi-institutional pooled analysis. JAMA. 1999 May 5;281(17):1598-604. doi: 10.1001/jama.281.17.1598.

    PubMed 10235152
  • Zelefsky MJ, Kuban DA, Levy LB, Potters L, Beyer DC, Blasko JC, Moran BJ, Ciezki JP, Zietman AL, Pisansky TM, Elshaikh M, Horwitz EM. Multi-institutional analysis of long-term outcome for stages T1-T2 prostate cancer treated with permanent seed implantation. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2007 Feb 1;67(2):327-33. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.08.056. Epub 2006 Nov 2.

    PubMed 17084558
  • Zumsteg ZS, Spratt DE, Romesser PB, Pei X, Zhang Z, Kollmeier M, McBride S, Yamada Y, Zelefsky MJ. Anatomical Patterns of Recurrence Following Biochemical Relapse in the Dose Escalation Era of External Beam Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer. J Urol. 2015 Dec;194(6):1624-30. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2015.06.100. Epub 2015 Jul 10.

    PubMed 26165583
  • Ahmadi H, Daneshmand S. Androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer: long-term safety and patient outcomes. Patient Relat Outcome Meas. 2014 Jul 5;5:63-70. doi: 10.2147/PROM.S52788. eCollection 2014.

    PubMed 25045284
  • Wirth MP, Hakenberg OW, Froehner M. Antiandrogens in the treatment of prostate cancer. Eur Urol. 2007 Feb;51(2):306-13; discussion 314. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2006.08.043. Epub 2006 Sep 11.

    PubMed 17007995
  • Grado GL, Collins JM, Kriegshauser JS, Balch CS, Grado MM, Swanson GP, Larson TR, Wilkes MM, Navickis RJ. Salvage brachytherapy for localized prostate cancer after radiotherapy failure. Urology. 1999 Jan;53(1):2-10. doi: 10.1016/s0090-4295(98)00492-0.

    PubMed 9886580
  • Beyer DC. Permanent brachytherapy as salvage treatment for recurrent prostate cancer. Urology. 1999 Nov;54(5):880-3. doi: 10.1016/s0090-4295(99)00241-1.

    PubMed 10565751
  • Skowronek J. Low-dose-rate or high-dose-rate brachytherapy in treatment of prostate cancer - between options. J Contemp Brachytherapy. 2013 Mar;5(1):33-41. doi: 10.5114/jcb.2013.34342. Epub 2013 Mar 29.

    PubMed 23634153
  • Grills IS, Martinez AA, Hollander M, Huang R, Goldman K, Chen PY, Gustafson GS. High dose rate brachytherapy as prostate cancer monotherapy reduces toxicity compared to low dose rate palladium seeds. J Urol. 2004 Mar;171(3):1098-104. doi: 10.1097/01.ju.0000113299.34404.22.

    PubMed 14767279
  • Yamada Y, Kollmeier MA, Pei X, Kan CC, Cohen GN, Donat SM, Cox BW, Zelefsky MJ. A Phase II study of salvage high-dose-rate brachytherapy for the treatment of locally recurrent prostate cancer after definitive external beam radiotherapy. Brachytherapy. 2014 Mar-Apr;13(2):111-6. doi: 10.1016/j.brachy.2013.11.005. Epub 2013 Dec 25.

    PubMed 24373762
  • Chen CP, Weinberg V, Shinohara K, Roach M 3rd, Nash M, Gottschalk A, Chang AJ, Hsu IC. Salvage HDR brachytherapy for recurrent prostate cancer after previous definitive radiation therapy: 5-year outcomes. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2013 Jun 1;86(2):324-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2013.01.027. Epub 2013 Mar 6.

    PubMed 23474112
  • Peters M, Maenhout M, van der Voort van Zyp JR, Moerland MA, Moman MR, Steuten LM, van Deursen MJ, van Vulpen M. Focal salvage iodine-125 brachytherapy for prostate cancer recurrences after primary radiotherapy: a retrospective study regarding toxicity, biochemical outcome and quality of life. Radiother Oncol. 2014 Jul;112(1):77-82. doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2014.06.013. Epub 2014 Jul 3.

    PubMed 24998704
  • Sasaki H, Kido M, Miki K, Kuruma H, Takahashi H, Aoki M, Egawa S. Salvage partial brachytherapy for prostate cancer recurrence after primary brachytherapy. Int J Urol. 2014 Jun;21(6):572-7. doi: 10.1111/iju.12373. Epub 2013 Dec 23.

    PubMed 24372730
  • Simon R. Optimal two-stage designs for phase II clinical trials. Control Clin Trials. 1989 Mar;10(1):1-10. doi: 10.1016/0197-2456(89)90015-9.

    PubMed 2702835

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing HDR Brachytherapy in people with Locally Recurrent Prostate Cancer, run by Loyola University at 2 sites in United States.

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 24 inclusion and 4 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: under way, not looking for participants, as of the sponsor's last update on 24 Sep 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 2 sites in United States. 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?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

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

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Toxicity rate (time frame: 24 months). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT03312972, which also lists 17 linked publications.

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 24 Sep 2025.

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