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Focal Therapy With Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) for Patients With a Single Prostate Tumor
Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Summary
Background: The current standard treatment of prostate cancer is either surgery or radiation. Typically, this includes either the removal or radiation of the whole prostate gland. Many people now seek out focal therapy options to decrease the side effects of treatment. Until now, several forms of physical destruction with heat (thermal ablation), cold (cryotherapy), sound waves (HIFU), laser (FLA), and electrical energy (IRE). A new type of radiation (SBRT) may be an effective way to cure men of early-stage prostate cancer with fewer side effects than standard treatments. Objective: To see how people with untreated localized prostate cancer will respond to focal therapy with SBRT. Eligibility: People aged 18 years and older with untreated localized prostate cancer (prostate cancer which has not spread outside of the prostate gland). Design: * Participants will undergo screening including blood tests, an MRI, a PSMA PET/CT (18F-DCFPyL), and a biopsy. * Small, non-radioactive, gold seeds about the size of a grain of rice will be placed in and/or around the tumor to help target the radiation treatment. * Radiation (SBRT) will occur in 2 separate sessions about 1 week apart. No sedation is used, these sessions are painless. Each session will take about 1-2 hours. Participants can go home afterwards. * Follow-up will continue for 2 years with repeat scans (MRI and PSMA PET/CT) and blood (PSA) tests. * After two years, a biopsy will be done to understand the impact of this new treatment on prostate cancer.
Official title: A Phase II Trial of Focal Ultrahypofractionated Stereotactic Radiation Therapy for the Treatment of Unifocal Prostate Cancer
Key Details
Gender
MALE
Age Range
18 Years - 120 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
42
Start Date
2023-10-19
Completion Date
2028-12-01
Last Updated
2026-03-24
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
18F-DCFPyL
Each participant will receive a single IV dose of 18F-DCFPyL by bolus injection. The target administered activity will be 6.5 mCi with a lower limit of 6 mCi; dose variations will be in accordance with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) standard dose variation (i.e., 20%) permitted for diagnostic clinical studies.
Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy
Intensity modulated radiotherapy will be delivered to a dose of 26Gy in two fractions with the second fraction performed within 8 days of the first session.
Locations (1)
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
Bethesda, Maryland, United States