Clinical Research Directory

Clinical Utility of ctDNA in the Treatment of Oligometastatic Disease

This prospective observational study investigates the clinical utility of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) in patients with oligometastatic disease (OMD) undergoing definitive-intent local ablative treatment (LAT). The study aims to evaluate ctDNA as a prognostic and response biomarker before, during, and after LAT across cancer types and treatment modalities. Serial plasma samples and archival tumor tissue will be analyzed to assess ctDNA detection rates, elimination patterns, minimal residual disease, and association with recurrence, progression, and survival outcomes.

PEACE V: Salvage Treatment of OligoRecurrent Nodal Prostate Cancer Metastases

A proportion of prostate cancer (PCa) patients develop relapse following curative local treatment. Regional nodal recurrence is an emerging clinical situation since the introduction of new molecular imaging methods in the restaging of recurrent prostate cancer. More specifically, a subgroup of these patients is being diagnosed with a recurrence confined to the regional lymph nodes and limited in number (oligorecurrence) using choline or PSMA PET-CT. As there are no specific treatment recommendations for these type of patients, different treatment approaches are currently used, mostly focusing on local ablative treatments using radiotherapy or surgery. These treatments are coined metastasisdirected therapy (MDT). MDT in combination with or without temporary ADT could delay the subsequent risk of progression, and even cure limited regional nodal recurrences. Consequently, lifelong palliative ADT, with its toxicity and excess in non-cancer mortality might be postponed. The proposed trial randomizes patients with oligorecurrent nodal prostate cancer following primary PCa treatment to either metastasis-directed therapy (MDT) (salvage lymph node dissection, sLND or stereotactic body radiotherapy, SBRT) or MDT plus whole pelvis radiotherapy (WPRT: 45 Gy in 25 fractions).