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Status unknownNCT02016040Updated Apr 19, 2017

Focal Therapy Using HIFU for Localised Prostate Cancer

A Phase 2/3 interventional study of High Intensity Focused Ultrasound in Prostate Cancer, sponsored by Jewish General Hospital. Status unknown at 1 site in Canada. Open to male participants aged 50 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2017-04-19.

Sponsored by Jewish General Hospital · Phase 2/3, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Apr 2017), so the status shown — last known as Active, not recruiting — may be out of date.

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 8 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Mar 2013, registered Dec 2013).
Phase
Phase 2/3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
25
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
50 Years and older
Sex
Male
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Study summary

To evaluate the rate of patients without cancer detected by biopsies performed six months after hemi-ablation with high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) (Ablatherm ®).

Evaluate the impact of the HIFU treatment on continence, sexuality and quality of life at one year. Evaluate the cost of hemi-ablation HIFU treatment.

A prospective single -centre phase II, single arm, cohort study (therapeutic confirmatory) offering focal therapy using HIFU (Ablatherm ®) to 25 men with histologically proven localised low to intermediate risk prostate cancer (PSA ≤10ng/ml, Gleason score ≤ 7 ,T1c or T2b ). Precise mapping and characterisation of the disease will be established using multi-parametric (mp)-MRI and prostate biopsies. Only the lobe with disease will be treated.

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Conditions studied

  • Prostate Cancer

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Keywords

  • Prostate cancer
  • HIFU Hemi-ablation
  • Prostate biopsies
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In context

Prostatic Neoplasms

6,370 studies on the registry are indexed under Prostatic Neoplasms; 1,400 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 25 is below the median of 58 across 4,822 interventional studies indexed under Prostatic Neoplasms.

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Lead sponsor

Jewish General Hospital is the lead sponsor of 95 studies on the registry; 11 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
50 Years and older
Sexes eligible
Male
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Age≥ 50 years
  • Clinical stage T1c (normal digital rectal examination) or T2a (one palpable nodule on digital rectal examination)
  • PSA ≤10 ng / mL
  • Presence of cancer on biopsies (12 sampling biopsies plus 2-4 targeted biopsies on one side and limited to one or two contiguous areas of prostate: basic and middle or middle and apex).
  • Gleason score ≤ 7 (3+4)
  • Flowmetry > 12 mL / sec for a voided volume of 125 mL
  • PVR \<100 mL
  • Patient with normal anal and rectal anatomy.
  • Patient with a condition corresponding to a classification of ASA 1 or 2.
  • Patient signing ICF and agreed for following monitoring

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patient with an ASA score 3.
  • Patient in clinical stage T1a, T1b, T2b, T2c or T3.
  • Patient with a tumor visible on MRI: Located at a distance less than 5 mm from the midline. Located less than 6 mm from the apex real
  • Metastatic lymph node or metastasis discovered by MRI and bone scan.
  • Patient previously treated for his prostate cancer by hormone therapy.
  • Patient with a distance between the rectal mucosa and prostate capsule over 8 mm thick
  • History of inflammatory bowel disease
  • Rectal fistula.
  • History of pelvic radiotherapy.
  • History of bladder cancer.
  • History of bladder neck sclerosis or urethral stenosis.
  • Patient with an implant located less than 1 cm from the treatment zone (stent, catheter).
  • Urogenital infection.
  • Latex allergy
  • Contraindication to MRI (pacemaker,metal prosthesis ...)
  • Patient participated in another clinical study within 30 days.
  • Illiterate patients
  • Legally incapable patients
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Study design

Phase
Phase 2 / Phase 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
25 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    HIFU hemi-ablation

    Focal Therapy Using High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (Ablatherm)

    Procedure: High Intensity Focused Ultrasound

Interventions

  • ProcedureHigh Intensity Focused Ultrasound
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Rate of patients without cancer

    MRI,Biopsy,PSA

    Time frame: Six months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Immediate tolerance of hemi-ablation

    Adverse events

    Time frame: One year

  2. Impact of the hemi-ablation HIFU treatment on continence, sexuality and quality of life

    Questionnaires

    Time frame: One year

  3. Cost of hemi-ablation HIFU treatment

    Time frame: One year

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Study locations

1 site
  • Jewish General Hospital,Urology Department
    Montreal, Quebec H3T 1E2, Canada
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Apr 19, 2017, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT02016040
Lead sponsor
Jewish General Hospital
Responsible party
Dr.Franck Bladou (MD. Professor of Oncology and Urology, McGill University, Jewish General Hospital) — Principal investigator
First posted
Dec 19, 2013
Start date
Mar 17, 2013
Primary completion
Nov 2017 (estimated)
Completion
Nov 2017 (estimated)
Last update
Apr 19, 2017

Study contacts

Franck Bladou, MD
principal investigator · Jewish General Hospital,Urology Department

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
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