An interventional study of pelvic MRI and 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT in 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT Guided Prostate Biopsy, Mp-3TMRI Guided Prostate Biopsy and Prostate Cancer, sponsored by Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori Dino Amadori IRST S.r.l. IRCCS. Terminated at 2 sites in Italy. Open to male participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-01-30.
Sponsored by Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori Dino Amadori IRST S.r.l. IRCCS · Not applicable, Interventional, and Diagnostic
Among 337 studies in Prostatic Neoplasms with a site in Italy — 93 open to participants now, 140 under way, 35 of them phase 3. Prostatic Neoplasms · Italy.
Among the 337 studies in Prostatic Neoplasms with a site in Italy, this one is the 112th largest by enrollment of the 242 interventional ones, is one of 9 that started in 2018, is one of 56 with no phase, and was the 139th registered.
7,046 studies on the registry are indexed under Prostatic Neoplasms; 1,580 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 261 is above the median of 60 across 5,348 interventional studies indexed under Prostatic Neoplasms.
Browse Prostatic Neoplasms studies →93 of the 337 studies in Prostatic Neoplasms with a site in Italy are open now, in 12 countries. Each count lists the studies.
Of the 1,228 Prostatic Neoplasms studies recruiting now, 928 (76%) set no upper age limit and 76 (6%) stop at 75 or younger; 67 take children under 18; 82 take healthy volunteers.
This study: 18 Years and older · male · no healthy volunteers.
The full table on the hub →337 studies; the count open now beside each. This study's row is marked.
First in 1992; this study’s year is marked. 9 started in 2018.
Median enrollment 220 across the 242 interventional studies, 280 across the 93 observational. Of the 166 that completed or were terminated, 68 (41%) have results posted.
154 of 337 have an industry lead sponsor. The 10 most frequent:
Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori Dino Amadori IRST S.r.l. IRCCS is the lead sponsor of 60 studies on the registry; 20 are open to participants now.
Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori Dino Amadori IRST S.r.l. IRCCS has 9 studies filed under Prostatic Neoplasms — fewer than ten, so there is no comparison to draw.
36 of the studies in Prostatic Neoplasms with a site in Italy that are under way reach primary completion within a year, 8 of them phase 3. Phase 3 first, then by date:
| Study | Primary completion |
|---|---|
| NCT03767244Phase 3Janssen Research & Development, LLCA Study of Apalutamide in Participants With High-Risk, Localized or Locally Advanced Prostate Cancer Who Are Candidates for Radical Prostatectomy | 2026-12-01 |
| NCT06551324Phase 3PfizerA Study to Learn About the Investigational Medicine Called PF-06821497 (Mevrometostat) in Men With mCRPC Who Were Previously Treated With Abiraterone Acetate for Prostate Cancer (MEVPRO-1). | 2027-02-28 |
| NCT06717711Phase 3Regina Elena Cancer InstituteLow-Intensity Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy on Penile Rehabilitation After Robot-assisted Surgical Treatment of Genitourinary Cancers | 2027-02-28 |
| NCT06122584Phase 3ABX advanced biochemical compounds GmbHDiagnostic Performance of [18F]PSMA-1007 PET/CT Imaging in Patients With Newly-Diagnosed Prostate Cancer | 2027-03 |
| NCT05794906Phase 3BayerA Study to Compare Darolutamide Given With Androgen Deprivation Therapy (ADT) and Placebo Given With ADT in Men With Hormone Sensitive Prostate Cancer and Raise of Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) Levels After Local Therapies | 2027-07-30 |
Among the 337 studies in Prostatic Neoplasms with a site in Italy, from their registry updates:
BIOPSTAGE is a prospective, non-randomized, diagnostic, multi-cohort investigational study to evaluate the impact of pelvic Multi-parametric 3-Tesla magnetic resonance imaging (mp-3TMRI) and whole-body 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT for diagnosis of clinically-significant prostate cancer and pre-surgical staging.
The aim of this study is to characterize the diagnostic accuracy of both multi-parametric pelvic Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) (T2-weighted, Diffusion Weighted Imaging (DWI), Dynamic Contrast Enhancement (DCE) and 68Ga-chelated Prostate Specific Membrane Antigen ligand (68Ga-PSMA) Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography (PET /CT) in three cohorts of patients:
Providing pelvic / whole-body pre-surgical staging in:
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Cohort 1 - guidance in clinically-suspected PCa
a) Abnormal PSA metrics, defined as follows:
A rising and/or persistently elevated serum PSA (i.e PSA > 2.5ng/ml for men in the age group comprising 60 to 75 years old; PSA > 3.0ng/ml for men in the age group comprising 45 to 60 years old) and at least one of the following PSA-based metrics:
i. Percent free PSA (%fPSA) \< 25% with PSA range 4-10ng/ml (NCCN); ii. PSA velocity (PSAvel) >0.35 ng/mL/y; iii. PSA density (PSAden) > 0.25ng/mL/cc iv. PSA > 10ng/ml, 50% risk of PCa (EAU) b) Suspicious digital rectal examination (DRE), 5-30% risk of PCa; c) Prostate Cancer Gene 3 (PCA3) > 35; d) Suspicious findings on first-round biopsy: i. A few Atypical Glands immediately adjacent to HG-PIN, 50% risk of PCa; ii. Atypical Small Acinar Proliferation, 40% of PCa; iii. Multifocal High-Grade Prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (HG-PIN), 30% ; iv. Intraductal carcinoma as solitary finding, 90% of PCa;
Cohort 2 - Biopsy guidance on Active Surveillance
Men consenting to enter the PRIAS MRI side-study as per currently inclusion criteria in Version Number 1.0 dated August 20, 2013. These are:
One or two biopsy cores invaded with prostate cancer:
Cohort 3a - Pre-surgical TNM staging in high-risk prostate cancer
Any of the PCa high risk features for Organ-Confined Disease (OCD):
Any of the PCa high-risk features for Locally-Advanced Disease (LAD):
Cohort 3b - pelvic TNM staging of prostate cancer prior to nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy
All of the following PCa-related features must be met for nerve-sparing (either mono- or bi-lateral):
Exclusion Criteria:
The participant may not enter the study if ANY of the following apply:
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A biopsy takes a small piece of tissue to examine. “Archival tissue” is a sample already taken, for example at diagnosis, and kept by the hospital.
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The diagnosis was confirmed by looking at a sample under a microscope: tissue from a biopsy or surgery (histology), or cells from a fluid or needle sample (cytology).
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Cancer that has spread from where it began to other parts of the body. “Metastatic” cancer is cancer that has spread this way.
GFR (glomerular filtration rate) is how much blood the kidneys filter each minute. It is usually estimated from a blood test — eGFR, by formulas such as CKD-EPI or MDRD — and some studies ask for it to be measured directly instead. Usually given in mL/min/1.73 m².
Check the method, the units and the minimum the study states. A value of 90 or above is in the normal-or-high range, but kidney damage can show in other tests too.
A reason a treatment, test or procedure should not be given to a particular person, such as an allergy, another illness or a medicine they take.
Biopsy and archival tissue
A biopsy takes a small piece of tissue to examine. “Archival tissue” is a sample already taken, for example at diagnosis, and kept by the hospital.
Whether a stored sample will do depends on when it was taken, how much there is and what the study needs. Ask whether the study accepts your stored sample or needs a new biopsy.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Histologically or cytologically confirmed
The diagnosis was confirmed by looking at a sample under a microscope: tissue from a biopsy or surgery (histology), or cells from a fluid or needle sample (cytology).
Your pathology report is the document that shows this.
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Metastases
Cancer that has spread from where it began to other parts of the body. “Metastatic” cancer is cancer that has spread this way.
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GFR and eGFR (kidney filtering)
GFR (glomerular filtration rate) is how much blood the kidneys filter each minute. It is usually estimated from a blood test — eGFR, by formulas such as CKD-EPI or MDRD — and some studies ask for it to be measured directly instead. Usually given in mL/min/1.73 m².
Check the method, the units and the minimum the study states. A value of 90 or above is in the normal-or-high range, but kidney damage can show in other tests too.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Contraindication
A reason a treatment, test or procedure should not be given to a particular person, such as an allergy, another illness or a medicine they take.
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Men with suspected clinically-significant PCa (CS-PCa) who are candidates for prostate biopsy or after first-round negative transrectal ultrasonography (TRUS) biopsy
Diagnostic Test: pelvic MRI · Diagnostic Test: 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT
Men framed in Active Surveillance (PRIAS study), scheduled for PRIAS repeat biopsy.
Diagnostic Test: pelvic MRI · Diagnostic Test: 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT
Men with high-risk PCa (HR-PCa) prior to radical surgery.
Diagnostic Test: pelvic MRI · Diagnostic Test: 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT
Men diagnosed with CS-PCa prior to nerve-sparing prostate surgery (NSS).
Diagnostic Test: pelvic MRI · Diagnostic Test: 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT
multi-parametric pelvic MRI
68Ga-PSMA PET/CT
sensitivity of both 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT and mp-3TMRI imaging
sensitivity of both 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT and mp-3TMRI imaging will be calculated as the ratio between the number of positive cases at 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT or mp-3TMRI and number of patients who underwent to these exams
Time frame: up to 36 months
specificity of both 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT and mp-3TMRI imaging
specificity will be calculated considering negative cases at 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT or mp-3TMRI and number of patients who underwent to these exams
Time frame: up to 36 months
Positive predictive value of both 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT and mp-3TMRI imaging
Positive predictive value will be calculated considering the ratio between positive patient at 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT/mp-3TMRI confirmed as positive throughout biopsy and overall positive patient at 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT/mp-3TMRI
Time frame: up to 36 months
negative predictive value of both 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT and mp-3TMRI imaging
negative predictive value will be calculated considering the ratio between negative patient at 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT/mp-3TMRI confirmed as negative throughout biopsy and overall negative patient at 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT/mp-3TMRI
Time frame: up to 36 months
Incidence of adverse events
The number and percentage of treated patients undergoing grade 1 to 4 adverse events will be tabulated for each cohort and diagnostic procedure, using the National Cancer Institute's Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) Version 4.03 should be used to assess and grade AE severity.
Time frame: up to 30 days following study procedures
Ran from May 2018 to primary completion in Sep 2024, 75 months.
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