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TerminatedNCT03465579BIOPSTAGEUpdated Jan 30, 2025

Mp-3TMRI and 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT Guided Prostate Biopsy and Tumor Node Metastasis (TNM) Staging.

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

Why this study was terminated
Patients in cohort 1 continued for prolonged periods given the difficulties encountered in the COVID period and to date in this setting evidence has already developed that reduces the the innovativeness of the project.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
261
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
Male
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Where this study stands

Counted across the records on this site · 2026-11-12

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.

Enrollment
112th of 242
261 · median 220
Started
2018
with 8 others
No phase
56 of 337
19 open now
Registered
139th of 337
by date
Lead sponsor
9 of 337
Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori Dino Amadori IRST S.r.l. IRCCS

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.

By phase

337 studies; the count open now beside each. This study's row is marked.

Phase 3100 · 17 open
Observational93 · 38 open
No phasethis study56 · 19 open
Phase 254 · 10 open
Phase 1/212 · 6 open
Phase 110 · 2 open
Phase 48 · 1 open
Phase 2/34 · 0 open

By the year they started

First in 1992; this study’s year is marked. 9 started in 2018.

Size and results

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.

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Study summary

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.

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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:

  • COHORT 1 Guiding prostate biopsies in men with clinical suspicion and/or unconfirmed clinically-significant prostate cancer (CS-PCa) on initial prostate biopsy;
  • COHORT 2 Targeting repeat prostate biopsy in patients on Active Surveillance (PRIAS Study), scheduled for PRIAS repeat biopsy;
  • COHORT 3

Providing pelvic / whole-body pre-surgical staging in:

  • 3a: men with high-risk PCa (HR-PCa);
  • 3b: men candidates for nerve sparing surgery (NSS);
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Conditions studied

  • 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT Guided Prostate Biopsy
  • Mp-3TMRI Guided Prostate Biopsy
  • Prostate Cancer
  • TNM Staging
  • Diagnosis

Keywords

  • Diagnosis Prostate Cancer
  • TNM staging
  • 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT guided prostate biopsy
  • mp-3TMRI guided prostate biopsy
  • pre-surgical staging
  • clinically-suspected prostate cancer
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Who can participate

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

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Inclusion criteria

Cohort 1 - guidance in clinically-suspected PCa

  1. Men aged 45 to 75 years old with clinically-suspected PCa candidated for either initial or repeat TRUS-guided prostate biopsy, meeting any of the following criteria:

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:

  1. -proven adenocarcinoma of the prostate;
  2. Age ≥ 18
  3. Men should be fit for curative treatment;
  4. Clinical stage T1c or T2;
  5. Gleason score 3+3=6;
  6. One or two biopsy cores invaded with prostate cancer:

    1. If an MRI, including targeted biopsies on positive lesions, is done at inclusion, there is no limit in the number of positive cores (that is, more than two, and no limit in the % of cancer present in the cores);
    2. If saturation biopsies (either trans-perineal or trans-rectal) are done 15% of the cores can be positive with a maximum of 4 (i.e. 26 cores 4 cores can be positive) (all other inclusion criteria still apply);
  7. PSA density (PSA D) less than 0.2;
  8. PSA-level at diagnosis ≤ 10 ng/mL;

Cohort 3a - Pre-surgical TNM staging in high-risk prostate cancer

  1. Male, aged 18 years or older;
  2. Cyto / histological confirmation of PCa (i.e. TRUS-guided biopsies; TURP);
  3. Any of the PCa high risk features for Organ-Confined Disease (OCD):

    • Clinical T stage ≥ T2c;
    • Gleason Score ≥ 8;
    • Serum PSA > 20 ng/mL;
  4. Any of the PCa high-risk features for Locally-Advanced Disease (LAD):

    • Clinical T stage ≥ T3b-T4 OR any T and clinical N1 disease;
    • Gleason Score ≥ 8;
    • Serum PSA > 20 ng/mL;
  5. Routine clinical staging (CTscan ± Bone scan) performed within 12 weeks enrolment returning negative or equivocal results for distant disease;

Cohort 3b - pelvic TNM staging of prostate cancer prior to nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy

  1. Male, aged 18 years or older;
  2. Cyto / histological confirmation of PCa (i.e. TRUS-guided biopsies; TURP);
  3. All of the following PCa-related features must be met for nerve-sparing (either mono- or bi-lateral):

    • Clinical T stage ≤ T2b;
    • Gleason Score ≤ 7 (3+4) and maximum one biopsy with Gleason > 6 at the ipsilateral side;
    • Serum PSA \< 10 ng/mL;

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

The participant may not enter the study if ANY of the following apply:

  1. Hormone androgen deprivation therapy of any type within 6 months prior to enrollment.
  2. Prior pelvic radiotherapy;
  3. Sickle cell disease;
  4. Insufficient renal function ( \< 30 mL/min/1.73 m2);
  5. Hip prosthesis, vascular grafting or other conditions affecting imaging;
  6. to MRI, including but not restricted to: pacemaker or other electronic im-plants, known metal in the orbit, MR incompatible surgical or cerebral aneurysm clips, shrapnel, tattoos, non-removable body piercings (relative contraindications);
  7. History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic com-position to 68Ga-PSMA or Gadolinium-based contrast agents used in the study.
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Biopsy and archival tissue

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Histologically or cytologically confirmed

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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.

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.

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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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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Diagnostic
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
261 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Other
    Cohort 1

    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

  • Other
    Cohort 2

    Men framed in Active Surveillance (PRIAS study), scheduled for PRIAS repeat biopsy.

    Diagnostic Test: pelvic MRI · Diagnostic Test: 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT

  • Other
    Cohort 3a

    Men with high-risk PCa (HR-PCa) prior to radical surgery.

    Diagnostic Test: pelvic MRI · Diagnostic Test: 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT

  • Other
    Cohort 3b

    Men diagnosed with CS-PCa prior to nerve-sparing prostate surgery (NSS).

    Diagnostic Test: pelvic MRI · Diagnostic Test: 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT

Interventions

  • Diagnostic testpelvic MRI

    multi-parametric pelvic MRI

  • Diagnostic test68Ga-PSMA PET/CT

    68Ga-PSMA PET/CT

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

Secondary outcomes

  1. 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

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Study locations

2 sites
  • AUSL della Romagna
    Forlì, FC 47121, Italy
  • Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (IRST)
    Meldola, FC 47014, Italy
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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reached

Ran from May 2018 to primary completion in Sep 2024, 75 months.

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Registered
Mar 8, 2018
First posted
Mar 14, 2018
StartActual
May 23, 2018
Primary completionActual
Sep 3, 2024
CompletionActual
Sep 3, 2024
Last update
Jan 30, 2025
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jan 30, 2025, 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
NCT03465579
Lead sponsor
Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori Dino Amadori IRST S.r.l. IRCCS
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Mar 14, 2018
Start date
May 23, 2018
Primary completion
Sep 3, 2024
Completion
Sep 3, 2024
Last update
Jan 30, 2025

Study contacts

Federica Matteucci
study chair · IRST IRCCS

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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