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Stereotactic Pelvic Brachytherapy With HDR Boost for Dose Escalation in High Tier Intermediate and High Risk Prostate ca

An interventional study of Stereotactic Ablative Body Radiation (SBRT) in HIGH RISK PROSTATE CANCER, sponsored by Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. Status unknown at 1 site in Canada. Open to male participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-01-22.

Sponsored by Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Jan 2020), so the status shown — last known as Active, not recruiting — may be out of date.

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 4 years 8 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Sep 2014, registered May 2019).
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
33
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
Male
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Study summary

HDR brachytherapy in conjunction with pelvic SABR in high tier intermediate and high risk prostate cancer patients can provide a safe and effective means of radiotherapy dose escalation.

Utilizing multiparametric MRI to focally boost the dominant intraprostatic lesion during HDR brachytherapy is safe and feasible.

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HDR brachytherapy:

Under general anesthetic, prostate will be implanted transperineally using up to 18 catheters. Three gold seed fudicials will also be implanted transperineally at base, midgland and apex forSABR treatment. Prostate will be contoured as Clinical Target Volume (CTV) on the transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) based ONCENTRA planning system. Rectum and urethra will be contoured as organs at risk. 15Gy will be prescribed to CTV as the MPD (minimal Peripheral Dose).

Treatment Delivery-SABR There will be a 2 week interval between HDR and SABR component to allow for normal tissue recovery and radiotherapy planning time. Daily image guidance will be performed using the implanted fiducials to calculate patient shifts to ensure proper positioning. Post-treatment images will be taken to estimate intrafraction motion.

Androgen Deprivation Therapy Twelve to 18 months of luteinizing-hormone releasing hormone agonists (LHRHa) will be used. Anti-androgen and neoadjuvant LHRHa can be used according to physician discretion

Follow-Up and Toxicity Assessment Time zero will be the start of radiotherapy. Baseline rectal and urinary function will be recorded using common toxicity criteria adverse effect (CTCAE v3.0) and Expanded prostate Cancer Index Composite (EPIC). CTCAE v3.0 and EPIC assessments will be done at weeks 3, 5 and 12 weeks. Bloodwork (PSA and testosterone), quality of life (EPIC) and late GI and GU toxicity evaluation (using the RTOG/EORTC Late Radiation Morbidity Scheme) will be performed every 6 months for the first 5 years.

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Conditions studied

  • HIGH RISK PROSTATE CANCER

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In context

Prostatic Neoplasms

6,367 studies on the registry are indexed under Prostatic Neoplasms; 1,397 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 33 is below the median of 58 across 4,821 interventional studies indexed under Prostatic Neoplasms.

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Lead sponsor

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre is the lead sponsor of 566 studies on the registry; 134 are open to participants now.

Of its 6 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 2 (33%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

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

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Informed consent obtained
  • Men >18 years
  • Histologically confirmed prostate adenocarcinoma (centrally reviewed)
  • High tier intermediate risk defined as :

Clinical stage T1-T2c AND PSA 10-20ng/ml AND {PSA>10ng/ml AND (T2b-2c Or Gleason 7)} OR Gleason 4+3

-High-risk prostate cancer, defined as at least one of: Clinical stage T3, OR Gl 8-10, OR PSA > 20 ng/mL

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Prior pelvic radiotherapy
  • Anticoagulation medication (if unsafe to discontinue for gold seed insertion)
  • Diagnosis of bleeding diathesis
  • Large prostate (>50cm3) on imaging
  • No evidence of castrate resistance (defined as PSA \< 3 ng/ml while testosterone is \< 0.7 nmol/l. Patients could have been on combined androgen blockade but are excluded if this was started due to PSA progression.
  • Definitive regional or distant metastatic disease on staging investigations.
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Study design

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

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Single arm radiotherapy

    HDR Brachytherapy Boost of 15Gy to the prostate followed by Stereotactic Ablative Body Radiation (SBRT) 25 Gy in 5 fractions, once weekly to prostate, SVs and pelvic lymph nodes + 6-18 months of ADT

    Radiation: Stereotactic Ablative Body Radiation (SBRT)

Interventions

  • RadiationStereotactic Ablative Body Radiation (SBRT)
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Acute GI and GU toxicities

    Number of Participants With Treatment-Related Adverse Events as Assessed by CTCAE v3.0, Change From Baseline in Pain Scores on the Visual Analog Scale at 6 Weeks. This will be calculated using the F distribution method (exact confidence limits).

    Time frame: Baseline (start of treatment) to 6 weeks post completion of Radiation treatment

Secondary outcomes

  1. Late GI and GU RTOG toxicities

    Number of Participants With Treatment-Related Adverse Events as Assessed by CTCAE v3.0, Change From 6 months post treatment to end of 5 year follow up. This will be calculated using the F distribution method (exact confidence limits).

    Time frame: 6 months post start of treatment to end of 5 year follow up post completion of treatment

  2. Quality of Life outcome- EPIC

    Quality of life using the Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Composite (EPIC) questionnaire.

    Time frame: Baseline ( start of treatment) to end of 5 year follow up post completion of treatment

  3. Biochemical disease-free survival

    Biochemical disease-free survival post treatment

    Time frame: Baseline ( start of treatment) to end of 5 year follow up post completion of treatment

  4. Quality of Life outcome- EQ5D

    Assess the impact of modifiable life style factors on radiation toxicity as well as Determine the health preference values using the EQ5D(EQ-5D is the name of the instrument and is not an acronym.)

    Time frame: Baseline to end of 5 year follow up post completion of treatment

Other outcomes

  1. Quality of Life outcome- PORPUS-U

    Assess the impact of modifiable life style factors on radiation toxicity as well as Determine the health preference values using the PORPUS -U(PORPUS-U is the name of the instrument and is not an acronym.)

    Time frame: Baseline ( start of treatment) to end of 5 year follow up post completion of treatment

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Study locations

1 site
  • Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center
    Toronto, Ontairo M4N 3M5, Canada
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No — Overall study data will be available thru publications. Individual Participants Data will not be made public.

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jan 22, 2020, 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
NCT04236752
Lead sponsor
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Collaborators
Prostate Cancer Canada
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jan 22, 2020
Start date
Sep 29, 2014
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2020 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 31, 2020 (estimated)
Last update
Jan 22, 2020

Oversight

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