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RecruitingNCT05882253IMAGINEDUpdated Jul 17, 2025

Prostate Cancer IMAGing IN Early Detection (IMAGINED Trial)

An interventional study of Restricted Spectrum Imaging-Magnetic Resonance Imaging (RSI-MRI) in Prostate Cancer, sponsored by University of California, San Diego. Recruiting at 1 site in United States. Open to male participants. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-07-17.

Sponsored by University of California, San Diego · Not applicable, Interventional, and Diagnostic

From the registry’s dates

  • Started Dec 2023; still recruiting 2 years 10 months later.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
225
Allocation
Non-randomized
Sex
Male
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Study summary

The researchers hope to learn if specific types of MRI software and techniques can help improve early prostate cancer detection at time of a MRI-guided prostate biopsy.

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A phase 2 prospective, interventional, non-randomized clinical trial design to investigate whether Restricted Spectrum Maps (RSM) attained from RSI-MRI (On-Q Prostate) improves PI-RADS accuracy compared to PI-RADS alone for the detection of clinically significant prostate cancer. Patients who have agreed to undergo an MRI and subsequent prostate needle biopsy will be approached to participate in the trial.

The aims of the study are as follows:

Goal 1. Validate RSI-MRI imaging biomarker performance using a prospective clinical trial.

Goal 2. Calibrate the RSM values across different MRI scanner manufacturers. Goal 3. Translate RSI using a net clinical benefit model.

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Conditions studied

  • Prostate Cancer

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Keywords

  • Detection of prostate cancer
  • software application
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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 planned enrollment of 225 is above the median of 58 across 4,822 interventional studies indexed under Prostatic Neoplasms.

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Lead sponsor

University of California, San Diego is the lead sponsor of 958 studies on the registry; 191 are open to participants now.

Of its 110 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 70 (64%) have results posted.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
Child (0–17), Adult (18–64), Older adult (65+)
Sexes eligible
Male
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Selected to undergo an MRI-fusion prostate needle biopsy of the prostate.
  • Able to provide informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • prior diagnosis of prostate cancer (Grade Group >1)
  • metastatic prostate cancer
  • prior prostate cancer treatment
  • contraindication to prostate biopsy (e.g., on anticoagulation that cannot be safely discontinued)
  • inability to undergo MRI (e.g., too large to be accommodated in a scanner or with an implant incompatible with MRI).
  • Bilateral hip replacement
  • Unable to provide informed consent.
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Diagnostic
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
225 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Other
    MRI imaging using Siemens MRI

    Participants enrolled will undergo routine Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) to obtain Restricted Spectrum Mapping (RSM). These sequences are acquired at the same time as standard multi-parametric MRI sequences. Second post-processing software then transfers the acquired RSI images from DICOM format and applies a color-coded image that is then overlayed onto the anatomic T2 image.

    Other: Restricted Spectrum Imaging-Magnetic Resonance Imaging (RSI-MRI)

  • Other
    MRI imaging using Phillips MRI

    Participants enrolled will undergo routine MRI to obtain RSM. These sequences are acquired at the same time as standard multi-parametric MRI sequences. Second post-processing software then transfers the acquired RSI images from DICOM format and applies a color-coded image that is then overlayed onto the anatomic T2 image.

    Other: Restricted Spectrum Imaging-Magnetic Resonance Imaging (RSI-MRI)

  • Other
    MRI imaging using General Electric (GE) MRI

    Participants enrolled will undergo routine MRI to obtain RSM. These sequences are acquired at the same time as standard multi-parametric MRI sequences. Second post-processing software then transfers the acquired RSI images from DICOM format and applies a color-coded image that is then overlayed onto the anatomic T2 image.

    Other: Restricted Spectrum Imaging-Magnetic Resonance Imaging (RSI-MRI)

Interventions

  • OtherRestricted Spectrum Imaging-Magnetic Resonance Imaging (RSI-MRI)

    An advanced imaging software that supports improved prostate cancer detection and diagnosis

    Also known as: On-Q Prostate

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. RSM mapping value

    Radiologists will report a standard Prostate Imaging, Reporting, and Data System (PI-RADS) and document the RSM values associated with each lesion. Change in value will be reported from baseline to routine biopsy follow-up.

    Time frame: Baseline to approximately 9 months

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • University of California, San Diego
    La Jolla, California 92093, United States
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No — There is no plan to make individual participant data (IPD) available to other researchers

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 Jul 17, 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
NCT05882253
Lead sponsor
University of California, San Diego
Collaborators
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Responsible party
Mivchael Liss (Professor, University of California, San Diego) — Principal investigator
First posted
May 31, 2023
Start date
Dec 4, 2023
Primary completion
Dec 2027 (estimated)
Completion
Apr 2028 (estimated)
Last update
Jul 17, 2025

Study contacts

Michael A Liss, MD, PhD
Contact
liss@health.ucsd.edu
858-249-1240
Jessica Warbrick, ND
Contact
jwarbrick@health.ucsd.edu
858-249-1240
Michael A Liss, MD, PhD
principal investigator · University of California, San Diego

Oversight

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