Status:

COMPLETED

High Dose-Rate Brachytherapy and/or Intensity Modulated External Beam Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer

Lead Sponsor:

Virginia Commonwealth University

Conditions:

Adenocarcinoma of the Prostate

Eligibility:

MALE

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The principal objective of this study is to demonstrate that patients can safely receive combined High Dose Rate brachytherapy and Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy without experiencing a treatmen...

Detailed Description

Patients will receive a single High Dose Rate brachytherapy dose of 6 Gy to the prostate, followed by 61 Gy delivered to the prostate and nearby tissues using Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy in ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • TRUS biopsy proven adenocarcinoma of the prostate Pretreatment PSA \<30 ng/ml Gleason's sum \< 8 clinical stage T1 or T2a,b. patients that are at low-intermediate risk for disease beyond the prostate normal liver function for all patients beginning hormone therapy Karnofsky Performance score \> 80 acceptable anesthesia risk as determined through routine pre-operative screening in the VCUHS Diagnostic Testing Clinic

Exclusion

  • pubic-arch interference or regional disease ( no evidence of metastatic disease for patients whose PSA is greater than 10 ng/ml, Gleason's sum is greater than 6, or T-stage is greater than T2a.
  • Patients at high risk for distant disease (PSA \> 30 ng/ml, Gleason's sum \> 8 or clinical stage \> T2c), clinically involved seminal vesicles or extension beyond the prostate capsule history of inflammatory bowel disease require steroid or cytotoxic therapy for collagen vascular disease uncontrolled or poorly controlled hypertension uncontrolled or poorly controlled diabetes mellitus history of cancer other than skin cancer within five years of the initiation of protocol treatment history of pelvic irradiation require the routine use of warfarin

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 1 2003

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

January 1 2012

Estimated Enrollment :

27 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00243321

Start Date

February 1 2003

End Date

January 1 2012

Last Update

July 13 2017

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Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, Virginia, United States, 23298-0058