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NCT Number: NCT02242773

MRI Based Active Selection for Treatment Trial

The main purpose of this study is to determine if Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), along with MRI targeted biopsy of suspicious lesions, is of value in detecting patients who would be likely to require treatment earlier.

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Key information

Age range

35 year–85 year

Sex eligibility

Male

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

University of Miami

Miami, Florida, 33136, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Biopsy confirmed adenocarcinoma of the prostate within 18 months prior to enrollment;
  • Pre-enrollment prostate biopsy must consist of at least 8 cores;
  • Biopsy reviewed by a University of Miami Pathologist;
  • Serum Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) ≤ 20 ng/ml within 3 months of study enrollment;
  • Age ≥ 35 and ≤ 85 years;
  • Ability to understand and willingness to sign a written informed consent document;
  • Patients must agree to undergo serial multiparametric MRI and MRI-guided biopsy;
  • Patients must agree to fill out the longitudinal psychosocial questionnaires assessing health related quality of life.

Exclusion criteria

  • Greater than 4 cores positive, of any Gleason score, on the University of Miami (UM) review,
  • Greater than 2 cores positive for Gleason 3+4 cancer,
  • Gleason 4+3 or higher cancer in any single biopsy core.
  • Extracapsular extension suspected on digital rectal exam with confirmation on MRI. Suspicion of extracapsular extension on MRI alone is not an exclusion for study enrollment.
  • Subject is not a candidate for multiparametric MRI with contrast. Some reasons may include (but are not limited to): renal insufficiency, foreign body or pacemakers.
  • No prior pelvic radiotherapy.
  • No prior surgery to the prostate, other than transurethral procedures for benign prostatic hyperplasia (e.g., transurethral resection, green light laser treatment).
  • No concurrent, active malignancy, other than non-metastatic skin cancer of any type, superficial bladder cancer, or early stage chronic lymphocytic leukemia (well-differentiated small cell lymphocytic lymphoma) or <stage IV follicular lymphoma. If a prior malignancy is in remission for ≥ 3 years then the patient is eligible.
  • Bilateral hip replacement.

Treatment and study plan

Multi-Parametric MRI

Device

Multi-Parametric MRI

MRI-Guided Biopsy

Device

MRI-Guided Biopsy

Primary outcomes

  1. Rate of Disease Progression Within the First Two Surveillance Biopsies

    Time frame: 24 months

    The rate of disease progression among participants within the first two surveillance biopsies will be reported. Progression refers to a repeat surveillance biopsy indicating any one of the following:

    • More than 4 positive cores involving any grade of cancer,
    • At least two core with Gleason 3+4 cancer,
    • Any single core with Gleason 4+3 cancer or higher,
    • A Gleason 3+3 at diagnosis that is upgraded to Gleason 3+4, or
    • Undergoing treatment, regardless of histological progression.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Time-to-Biochemical Recurrence (BCR)

    Time frame: Up to 36 months

    Biochemical recurrence (BCR) is defined as prostate-specific antigen (PSA) of 0.2 or higher on two or more separate measures after surgery or an increase of nadir + 2ng/ml or more after radiation. Time-to-BCR is defined as duration in days between date of treatment and date of BCR, if BCR occurs. The investigators will follow participants who have progressed and gone on to treatment.

  2. Health-Related Quality of Life Scores: EPIC SF-12

    Time frame: Up to 36 months

    Health-Related Quality of Life will be assessed using scores from validated questionnaires. The Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Composite and Medical Outcomes Study Short Form-12 (EPIC SF-12) will be used to evaluate patient function and satisfaction after prostate cancer treatment. Response options for each item form a Likert scale, and multi-item scale scores are transformed linearly to a 0-100 scale, with higher scores representing better HRQOL.

  3. Health-Related Quality of Life Scores: MAX-PC

    Time frame: Up to 36 months

    Health-Related Quality of Life will be assessed using scores from validated questionnaires. The Memorial Anxiety Scale for Prostate Cancer (MAX-PC) will be used to measure anxiety from pre-treatment to post-treatment. The scale consists of 18 items (e.g. "I thought about prostate cancer even though I didn't mean to.") scored on a scale from 0 ("not at all") to 3 ("often"). Total scores range from 0 to 54, with higher scores indicating higher levels of anxiety.

  4. Discriminative Performance of NCCN Risk and Clinical Markers for Predicting Progression on Active Surveillance

    Time frame: Up to 36 months

    The investigators will assess the incremental benefit of multiparametric MRI (mpMRI), genomic risk test, and molecular markers compared to baseline National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) risk classification for predicting progression on active surveillance. Area under the receiver operating characteristic Curve (ROC) curves produced from logistic regression modeling will be used to evaluate the performance of NCCN risk and other variables (MRI, genomic testing, and molecular markers) for predicting progression on surveillance. Participants will be categorized at baseline by NCCN risk class ranging from very low risk to intermediate risk; and into those who progressed while on the trial. Additionally, MRI results, PSA density, 4K score, and Decipher Score in combination with NCCN risk were analyzed to see their additive value on determining who will experience progression on active surveillance.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Miami

Other

Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Registry information

Official study title

MRI-Guided Active Selection for Treatment of Prostate Cancer: The Miami MAST Trial

Acronym: MAST

Important dates

Study start
2014
Primary completion
2024
Study completion
2024
First posted
Sep 17, 2014
Registry last updated
Jul 11, 2025

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