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NCT Number: NCT02651948

Transperineal, MRI-guided, Prostate Biopsy

Primary purpose:

Complications and rehospitalizations after transperineal prostate biopsy MRI-guided are reduced than transrectal prostate biopsies.

Secondary purposes:

* Patients tolerance after transperineal prostate biopsy MRI-guided is better than after transrectal prostate biopsies. * Core of transperineal prostate biopsies are better than core of transrectal prostate biopsies * Study of correlation between radiologic images and anatomopathologic result * Description of needle track during the procedure * Description of real time template saturation prostate biopsy * Comparison of transperineal prostate biopsy relevance according to EBM * Comparison of 1.5T MRI and 3T MRI for prostate cancer detection

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Key information

Age range

40 year–80 year

Sex eligibility

Male

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 4

Primary location

Service d'urologie

Strasbourg, 67000, France

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Men
  • 40 to 80 years' old
  • Affiliation to French social health system
  • Signed consent
  • Prostate cancer suspicion based on prostate specific antigen (PSA) or digital rectal exam WITH abnormal MRI (Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System score 3) AND negative transrectal prostate biopsies
  • Patient treated by active surveillance for a low risk prostate cancer (T1c or T2a, Gleason = 6, PSA < 10)

Exclusion criteria

  • Gleason > 6 prostate cancer
  • Metastatic prostate cancer
  • Contraindication to MRI
  • Contraindication to general anesthesia
  • Non-reversible hemostasis trouble
  • Inability to give consent

Treatment and study plan

Transperineal, MRI-guided, prostate biopsy

Procedure

Transrectal prostate biopsy (TRB):

Procedure

Primary outcomes

  1. Collection of complications and rehospitalizations by using questionnaire

    Time frame: 12 months

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University Hospital, Strasbourg, France

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Transperineal, MRI-guided, Prostate Biopsy: First Step to Focal Treatment of Prostate Cancer

Important dates

Study start
2015
Primary completion
2023
Study completion
2024
First posted
Jan 11, 2016
Registry last updated
Dec 19, 2025

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