Diffusion Basis Spectrum Imaging of the Prostate

July 10, 2026 updated by: Washington University School of Medicine

Diffusion Basis Spectrum Imaging of the Prostate: A Virtual Biopsy to Accurately Diagnose Prostate Cancer

Diffusion Basis Spectrum Imaging (DBSI) represents a potential leap forward in improving prostate cancer early detection: a non-invasive and accurate imaging test for clinically significant prostate cancer.

Study Overview

Status

Status

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Recruiting

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

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Study Type

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Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

Enrollment

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500

Phase

Phase

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  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

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Study Contact

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Study Contact Backup

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Missouri
      • St Louis, Missouri, United States, 63110
        • Recruiting
        • Washington University School of Medicine
        • Contact:
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Sheng-Kwei Song, Ph.D.
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Joseph Ippolito, M.D.
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Michael H Johnson, M.D.

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Over 18 years of age and willing and able to provide informed consent.
  • Patients with no prior diagnosis of prostate cancer, who are planning to undergo prostate biopsy as clinical standard of care ("early detection cohort")

  • Including those men with:

    • an elevated PSA and no prior biopsy
    • an elevated PSA and a negative prior biopsy
  • Patients with a prior diagnosis of prostate cancer, who are currently managed with active surveillance, who are planning to undergo biopsy as clinical standard of care ("active surveillance cohort")

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients with any clinical contraindication to MRI

    *Including but not limited to:

    • Those with metallic implants, such as pacemakers or implantable cardioverter-defibrillators
    • Those with cochlear implants
    • Those with claustrophobia not relieved with medications (patients with claustrophobia who do not need medications for the scan or whose claustrophobia can be managed with medication, are eligible to participate)
    • Those who cannot lie flat for over 1 hour
  • Patients with prior prostate surgery for prostate cancer (e.g. radical prostatectomy, focal ablation)

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Participant Group / Arm

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

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Experimental: Early Detection Cohort (MRI with DBSI)
  • Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with DBSI analysis prior to prostate biopsy
  • Standard of care prostate biopsy will be performed within 12 weeks of MRI
  • Some participants may go on to receive standard of care radical prostatectomy and those participants may have their prostatectomy specimens scanned via MRI with DBSI imaging
Device: MRI with DBSI analysis
-The procedure will take approximately 1 hour of the participant's time
Experimental: Active Surveillance Cohort (MRI with DBSI)
  • Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with DBSI analysis prior to prostate biopsy
  • Standard of care prostate biopsy will be performed within 12 weeks of MRI
  • Some participants may go on to receive standard of care radical prostatectomy and those participants may have their prostatectomy specimens scanned via MRI with DBSI imaging
Device: MRI with DBSI analysis
-The procedure will take approximately 1 hour of the participant's time

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Area under the curve (AUC) comparison from biopsy and DBSI
Time Frame: Up to 12 weeks
  • As a per patient analysis, the investigators will use the highest Gleason score from the biopsy as the reference standard
  • In the per patient analysis, Gleason 7 or greater, will be the cut-off as this will be considered "clinically significant". The investigators will also perform similar analyses with cut-offs of Gleason 4+3=7 or greater, as well as Gleason 6 or greater. This will serve as the sensitivity analysis.
Up to 12 weeks
Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) comparison from biopsy to DBSI
Time Frame: Up to 12 weeks
  • As a per patient analysis, the investigators will use the highest Gleason score from the biopsy as the reference standard
  • In the per patient analysis, Gleason 7 or greater, will be the cut-off as this will be considered "clinically significant". The investigators will also perform similar analyses with cut-offs of Gleason 4+3=7 or greater, as well as Gleason 6 or greater. This will serve as the sensitivity analysis.
Up to 12 weeks
Prostate sector analysis as measured by comparison of the highest Gleason score from each of the 10 biopsy sectors to the DBSI predicted pathology from each sector
Time Frame: Up to 12 weeks
Up to 12 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Comparison of Gleason score from the MRI regions of interest to the DBSI predicted pathology
Time Frame: Up to 12 weeks
-Only for those patients with a suspicious MRI lesion
Up to 12 weeks
Area under the curve (AUC) comparison from DBSI to conventional MRI interpretation
Time Frame: Up to 12 weeks
Up to 12 weeks
Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) comparison from DBSI to conventional MRI interpretation
Time Frame: Up to 12 weeks
Up to 12 weeks
Compare DBSI with the advanced restriction spectrum imaging (RSI)
Time Frame: Up to 12 weeks
The investigators will perform DBSI modeling on RSI data obtained from UCSD and the results from both DBSI and RSI protocols will be compared and analyzed to determine a strategy for improving the DBSI protocol.
Up to 12 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Sponsor

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Washington University School of Medicine

Collaborators

Collaborators

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National Cancer Institute (NCI)
American Cancer Society, Inc.
The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Midwest Stone Institute.

Investigators

Investigators

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  • Principal Investigator: Joseph Ippolito, M.D., Washington University School of Medicine

Publications and helpful links

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Helpful Links

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

Study Start

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February 27, 2020

Primary Completion (Estimated)

Primary Completion

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May 31, 2027

Study Completion (Estimated)

Study Completion

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May 31, 2027

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

First Submitted

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June 3, 2020

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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June 3, 2020

First Posted (Actual)

First Posted

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June 9, 2020

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

Last Update Posted

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July 14, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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July 10, 2026

Last Verified

Last Verified

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July 1, 2026

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Terms related to this study

Keywords

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Other Study ID Numbers

Other Study ID Numbers

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  • 201908215
  • R01CA258690 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

Yes

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

No

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