Diagnostic Performance of PSMA PET/CT for Pre-operative Lymph Node Assessment in Intermediate and High-risk Non-metastasic Prostate Cancer (PREOP-PSMA ). (PREOP-PSMA)

September 8, 2025 updated by: University Hospital, Brest

Diagnostic Performance of Prostate Specific Membrane Antigen (PSMA) Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography (PET/CT) Imaging for Pre-operative Lymph Node Assessment in Intermediate and High-risk Non-metastasic Prostate Cancer.

In France, prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men over 50 years of age (nearly 50,000 new cases per year) and is the second most common cause of cancer death in men (approximately 9,000 deaths per year). Although mortality has been declining since the end of the 1990s (about 7%/year), about 30 to 35% of them will have a biological recurrence.

Accurate assessment of local, regional and distant spread of the disease is therefore needed to design optimal personalised care for each patient, either curative or palliative.

Currently, in France, recommended disease assessment includes bone scintigraphy and Abdomino-Pelvic Magnetic Resonance Imaging. However, conventional imaging has limited performance with regard to lymph node extension.

Node dissection is the best way to assess node status. Currently, no imaging exam allows this level of accuracy.

Recently, molecular imaging has emerged as a promising tool to improve the initial extensional assessment of prostate cancer. Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) is a transmembrane glycoprotein, specific to the prostate, which is over-expressed on the surface of prostate cancer cells.

Recent studies of PSMA PET/CT as part of the initial extension assessment of prostate cancer report superior diagnostic performance in terms of sensitivity and specificity compared to conventional tests, as well as an impact of PSMA PET/CT on patient management.

Study Overview

Status

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Recruiting

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Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

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159

Phase

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  • Not Applicable

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Study Locations

  • France
      • Brest, France, 29609
        • Recruiting
        • CHRU de Brest
        • Contact:
          • Philippe Robin, PH
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Philippe Robin, PH
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Pierre-Yves Le Roux, PU-PH
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Pierre-Yves Salaun, PU-PH
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Alexandre Fourcade, PH
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Laurent Doucet, PH
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Georges Fournier, PU-PH
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Antoine Valeri, PU-PH
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Valentin Tissot, PH

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Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Histologically confirmed prostate cancer;
  • Intermediate-risk prostate cancer (PSA level of 10- 20 ng/mL and/or Clinical tumor stage ≥ T2b and/or ISUP 2 or 3, AND with risk of lymph node extension > 5% according to the Briganti nomogram) or high-risk prostate cancer (PSA ≥ 20 ng/mL and/or TR ≥ T2c and/or ISUP 4 or 5) according to d'Amico classification;
  • Curative treatment by radical prostatectomy chosen by the multidisciplinary consultation meeting.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Refusal or inability to participate in the study ;
  • Low-risk prostate cancer according to D'Amico's classification, or an intermediate-risk but with a risk of lymph node extension <5% according to Briganti's nomogram;
  • Curative treatment other than surgical treatment chosen;
  • Life expectancy < 12 months;
  • Karnofsky score < 70 or ECOG score > 2.

Study Plan

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How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

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Intervention / Treatment

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Experimental: Intervention
All patients with prostate cancer undergo PSMA PET/CT as part of the trial in addition to standard methods (abdo-pelvic MRI and a bone scan).
Diagnostic test: PSMA PET/CT
The PSMA PET/CT will be performed on an outpatient in the nuclear medicine department of the Brest University Hospital (CHRU). For this exam, the administration of 2-4 MBq/kg of 68Ga-HBED-CC-PSMA or 1,8-2,2 MBq/kg of 68Ga-PSMA-11 will be performed to patient by a single intravenous injection.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Diagnostic performance of PSMA PET/CT
Time Frame: Month 12
The main objective of the trial is to determine the diagnostic performance of Positron Emission Tomography of Prostate Specific Membrane Antigen Ligands (PET-PSMA) for the detection of lymph node metastases in intermediate- and high-risk prostate neoplasia, whose radical treatment by prostatectomy is selected by the multidisciplinary consultation meeting.
Month 12

Secondary Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Impact of PSMA-PET in the surgical strategy of lymph node dissection.
Time Frame: Month 12
To assess the impact of PSMA PET/CT in the surgical strategy of lymph node dissection, assessing the number of patients in whom lymph node dissection will be extended to a resectable PSMA-PET/CT suspicious area at the prostatic level.
Month 12
Comparison of prostate tumor index lesion location on PSMA PET/CT and MRI with prostate histopathology after prostatectomy.
Time Frame: Month 12
To compare MRI and PSMA PET/CT with histopathology at the prostate level (Pathological focal uptake detected on the 3 examinations (PSMA PET/CT and MRI vs. pathology = gold standard) for each of the 6 following prostate locations: base, middle, apex (right and left)).
Month 12
Diagnostic performance of PSMA PET/CT for distant metastasis
Time Frame: Month 12
To determine the positive predictive value of PSMA PET/CT to detect distant metastases in patients whose radical treatment by prostatectomy is selected by the multidisciplinary consultation meeting.
Month 12
68Ga-HBED-CC-PSMA and et du 68Ga- PSMA-11 tolerance
Time Frame: Month 12
The 68Ga-HBED-CC-PSMA tolerance and the et du 68Ga- PSMA-11 tolerance will be evaluated recording serious adverse events and adverse events during follow-up.
Month 12

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

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University Hospital, Brest

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

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May 20, 2021

Primary Completion (Estimated)

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May 20, 2027

Study Completion (Estimated)

Study Completion

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May 20, 2027

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

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November 30, 2020

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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February 5, 2021

First Posted (Actual)

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February 9, 2021

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September 12, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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September 8, 2025

Last Verified

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September 1, 2025

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Other Study ID Numbers

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  • 29BRC20.0203

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

YES

IPD Plan Description

All collected data that underlie results in a publication

IPD Sharing Time Frame

Data will be available after the publication of result and ending fifteen years following the last visit of the last patient

IPD Sharing Access Criteria

Data access requests will be reviewed by the internal committee of Brest UH. Requestors will be required to sign and complete a data access agreement.

IPD Sharing Supporting Information Type

  • STUDY_PROTOCOL

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

No

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