Multifunctional Magnetic Resonance (MR) for Radiotherapy Planning in Prostate Cancer

November 2, 2009 updated by: Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

Multifunctional MR for Radiotherapy Planning in Prostate Cancer

To determine if functional MRI methods will aid planning of a radiation dose boost within the prostate in patients with prostate cancer potentially improving safety and efficacy.

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

30

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United Kingdom
    • Surrey
      • Sutton, Surrey, United Kingdom, SM2 5PT
        • Recruiting
        • Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

16 years and older (Child, Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

Male

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Hormone therapy naive patients planned to be treated by radical radiotherapy after 3-6 months of androgen suppression
  • Patients with low-high risk histologically confirmed localised disease are eligible, with WHO performance status 0-1.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients unsuitable for functional MRI of the prostate or gold seed fiducial marker insertion (e.g. patients unable to tolerate endorectal MRI examination).
  • No prior pelvic radiotherapy or radical prostatectomy, previous androgen therapy, patients unsuitable for radical radiotherapy, life expectancy <10 years, previous active malignancy within last 5 years, co-morbid conditions likely to impact on the advisability of radical radiotherapy, full anticoagulation, other exclusions to MRI (e.g. hip prosthesis or fixation, claustrophobia, ferromagnetic implants).

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: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Comparison of dose distributions produced by rival radiotherapy plans judged using radiobiological model predictions of Tumour Control Probability (TCP) and Normal Tissue Complication Probability (NTCP).

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Comparison of reproducibility of registration algorithms for mapping functional MR data acquired before hormone therapy to MR anatomical data acquired after hormone therapy and prior to radiotherapy.
Comparison of reproducibility of registration of functional and MR data with computed tomography (CT) data using gold seed registration, assessing reproducibility and positioning issues.
Comparison of image quality, registration reproducibility and gland distortion of internal and external imaging coils for MRI image acquisition and registration of the prostate.
Comparison of dose distributions produced by rival radiotherapy plans judged using three standard dose-volume constraints for targets and normal tissues and careful examination of the 3D dose distribution.

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

Collaborators

Institute of Cancer Research, United Kingdom

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Dr Nandita deSouza, CRUK Clinical Magnetic Resonance Research Group

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

March 1, 2009

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

June 1, 2011

Study Completion (Anticipated)

June 1, 2011

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

November 2, 2009

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 2, 2009

First Posted (Estimate)

November 3, 2009

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

November 3, 2009

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 2, 2009

Last Verified

November 1, 2009

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • CCR3121

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