Study of Serum and Urinary Biomarkers and Radiation Cystitis in Patients Treated With Radiotherapy for Localized Prostate Cancer (RABBIO)

Prostate cancer represents the 1st diagnosed cancer in men, with 50400 new cases and 8100 deaths in 2018. Improved diagnostic and therapeutic strategies have led to a 3.7% decrease in mortality between 2010 and 2018 with a 5- and 10-year survival rate of 93% and 80%, respectively.

Pelvic conformal radiotherapy is an important therapeutic technique in the management of pelvic cancers, particularly prostate cancer. However, despite the improvement in radiation techniques, this technique is responsible for acute and late adverse events at the bladder level, these symptoms being grouped under the term radiation cystitis. It has a clear impact on the quality of life of patients. Acute radiation cystitis is likely to occur during treatment or within 3 months after radiotherapy. Its incidence is estimated at nearly 50%. The late form appears on average 2 years after radiation, but can sometimes occur 10 or 20 years later. Its incidence is 5 to 10% of cases.

Although certain factors have been identified, such as the dose received, fractionation or comorbidities, the pathophysiology of radiation-induced cystitis remains unclear, particularly because of the risks of complications arising from access to bladder tissue post-irradiation, thus limiting our knowledge as well as the therapies targeting this process. The use of biomarkers in liquid biopsies allows us to understand the problem of access to irradiated tissues and to highlight protein changes, prognostic of radiation-induced visceral toxicity.

Few works are published on the evaluation of inflammatory and pro-fibrotic biomarkers of radiation-induced cystitis in liquid biopsies. Only 2 retrospective studies have shown a correlation between late radiation cystitis and increased levels of plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 (PAI-1), matrix metalloproteinase inhibitors (TIMP1 and TIMP2), hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and placental growth factor (PIGF) in urine. However, none of these studies explored the variation of biomarkers in the early stage of radiation-induced bladder toxicity.

This would suggest the feasibility of prospective assay of overexpression of these proteins in liquid biopsies.

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Prostate Cancer; Radiotherapy Side Effect; Radiation Cystitis
• Intervention / Treatment: Biological: Biological sample collection; Other: Questionnaires

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 60

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Carole HELISSEY, MD; Phone Number: +33 143985000; Email: carole.helissey@intradef.gouv.fr

Study Locations

• France
  • Saint-Mandé, France, 94160
    • Recruiting
    • Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées Begin
    • Contact: Carole HELISSEY, MD; Phone Number: +33 143985000; Email: carole.helissey@intradef.gouv.fr

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

The study population is composed of adult men with localized prostate cancer who are eligible for radiation therapy.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the prostate;
• Localized adenocarcinoma of the prostate according to the D'Amico Risk Classification for Prostate Cancer;
• Eligible for external beam radiation therapy and/or brachytherapy;
• Patient able, in the opinion of the physician-investigator, to communicate well, understand and comply with the requirements of the study;
• Patient with a phone or a computer.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patient with advanced or metastatic prostate cancer;
• Patient receiving pre-irradiation hormone therapy;
• Patient with bladder or urethral cancer or a history of it;
• Previous urinary tract surgery (bladder augmentation, cystectomy);
• Patient participating in an interventional clinical study;
• Patient with a history of pelvic irradiation;

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Concentration of 33 urinary and serum biomarkers potentially related to radiation cystitis between enrollment and 12 weeks after the start of radiotherapy.	The change in expression of the 33 inflammatory and remodeling biomarkers will be assessed by : the MILLIPLEX® MAP technique for the analysis of circulating markers; the flow cytometry method for the analysis of the immune population.	Up to to 12 weeks after the start of radiotherapy

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Direction Centrale du Service de Santé des Armées

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): March 1, 2022
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): September 1, 2024
• Study Completion (Anticipated): September 1, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: February 9, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 9, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): February 18, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 28, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 27, 2023
• Last Verified: April 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Neoplasms; Urogenital Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Site; Urologic Diseases; Urinary Bladder Diseases; Wounds and Injuries; Genital Neoplasms, Male; Prostatic Diseases; Prostatic Neoplasms; Cystitis; Radiation Injuries
• Other Study ID Numbers: 2021PPRC09; 2021-A03196-35 (Other Identifier: IDRCB)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No