Cancer of the Prostate Treated With Focal Implantation of a RadioactivE Source (CAPFIRE)

Cancer of the Prostate Treated With Focal Implantation of a RadioactivE Source - The Introduction of Prostate Cancer Targeted Focal Therapy Treatment in Denmark

The purpose is to assess and describe the oncological and functional outcomes following the introduction of curative targeted focal brachytherapy of prostate cancer in Denmark.

Men with a single MRI-identifiable prostate cancer index-tumour who fulfil inclusion criteria and are candidates for curative treatment. Eligible men will undergo curative intended targeted focal brachytherapy for treatment of histologically confirmed prostate cancer.

The intervention will include Low- (LDR) or High (HDR) dose rate targeted focal brachytherapy of prostate cancer. Collection of data on safety, morbidity, side effects and quality of life. Collection of clinical data on treatment efficacy, progression, and mortality.

All patients will have a follow up of 10-years for oncological outcome, 5-years for acute- and late toxicity-, and 2-years for functional outcomes, respectively. The follow up will include clinical data, MRI, confirmatory biopsies, and questionnaires at specific fixed time points pre-and post-operatively after 1-3 days, 4-weeks, 3-, 6--, 9-, 12-, 18-, and 24-months followed by every 6 months up to 5-yr and then every year up to 10-yr follow-up.

Anticipated number of patients is 50 and regular analysis and reporting will be performed continuously. The first short-term analysis will be after 18-months of follow-up after confirmatory MRI and biopsies, and the final reporting will be after 10-years follow-up in 2035.

Study Overview

• Status: Enrolling by invitation
• Conditions: Prostate Cancer
• Intervention / Treatment: Radiation: Focal Brachytherapy

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 50
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Denmark
  • Herlev, Denmark, 2730
    • Department of Urology, Herlev University Hospital Herlev

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age 40-80; Performance status 0-1; >10 yr. life expectancy
• Candidate for curative intended treatment
• PSA <20 ng/mL
• Clinical stage T1c or T2a
• Prostate anatomy suitable for focal brachytherapy
• MRI identified index tumour (PI-RADS 3-5) with PCa confirmed on biopsy
• A single index tumour focus with Gleason score 6 (>10 mm maximum cancer-core length [MCCL]), Gleason score 3+4 (any MCCL) or Gleason core 4+3 (<10 mm MCCL)
• Systematic biopsies (≥10-12 cores) with no or low volume Gleason score 6 (3+3) PCa only
• No severe urinary obstructive symptoms (e.g., urinary retention needing indwelling catheter)
• Fit to undergo all procedures in the protocol
• Included subjects should be able to participate in the planned follow-up (either on-site visits or telephone consultation accepted at specific time-points).
• Included subjects should be able to read and understand the study details, and provide written informed consent to participate

Exclusion Criteria:

If any of the following criteria is present, the subject cannot participate in the study:

• Not a candidate for curative intended treatment (e.g., other active malignancy except for non-melanoma skin-cancer, life-expectancy <10 years, severe comorbidities etc.)
• Prior surgical or radiation treatment of PCa; Prior transurethral-resection (TUR-P) is not an exclusion criterion.
• Evidence/suspicion of extra prostatic extension on MRI
• Tumour focus >50% of one prostate half on MRI corresponding to stage >T2a
• Briganti 2018 score ≥7%
• PCa with intraductal carcinoma, cribriform pattern, or small cell component
• Any anatomical or clinical conditional not suitable for brachytherapy (e.g., imperforate anus, prostatitis, inflammatory bowel disease, severe calcifications etc.)
• Any contraindication for prostate MRI (e.g., claustrophobia, pacemaker, estimated glomerular filtration rate ≤30 mL/min/1.73m2)
• Reduction in MRI image quality that interferes with diagnosis caused by e.g., hip replacement surgery or other metal implants in the pelvic area.
• Any medical condition precluding procedures
• Any medication that may alter prostate morphology or alter MRI appearance (e.g., 5-alpha reductase inhibitors, prior androgen deprivation therapy [ADT])
• Subjects who are unwilling or unable to adhere to the study requirements (including treatment, required assessments and follow-up).

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Intervention / Treatment

Experimental: Treatment group; Curative targeted focal brachytherapy treatment for localized unifocal prostate-cancer

Radiation: Focal Brachytherapy; Targeted focal brachytherapy is an image-guided technique, where the radioactive source is placed only, and directly into the cancerous area of the prostate. The aim is to preserve the normal surrounding prostate gland tissue to limit treatment-related side effects to the adjacent anatomical structures. A multiparametric prostate MRI is used to identify, localize, and delineate the intraprostatic PCa tumour lesion and plan treatment. A specialized MRI-ultrasound image-fusion software combines the MRI-images with dynamic ultrasound performed in the operating room and is used to focally guide the placement of the radioactive source in the prostate cancer (PCa) tumour focus based on focal dosimetry calculations. A safety margin around the tumour is applied where it is possible to account for MRI tumour volume underestimation, microscopic spread, and treatment uncertainties.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Number of patients with local treatment control at 18-month post treatment	An MRI followed by targeted prostate biopsies are performed 18 months post-treatment. Lack of pathological control (progression) is defined by: No pathological changes on biopsy from baseline (stable disease); and/or; Tumour upgrading (increase in maximum cancer core length (measured in mm) or higher-grade tumour with increasing Gleason grade (aggressiveness score 1-5, where 5 is worst) compared to baseline. These two measurements will be aggregated to arrive at one reported value for the question: - Pathological control at 18-month post treatment (yes/no).	18 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Rate of salvage treatment	The rate of salvage therapy is defined by the percentage of men who receive salvage treatment because of local disease progression following targeted focal brachytherapy. Salvage therapy may include (but not limited to) whole-gland radical prostatectomy, external beam radiation therapy, or re-treatment using focal brachytherapy.	10 years post-treatment
Number of patients with treatment related adverse events	Adverse events are assessed by • CTCAEv5 (Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events) changes from baseline to post-treatment; Grading 0-5. Higher scores mean worse outcome The CTCAEv5 will be assessed before treatment, 1-3 days postoperatively, and at routine post-treatment follow-up visits (see below) up to two years following treatment, or at any time upon withdrawal or pathological or biochemical failure.	24-months post treatment
Number of patients with treatment related urinary dysfunction	Adverse events are assessed by • IPSS (International Prostate Symptom Score) changes from baseline to post-treatment; Grading 0-35.Higher scores mean worse outcome The abovementioned toxicity-questionnaire will be assessed before treatment, 1-3 days postoperatively, and at routine post-treatment follow-up visits (see below) up to two years following treatment, or at any time upon withdrawal or pathological or biochemical failure.	24-months post treatment
Number of patients with treatment related erectile dysfunction	Adverse events are assessed by • IIEF-5 questionnaire (International Index of Erectile Dysfunction) changes from baseline to post-treatment; Grading 5-25. Higher scores mean worse outcome The abovementioned questionnaire will be assessed before treatment, 1-3 days postoperatively, and at routine post-treatment follow-up visits (see below) up to two years following treatment, or at any time upon withdrawal or pathological or biochemical failure.	24-months post treatment
Number of patients with treatment related bowel dysfunction	Adverse events are assessed by • EPIC bowel domain questionnaire (Extended Prostate Cancer Index - Bowel function) changes from baseline to post-treatment; Grading 0-24.Higher scores mean worse outcome The abovementioned questionnaire will be assessed before treatment, 1-3 days postoperatively, and at routine post-treatment follow-up visits (see below) up to two years following treatment, or at any time upon withdrawal or pathological or biochemical failure.	24-months post treatment
Number of patients with treatment related quality of life changes	Adverse events are assessed by SF-12 v2 questionnaire (Short Form Quality of life assessment) changes from baseline to post-treatment; Grading 12-56.Higher scores mean worse outcome The abovementioned questionnaire will be assessed before treatment, 1-3 days postoperatively, and at routine post-treatment follow-up visits (see below) up to two years following treatment, or at any time upon withdrawal or pathological or biochemical failure.	24-months post treatment
Number of patients with clinical progression at 3-, 5- and 10-yrs	Clinical progression can be defined as either biochemical- or pathological progression. Biochemical progression is defined as prostate-specific-antigen (PSA) increase >2 over nadir with an increase >0.75 ng/ml per year. PSA levels will be analyzed prior to routine post-treatment follow-up visits. First appointment is planned at 4 weeks following treatment, then three-monthly for 12 months, six-monthly up to five years post treatment, then yearly until ten years following treatment, or at any time upon withdrawal. In case of biochemical failure, a repeat MRI + biopsies are performed. Due to potential risk of PSA fluctuations ("PSA bounce") during the first 18-24 months following implantation, biochemical progression will not be defined before the primary outcome has been assessed 18 months post-treatment. Secondary definitions of biochemical failure such as PSA-density nadir + 0.1 ng/mL/cc will be analyzed. Pathological progression is defined as under primary outcome.	10 years post-treatment

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Herlev Hospital
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Lars Boesen, MD,PhD,DMSci, Department of Urology

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): November 1, 2023
• Primary Completion (Estimated): January 1, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): June 1, 2037

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 24, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 6, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): October 12, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 25, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 10, 2025
• Last Verified: March 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: MRI; Biopsy; Brachytherapy; Focal treatment
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Urogenital Diseases; Genital Diseases; Genital Neoplasms, Male; Urogenital Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Site; Neoplasms; Genital Diseases, Male; Prostatic Diseases; Male Urogenital Diseases; Prostatic Neoplasms
• Other Study ID Numbers: H-22046020

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: No