PET/MRI for the Staging of Newly Diagnosed Prostate Cancer
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03392181 |
Recruitment Status :
Recruiting
First Posted : January 5, 2018
Last Update Posted : February 27, 2020
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Prostate Cancer | Drug: 18F-DCFPyL | Early Phase 1 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 48 participants |
Allocation: | N/A |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Diagnostic |
Official Title: | PET/MRI for the Staging of Newly Diagnosed Prostate Cancer |
Actual Study Start Date : | June 8, 2018 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | May 1, 2023 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | June 1, 2023 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: 18F-DCFPyL |
Drug: 18F-DCFPyL
To determine whether PET/MR utilizing PYL improves pre-operative staging of prostate cancer prior to radical prostatectomy compared to MRI alone. |
- PET/MR versus mp-MRI for the Staging of Newly Diagnosed Prostate Cancer [ Time Frame: 5 years ]To determine if PSMA-Targeted PET/MRI improves pre-operative staging of prostate cancer prior to radical prostatectomy compared to MRI alone.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 89 Years (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | Male |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria
- Patients must have a biopsy-proven diagnosis of high risk, very high risk, or locally advanced prostate cancer
- Patients must have a diagnosis of high risk, very high risk, or locally advanced prostate cancer per NCCN Guidelines (T3-T4 disease)
- Patients are healthy enough to be deemed surgical candidates with an ECOG performance status of 0-2
- Patients must be age ≥ 18 years
- Patients must agree to use adequate contraception (e.g. barrier method of birth control; abstinence) prior to study entry, for the duration of study participation, and for 30 days following completion of the imaging
- Patients must have the ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent prior to registration on study
Exclusion Criteria
- Patients who have contraindications to MRI (i.e. pacemakers, aneurysm clips or shaped fragments)
- Patients who are claustrophobic will be required to take an anti-anxiety medication prescribed by their physician one hour prior to the scan
- Patients may not be receiving any other treatments or investigational agents
- Patients with a GFR <30mL/min are ineligible to receive intravenous contrast per standard MR exclusion criteria
- Patients not interested in pursuing surgical intervention for their disease (i.e. refusing treatment or requesting radiation oncology referral)
- Patients who have received androgen deprivation therapy or prior surgery for prostate cancer
- Patients who report taking multivitamins and/or folate supplements on the day of the scan

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT03392181
Contact: Mary Kate Keeter, MPH | 3125035359 | mary.fitzgerald@northwestern.edu |
United States, Illinois | |
Northwestern University | Recruiting |
Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611 | |
Contact: Mary Kate Keeter, MPH 312-503-5359 mary.fitzgerald@northwestern.edu | |
Principal Investigator: Edward Schaeffer, MD/PhD |
Principal Investigator: | Edward Schaeffer, MD/PhD | Chair, Department of Urology |
Responsible Party: | Edward Schaeffer, Chair, Department of Urology, Program of Director for GU Oncology, Northwestern University |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT03392181 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
NU 17U12 STU00205957 ( Other Identifier: Northwestern IRB ) NCI-2018-00059 ( Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program) ) |
First Posted: | January 5, 2018 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | February 27, 2020 |
Last Verified: | February 2020 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | Yes |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Prostatic Neoplasms Genital Neoplasms, Male Urogenital Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Neoplasms |
Genital Diseases, Male Genital Diseases Urogenital Diseases Prostatic Diseases Male Urogenital Diseases |