Study of the Efficacy, Safety and Quality of Life After TOOKAD® Soluble (VTP) for Intermediate Risk Prostate Cancer.
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03315754 |
Recruitment Status :
Active, not recruiting
First Posted : October 20, 2017
Last Update Posted : May 4, 2022
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Single center, single-arm, open-label, 60-month follow-up phase IIb clinical trial. Men with localized prostate cancer will receive TOOKAD® Soluble VTP under general anesthesia.
To evaluate the absence of biopsy detectable Gleason grade 4 or 5 prostate cancer tumors anywhere in the prostate gland on 12-month, post-treatment biopsy following TOOKAD® Soluble-VTP in men with prostate cancer Gleason score 7(3+4).
Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Localized Prostate Cancer | Drug: TOOKAD Soluble 4 mg/kg | Phase 2 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 50 participants |
Allocation: | N/A |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Intervention Model Description: | Single center, single-arm, open-label, 60-month follow-up phase IIb clinical trial |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Study of the Efficacy, Safety and Quality of Life After TOOKAD® Soluble Vascular Targeted Photodynamic Therapy (VTP) for Minimally Invasive Treatment of Localized Intermediate Risk Prostate Cancer. |
Actual Study Start Date : | October 2, 2017 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | November 2, 2020 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | November 2, 2024 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: TOOKAD Soluble 4 mg/kg
TOOKAD® Soluble VTP treatment consist of the combination of a single, 10-minute IV infusion of TOOKAD® Soluble at the dose of 4 mg/kg, followed by the illumination of the zone to be treated with a 753-nm laser light delivered through transperineal interstitial optical fibers at a power of 150 mW/cm and light energy of 200 J/cm applied over 22 minutes and 15 seconds.
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Drug: TOOKAD Soluble 4 mg/kg
Vascular targeted photodynamic therapy using TOOKAD Soluble
Other Name: WST11 |
- absence of Gleason grade 4 or 5 [ Time Frame: 12 months ]Binary response to treatment defined as absence of Gleason grade 4 or 5 on biopsy
- absence of Gleason grade 4 or 5 [ Time Frame: months 24, 36, 48 and 60 ]Binary response to treatment defined as the absence of any Gleason grade 4 or 5 biopsy on or before months 24, 36, 48 and 60. If a subject is retreated following a positive biopsy at 3 months and subsequent biopsy shows absence of gleason grade 4 or 5, the subject will be considered to have responded;
- absence of any prostate cancer on biopsy [ Time Frame: months 3, 12, 24, 36 and 60 ]Binary response to treatment defined as the absence of any prostate cancer on biopsy on or before months 3, 12, 24, 36 and 60. If a subject is retreated following a positive biopsy at 3 months and subsequent biopsy shows absence of any cancer, the subject will be considered to have responded;
- absence of any Gleason 4 or 5 in the treated lobe [ Time Frame: months 12, 24, 36, 48 and 60 ]Binary response to treatment defined as the absence of any Gleason grade 4 or 5 biopsy on or before months 12, 24, 36, 48 and 60 in the treated lobe. If a subject is retreated following a positive biopsy at 3 months and subsequent biopsy shows absence of gleason grade 4 or 5, the subject will be considered to have responded;
- absence of any prostate cancer on biopsy in the treated lobe [ Time Frame: months 3, 12, 24, 36, 48 and 60 ]Binary response to treatment defined as the absence of any prostate cancer on biopsy on or before months 3, 12, 24, 36, 48 and 60 in the treated lobe. If a subject is retreated following a positive biopsy at 3 months and subsequent biopsy shows absence of any cancer, the subject will be considered to have responded
- Changes in biopsy parameters (Gleason score) [ Time Frame: months 3, 12, 24, 36, 48 and 60 ]Changes in biopsy parameters (Gleason score) between the baseline biopsy and Month 3, Month12, Month 24, Month 36, Month48 and Month 60 biopsies
- Changes in biopsy parameters (number of positive score) [ Time Frame: months 3, 12, 24, 36, 48 and 60 ]Changes in biopsy parameters (number of positive score) between the baseline biopsy and Month 3, Month12, Month 24, Month 36, Month48 and Month 60 biopsies
- Changes in biopsy parameters (cancer core length) [ Time Frame: months 3, 12, 24, 36, 48 and 60 ]Changes in biopsy parameters (cancer core length) between the baseline biopsy and Month 3, Month12, Month 24, Month 36, Month48 and Month 60 biopsies
- IPSS questionnaire [ Time Frame: months 1, 3, 6, 12, 24, 36, 48 and 60 ]Changes in patients' reported outcome measures (PROMs) for urinary symptoms using IPSS (changes in IPSS scores from baseline to 1, 3, 6, 12, 24, 36, 48 and 60 months after treatment)
- IIEF15 questionnaire [ Time Frame: months 1, 3, 6, 12, 24, 36, 48 and 60 ]Changes in patients' reported outcome measures (PROMs) for erectile function using IIEF 15 (changes in IIEF 15 scores from baseline to 1, 3, 6, 12, 24, 36, 48 and 60 months after treatment)
- Severe prostate cancer-related events [ Time Frame: Up to 60 months ]Severe prostate cancer-related events: cancer extension to T3, metastasis or prostate cancer-related death
- secondary prostate cancer treatment [ Time Frame: Up to 60 months ]Use of secondary prostate cancer treatment following VTP will include surgical removal of the prostate gland, radiation treatment to the prostate gland, use of hormone or chemotherapies
- Adverse events [ Time Frame: Up to 60 months ]Collection Adverse events
- PSA [ Time Frame: Months 1, 3, 6, 12, 24, 36, 48, 60 ]Serum PSA measurements in ng/mL.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | Male |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Men over 18 years of age.
- Patients who have had a multiparametric MRI of the prostate performed and have undergone transrectal systematic biopsy plus biopsy of any volumes considered suspicious per the MRI (PIRADS version 2 score of 4 or 5) within 6 months before signing consent.
- Histologic diagnosis of prostate cancer identifying Gleason score of 3+4 on one half of the prostate gland in no more than 2 sextants of the prostate gland and not present in more than 50% of any one core taken systematically. The involvement criterion does not apply to cores taken from MRI suspicious volumes.
- Patients with concomitant Gleason score 3+3 prostate cancer in less than 50% of any core at any site will be considered eligible.
- Prostate cancer stage up to cT2a - N0/Nx - M0/Mx.
- Prostate volume ≥25 mL and ≤70 mL.
- Serum PSA ≤10 ng/mL.
- Men who are sexually active with women of childbearing potential must use contraceptive method with a failure rate of less than 1% per year. Contraception should be continued for a period of 90 days after the VTP procedure. The individual methods of contraception may be determined in consultation
- Signed Informed Consent Form.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Unwillingness to accept the treatment;
- Any prior or current treatment for prostate cancer, including surgery, radiation therapy (external or brachytherapy) or chemotherapy;
- Any surgical intervention for benign prostatic hypertrophy;
- Any condition or history of illness or surgery that might pose an additional risk to men undergoing the VTP procedure;
- Life expectancy less than 10 years;
- Participation in another clinical study involving an investigational product within 1 month before study entry;
- Inability to understand the informed consent document, to give consent voluntarily or to complete the study tasks, especially inability to understand and fulfill the health-related QOL questionnaire;
- Subjects in custody and or residing in a nursing home or rehabilitation facility;
- Biopsy proven locally advanced or metastatic prostate cancer.
- Any condition or history of illness or surgery that in the opinion of the investigator might affect the conduct and results of the study or pose additional risks to the subject (e.g., cardiac or respiratory disease precluding general anesthesia; anticoagulant treatment which cannot be temporarily withdrawn for the procedure).
- Medical conditions that preclude the use of general anesthesia;
- Any condition or history of active rectal inflammatory bowel disease or other factors which might increase the risk of fistula formation;
- Hormonal manipulation (excluding 5-alpha-reductase inhibitors) that alters androgen production within the previous 6 months;
- History of urethral stricture disease;
- History of acute urinary retention within 6 months of study entry;
- Condition requiring medication with potential photosensitizing effects (tetracyclines, quinolones, sulphonamides, phenothiazines, sulfonylurea hypoglycaemic agents, thiazide diuretics, griseofulvin, and amiodarone) if these treatments could not be stopped at least 10 days before and for 3 days after the VTP procedure or replaced by treatments without photosensitizing properties;
- Anticoagulant drugs (e.g., warfarin) that could not be withdrawn during the 10 days prior to the VTP procedure or antiplatelet drugs (e.g. aspirin) that could not be withdrawn during the 10 days prior to the VTP procedure and 3 days after VTP;
- Renal and hepatic disorders with values of >1.5 times the upper limit of normal (ULN) or blood disorders (upon clinician judgment);
- A history of sun hypersensitivity or photosensitive dermatitis.

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT03315754
United States, New York | |
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | |
New York, New York, United States, 10021 |
Principal Investigator: | Jonathan Coleman, MD | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center |
Responsible Party: | Steba Biotech S.A. |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT03315754 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
CLIN1601 PCM204 |
First Posted: | October 20, 2017 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | May 4, 2022 |
Last Verified: | May 2022 |
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 |