MRI Guided Radiation Therapy for the Treatment of High Risk Prostate Cancer

• Status: Recruiting
• Trial end date: 2026-06-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Male

Summary

This phase II trial tests whether magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-guided hypofractionated radiation therapy works to reduce treatment time and side effects in patients with high risk prostate cancer. MRI-guided hypofractionated radiation therapy delivers higher doses of radiation therapy over a shorter period of time directly to diseased tissue, reducing damage to healthy tissue. Using MRI-guided radiation therapy on areas of the prostate and pelvic lymph nodes may shorten overall treatment time compared to the longer standard of care therapy and may reduce the number and/or duration of side effects.

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Thomas Jefferson University
• Treatments: Androgen Antagonists; Androgens; Ascorbic Acid; Estrogens, Conjugated (USP); Hormones; Methyltestosterone

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age: above 18 years

• Participants must be histologically proven, adenocarcinoma prostate

• Localized to the prostate without positive pelvic lymph node involvement

• No distant metastatic disease assessed by pretreatment PSMA PET or bone scan and CT scan

• High risk prostate cancer as defined by National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN):

Gleason score of 8-10, clinical stage T3a or higher, or prostate specific antigen (PSA) > 20 ng/mL

• Ability to receive long term hormone therapy

• Karnofsky performance score (KPS) > 70

• No prior history of therapeutic irradiation to pelvis

• Patient willing and reliable for follow-up and quality of life (QOL)

• English speaking/reading

Exclusion Criteria:

• Evidence of distant or pelvic metastasis at any time since presentation

• Life expectancy < 2 years

• Previous radiation therapy (RT) to prostate or prostatectomy

• A previous trans-urethral resection of the prostate (TURP)

• Severe urinary symptoms or with severe International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) score despite being on hormonal therapy for 6 months which in the opinion of the physician precludes RT

• Patients with known obstructive symptoms with stricture

• Any contraindication to radiotherapy such as inflammatory bowel disease