Clinical trial · Interventional
Whether Transperineal Prostate Biopsy Under Local-anaesthesia Using a Transperineal-access System is Non-inferior to Standard Transrectal Biopsy to Detect Prostate Cancer in Biopsy-naïve Men
Randomized-controlled Trial: Whether Transperineal Prostate Biopsy Under Local-anaesthesia Using a Transperineal-access System is Non-inferior to Standard Transrectal Biopsy to Detect Prostate Cancer in Biopsy-naïve Men
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
Tranperineal prostate biopsy(TPB) and Transrectal prostate biopsy(TRUSB) are now both routine diagnosis methods of prostate cancer in Queen Mary Hospital. The TRUSB has been the most common way to sample prostate tissue for decades. The TPB has been employed as one of our routine diagnosis methods in early 2018. The aim of this study is to evaluate whether Tranperineal prostate biopsy using a noval transperineal access system under local anaesthesia is non-inferior to standard 12-cores Transrectal prostate biopsy in detecting prostate cancer (PCa), in patients with clinical suspicion of PCa with no prior prostate biopsy.
Conditions
Conditions (2)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prostate Cancer | Malignant Prostate Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
| Prostatic Hyperplasia | Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia | ALIAS | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prostate Biopsy | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Transperineal Prostate Biopsy
- description
- The biopsy needed is inserted to the prostate through the perineal skin, with the assistance of an access system device known as PrecisionPoint. It utilises a single access needle cannula mounted directly on to the ultrasound probe, which acts as an access point traversing through the perineal skin. 4 - 5 cores are obtained from the anterior, mid and posterior zone of each side of the prostate.
- interventionNames
- Procedure: Prostate Biopsy
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Transrectal Prostate Biopsy
- description
- The biopsy needle penetrates through the bowel (rectum) to the prostate to obtain 12 cores of prostate tissues from the lateral and medial base, midzone and apex of each side of the prostate (1 core each).
- interventionNames
- Procedure: Prostate Biopsy
Primary outcomes (1)
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Male
- Minimum age
- 40 Years
- Maximum age
- 80 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Serum PSA larger or equal to 20ng/mL * Suspected tumour clinical stage T2 on DRE * No previous history of prostate biopsy * Medically fit to undergo procedures according to study protocol Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who are unable to provide written informed consent * Known history of prostate cancer * Contraindication to prostate biopsy * Had pre-biopsy mpMRI * Rectal abnormality precluding transrectal ultrasound
References
Publications (8)
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