Clinical trial · Interventional
Effectiveness of Cryotherapy Study for Prostate Cancer
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Cryotherapy for the Treatment of Prostate Cancer
NCT04978519CI-TRIAL-00086858completedN/AClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- 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)
This is a single-centre prospective, non-randomized trial to investigate the efficacy of cryotherapy in patients with localized prostate cancer.The aim of study is to investigate the safety profile of cryotherapy in the treatment of prostate cancer and to evaluate the oncological control of prostate cancer by means of cryotherapy focal treatment.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
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 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cryotherapy | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Cryotherapy
- description
- Cryotherapy achieves a temperature averaging -40°C. Through the transperineal insertion of treatment probes, it exerts its effect through freezing of tissue and vascular injury, leading to destruction of cancer tissue.
- interventionNames
- Procedure: Cryotherapy
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Oncological outcome-mpMRI prostate
- timeFrame
- 6 months
- description
- Oncological outcome after cryotherapy treatment, as defined by mpMRI prostate
Secondary outcomes (5)
- measure
- Oncological Outcomes after cryotherapy
- timeFrame
- 12 months
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Male
- Minimum age
- 40 Years
- Maximum age
- 85 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Men aged between 40 - 85 years * Visible index lesion(s) on MRI * Found to have localized prostate cancer after MRI-USG fusion targeted biopsy: 1. Clinical tumour stage \<= T2, or 2. Gleason score \<= 7, or 3. PSA \<= 20 ng/ml Exclusion Criteria: * Patients unfit for contrast MRI exam * Patients with active urinary tract infection * Patients with bladder pathology including bladder stone and bladder cancer * Patients with urethral stricture * Patients with neurogenic bladder and/or sphincter abnormalities * Patients who fail to give informed consent
References
Publications (7)
- BACKGROUNDStamey TA, Caldwell M, McNeal JE, Nolley R, Hemenez M, Downs J. The prostate specific antigen era in the United States is over for prostate cancer: what happened in the last 20 years? J Urol. 2004 Oct;172(4 Pt 1):1297-301. doi: 10.1097/01.ju.0000139993.51181.5d. PMID 15371827
- BACKGROUNDKlotz L, Vesprini D, Sethukavalan P, Jethava V, Zhang L, Jain S, Yamamoto T, Mamedov A, Loblaw A. Long-term follow-up of a large active surveillance cohort of patients with prostate cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2015 Jan 20;33(3):272-7. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2014.55.1192. Epub 2014 Dec 15. PMID 25512465
- BACKGROUNDKaye DR, Qi J, Morgan TM, Linsell S, Ginsburg KB, Lane BR, Montie JE, Cher ML, Miller DC; Michigan Urological Surgery Improvement Collaborative. Pathological upgrading at radical prostatectomy for patients with Grade Group 1 prostate cancer: implications of confirmatory testing for patients considering active surveillance. BJU Int. 2019 May;123(5):846-853. doi: 10.1111/bju.14554. Epub 2018 Oct 15. PMID 30248225
- BACKGROUNDLindner U, Trachtenberg J, Lawrentschuk N. Focal therapy in prostate cancer: modalities, findings and future considerations. Nat Rev Urol. 2010 Oct;7(10):562-71. doi: 10.1038/nrurol.2010.142. Epub 2010 Sep 14. PMID 20842187
- BACKGROUNDDonaldson IA, Alonzi R, Barratt D, Barret E, Berge V, Bott S, Bottomley D, Eggener S, Ehdaie B, Emberton M, Hindley R, Leslie T, Miners A, McCartan N, Moore CM, Pinto P, Polascik TJ, Simmons L, van der Meulen J, Villers A, Willis S, Ahmed HU. Focal therapy: patients, interventions, and outcomes--a report from a consensus meeting. Eur Urol. 2015 Apr;67(4):771-7. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2014.09.018. Epub 2014 Oct 1. PMID 25281389
- BACKGROUNDBabaian RJ, Donnelly B, Bahn D, Baust JG, Dineen M, Ellis D, Katz A, Pisters L, Rukstalis D, Shinohara K, Thrasher JB. Best practice statement on cryosurgery for the treatment of localized prostate cancer. J Urol. 2008 Nov;180(5):1993-2004. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2008.07.108. Epub 2008 Sep 25. No abstract available.