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NCT03531099Active, not recruitingPhase 3

Phase 3, Multicenter, Randomized Study, Evaluating the Efficacy and Tolerability of Focused HIFU (High Intensity Focused Ultrasound) Therapy Compared to Active Surveillance in Patients With Significant Low Risk Prostate Cancer

Phase 3, Multicenter, Randomized Study, Evaluating the Efficacy and Tolerability of Focused HIFU Therapy Compared to Active Surveillance in Patients With Significant Low Risk Prostate Cancer

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 4 Aug 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

The percentage of malignant prostate tumors detected very early is constantly increasing and the number of well differentiated tumors, with small volume and low risk of progression increases. When a tumor of this type is identified, radical prostatectomy remains the reference treatment, but this treatment is not without side effects. Active surveillance is a strategy which aims at detecting an early development of the cancerous disease in order to propose curative treatment in a timely manner and thus improve specific survival. Patients are therefore re-evaluated each year by rectal examination, PSA (Prostate-Specific Antigen) assay. Active surveillance remains difficult to manage psychologically for both the patient and the practitioner, because of the lack of treatment on the one hand and a rate of non-curable cancers close to 50% when signs of progression trigger a radical treatment. The aim of the focal treatment HIFU (High Intensity Focused Ultrasound) is to destroy the cancer without causing side effects in contrast to radical treatments. It is in this sense that it is positioned both as an alternative to radical surgery and as an alternative to active surveillance.

Status (registry)
Active, not recruiting
Phase (registry)
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
108 (actual)
First submitted
9 May 2018
Start date
2 Oct 2018
Primary completion date
2 Oct 2026
Lead sponsor
Hospices Civils de Lyon
NCT number
NCT03531099

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 3
  • Participants enrolled: 108
  • From 2 Oct 2018 to the primary completion date, 2 Oct 2026
  • 14 sites in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Prior treatment

  • Contraindications to treatment with HIFU-F:
    • Tumor not accessible.
    • Multiple intra prostatic calcifications inducing, on ultrasound, a shadow cone in the prostate preventing the penetration of ultrasound and thus the realization of the treatment.
    • History of pelvic irradiation
    • Presence of an implant (stent, catheter) located less than 1 cm from the treatment area.
    • Fistula of the urinary tract or rectum.
    • Anal or rectal fibrosis, anal or rectal stenosis or other abnormalities making it difficult to insert the Focal One® probe.
    • Anatomical abnormality of the rectum or rectal mucosa.
    • Patient with artificial sphincter, penile prosthesis or intra prostatic implant, eg stent.
    • History of intestinal inflammatory pathology.
    • Uro-genital infection in progress (the infection to be treated before HIFU treatment).
    • Anterior surgery at the level of the anus or rectum making the introduction of the probe impossible.
    • Allergy to latex.
    • Thickness of the rectal wall\> 10mm.

Other illness

  • Patient already treated for prostate cancer (hormone therapy, radiotherapy, surgery).
  • History of uncontrolled cancer and / or treated for less than 5 years (with the exception of basal cell skin cancer).
  • History of sclerosis of the bladder neck or urethral stenosis.
  • Patient with a several bleeding risk according to medical advice (patient with oral anticoagulant therapy must receive an alternative therapy if randomized in HIFU-F arm).

Other

  • TURP indication. Bladder neck incision is allowed .
  • Patient with a medical contraindication to Sonovue® injection.
  • Patient with a medical contraindication on MRI.
  • Patients with unstable neurological pathology.
  • Patient who has been treated for a therapeutic trial within 30 days of enrollment or who wishes to participate in an ongoing study that may interfere with this study.
  • Legal person protected by law.
  • Patient not able to understand the objectives of the study or refusing to comply with postoperative instructions.

Who the study is looking for

  • Patient having been clearly informed of the study and having accepted, with sufficient reflection time, to participate by signing the informed consent form of the study.
  • Age between 50 and 80 years with a life expectancy of more than 5 years. Patients between the ages of 75 and 80 will need to have G8 score \> 14.
  • Initial diagnosis of localized prostate cancer (T1c or T2a) with the following characteristics:
    • Only one Target tumor on MRI on a maximum of 2 contigous sextants. Case allowed:
    • If more than one target tumor on MRI, only one of them must be confirmed by targeted prostate biopsies.
    • If no target tumor on MRI, only 2 contigous sextants must be positive on prostate biopsies
    • A maximum tumor length\> 3 mm or at least 3 positive biopsies on all biopsies performed (randomized biopsies and/or MRI/Ultrasound Fusion-Guided Prostate Biopsy).
    • Gleason 6 score (risk group 1 of the D'Amico classification).
    • Tumor positioned so that a safety distance of at least 9 mm from external sphincter can be defined during HIFU-FOCAL treatment in prostate tissue around the target.
  • PSA ≤ 15ng / ml.
  • Patient affiliated with health insurance or beneficiary of an equivalent plan.

Age in the registry: 50 years to 80 years · Sex: Male · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (14)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Polyclinique du Parc Rambot
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Aix-en-ProvenceFranceUnknown status
Clinique Saint vincent
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BesançonFranceUnknown status
Service d'Urologie, Clinique Tivoli Ducos
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BordeauxFranceUnknown status
Groupe Hospitalier Pellegrin - CHU
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BordeauxFranceUnknown status
Service d'Urologie, CHU de Guebwiller Colmar
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ColmarFranceUnknown status
Service d'Urologie CHRU de Lille, Hôpital HURIEZ
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LilleFranceUnknown status
Service d'Urologie Générale de Santé - Hôpital Privé La Louvière
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LilleFranceUnknown status
Service d'Urologie et Chirurgie de la Transplantation, Hôpital Edouard Herriot,
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LyonFranceUnknown status
Service d'urologie Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Marseille - Hôpital Marseille Nord
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MarseilleFranceUnknown status
Département d'Urologie, Institut Montsouris
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ParisFranceUnknown status
Centre Hospitalier Lyon-Sud
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Pierre-BéniteFranceUnknown status
Clinique Urologique Nantes Atlantis
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Saint-HerblainFranceUnknown status
Service d'Urologie, Hôpital Foch
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SuresnesFranceUnknown status
CHU De Toulouse - Hopital de Rangueil
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ToulouseFranceUnknown status

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