NCT03568188CompletedPhase 2
Efficacy Evaluation of Focused HIFU (High Intensity Focused Ultrasound) Therapy in Patients With Localized Intermediate Risk Prostate Cancer
Phase 2, Multicenter, Prospective Cohort Study, Estimating the Efficacy of Focused HIFU Therapy in Patients With Localized Intermediate Risk Prostate Cancer
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 24 Feb 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The aim of the focal treatment HIFU is to destroy the cancer without causing side effects in contrast to radical treatments. Radical treatments (surgery or radiation therapy) are the standard therapies for patient with intermediate risk localized prostate cancer and good life expectancy (prostatectomy if life expectancy10 years) By destroying only the part of the gland that harbors cancer, it may indeed be possible to provide efficient cure of the disease while minimizing treatment-induced morbidity (incontinence and loss of potency). Around 20% of patients presented with a unilateral tumor: this patients are currently treated radically. No study published papers reported outcomes of a large population (\>100) with intermediate risk cancers treated with Focal-HIFU (conducted with the Focal One® device). Focal therapy must be only offer within clinical trial setting (EAU (European Association of Urology) Guidelines ). The aim of this cohort will be to determine the success rate of Focal-HIFU in this intermediate risk population. The result the study will be used for calculation the arms of a future random study
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Phase (registry)
- Phase 2
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 174 (actual)
- First submitted
- 6 Jun 2018
- Start date
- 28 Sept 2018
- Primary completion date
- 9 Feb 2026
- Lead sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
- Diseases
- Prostate cancer
- NCT number
- NCT03568188
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional · Phase 2
- Participants enrolled: 174
- From 28 Sept 2018 to the primary completion date, 9 Feb 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
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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 pelvic radiotherapy.
- 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).
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 a G8 score \> 14.
- Initial diagnosis of localized prostate cancer (T1c or T2a) with the following characteristics:
- A multiparametric MRI showing a single invasive tumor focus at most two contiguous sextants confirmed by biopsies (index tumor). Patients with multiple suspected MRI foci may be included if only one of these foci is confirmed by targeted biopsies.
- Gleason score= 7 (3+4).
- Tumor accessible to a Focal-HIFU treatment. For apical tumor, it must be localized more than 9 mm from the external sphincter
- 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
Sites (14)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polyclinique du Parc Rambot Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Aix-en-Provence | France | Unknown status |
| Clinique Saint vincent Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Besançon | France | Unknown status |
| Service d'Urologie, Clinique Tivoli Ducos Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bordeaux | France | Unknown status |
| Groupe Hospitalier Pellegrin - CHU Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bordeaux | France | Unknown status |
| Hôpital L. Pasteur, Hôpitaux Civils de Colmar Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Colmar | France | Unknown status |
| Service d'Urologie CHRU de Lille, Hôpital HURIEZ Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lille | France | Unknown status |
| Service d'Urologie Générale de Santé - Hôpital Privé La Louvière Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lille | France | Unknown status |
| Service d'Urologie et Chirurgie de la Transplantation, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lyon | France | Unknown status |
| Service d'urologie Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Marseille - Hôpital Marseille Nord Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Marseille | France | Unknown status |
| Département d'Urologie, Institut Montsouris Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Paris | France | Unknown status |
| Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud - Hospices Civils de Lyon Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pierre-Bénite | France | Unknown status |
| Clinique Urologique Nantes Atlantis Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Saint-Herblain | France | Unknown status |
| Service d'Urologie, Hôpital Foch Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Suresnes | France | Unknown status |
| CHU De Toulouse - Hopital de Rangueil Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Toulouse | France | Unknown status |
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