NCT04978519Completed
Effectiveness of Cryotherapy Study for Prostate Cancer
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Cryotherapy for the Treatment of Prostate Cancer
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 26 Oct 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
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.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 16 (actual)
- First submitted
- 22 Jul 2021
- Start date
- 2 Aug 2021
- Primary completion date
- 10 Feb 2025
- Lead sponsor
- Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Diseases
- Prostate cancer
- NCT number
- NCT04978519
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 16
- From 2 Aug 2021 to the primary completion date, 10 Feb 2025
- 1 site 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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Other illness
- Patients with active urinary tract infection
- Patients with bladder pathology including bladder stone and bladder cancer
Other
- Patients unfit for contrast MRI exam
- Patients with urethral stricture
- Patients with neurogenic bladder and/or sphincter abnormalities
- Patients who fail to give informed consent
Who the study is looking for
- Men aged between 40 - 85 years
- Visible index lesion(s) on MRI
- Found to have localized prostate cancer after MRI-USG fusion targeted biopsy:
- Clinical tumour stage \<= T2, or
- Gleason score \<= 7, or
- PSA \<= 20 ng/ml
Age in the registry: 40 years to 85 years · Sex: Male · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prince of Wales Hospital, Chinese University of Hong Kong Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hong Kong | Hong Kong SAR China | Unknown status |
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