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NCT05650021Completed

Rectal Spacer for Prostate Cancer Radiation Image Guidance

Radiopaque Hydrogel Rectal Spacer for Prostate Cancer Radiation Image Guidance

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 27 Oct 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

The purpose of the study is to determine if a radiopaque hydrogel rectal spacer, SpaceOAR Vue®, can be used in place of fiducial markers when aligning patients for radiotherapy. The investigator hypothesizes that the alignment of the patient based on the rectal spacer will be similar to the alignment of the patient with fiducial markers.

Status (registry)
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
17 (actual)
First submitted
6 Dec 2022
Start date
8 Mar 2024
Primary completion date
15 Sept 2025
Lead sponsor
Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
NCT number
NCT05650021

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Participants enrolled: 17
  • From 8 Mar 2024 to the primary completion date, 15 Sept 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

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

Prior treatment

  • Prior prostatectomy

Other illness

  • Extracapsular extension of prostate cancer

Who the study is looking for

  • To be eligible for the study, you must have already had SpaceOAR and fiducial markers placed before undergoing prostate radiotherapy, or you should have a plan to have them placed.
  • Untreated cT1 - cT3 prostate cancer

Sex: Male · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Penn State Cancer Institute
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HersheyUnited StatesUnknown status

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