NCT05683691Active, not recruiting
Water Vapor Ablation for Localized Intermediate Risk Prostate Cancer
Prospective, Multicenter, Single-Arm Study of VanquishTM Water Vapor Ablation for PrOstate CanceR
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 15 Jun 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the Vanquish Water Vapor Ablation Device ("Vanquish") in treating subjects with Gleason Grade Group 2 (GGG2) localized intermediate-risk prostate cancer.
- Status (registry)
- Active, not recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 400 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 5 Jan 2023
- Start date
- 16 May 2023
- Primary completion date
- Apr 2027
- Lead sponsor
- Francis Medical Inc.
- Diseases
- Prostate cancer
- NCT number
- NCT05683691
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 400
- From 16 May 2023 to the primary completion date, Apr 2027
- 25 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
- Subjects with an installed pacemaker or other potentially electrically conductive implants implanted within 200mm (8 inches) of the procedure area. Implants that are within 200mm (8 inches) and can be turned off for the duration of the study procedure are acceptable.
- Any prior surgery, intervention, or minimally invasive therapy, (MIST) for the prostate cancer or bladder neck.
- Currently taking medications that have hormonal effects on the prostate or PSA, such as: 5 alpha reductase inhibitors (if on for \<6 months, 6-month washout), Androgen blockers, Luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) agonists or antagonists (12-month washout), or Testosterone supplementation (3-month washout)
- Any previous treatment for prostate cancer.
- Any rectal pathology, anomaly or previous treatment that could change properties of rectal wall or insertion and use of TRUS
- Unable to stop taking antiplatelet medications or other blood thinning agents
Other illness
- MRI evidence of extracapsular extension of cancer (MRI read as "definite", "frank" or "gross" ECE)
- Treated within the past 5 years for genital cancer
- Presence of any urethral or prostatic condition that precludes water vapor ablation per Instructions for Use
- Active urinary tract infection. Subjects with an active infection who can be treated and re-tested with a negative result within the screening window are acceptable.
- Treated within the past 5 years for a lower and/or upper urinary tract malignancy.
- Known allergy to nickel
- Allergic to medication required by the study such as MRI contrast or anesthesia
- Any cognitive or psychiatric condition that interferes with or precludes direct and accurate communication with the study Investigator regarding the study or affects the ability to complete the study quality of life questionnaires
Other
- Patients with \>GGG3 cores anywhere in the prostate
- All MRI Central Imaging confirmed PI-RADS 5 lesions
- All MRI Central Imaging confirmed additional PI-RADS 4 lesions.
- Contraindications to MRI
- Active or clinically chronic prostatitis or granulomatous prostatitis
- Any significant medical history that would pose an unreasonable risk or make the subject unsuitable for the study
- Subject currently participating in other premarket investigational studies unless approved by Sponsor in writing
- Subject is considered vulnerable such as incarcerated or cognitively impaired.
Who the study is looking for
- ≥50 years of age; with life expectancy of ≥10 years
- 20-80 cc prostate size determined by MRI Central Imaging
- ≤15 ng/ml PSA
- Cancer stage less than or equal to T2c
- Within 12 months prior to signing consent have had a multiparametric MRI. Within 6 months prior to signing consent, have undergone a multiparametric MRI software guided fusion biopsy of the prostate (transrectal or transperineal). This must include a standard sector biopsy obtaining a minimum of 10 cores.
- \<15mm diameter of qualifying lesion as measure by greatest diameter
- Subject is willing and able to adhere to specific protocol visits and required testing throughout study
- Is geographically stable and near the site or able and willing to travel back to site for follow-up visits involving diagnostic tests or treatment
- Able and willing to provide written consent to participate in the study.
- Subject is willing and able to be treated within 180 days after signing consent.
Age in the registry: 50 years to - · Sex: Male · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (25)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urology Austin Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Austin | United States | Unknown status |
| MidLantic Urology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bala-Cynwyd | United States | Unknown status |
| Johns Hopkins Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Baltimore | United States | Unknown status |
| Chesapeake Urology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Baltimore | United States | Unknown status |
| University of Chicago Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chicago | United States | Unknown status |
| The Urology Group Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cincinnati | United States | Unknown status |
| Duke Cancer Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Durham | United States | Unknown status |
| Houston Methodist Hospital and Research Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Houston | United States | Unknown status |
| Kasraeian Urology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Jacksonville | United States | Unknown status |
| Memorial Care Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Laguna Hills | United States | Unknown status |
| University of Southern California Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Los Angeles | United States | Unknown status |
| Medical College of Wisconsin Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Milwaukee | United States | Unknown status |
| University of Minnesota Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Minneapolis | United States | Unknown status |
| Carolina Urologic Research Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Myrtle Beach | United States | Unknown status |
| NYU Langone Health Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New York | United States | Unknown status |
| Northwell Health- Lenox Hill Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New York | United States | Unknown status |
| Mayo Clinic Phoenix Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Phoenix | United States | Unknown status |
| Mayo Clinic - Rochester Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Rochester | United States | Unknown status |
| University of Rochester Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Rochester | United States | Unknown status |
| Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Royal Oak | United States | Unknown status |
| The Urology Place Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | San Antonio | United States | Unknown status |
| Michigan Institute of Urology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Troy | United States | Unknown status |
| Urology Of Virginia, Pllc Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Virginia Beach | United States | Unknown status |
| Wichita Urology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Wichita | United States | Unknown status |
| Minnesota Urology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Woodbury | United States | Unknown status |
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