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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.
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

Built from the registry fields of ClinicalTrials.gov. It describes the study, not your situation.

Who cannot take part

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

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

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (25)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Urology Austin
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AustinUnited StatesUnknown status
MidLantic Urology
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Bala-CynwydUnited StatesUnknown status
Johns Hopkins
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BaltimoreUnited StatesUnknown status
Chesapeake Urology
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BaltimoreUnited StatesUnknown status
University of Chicago
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ChicagoUnited StatesUnknown status
The Urology Group
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CincinnatiUnited StatesUnknown status
Duke Cancer Institute
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DurhamUnited StatesUnknown status
Houston Methodist Hospital and Research Institute
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HoustonUnited StatesUnknown status
Kasraeian Urology
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JacksonvilleUnited StatesUnknown status
Memorial Care
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Laguna HillsUnited StatesUnknown status
University of Southern California
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Los AngelesUnited StatesUnknown status
Medical College of Wisconsin
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MilwaukeeUnited StatesUnknown status
University of Minnesota
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MinneapolisUnited StatesUnknown status
Carolina Urologic Research Center
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Myrtle BeachUnited StatesUnknown status
NYU Langone Health
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New YorkUnited StatesUnknown status
Northwell Health- Lenox Hill Hospital
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New YorkUnited StatesUnknown status
Mayo Clinic Phoenix
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PhoenixUnited StatesUnknown status
Mayo Clinic - Rochester
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RochesterUnited StatesUnknown status
University of Rochester
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RochesterUnited StatesUnknown status
Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital
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Royal OakUnited StatesUnknown status
The Urology Place
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San AntonioUnited StatesUnknown status
Michigan Institute of Urology
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TroyUnited StatesUnknown status
Urology Of Virginia, Pllc
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Virginia BeachUnited StatesUnknown status
Wichita Urology
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WichitaUnited StatesUnknown status
Minnesota Urology
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WoodburyUnited StatesUnknown status

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