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Barrigel® PPRT (Post-Prostatectomy Radiation Therapy) Trial

Randomized Trial of Barrigel® to Increase Distance Between the Rectum and Prostate Bed to Decrease Rectal Dose in Patients Receiving Moderately Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy Who Have Had Recurrence of Prostate Cancer After Prostatectomy

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 28 Sept 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

Barrigel is intended to temporarily position the anterior rectal wall away from the prostate or prostate bed during radiotherapy treatment for prostate cancer and, in creating this space, it is the intent of Barrigel to reduce the radiation dose delivered to the anterior rectum.

Status (registry)
Recruiting
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
84 (estimated)
First submitted
3 Jul 2024
Start date
31 Oct 2024
Primary completion date
1 Dec 2028
Lead sponsor
Palette Life Sciences, Inc.
NCT number
NCT06496256

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Planned participants: 84
  • From 31 Oct 2024 to the primary completion date, 1 Dec 2028
  • 13 sites in 2 countries
  • 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 local prostate cancer therapy including cryotherapy or brachytherapy.
  • Prior post-prostatectomy or pelvic radiation therapy
  • Planned elective pelvic lymph node radiation therapy
  • Prior anorectal surgery (e.g. low anterior resection, abdominoperineal resection, absence of a rectum)
  • Inflammatory bowel disease requiring treatment with steroids (e.g. Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis)
  • Presence of bilateral hip implants, although unilateral hip implant may be permissible if the implant is MRI compatible and does not produce artifact that interferes with any requirements of the study protocol

Other illness

  • Known allergy to hyaluronic acid
  • Pathologic T4 disease
  • Active connective tissue disorder including lupus or scleroderma
  • History of chronic renal failure.
  • Any condition that in the investigator's opinion would prevent administration or completion of study therapy

Lab values

  • White blood cell count \<4000/uL or \>12,000/uL.
  • Hemoglobin \<10 g/dL (transfusion or other intervention to achieve this is acceptable).
  • Active bleeding disorder or clinically significant coagulopathy defined as PTT \>35 seconds or INR \>1.4 or platelet count \<100,000/mm3.
  • Serum AST/ALT \>2.5 times the institutional upper limit of normal
  • Creatinine \>2.0 mg/dL
  • Bilirubin \>2.0 mg/dL
  • History of uncontrolled diabetes (e.g. symptomatic hyperglycemia that is not controlled with medical management; fasting blood glucose \>300 mg/dL).
  • History of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Patients with controlled HIV infection (CD4+ T-cell counts ≥ 350 cells/µL) and no history of AIDS-defining opportunistic infections may be included.

Other

  • Any urogenital abnormality that could limit the ability to access the Barrigel injection site
  • Contraindication to having an MRI or PSMA/PET scan (e.g. non-MRI compatible device).
  • Subject unable or unwilling to comply with study requirements

Who the study is looking for

  • Age ≥ 18 years
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1
  • Prostatectomy surgeon notes specifying successful bilateral nerve Sparing procedure
  • Documentation of an intra or interfascial radical prostatectomy
  • Confirmed diagnosis of adenocarcinoma of the prostate treated primarily with radical prostatectomy with pN0 or pNX pathologic stage
  • No radiographic evidence of local, regional, or distant metastatic disease via PSMA PET or Axumin fluciclovine F18 scan
  • Prostate specific antigen (PSA) 0.1 ng/mL or higher
  • Intent to receive definitive radiation therapy to the prostate bed
  • Written informed consent for study participation prior to study enrollment

Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: Male · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (13)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
St. Vincent Hospital
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FitzroyAustraliaNot yet recruiting
GenesisCare Ringwood
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MelbourneAustraliaRecruiting
Augusta University Research Institute
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AugustaUnited StatesRecruiting
Urology Austin
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AustinUnited StatesRecruiting
Baptist Health South Florida Inc
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Boca RatonUnited StatesRecruiting
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
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BostonUnited StatesRecruiting
Arizona Clinical Trial
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ChandlerUnited StatesActive, not recruiting
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center*
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ClevelandUnited StatesRecruiting
Summit Health
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CliftonUnited StatesRecruiting
Houston Metro Urology
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HoustonUnited StatesWithdrawn
Thomas Jefferson Health Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center
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PhiladelphiaUnited StatesActive, not recruiting
Virginia Urology Center
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RichmondUnited StatesRecruiting
Sansum Clinic-Sutter Health
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Santa BarbaraUnited StatesActive, not recruiting

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