New radiation technique aims to zap prostate tumors with fewer side effects
NCT ID NCT07468903
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This trial tests a type of internal radiation called high-dose-rate brachytherapy for men with early-stage prostate cancer. The goal is to see if focusing radiation only on the tumor can control the cancer while causing fewer urinary and sexual problems than standard treatments. About 45 men will take part, and researchers will track side effects and how well the cancer is controlled.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- high-dose-rate brachytherapy (internal radiation therapy)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could offer a way to control prostate cancer with fewer urinary and sexual side effects than standard treatments.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase trial with only 45 participants, so results may not apply to all patients. There is still a risk of side effects or the cancer not being fully controlled.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 45 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2026
- Expected to finish
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May 2032
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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40 years and older
- Sex
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Male participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Histologically confirmed diagnosis of prostate adenocarcinoma within 90 days prior to registration via systematic biopsy * Multiparametric MRI (mp-MRI) confirmed lesion(s) * No distant or locally advanced disease on standard staging exams as indicated * Bone scan and abdominopelvic computed tomography (CT)/MRI OR * PSMA PET * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG)/Zubrod performance status 0/1 within 60 days prior to enrollment * Age ≥ 40 Exclusion Criteria: * Radiographic nodal or distant metastatic disease * Lesion(s) comprising \> 40% of total prostate volume * Prior radiotherapy to the pelvis * Gleason score \> 6 disease outside intended gross target volume (GTV)/target region(s)
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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UCLA / Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
RECRUITINGLos Angeles, California, 90095, United States
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