Precision radiation may tame prostate cancer with fewer side effects
NCT ID NCT05616650
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Sep 18, 2026 · Updated 13 times
Summary
This phase II trial is testing a focused, high-dose radiation therapy (SBRT) given in just two sessions for men with early-stage prostate cancer that hasn't spread. The goal is to see if this approach can destroy the tumor while avoiding the side effects of treating the whole prostate. Participants will receive a special imaging tracer to help target the radiation precisely, and will be followed for two years with scans and a final biopsy to check if the cancer is gone.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) and a single dose of 18F-DCFPyL (a radioactive tracer for imaging)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could offer a less invasive treatment option for early-stage prostate cancer with fewer side effects than whole-gland surgery or radiation.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase trial with only 42 participants, so results may not apply to all patients. The treatment may not fully eliminate the cancer, and long-term effects are unknown.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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About 42 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2023
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2031
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A government research agency
The lead sponsor is the US National Institutes of Health.
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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18 to 120 years
- 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: * Participants must have histologically confirmed, low or intermediate risk prostatic adenocarcinoma verified by biopsy (NIH Laboratory of Pathology confirmation is required). * Unifocal prostate cancer defined as a single focus of prostate cancer on MRI and PSMA PET/CT imaging which is correlated with a positive targeted biopsy. * Age \>=18 years. * ECOG performance status \<=2 (Karnofsky \>60%). * Men must agree to use highly effective contraception with their partner (barrier method of birth control; abstinence) for the duration of study participation and up to 120 days after the last radiation treatment. * Ability of individual to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document. EXCLUSION CRITERIA: * Participants with NCCN high-risk prostate cancer features (Gleason score \>=8, \>cT2c, or PSA \>= 20 ng/mL). * Participants with prostate biopsies which show \>= grade group 2 adenocarcinoma determined to be outside of the radiographically visible lesion (systematic biopsies which map to a radiographically detected lesion are not an exclusion criterion). * Participants in whom concurrent systemic Androgen Deprivation Therapy (ADT) or chemotherapy is planned. * Participants who are receiving any other investigational agents. * Participants found to have pelvic or distant metastases on pre-treatment staging studies. * Participants with an AUA-SI/IPSS score \> 18. * Participants who have previously received curative treatment for a prior or the current diagnosis of prostate cancer. * Active urinary tract infection assessed by urinalysis. * Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected individuals who are not on effective anti-retroviral therapy. Participants on anti-retroviral therapy with undetectable viral load within the 6 months prior to registration are eligible for this trial. * Participants with hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection who have not been treated and cured. * Participants with chronic HBV at screening must have an undetectable HBV viral load on suppressive therapy. * Participants with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection who have not been treated and cured. * Participants with HCV infection who are currently on treatment, are eligible if they have an undetectable HCV viral load at screening. * Anatomic relationship between the tumor and adjacent normal tissues judged to be unfeasible for the planned treatment by the PI. * Participants with connective tissue diseases. * Participants with radiation hypersensitivity syndromes. * Ongoing active inflammatory bowel disease within the radiation field. * Participants with prior medical comorbidity or surgical history involving the low pelvis which is expected to confer a high risk of toxicity to the experimental radiation regimen. * Ineligibility or unwillingness to undergo a contrast-enhanced MRI due to inadequate renal function (eGFR \< 30), severe claustrophobia, a weight above tolerance of the scanner (\> 350 lbs.), a body size unable to fit into the scanner, or implanted devices incompatible with an MRI (implanted cardiac devices, surgical hardware, retained shrapnel, cerebral aneurysm clips, or other incompatible objects. * Unwillingness to undergo an 18F-DCFPyL PET/CT or known allergy to the 18F-DCFPyL tracer. * Contraindication or inability to undergo fiducial marker implantation. * History of prior radiotherapy overlapping with the intended radiation field. * Uncontrolled intercurrent illness, factors, or social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
RECRUITINGBethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
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