New study aims to predict prostate cancer treatment success using blood and scans
NCT ID NCT02997709
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study is collecting blood samples and imaging scans from 144 prostate cancer patients before, during, and after standard radiation therapy. Researchers want to see if changes in circulating tumor cells and MRI/PET imaging features can help predict how well the cancer responds to treatment. The goal is to better understand which patients benefit most from radiation, but this is an observational study and does not test a new treatment.
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- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial. It aims to gather information, not test a new therapy, so it won't directly change patient care.
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Study facts
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- Participants
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About 144 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2016
- Expected to finish
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Jun 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.
Who is studied
Adult men with a prostate cancer diagnosis undergoing standard of care treatment at the University of Miami.
- Ages
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30 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: 1. Pathologic confirmation of prostate cancer. 2. Any T-stage. 3. By imaging or clinical criteria, any patient with disease staging of N0/N1 and M0/M1. * Patients with metastatic disease are encouraged to participate. 4. Any Gleason Score will be eligible. 5. Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is at the discretion of the treating physician, but must be declared as none, short-term, long-term, or extended prior to enrollment. The length is calculated from the LHRH (agonist injection). If ADT is planned (based on treating physician preference), the following restrictions apply: * Short term ADT is defined as ≤ 7 months; * Long term ADT is defined as \> 7 months and ≤ 36 months; * Extended ADT is defined as \>36 months (e.g., M1 patients). 6. Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) ≤100 ng/mL within (+/-) 4 months of signing of consent. If PSA was above 100 and drops to \<100 with antibiotics, this is acceptable for enrollment. 7. No previous pelvic radiotherapy. 8. The ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document 9. Zubrod performance status ≤ 2 (Karnofsky or ECOG performance status may be used to estimate Zubrod): 10. Age ≥ 30 at signing of consent. 11. Subjects must be planned to receive radiation therapy or to undergo prostatectomy. 12. Subjects treated primarily with RT are recommended to have had an MUFgBx prior to radiation treatment.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Miami
RECRUITINGMiami, Florida, 33136, United States
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