New MRI-Guided radiation aims to cut prostate cancer treatment time
NCT ID NCT05676463
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This phase 2 trial tested whether MRI-guided radiation therapy, given in fewer but higher doses, could safely treat high-risk prostate cancer while reducing side effects. The study enrolled 6 men with localized, high-risk prostate cancer who also received standard hormone therapy. The goal was to see if this approach could shorten overall treatment time compared to standard radiation.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- MRI-guided radiation therapy and antiandrogen therapy
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could offer a shorter, more precise radiation treatment for high-risk prostate cancer with fewer side effects.
- What could go wrong
- This was a small, terminated phase 2 trial with only 6 participants, so results are very preliminary and may not apply to larger groups. The treatment still requires ongoing hormone therapy.
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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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6 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Nov 2022
- Finished
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Oct 2025
- 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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18 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: * Age: above 18 years * Participants must be histologically proven, adenocarcinoma prostate * Localized to the prostate without positive pelvic lymph node involvement * No distant metastatic disease assessed by pretreatment PSMA PET or bone scan and CT scan * High risk prostate cancer as defined by National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN): Gleason score of 8- 10, clinical stage T3a or higher, or prostate specific antigen (PSA) \> 20 ng/mL * Ability to receive long term hormone therapy * Karnofsky performance score (KPS) \> 70 * No prior history of therapeutic irradiation to pelvis * Patient willing and reliable for follow-up and quality of life (QOL) * English speaking/reading Exclusion Criteria: * Evidence of distant or pelvic metastasis at any time since presentation * Life expectancy \< 2 years * Previous radiation therapy (RT) to prostate or prostatectomy * A previous trans-urethral resection of the prostate (TURP) * Severe urinary symptoms or with severe International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) score despite being on hormonal therapy for 6 months which in the opinion of the physician precludes RT * Patients with known obstructive symptoms with stricture * Any contraindication to radiotherapy such as inflammatory bowel disease
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107, United States
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