Den här översättningen är inte klar ännu. Den här sidan är just nu på engelska.

Gå till den engelska sidan

Cure My Disease

Don't miss your cure!

 Log in / Sign up

Tiny beads choke off prostate tumors in early test

NCT ID NCT03407963

Disease control Sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nīmes Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

What the study statuses mean

This study's is highlighted.

Recruitment status, easiest to join first

Recruiting now
This trial is taking on new participants right now.
Not yet recruiting
Registered, but not yet taking participants.
By invitation only
Not open to general applications. Only people the study team invites can take part.
Paused
Paused for now. It may or may not start again.
Ongoing
Running, but no longer taking on new participants.
Completed This study
The trial has finished. Results may not be published yet.
Stopped early
Stopped early, before it reached the end. That can be for many reasons, including safety.
Cancelled
Cancelled before anyone took part.

Expanded access (not trials)

Expanded access
Not a trial. This treatment can be requested outside a study, case by case, for people who qualify.
Expanded access (paused)
Not a trial. The treatment can normally be requested outside a study, but is unavailable right now.
Expanded access (ended)
Not a trial. The treatment could once be requested outside a study, but no longer can.
Approved
The treatment has been approved, so it is available normally rather than through this programme.

When the status isn't known

Details not published
The full record has not been published yet, so there is little to show here.
Status unknown
This status has not been confirmed recently, so it may be out of date.

First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This small pilot study tested a procedure called prostatic arterial embolization in 10 men with low-risk, one-sided prostate cancer who were already on active surveillance. The idea was to block the artery feeding the tumor, starving it of blood. Researchers checked for side effects and whether cancer cells remained in the treated area. The goal was local control, not a cure, and patients may still need other treatments later.

This is an AI summary of the original study and may miss details. Read our disclaimer.

Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

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

10 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Jun 2018

Finished

Nov 2020

Lead sponsor

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

18 to 80 years

Sex

Male participants only

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.

Show the full entry requirements

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: * The patient must have given their free and informed consent and signed the consent form * The patient must be a member or beneficiary of a health insurance plan * The patient is between 18 and 80 years old * Patient has unilateral prostate cancer, stage TNM\<T2b with an MRI PiRAds target ≥ 3 in concordance with biopsy result * Biopsy gives a Gleason score ≤ 6 with more than 3 positive biopsies per lob and at least 50% the length of the positive biopsy; patients over 70 years old with a Gleason score = 7 (3+4) can be included * Patient has a life expectancy of over 10 years * PSA \<10ng/ml; patients with a large prostatic volume and PSA ≥ 10ng/ml can be included according to doctor discretion. Exclusion Criteria: * The subject is participating in an interventional study, or is in a period of exclusion determined by a previous study * The subject refuses to sign the consent * It is impossible to give the subject informed information * The patient is under safeguard of justice or state guardianship * Patient unresponsive to active surveillance * Patient refusing active surveillance * Patients in a state unfit to express personal consent cannot be solicited (eg patients undergoing psychiatric treatment with mental difficulties rendering consent impossible) * Contraindication for MRI (pacemaker incompatible with MRI, claustrophobia, metal device, prosthetic hip replacement) * Patient with hemostasis disorder. * Cancer in both prostate lobes

Get updates

Get notified about this study

Sign up to get updates when this study changes or when new studies for Prostate cancer are added.

Vår säkerhetsrekommendation!

Genom att skicka in godkänner du våra Användarvillkor

Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

prostate cancer

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Prostate cancer

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • CHU Nimes

    Nîmes, 30029, France

More trials for these conditions

Other studies related to the condition(s) this trial covers.