PET scans may reveal prostate Cancer's true aggression
NCT ID NCT05819606
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This completed study looked at whether special PET scans can predict how aggressive a person's prostate cancer is. Researchers compared scan features with tumor samples from 70 patients who had surgery. The goal was to see if imaging could replace or reduce the need for invasive biopsies and help personalize treatment.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to a non-invasive way to determine prostate cancer aggressiveness, helping doctors choose the best treatment without surgery.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial. It may not change current practice, and the findings need further validation in larger studies.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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70 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2023
- Finished
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Dec 2024
- 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
Patients with newly diagnosed biopsy confirmed intermediate/high risk PCa will be consecutively enrolled. All patients will undergo a multiparametric MRI (mpMRI) examination at Radiology Department and a PET/CT with PSMA radioligands for staging in the PET/CT Center, both in the Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS (Rome, Italy). After PET scan all patients will be eligible for radical prostatectomy.
- 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: * Able to sign informed consent * Biopsy-confirmed intermediate/high risk prostate cancer * Good compliance to undergo mpMRI scan and PET/CT scan * Eligible for radical prostatectomy Exclusion Criteria: * Contraindication to mpMRI (such. Metal implants and/or pacemaker) * Poor compliance to undergo PET/CT (i.e.claustrophobia)
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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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GSTeP FPG Policlinico Gemelli IRCCS
Roma, 00168, Italy
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