PSA after prostate surgery: a crystal ball for cancer?
NCT ID NCT07516886
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study follows 500 men who had their prostate removed for cancer. Researchers check PSA levels soon after surgery to see if they can predict if the cancer will come back or spread. No new treatments are given—just standard care and observation.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 500 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2024
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2039
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
Study participants are patients undergoing radical surgical treatment for histologically confirmed prostate cancer in Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Hospital Kaunas Clinics, Department of Urology.
- 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: * Patient is an adult biological male. * Patient has morphologically confirmed and untreated prostate cancer. * Patient who will be treated with open, laparoscopic or robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy. * Patient is informed about this observational study and has signed the informed consent form. Exclusion Criteria: * Patient has radiologically of morphologically confirmed prostate cancer metastases before the operation. * Patient received neoadjuvant prostate cancer treatment. * Patient is set to receive adjuvant treatment. * Patient has any contraindications for the operation.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Hospital Kaunas Clinics, Department of Urology
RECRUITINGKaunas, Kauno, LT-50161, Lithuania
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