Precision radiotherapy may buy time for men with spreading prostate cancer
NCT ID NCT07691697
First seen Jul 09, 2026 · Last updated Sep 18, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This study investigates whether precisely targeted radiotherapy can delay the need for stronger drugs in men with prostate cancer that has started to grow in a few new spots while on systemic therapy. Participants have metastatic hormone-sensitive or castration-resistant prostate cancer and develop up to five new or growing lesions detected by PSMA PET imaging. The treatment, called progression-directed radiotherapy, uses techniques like stereotactic body radiotherapy or brachytherapy to target only those active lesions. The goal is to see if this approach can postpone switching to a new line of systemic therapy and maintain control of the disease.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Progression-directed radiotherapy (stereotactic body radiotherapy, brachytherapy, or external beam radiotherapy)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could help men with prostate cancer delay switching to more aggressive systemic treatments, preserving quality of life.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational registry, not a controlled trial, so results may be influenced by patient selection. Radiotherapy carries risks like fatigue, urinary or bowel irritation, and may not prevent further progression.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 1,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2026
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2031
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
Adults with histologically confirmed prostate adenocarcinoma and metastatic hormone-sensitive or metastatic castration-resistant disease receiving active systemic therapy at participating centers. Before amendment activation, eligible metastatic progression is limited to 1-5 lesions. After site-specific amendment activation, prospective candidates have 1-10 qualifying progressing metastatic lesions on baseline PSMA PET and undergo formal review to determine whether every metastatic and local progressing site can be treated with comprehensive PDRT. Otherwise, eligible local-only cases form a separate descriptive stratum.
- 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.
* Age 18 years or older. * Histologically confirmed prostate adenocarcinoma. * Metastatic hormone-sensitive or metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. * Active systemic anticancer therapy at the qualifying limited-progression assessment. * Qualifying baseline PSMA PET/CT or PSMA PET/MRI with review of relevant anatomical imaging. * Metachronous, repeat, or induced oligoprogression or limited progression according to the protocol framework. * Retrospective cases treated before June 26, 2026: 1-5 qualifying progressing metastatic lesions. * Prospective cases enrolled before the site-specific amendment effective date: 1-5 qualifying progressing metastatic lesions. * Prospective cases enrolled after the site-specific amendment effective date: 1-10 qualifying progressing metastatic lesions, prespecified as 1-5 or 6-10. * Intraprostatic or prostate-bed progressing foci are recorded separately from the metastatic-lesion count and must also be technically amenable to comprehensive PDRT. * Every qualifying metastatic and local progressing site is judged technically amenable to comprehensive definitive-intent PDRT before prospective analytic-cohort enrollment. * For post-amendment prospective enrollment, qualifying PSMA PET performed within 60 days before enrollment and index PDRT planned to begin within 60 days after the scan. * Availability of the qualifying PET date, systemic-therapy dates, locked metastatic-lesion count, separate local-site count, lesion map, and eligibility decision. For retrospective inclusion, PDRT exposure and at least one outcome or censoring time must also be determinable. Exclusion Criteria * Limited progression defined only by conventional CT, MRI, or bone scintigraphy without a qualifying PSMA PET examination. * More than five qualifying progressing metastatic lesions for retrospective or pre-amendment inclusion. * More than 10 qualifying progressing metastatic lesions after amendment activation. * Diffuse, non-enumerable, or rapidly progressive disease that is not considered suitable for comprehensive lesion-directed radiotherapy. * Any known active metastatic or local progressing site that cannot be included in the comprehensive PDRT plan. * Clinical deterioration or an urgent systemic-treatment indication that makes comprehensive PDRT inappropriate or unsafe. * Radiotherapy delivered solely with palliative symptom-control intent rather than definitive progression-directed local-control intent. * For prospective participation, inability to complete the approved consent process. * For retrospective cases, missing baseline imaging or core dates such that metastatic burden, PDRT exposure, or at least one outcome or censoring time cannot be determined reliably.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Affidea Nu-Med Cancer Diagnostics and Therapy Center
RECRUITINGZamość, Lublin Voivodeship, 22-400, Poland
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