Phase 3, Multicenter, Randomized Study, Evaluating the Efficacy and Tolerability of Focused HIFU (High Intensity Focused Ultrasound) Therapy Compared to Active Surveillance in Patients With Significant Low Risk Prostate Cancer

Last updated: June 17, 2025
Sponsor: Hospices Civils de Lyon
Overall Status: Active - Not Recruiting

Phase

3

Condition

Prostate Cancer, Early, Recurrent

Prostate Disorders

Urologic Cancer

Treatment

treatment with focal HIFU

Prostatic biopsies

Questionnaires

Clinical Study ID

NCT03531099
69HCL18_0203
2018-A01024-51
  • Ages 50-80
  • Male

Study Summary

The percentage of malignant prostate tumors detected very early is constantly increasing and the number of well differentiated tumors, with small volume and low risk of progression increases. When a tumor of this type is identified, radical prostatectomy remains the reference treatment, but this treatment is not without side effects. Active surveillance is a strategy which aims at detecting an early development of the cancerous disease in order to propose curative treatment in a timely manner and thus improve specific survival. Patients are therefore re-evaluated each year by rectal examination, PSA (Prostate-Specific Antigen) assay. Active surveillance remains difficult to manage psychologically for both the patient and the practitioner, because of the lack of treatment on the one hand and a rate of non-curable cancers close to 50% when signs of progression trigger a radical treatment.

The aim of the focal treatment HIFU (High Intensity Focused Ultrasound) is to destroy the cancer without causing side effects in contrast to radical treatments. It is in this sense that it is positioned both as an alternative to radical surgery and as an alternative to active surveillance.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patient having been clearly informed of the study and having accepted, withsufficient reflection time, to participate by signing the informed consent form ofthe study.

  • Age between 50 and 80 years with a life expectancy of more than 5 years. Patientsbetween the ages of 75 and 80 will need to have G8 score > 14.

  • Initial diagnosis of localized prostate cancer (T1c or T2a) with the followingcharacteristics:

  • Only one Target tumor on MRI on a maximum of 2 contigous sextants. Caseallowed:

  • If more than one target tumor on MRI, only one of them must be confirmedby targeted prostate biopsies.

  • If no target tumor on MRI, only 2 contigous sextants must be positive onprostate biopsies

  • A maximum tumor length> 3 mm or at least 3 positive biopsies on all biopsiesperformed (randomized biopsies and/or MRI/Ultrasound Fusion-Guided ProstateBiopsy).

  • Gleason 6 score (risk group 1 of the D'Amico classification).

  • Tumor positioned so that a safety distance of at least 9 mm from externalsphincter can be defined during HIFU-FOCAL treatment in prostate tissue aroundthe target.

  • PSA ≤ 15ng / ml.

  • Patient affiliated with health insurance or beneficiary of an equivalent plan.

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Contraindications to treatment with HIFU-F:

  • Tumor not accessible.

  • Multiple intra prostatic calcifications inducing, on ultrasound, a shadow conein the prostate preventing the penetration of ultrasound and thus therealization of the treatment.

  • History of pelvic irradiation

  • Presence of an implant (stent, catheter) located less than 1 cm from thetreatment area.

  • Fistula of the urinary tract or rectum.

  • Anal or rectal fibrosis, anal or rectal stenosis or other abnormalities makingit difficult to insert the Focal One® probe.

  • Anatomical abnormality of the rectum or rectal mucosa.

  • Patient with artificial sphincter, penile prosthesis or intra prostaticimplant, eg stent.

  • History of intestinal inflammatory pathology.

  • Uro-genital infection in progress (the infection to be treated before HIFUtreatment).

  • Anterior surgery at the level of the anus or rectum making the introduction ofthe probe impossible.

  • Allergy to latex.

  • Thickness of the rectal wall> 10mm.

  • TURP indication. Bladder neck incision is allowed .

  • Patient with a medical contraindication to Sonovue® injection.

  • Patient with a medical contraindication on MRI.

  • Patient already treated for prostate cancer (hormone therapy, radiotherapy,surgery).

  • History of uncontrolled cancer and / or treated for less than 5 years (with theexception of basal cell skin cancer).

  • History of sclerosis of the bladder neck or urethral stenosis.

  • Patient with a several bleeding risk according to medical advice (patient with oralanticoagulant therapy must receive an alternative therapy if randomized in HIFU-Farm).

  • Patients with unstable neurological pathology.

  • Patient who has been treated for a therapeutic trial within 30 days of enrollment orwho wishes to participate in an ongoing study that may interfere with this study.

  • Legal person protected by law.

  • Patient not able to understand the objectives of the study or refusing to complywith postoperative instructions.

Study Design

Total Participants: 108
Treatment Group(s): 5
Primary Treatment: treatment with focal HIFU
Phase: 3
Study Start date:
October 02, 2018
Estimated Completion Date:
October 02, 2026

Connect with a study center

  • Polyclinique du parc Rambot

    Aix-en-Provence, 13100
    France

    Site Not Available

  • Clinique Saint-Vincent

    Besançon, 25044
    France

    Site Not Available

  • Groupe Hospitalier Pellegrin - CHU

    Bordeaux, 33076
    France

    Site Not Available

  • Service d'Urologie, Clinique Tivoli Ducos

    Bordeaux, 33000
    France

    Site Not Available

  • Service d'Urologie, CHU de Guebwiller Colmar

    Colmar, 68024
    France

    Site Not Available

  • Service d'Urologie CHRU de Lille, Hôpital HURIEZ

    Lille, 59000
    France

    Site Not Available

  • Service d'Urologie Générale de Santé - Hôpital Privé La Louvière

    Lille, 59000
    France

    Site Not Available

  • Service d'Urologie et Chirurgie de la Transplantation, Hôpital Edouard Herriot,

    Lyon, 69437
    France

    Site Not Available

  • Service d'urologie Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Marseille - Hôpital Marseille Nord

    Marseille, 13915
    France

    Site Not Available

  • Département d'Urologie, Institut Montsouris

    Paris, 75014
    France

    Site Not Available

  • Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud

    Pierre-bénite, 69495
    France

    Site Not Available

  • Clinique Urologique Nantes Atlantis

    Saint-Herblain, 44800
    France

    Site Not Available

  • Service d'Urologie, Hôpital Foch

    Suresnes, 92150
    France

    Site Not Available

  • CHU de Toulouse - Hôpital de Rangueil

    Toulouse, 31400
    France

    Site Not Available

  • Clinique Générale Beaulieu - Swiss International Prostate Center

    Geneva, 1206
    Sweden

    Site Not Available

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