Status:

COMPLETED

Active Surveillance or Radical Treatment for Newly Diagnosed Patients With a Localized, Low Risk, Prostate Cancer START

Lead Sponsor:

Rete Oncologica Piemonte, Valle d'Aosta

Collaborating Sponsors:

Compagnia di San Paolo

A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza

Conditions:

Prostatic Neoplasm

Eligibility:

MALE

18+ years

Brief Summary

The purpose of the START project is to evaluate the acceptability, the safety and the cost-effectiveness of a population based program of active surveillance for patients newly diagnosed with a locali...

Detailed Description

Comparative effectiveness research project. All newly diagnosed prostate cancer patients fulfilling the low risk definition, resident in Piedmont or in Valle D'Aosta regions, will be invited to partic...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

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  • Newly diagnosed low risk prostate cancer patients, defined according to the presence of all the following criteria:
  • diagnosis of adenocarcinoma of the prostate
  • prostate cancer clinical stage T1c o T2a
  • PSA \<=10ng/ml at diagnosis
  • adequate biopsy sampling according to prostate volume
  • maximum of two positive cores for random sampling and of maximum two lesions for target biopsies (even if the number of positive samples if \>2)
  • Gleason grade 3+3 ( in patients age\>70 Gleason 3+4)
  • Residence in Piemonte or Valle D'Aosta regions;
  • Patients suitable for radical treatment (surgery or radiotherapy);
  • Age at diagnosis \<= 75 years or \>75 years if fragility assessment (measured with the G8 score)\> = 14;
  • Patients suitability for expressing a valid consent to participate in the study.

Exclusion

  • Patients previously treated for prostate cancer.
  • Patients not willing to undergo radical treatments (surgery or radiotherapy).

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

May 15 2015

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

March 1 2023

Estimated Enrollment :

850 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03348722

Start Date

May 15 2015

End Date

March 1 2023

Last Update

March 31 2023

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Oncolgy Network of Piemonte and Valle d'Aosta - Turin

Turin, Italy, 10126