Feasibility Study of Ultrasound Elastography Detecting Prostate Cancer

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Prostate Cancer

In brief

The main purpose of this study is to determine the accuracy and feasibility (possibility) of Aixplorer® ShearWave Elastography (SWE™) Ultrasound System (made by SuperSonic Imagine, Inc.) for detecting prostate cancer in men undergoing radical prostatectomy.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03077126

Run by

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute

People needed

10

Starts

2013-04-11

Expected to finish

2015-09-18

Last updated by the study team

2017-03-13

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: male. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Men with prostate cancer who elect surgery as the primary treatment of their cancer and to be performed at the Moffitt Cancer Center.
• Biopsy confirmed prostate cancer with at least ten biopsies performed for diagnosis.
• Location of cancer specified in the pathology report.
• Pathology reviewed by Moffitt pathologist

You may not qualify if…

• Less than ten biopsies obtained at time of diagnosis.
• Location of cancer not specified.
• Pathology not reviewed by Moffitt pathologist.

Where it is running

• H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute — Tampa, Florida, United States

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