CombIning advaNces in imagiNg With biOmarkers for improVed Diagnosis of Aggressive prosTate cancEr (INNOVATE)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02689271 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : February 23, 2016
Last Update Posted : March 27, 2020
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment |
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Prostate Cancer | Other: MRI |
Patients will undergo an advanced diffusion-weighted MRI sequence called VERDICT with the intention of better characterising prostate cancer. A panel of serum and urine biomarkers will also be analysed, which we hope will predict those patients who go on have a positive MRI.
OBJECTIVES:
- To establish a fluidic marker - prostate MRI paradigm which: (i) utilises fluidic markers to rationalise selection of patients with significant prostate cancer; and (ii) improves the diagnostic accuracy of imaging over and above standard multiparametric (mp) MRI
- Enable a pathway for rapid clinical evaluation of emerging fluidic markers and exosomes
- Assess the repeatability of VERDICT MRI
- Ascertain whether VERDICT derived quantitative parameters correlate with quantitative histological parameters
- Develop a database of fluidic marker and VERDICT characterised, mp-MRI, histologically validated patients for subsequent exploratory and longitudinal outcome analysis
Study Type : | Observational |
Actual Enrollment : | 365 participants |
Observational Model: | Cohort |
Time Perspective: | Prospective |
Official Title: | CombIning advaNces in imagiNg With biOmarkers for improVed Diagnosis of Aggressive prosTate cancEr |
Actual Study Start Date : | April 2016 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | December 2019 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | December 2019 |

- Other: MRI
VERDICT diffusion-weighted microstructure imaging sequence
- Diagnostic accuracy of VERDICT MRI [ Time Frame: 3 - 6 months (after targeted biopsy or follow up MRI) ]Radiological assessment with added VERDICT MRI improves the specificity of mp-MRI for detection of significant prostate cancer by >10% above standard multi-parametric MRI alone.
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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | Male |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Sampling Method: | Non-Probability Sample |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Men referred to University College London Hospital (UCLH) for prostate mp-MRI following biopsy elsewhere and biopsy naive men presenting to UCLH with a clinical suspicion of prostate cancer.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Men unable to have a MRI scan, or in whom artefact would reduce quality of MRI
- Men unable to given informed consent
- Previous treatment (prostatectomy, radiotherapy, brachytherapy) of prostate cancer
- On-going hormonal treatment for prostate cancer
- Previous biopsy within 6 months of scheduled mp-MRI

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT02689271
United Kingdom | |
University College London Hospital | |
Camden, United Kingdom, NW12BU |
Responsible Party: | University College, London |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT02689271 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
15/0692 |
First Posted: | February 23, 2016 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | March 27, 2020 |
Last Verified: | March 2020 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | No |
MRI Magnetic resonance imaging Biomarkers Fluidics Diffusion MRI |
Prostatic Neoplasms Genital Neoplasms, Male Urogenital Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Neoplasms |
Genital Diseases, Male Genital Diseases Urogenital Diseases Prostatic Diseases Male Urogenital Diseases |