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Personalized Ultrahypofractionated Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy Guided by [68Ga] PSMA-11 PET/CT Response for the Treatment of High Risk Prostate Cancer, The PULSAR ProPhet Trial

Trial Status: active

This phase I trial studies how a newer imaging approach called 68Ga-PSMA-11 positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) can direct radiation treatment according to disease response to androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) and stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy (SAbR) in high-risk prostate cancer patients. [68Ga] PSMA-11 is an imaging agent that accumulates in normal and cancer tissues in patients with prostate cancer. PET is an established imaging technique that utilizes small amounts of radioactivity attached to very minimal amounts of tracer, in the case of this research, [68Ga] PSMA-11. Because some cancers take up 68Ga-PSMA-11 it can be seen with PET. CT utilizes x-rays that traverse body from the outside. CT images provide an exact outline of organs and potential inflammatory tissue where it occurs in patient’s body. Men diagnosed with prostate cancer with high risk of spread are routinely treated with standard of care ADT, also known as “hormonal therapy” and radiation. Increasing the dose of radiation to the whole prostate improves control of the cancer, but also increases urinary and bowel bother side effects. Both ADT for up to 2 years and SAbR are standard of care, but this study aims to refine how SAbR is delivered according to an individual’s imaging response to these treatments. This study seeks to use serial imaging with PET PSMA during early phases of treatment to 'adapt’ the highest radiation doses to the dominant prostate cancer on an individual basis as it responds to treatment. The goal is to define when to use this imaging and how far apart radiation treatment should be scheduled in order to maximize the benefit of adapting radiation dose to a responding or shrinking tumor in patients with high-risk prostate cancer.