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MR-Linac-Guided Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy with Androgen Deprivation Therapy for the Treatment of Locally Recurrent Prostate Adenocarcinoma

Trial Status: active

This phase II trial tests the safety and how well giving magnetic resonance (MR)-linac guided stereotactic body radiation therapy with androgen deprivation therapy, with leuprolide, degarelix or relugolix, works in treating patients with prostate adenocarcinoma that has not spread to other parts of the body (localized) and that has come back after a period of improvement (recurrent). Stereotactic body radiation therapy is a type of external radiation therapy that uses special equipment to position a patient and precisely deliver radiation to tumors in the body (except the brain). The total dose of radiation is divided into smaller doses given over several days. This type of radiation therapy helps spare normal tissue. MR-linac guided stereotactic body radiation therapy uses real-time MRI imaging so that doctors can see the tumor and nearby organs while giving the radiation, so they can be very precise. The machine used for this is called an MR-LINAC, and it helps guide the radiation safely to the cancer, while protecting nearby healthy organs like the bladder and rectum. Leuprolide degarelix and relugolix are in a class of medications called gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist. It prevents the body from making luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) and luteinizing hormone (LH). This causes the testicles to stop making testosterone (a male hormone) in men and may stop the growth of prostate cancer cells that need testosterone to grow. Giving MR-linac guided stereotactic body radiation therapy with androgen deprivation therapy may be safe and effective in treating patients with locally recurrent prostate adenocarcinoma.