Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT00992615
Comparison of 20-core Versus 12-core Prostate Biopsy Diagnostic Performance in the Detection of Prostate Cancer
Comparison of 20-core vs 12-core Prostate Biopsy Diagnostic Performance in the Detection of Prostate Cancer
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- —
- Sponsor
- Poitiers University Hospital · Academic / Other
- Sex
- Male
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- —
Summary
The optimal number of prostate cores extracted during a prostate biopsy performed because of a suspected prostate cancer is still debated. The present consensus is to sample 12 cores. However, recent data published in the literature brought arguments in favour of a higher number, probably 20. This would have the advantages of decreasing the false negatives and the re-biopsy rate.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PROCEDURE | prostate biopsy | prostate cores - 12 or 20 |
Timeline
- First posted
- 2009-10-09
- Last updated
- 2012-08-29
Locations
1 site across 1 country: France
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