Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT01553838
A Prospective Study to Evaluate MRI Guided Biopsy Compared With Transrectal Ultrasound Guided Biopsy of the Prostate in Men With Increased PSA Values
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 185 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Heinrich-Heine University, Duesseldorf · Academic / Other
- Sex
- Male
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether MRI guided prostate biopsy achieves higher prostate cancer detection rates compared with transrectal ultrasound guided prostate biopsy in patients with increased PSA values \> 4.0 ng/ml.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DEVICE | MRI guided prostate biopsy and TRUS guided biopsy | MRI guided prostate biopsy |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2012-01-01
- Primary completion
- 2013-10-01
- Completion
- 2013-10-01
- First posted
- 2012-03-14
- Last updated
- 2014-08-19
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Germany
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01553838. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.