Positron emission tomography using carbon-11 acetate (AC-PET) may help find local or distant metastases from prostate cancer. This clinical trial is studying how this imaging test may help influence the choice and extent of initial treatments, and subsequent treatments.
OBJECTIVES: * Determine the role of positron emission tomography using carbon-11 acetate (AC-PET) in the initial and subsequent management of patients with prostate cancer at intermediate or high risk for recurrence after initial curative therapy. * Compare the value of AC-PET in predicting recurrence of prostate cancer with that of conventional approaches (e.g., pre-operative clinical staging, prostate-specific antigen, Gleason score, prostate and lymph node histology) in these patients.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
300
PET Imaging with C11-Sodium Acetate
Phoenix Molecular Imaging
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Tissue Biopsy of metastatic site(s)
Patients will undergo needle biopsy of positive metastatic findings on C11- Acetate PET/CT
Time frame: Assessed within 30 days following AC-PET
PSA (prostate specific antigen)
PSA (prostate specific antigen) will be monitored per routine clinical follow-up
Time frame: Each 3 - 6 months for 24 months
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