Patients with a biochemical recurrence after radical prostatectomy for moderate- or high- risk prostate cancer are randomly assigned to hypofractionated, accelerated high dose radiation therapy group (65 Gy, 26 fractions) and a control group of standard treatment group (66 Gy, 33 fractions). The criteria for stratification at randomization include 1) risk groups, 2) androgen deprivation therapy, and 3) PSA before salvage radiation therapy, which affect biochemical recurrence. It is expected that hypofractionated, accelerated high dose radiation therapy will have a superiority in terms of biochemical control to conventional radiation therapy, and the present study would like to confirm this. In addition, we aimed to evaluate and compare the toxicity and quality of life index of two radiation therapy regimens.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
288
Salvage radiation therapy for biochemical recurrence
Asan Medical Center
Seoul, South Korea
RECRUITINGSamsung Medical Center
Seoul, South Korea
RECRUITINGBiochemical recurrence-free survival
PSA \>0.2 ng/mLfollowed by a repeat measurement \>0.2 ng/mL
Time frame: 5 years
Acute toxicities
Evaulation using CTCAE 4.0 Evaluation using CTCAE 4.0 CTCAE 4.0
Time frame: Adverse effects occured during radiation therapy, and within 3 months after radiation therapy
Chronic toxicities
Evaulation using CTCAE 4.0
Time frame: Adverse effects occured after 3 months since end of radiation therapy
Quality of life 1
Expanded prostate cancer index composite (EPIC) Questionnaire Korean version EPIC consists of 50 questions in total divided into four domains: bowel (14 questions), urinary (12 questions), sexual (13 questions), and hormonal aspects (13 questions). Scores of each domain will be separately reported. Response options for each EPIC item form a Likert scale, and multi-item scale scores will be summed and transformed linearly to a 0-to-100 scale. The higher the score, the higher the quality of life.
Time frame: the date of enrollment, up to 1 week after radiation therapy, 6 months, every year until 5 years
Quality of life 2
European Organization for Research and Treatment Core Quality of Life Questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-C30) Korean version EORTC QLQ-C30 consists of 30 questions, and total score will be reported. Response options for each EPIC question form a Likert scale, and multi-item scale scores will be summed and transformed linearly to a 0-to-100 scale. The higher the score, the higher the quality of life.
Time frame: the date of enrollment, up to 1 week after radiation therapy, 6 months, every year until 5 years
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