🏛️ Verified NIH Record • Updated 2026-04-08

Cost-utility of Focal HIFU vs Prostatectomy (NCT05710861)

🟢 Recruiting Observational / Diagnostic ⚙️ Medical Device Protocol Sponsor: University Hospital, Bordeaux

🩺 Plain-English Summary (8th-Grade Level)

Medico-Economic Randomized Trial comparing Focal HIFU Treatment to Radical Prostatectomy in Patients with Favorable Intermediate Risk Prostate Cancer

Who can join: To join this study, participants generally need to meet the listed inclusion criteria (9 items) and avoid the listed exclusions (25 items).

Location: Clinique Saint Vincent — Besançon

📋 "Do I Qualify?" — 1-Minute Self Screener

Instant Checklist

Check every box below. If you can check all of them, you may meet the study's basic screening requirements (final eligibility is confirmed by the site team).

Usually NOT eligible if any of the following apply:

  • Exclusion Criteria:
  • Metastatic prostate cancer.
  • Gleason score \> 3+4 (ISUP\>2).
  • Adenoma prostate carcinoma Cribriform or intraductal.
  • Previous treatment anterior for the same cancer, whatever modality.
  • Contra-indication to pelvic MRI with gadolinium injection.
  • Contra-indication to surgery or general anesthesia.
  • Patient who refuse the one-year follow-up control biopsy after F-HIFU.
  • Presence of implant (stent, catheter) less than 1 cm from the treatment area.
  • Urinary or rectal fistula.
  • Anal or rectal stenosis or any other abnormality that may interfere with the Focal One® endorectal probe introduction.
  • Anatomic abnormality of the rectum or rectal mucosa.

🔍 Extracted verbatim from the official NIH eligibility criteria. Always confirm with the study coordinator.

📍 All Participating Trial Locations (20 Sites)

  • Clinique Saint Vincent — Besançon,
  • Clinique Tivoli — Bordeaux,
  • CHU de Bordeaux — Bordeaux,
  • Hopitaux civil de Colmar — Colmar,
  • CHU Grenoble Alpes — Grenoble,
  • Hopital prive drome ardeche — Guilherand-Granges,
  • Hopital Claude HURIEZ — Lille,
  • Hopital Privé La Louviere — Lille,
  • Hopital Edouard Herriot Pavillon V — Lyon,
  • APHM Nord Marseille — Marseille,
  • Hopital Cochin — Paris,
  • Hopital Privé francheville — Périgueux,
  • Hopital Lyon Sud HCL Bat 3C Centre — Pierre-Bénite,
  • Clinique La Croix du Sud — Quint-Fonsegrives,
  • CHU de Rennes — Rennes,
  • CH Saintonge — Saint-Jean-d'Angély,
  • Clinique Saint Michel — Toulon,
  • CHU Toulouse rangueil — Toulouse,
  • Clinique Oceane — Vannes,
  • CHU Pointe à Pitre — Pointe-à-Pitre,

💰 Cost, Insurance & Patient Rights

  • 100% Free Items: The investigational treatment and protocol-required procedures are supplied at zero cost by the sponsor.
  • Routine Patient Care: Under federal law (ACA § 2709) and many state statutes, routine care costs are covered during participation.
  • Voluntary Participation: You may withdraw at any time without affecting your standard medical care.
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