Transperineal Micro-ultrasound for the Detection of Prostate Cancer During Biopsy

Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To investigate the feasibility and validity of using transperineal micro-ultrasound to image the prostate and detect clinically significant prostate cancer.

II. To test the quality of visualization of the prostate gland using micro-ultrasound via the transperineal approach.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVE:

I. To compare micro-ultrasound images done via the transperineal method to micro-ultrasound images done via the transrectal method to see if transperineal ultrasound has similar ability to detect suspicious prostate lesions as transrectal micro-ultrasound.

OUTLINE:

Patients undergo transperineal micro-ultrasound imaging over 3 minutes followed by transrectal micro-ultrasound imaging during standard of care prostate biopsy. Patients also undergo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) during screening.