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Trial reportThe New England journal of medicine2020

MRI-Targeted, Systematic, and Combined Biopsy for Prostate Cancer Diagnosis.

Michael Ahdoot, Andrew R Wilbur, Sarah E Reese, Amir H Lebastchi, Sherif Mehralivand, Patrick T Gomella, Jonathan Bloom, Sandeep Gurram, Minhaj Siddiqui, Paul Pinsky and 8 more

4 registry-linked trialsOpen access · bronzeAbstract readClinical TrialComparative StudyMulticenter Study
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Trial report in The New England journal of medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 4 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 478 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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478citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT00102544 naenrolling by invitationnot on this map

Electromagnetic Tracking of Devices During Interventional Procedures

TypeinterventionalSponsorNational Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)Ran2005 to 2028Enrolled3,894ConditionsAdenocarcinoma, Prostate Neoplasms, Prostate Cancer, Renal Cell CarcinomaArmsEM Tracking
NCT04685928 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2021, after this paper: background citation

A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)-Targeted Biopsy and Extended Transperineal Systematic Biopsy for Detection of Clinically Significant Prostate Cancer: the SMART Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorChinese University of Hong KongRan2021 to 2024Enrolled403ConditionsProstate CancerArmsMRI and MRI-guided prostate biopsy, TP-arm Systematic biopsy
NCT06303622 narecruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

A Randomised Controlled Trial Comparing MRI-Ultrasound Fusion and Cognitive-guided Biopsy for the Detection of Clinically Significant Prostate Cancer: the PROFUSION Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorChinese University of Hong KongRan2025 to 2027Enrolled1,250ConditionsProstate CancerArmsMRI-USG fusion approach, Cognitive-guided approach
NCT07398690 narecruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

Integrated Noninvasive Strategy Guided by Multiparametric MRI and the Prostate Health Index for Risk-Adapted Detection of Clinically Significant Prostate Cancer: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial (INSIGHT-PCa Study)

TypeinterventionalSponsorIn Gab Jeong, MDRan2026 to 2029Enrolled1,432ConditionsProstate Cancer (Diagnosis), Prostate CancerArmsDiagnostic Procedure
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

478 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 849 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Michael AhdootFrom the Urologic Oncology Branch (M.A., A.R.W., A.H.L., S.M., P.T.G., J.B., S.G., W.M.L., P.A.P.), the Biometric Research Program, Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (S.E.R., J.H.S.), the Molecular Imaging Program (S.M., P.L.C., B.T.) and the Translational Surgical Pathology Section (M.M.), Center for Cancer Research, the Division of Cancer Prevention (P.P., H.P.), the Center for Interventional Oncology (B.J.W.), and Interventional Radiology, Radiology and Imaging Sciences, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (B.J.W.), National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, and the Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore (M.S.) - all in Maryland.
Andrew R WilburFrom the Urologic Oncology Branch (M.A., A.R.W., A.H.L., S.M., P.T.G., J.B., S.G., W.M.L., P.A.P.), the Biometric Research Program, Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (S.E.R., J.H.S.), the Molecular Imaging Program (S.M., P.L.C., B.T.) and the Translational Surgical Pathology Section (M.M.), Center for Cancer Research, the Division of Cancer Prevention (P.P., H.P.), the Center for Interventional Oncology (B.J.W.), and Interventional Radiology, Radiology and Imaging Sciences, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (B.J.W.), National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, and the Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore (M.S.) - all in Maryland.
Sarah E ReeseFrom the Urologic Oncology Branch (M.A., A.R.W., A.H.L., S.M., P.T.G., J.B., S.G., W.M.L., P.A.P.), the Biometric Research Program, Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (S.E.R., J.H.S.), the Molecular Imaging Program (S.M., P.L.C., B.T.) and the Translational Surgical Pathology Section (M.M.), Center for Cancer Research, the Division of Cancer Prevention (P.P., H.P.), the Center for Interventional Oncology (B.J.W.), and Interventional Radiology, Radiology and Imaging Sciences, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (B.J.W.), National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, and the Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore (M.S.) - all in Maryland.
Amir H LebastchiFrom the Urologic Oncology Branch (M.A., A.R.W., A.H.L., S.M., P.T.G., J.B., S.G., W.M.L., P.A.P.), the Biometric Research Program, Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (S.E.R., J.H.S.), the Molecular Imaging Program (S.M., P.L.C., B.T.) and the Translational Surgical Pathology Section (M.M.), Center for Cancer Research, the Division of Cancer Prevention (P.P., H.P.), the Center for Interventional Oncology (B.J.W.), and Interventional Radiology, Radiology and Imaging Sciences, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (B.J.W.), National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, and the Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore (M.S.) - all in Maryland.
Sherif MehralivandFrom the Urologic Oncology Branch (M.A., A.R.W., A.H.L., S.M., P.T.G., J.B., S.G., W.M.L., P.A.P.), the Biometric Research Program, Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (S.E.R., J.H.S.), the Molecular Imaging Program (S.M., P.L.C., B.T.) and the Translational Surgical Pathology Section (M.M.), Center for Cancer Research, the Division of Cancer Prevention (P.P., H.P.), the Center for Interventional Oncology (B.J.W.), and Interventional Radiology, Radiology and Imaging Sciences, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (B.J.W.), National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, and the Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore (M.S.) - all in Maryland.
Patrick T GomellaFrom the Urologic Oncology Branch (M.A., A.R.W., A.H.L., S.M., P.T.G., J.B., S.G., W.M.L., P.A.P.), the Biometric Research Program, Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (S.E.R., J.H.S.), the Molecular Imaging Program (S.M., P.L.C., B.T.) and the Translational Surgical Pathology Section (M.M.), Center for Cancer Research, the Division of Cancer Prevention (P.P., H.P.), the Center for Interventional Oncology (B.J.W.), and Interventional Radiology, Radiology and Imaging Sciences, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (B.J.W.), National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, and the Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore (M.S.) - all in Maryland.
Jonathan BloomFrom the Urologic Oncology Branch (M.A., A.R.W., A.H.L., S.M., P.T.G., J.B., S.G., W.M.L., P.A.P.), the Biometric Research Program, Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (S.E.R., J.H.S.), the Molecular Imaging Program (S.M., P.L.C., B.T.) and the Translational Surgical Pathology Section (M.M.), Center for Cancer Research, the Division of Cancer Prevention (P.P., H.P.), the Center for Interventional Oncology (B.J.W.), and Interventional Radiology, Radiology and Imaging Sciences, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (B.J.W.), National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, and the Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore (M.S.) - all in Maryland.
Sandeep GurramFrom the Urologic Oncology Branch (M.A., A.R.W., A.H.L., S.M., P.T.G., J.B., S.G., W.M.L., P.A.P.), the Biometric Research Program, Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (S.E.R., J.H.S.), the Molecular Imaging Program (S.M., P.L.C., B.T.) and the Translational Surgical Pathology Section (M.M.), Center for Cancer Research, the Division of Cancer Prevention (P.P., H.P.), the Center for Interventional Oncology (B.J.W.), and Interventional Radiology, Radiology and Imaging Sciences, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (B.J.W.), National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, and the Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore (M.S.) - all in Maryland.
Minhaj SiddiquiFrom the Urologic Oncology Branch (M.A., A.R.W., A.H.L., S.M., P.T.G., J.B., S.G., W.M.L., P.A.P.), the Biometric Research Program, Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (S.E.R., J.H.S.), the Molecular Imaging Program (S.M., P.L.C., B.T.) and the Translational Surgical Pathology Section (M.M.), Center for Cancer Research, the Division of Cancer Prevention (P.P., H.P.), the Center for Interventional Oncology (B.J.W.), and Interventional Radiology, Radiology and Imaging Sciences, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (B.J.W.), National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, and the Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore (M.S.) - all in Maryland.
Paul PinskyFrom the Urologic Oncology Branch (M.A., A.R.W., A.H.L., S.M., P.T.G., J.B., S.G., W.M.L., P.A.P.), the Biometric Research Program, Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (S.E.R., J.H.S.), the Molecular Imaging Program (S.M., P.L.C., B.T.) and the Translational Surgical Pathology Section (M.M.), Center for Cancer Research, the Division of Cancer Prevention (P.P., H.P.), the Center for Interventional Oncology (B.J.W.), and Interventional Radiology, Radiology and Imaging Sciences, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (B.J.W.), National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, and the Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore (M.S.) - all in Maryland.
Howard ParnesFrom the Urologic Oncology Branch (M.A., A.R.W., A.H.L., S.M., P.T.G., J.B., S.G., W.M.L., P.A.P.), the Biometric Research Program, Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (S.E.R., J.H.S.), the Molecular Imaging Program (S.M., P.L.C., B.T.) and the Translational Surgical Pathology Section (M.M.), Center for Cancer Research, the Division of Cancer Prevention (P.P., H.P.), the Center for Interventional Oncology (B.J.W.), and Interventional Radiology, Radiology and Imaging Sciences, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (B.J.W.), National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, and the Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore (M.S.) - all in Maryland.
W Marston LinehanFrom the Urologic Oncology Branch (M.A., A.R.W., A.H.L., S.M., P.T.G., J.B., S.G., W.M.L., P.A.P.), the Biometric Research Program, Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (S.E.R., J.H.S.), the Molecular Imaging Program (S.M., P.L.C., B.T.) and the Translational Surgical Pathology Section (M.M.), Center for Cancer Research, the Division of Cancer Prevention (P.P., H.P.), the Center for Interventional Oncology (B.J.W.), and Interventional Radiology, Radiology and Imaging Sciences, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (B.J.W.), National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, and the Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore (M.S.) - all in Maryland.
Maria MerinoFrom the Urologic Oncology Branch (M.A., A.R.W., A.H.L., S.M., P.T.G., J.B., S.G., W.M.L., P.A.P.), the Biometric Research Program, Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (S.E.R., J.H.S.), the Molecular Imaging Program (S.M., P.L.C., B.T.) and the Translational Surgical Pathology Section (M.M.), Center for Cancer Research, the Division of Cancer Prevention (P.P., H.P.), the Center for Interventional Oncology (B.J.W.), and Interventional Radiology, Radiology and Imaging Sciences, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (B.J.W.), National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, and the Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore (M.S.) - all in Maryland.
Peter L ChoykeFrom the Urologic Oncology Branch (M.A., A.R.W., A.H.L., S.M., P.T.G., J.B., S.G., W.M.L., P.A.P.), the Biometric Research Program, Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (S.E.R., J.H.S.), the Molecular Imaging Program (S.M., P.L.C., B.T.) and the Translational Surgical Pathology Section (M.M.), Center for Cancer Research, the Division of Cancer Prevention (P.P., H.P.), the Center for Interventional Oncology (B.J.W.), and Interventional Radiology, Radiology and Imaging Sciences, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (B.J.W.), National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, and the Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore (M.S.) - all in Maryland.
Joanna H ShihFrom the Urologic Oncology Branch (M.A., A.R.W., A.H.L., S.M., P.T.G., J.B., S.G., W.M.L., P.A.P.), the Biometric Research Program, Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (S.E.R., J.H.S.), the Molecular Imaging Program (S.M., P.L.C., B.T.) and the Translational Surgical Pathology Section (M.M.), Center for Cancer Research, the Division of Cancer Prevention (P.P., H.P.), the Center for Interventional Oncology (B.J.W.), and Interventional Radiology, Radiology and Imaging Sciences, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (B.J.W.), National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, and the Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore (M.S.) - all in Maryland.
Baris TurkbeyFrom the Urologic Oncology Branch (M.A., A.R.W., A.H.L., S.M., P.T.G., J.B., S.G., W.M.L., P.A.P.), the Biometric Research Program, Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (S.E.R., J.H.S.), the Molecular Imaging Program (S.M., P.L.C., B.T.) and the Translational Surgical Pathology Section (M.M.), Center for Cancer Research, the Division of Cancer Prevention (P.P., H.P.), the Center for Interventional Oncology (B.J.W.), and Interventional Radiology, Radiology and Imaging Sciences, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (B.J.W.), National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, and the Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore (M.S.) - all in Maryland.
Bradford J WoodFrom the Urologic Oncology Branch (M.A., A.R.W., A.H.L., S.M., P.T.G., J.B., S.G., W.M.L., P.A.P.), the Biometric Research Program, Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (S.E.R., J.H.S.), the Molecular Imaging Program (S.M., P.L.C., B.T.) and the Translational Surgical Pathology Section (M.M.), Center for Cancer Research, the Division of Cancer Prevention (P.P., H.P.), the Center for Interventional Oncology (B.J.W.), and Interventional Radiology, Radiology and Imaging Sciences, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (B.J.W.), National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, and the Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore (M.S.) - all in Maryland.
Peter A PintoFrom the Urologic Oncology Branch (M.A., A.R.W., A.H.L., S.M., P.T.G., J.B., S.G., W.M.L., P.A.P.), the Biometric Research Program, Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (S.E.R., J.H.S.), the Molecular Imaging Program (S.M., P.L.C., B.T.) and the Translational Surgical Pathology Section (M.M.), Center for Cancer Research, the Division of Cancer Prevention (P.P., H.P.), the Center for Interventional Oncology (B.J.W.), and Interventional Radiology, Radiology and Imaging Sciences, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (B.J.W.), National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, and the Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore (M.S.) - all in Maryland.
National Institutes of Health · USCenter for Cancer Research · USUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore · US

Funding

Prostate Cancer ImagingZIABC010655 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI CHOYKE, PETER L · 2009 to 2025
$49.2M
Molecular Therapeutics of Kidney Cancer: MET Gene and BHD GeneZIABC011043 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI LINEHAN, WILLIAM MARSTON · 2009 to 2025
$20.9M
Center for Interventional OncologyZIDBC011242 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI WOOD, BRADFORD J · 2009 to 2025
$18.7M
Clinical Studies of the Molecular Genetic Basis of Kidney CancerZIABC011028 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI LINEHAN, WILLIAM MARSTON · 2009 to 2025
$17.9M
Clinical Nursing and Data Management CoreZIDBC011089 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI LINEHAN, WILLIAM MARSTON · 2009 to 2025
$17.4M
Prostate SectionZIABC011081 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI PINTO, PETER · 2009 to 2025
$15.2M
Lymphatic ImagingZIABC010654 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI CHOYKE, PETER L · 2009 to 2020
$4.8M
Interventional OncologyZIACL040015 · CLC · CLINICAL CENTER · PI WOOD, BRADFORD · 2009 to 2025
$0k
Navigation Tools for Image Guided Minimally invasive TherapiesZIACL040011 · CLC · CLINICAL CENTER · PI WOOD, BRADFORD · 2009 to 2025
$0k
Intramural NIH HHS Z99 CA999999NCI NIH HHS Intramural Research Program
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe use of 12-core systematic prostate biopsy is associated with diagnostic inaccuracy that contributes to both overdiagnosis and underdiagnosis of prostate cancer. Biopsies performed with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) targeting may reduce the misclassification of prostate cancer in men with MRI-visible lesions.

methodsMen with MRI-visible prostate lesions underwent both MRI-targeted and systematic biopsy. The primary outcome was cancer detection according to grade group (i.e., a clustering of Gleason grades). Grade group 1 refers to clinically insignificant disease; grade group 2 or higher, cancer with favorable intermediate risk or worse; and grade group 3 or higher, cancer with unfavorable intermediate risk or worse. Among the men who underwent subsequent radical prostatectomy, upgrading and downgrading of grade group from biopsy to whole-mount histopathological analysis of surgical specimens were recorded. Secondary outcomes were the detection of cancers of grade group 2 or higher and grade group 3 or higher, cancer detection stratified by previous biopsy status, and grade reclassification between biopsy and radical prostatectomy.

resultsA total of 2103 men underwent both biopsy methods; cancer was diagnosed in 1312 (62.4%) by a combination of the two methods (combined biopsy), and 404 (19.2%) underwent radical prostatectomy. Cancer detection rates on MRI-targeted biopsy were significantly lower than on systematic biopsy for grade group 1 cancers and significantly higher for grade groups 3 through 5 (P<0.01 for all comparisons). Combined biopsy led to cancer diagnoses in 208 more men (9.9%) than with either method alone and to upgrading to a higher grade group in 458 men (21.8%). However, if only MRI-target biopsies had been performed, 8.8% of clinically significant cancers (grade group ≥3) would have been misclassified. Among the 404 men who underwent subsequent radical prostatectomy, combined biopsy was associated with the fewest upgrades to grade group 3 or higher on histopathological analysis of surgical specimens (3.5%), as compared with MRI-targeted biopsy (8.7%) and systematic biopsy (16.8%).

conclusionsAmong patients with MRI-visible lesions, combined biopsy led to more detection of all prostate cancers. However, MRI-targeted biopsy alone underestimated the histologic grade of some tumors. After radical prostatectomy, upgrades to grade group 3 or higher on histopathological analysis were substantially lower after combined biopsy. (Funded by the National Institutes of Health and others; Trio Study ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00102544.).

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