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The ProtecT trial - Evaluating the effectiveness of treatment for clinically localised prostate cancer
ISRCTN ISRCTN20141297
ClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT00632983
Public title The ProtecT trial - Evaluating the effectiveness of treatment for clinically localised prostate cancer
Scientific title
Acronym ProtecT
Serial number at source HTA 96/20/99
Study hypothesis The overall aim is to evaluate the effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and acceptability of treatments for men with localised prostate cancer within the context of a pragmatic randomised controlled trial. This will compare 3 treatments (active monitoring, radical prostatectomy and radical radiotherapy). Specific objectives are as follows:
1. To assess survival at 5, 10 years and 15 years following treatment
2. To investigate a number of short and medium-term outcomes, including: disease progression (biochemical and clinical), treatment complications, lower urinary tract symptoms, psychosocial impact of case-finding and treatment, including generic health status, quality of life and sexual function
3. To estimate the resource use and costs of case-finding, treatment and follow-up, and to compare costs and outcomes of treatment in terms of survival and health related quality of life.

Details of this study can also be found at: http://www.hta.ac.uk/1230

Please note that, as of 11 January 2008, the anticipated end date of this trial has been updated from 1 June 2006 to 31 December 2013.
Ethics approval Trent Multi-centre Research Ethics Committee (Trent MREC), approved on 21/06/2001 (ref: 01/4/025)
Study design Randomised controlled trial
Countries of recruitment United Kingdom
Disease/condition/study domain Prostate cancer
Participants - inclusion criteria Men aged 50-69 years from the community, localised prostate cancer for eligibility for randomisation
Participants - exclusion criteria Not provided at time of registration.
Anticipated start date 01/06/2001
Anticipated end date 31/12/2013
Status of trial Ongoing
Patient information material Patient information can be found at: http://www.epi.bris.ac.uk/protect/takingpart/takingpart.htm
Target number of participants 230,000
Interventions 1. Radical prostatectomy
2. Radical radiotherapy
3. Active monitoring of prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels

See details of ISRCTN08435261: ProtecT feasibility on http://www.controlled-trials.com/ISRCTN08435261 and details of ISRCTN92187251: The CAP (Comparison Arm for ProtecT) study on http://www.controlled-trials.com/ISRCTN92187251
Primary outcome measure(s) 1. Disease progression (biochemical and clinical)
2. Treatment complications
3. Lower urinary tract symptoms
4. Psychosocial impact of case-finding and treatment including generic health status, quality of life and sexual function
Secondary outcome measure(s) Not provided at time of registration.
Sources of funding NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme - HTA (UK)
Trial website http://www.epi.bris.ac.uk/protect/
Publications 2006 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16978272
2007 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18006969
Contact name Prof  F C  Hamdy
  Address Head of Urology
Department of Clinical Sciences
Royal Hallamshire Hospital
I floor
  City/town Sheffield
  Zip/Postcode S10 2JF
  Country United Kingdom
  Tel +44 (0)114 271 2154
  Fax +44 (0)114 2712268
  Email F.C.Hamdy@sheffield.ac.uk
Sponsor University of Sheffield (UK)
  Address Western Bank
  City/town Sheffield
  Zip/Postcode S10 2TN
  Country United Kingdom
  Sponsor website: http://www.shef.ac.uk
Date applied 14/10/2002
Last edited 26/02/2009
Date ISRCTN assigned 14/10/2002
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