MR guided high intensity focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) for the treatment of oligometastatic prostate cancer bone metastasis.

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e17600-e17600
Author(s):  
Alessandro Napoli ◽  
Luca Marchetti ◽  
Enrico Cortesi ◽  
Paolo Marchetti

e17600 Background: With improvements in diagnostic modalities such as functional imaging, oligometastatic prostate cancer is being diagnosed with greater frequency than ever before. Our aim was to determine MRgFUS ability to downstage patients with oligometastatic bone disease with single session of non-invasive metastasis-directed therapy. Methods: The study was designed with intention-to-treat metastatic bone lesions. Patients were enrolled if they had accessible bone metastasis and could safely undergo MRgFUS (InSightec, Israel). Baseline measurable characteristics included dynamic contrast enhanced MRI study (DCE; Gd-BOPTA, Bracco; GE 750 3T magnet) with semiquantitative perfusion analysis, PSA level (ng/ml) and choline PET (SUV). Measurable variables were obtained at treatment time, 3 months, 12 months and 24 months follow-up. Results: 18 patients fulfilled the inclusion criteria and safely underwent MRgFUS procedure of metastatic bone ablations. Lesions were located in the pelvis (11), scapula (3) and long bones (4). At baseline all lesions showed a significant DCE perfusion (highly vascular) with mean perfusion reduction of 88% at 3 months follow-up (CI: 100-50; p < 0.001) stable at subsequent follow-up scans. Similarly PSA levels decreased from a mean baseline of 19 (ng/ml) to 7.1, 2.9 and 2.1, at 3-12 and 24 moths respectively. SUV values showed similar trend with reduction from baseline (mean 8.9 to 3.0, 2.3 and 1.7: p < 0.001). In all patients single MRgFUS session was appropriate without any major or minor adverse events reported. Conclusions: MRgFUS is a totally non-invasive procedure that can obtain complete bone ablation in patients with oligometastatic prostate disease. The technique features a radiation-free approach that can be of incremental value in long-survivor subset on oncological patients, significantly reducing risk of toxic effects. Concurrent chemo regimen is not a contraindication.

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