Urinary and Prostate Microbiotes and Prostate Cancer

NCT ID: NCT03947515

Last Updated: 2023-12-04

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

296 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-02-04

Study Completion Date

2023-06-22

Brief Summary

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In recent decades, the cancer process has been linked to microbial infections, particularly in gastric and Helicobacter pylori cancers, but also in cervical cancers promoted by exposure to Human papilloma virus (HPV). More recently, it has been shown that bacteria in the intestinal microbiota could promote the development of colorectal cancer by modulating the inflammatory response within the intestinal mucosa. Among male cancers, prostate cancer is the leading cause in France with 54,000 new cases per year. In addition, the dogma that urine is sterile has been broken and the notion of the presence of a "urinary microbiota" in asymptomatic patients is now accepted.

While the risk factors associated with this cancer have not yet been clearly elucidated, recent evidence in the literature agrees that chronic inflammation associated with prostate infection plays a key role as a factor that may promote the development and/or progression of prostate cancer. Most recently, a study shows for the first time that a group of 6 bacteria is found significantly higher in the urine of patients with prostate cancer than in patients with prostate adenoma. Interestingly, clinical microbiology studies conducted at the bacteriology laboratory of the University Hospital of Nice on A. schaalii have shown that this species is also isolated in the urine of patients with bladder and prostate cancers.

The investigators wish to study the association of the 6 bacterial species mentioned above with prostate cancer by directly analyzing the prostate tissue of patients with this condition.

the staff will carry out a multicenter case-control study by recruiting a total of 260 patients in 4 centres (Nice coordinating centre, Marseille, Tours and Nîmes): 130 in the prostate cancer group and 130 in the prostate adenoma control group. This project is a research involving the human person of category 2.

The innovative aspect of the work consists in detecting and quantifying in situ in the prostate tissue the presence of these 6 bacterial species per culture and per PCR in real time, comparing the prostate microbiota in terms of richness and diversity between cancer patients and those without cancer. Ultimately, this study opens up exciting prospects with the possibility of determining a microbial origin of prostate cancer and considering antibiotic therapy for anti-cancer purposes such as H. pylori and gastric cancer.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Prostatic Neoplasm

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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cancer group

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

prostate biopsy

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

All patients included, will report to the urology department on the date previously agreed with the surgeon. The patient will be seen by the nurse and urologist on duty as part of outpatient care or, more rarely, in ambulatory care. After verification of the patient's identity, the signature of informed consent, the absence of immediate contraindications to biopsy (haemorrhagic and infectious) and the patient's proper preparation (antibiotic prophylaxis and possible enema), the patient will be installed for the taking of samples covered by the protocol (rectal swabbing and prostate biopsies, see paragraph IX). If the patient has not taken the antibiotic prophylaxis or performed the enema, he or she will be reconvened at a later date for the biopsies. After the prostatic biopsies have been performed, the patient's participation in the study ends and his follow-up resumes according to the recommendations adapted to his pathology.

Urinary sampling

Intervention Type OTHER

It will be collected after the prostate massage performed by the surgeon in charge of the patient during his clinical examination for prostate cancer screening. After elimination of the first draft, the urine will be collected in 2 tubes with borated preservative

Rectal swabbing before biopsies are performed

Intervention Type OTHER

A rectal swab will then be taken by the urologist on the day the prostate biopsies are taken. The analysis of the digestive microbiota will eliminate contamination of prostate biopsies by bacteria from the faecal flora during transrectal sampling

control group

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

prostate biopsy

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

All patients included, will report to the urology department on the date previously agreed with the surgeon. The patient will be seen by the nurse and urologist on duty as part of outpatient care or, more rarely, in ambulatory care. After verification of the patient's identity, the signature of informed consent, the absence of immediate contraindications to biopsy (haemorrhagic and infectious) and the patient's proper preparation (antibiotic prophylaxis and possible enema), the patient will be installed for the taking of samples covered by the protocol (rectal swabbing and prostate biopsies, see paragraph IX). If the patient has not taken the antibiotic prophylaxis or performed the enema, he or she will be reconvened at a later date for the biopsies. After the prostatic biopsies have been performed, the patient's participation in the study ends and his follow-up resumes according to the recommendations adapted to his pathology.

Urinary sampling

Intervention Type OTHER

It will be collected after the prostate massage performed by the surgeon in charge of the patient during his clinical examination for prostate cancer screening. After elimination of the first draft, the urine will be collected in 2 tubes with borated preservative

Rectal swabbing before biopsies are performed

Intervention Type OTHER

A rectal swab will then be taken by the urologist on the day the prostate biopsies are taken. The analysis of the digestive microbiota will eliminate contamination of prostate biopsies by bacteria from the faecal flora during transrectal sampling

Interventions

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prostate biopsy

All patients included, will report to the urology department on the date previously agreed with the surgeon. The patient will be seen by the nurse and urologist on duty as part of outpatient care or, more rarely, in ambulatory care. After verification of the patient's identity, the signature of informed consent, the absence of immediate contraindications to biopsy (haemorrhagic and infectious) and the patient's proper preparation (antibiotic prophylaxis and possible enema), the patient will be installed for the taking of samples covered by the protocol (rectal swabbing and prostate biopsies, see paragraph IX). If the patient has not taken the antibiotic prophylaxis or performed the enema, he or she will be reconvened at a later date for the biopsies. After the prostatic biopsies have been performed, the patient's participation in the study ends and his follow-up resumes according to the recommendations adapted to his pathology.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Urinary sampling

It will be collected after the prostate massage performed by the surgeon in charge of the patient during his clinical examination for prostate cancer screening. After elimination of the first draft, the urine will be collected in 2 tubes with borated preservative

Intervention Type OTHER

Rectal swabbing before biopsies are performed

A rectal swab will then be taken by the urologist on the day the prostate biopsies are taken. The analysis of the digestive microbiota will eliminate contamination of prostate biopsies by bacteria from the faecal flora during transrectal sampling

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* over 18 years old
* Male sex
* Patient with a prostate biopsy programmed for suspected prostate adenocarcinoma on elevation of PSA and/or TR suspect and/or MRI suspect
* Signed Informed Consent
* Affiliation to a social security system

Exclusion Criteria

* Taking systemic antibiotic treatment (per os or I.V.) within 3 months before inclusion.
* Contraindications to the performance of an ultrasound-guided transrectal prostate biopsy: coagulation disorders and urogenital infections.
* History of surgical treatment of the urinary and genital tract within 6 months before inclusion
* Person under guardianship, curatorship or unable to express consent.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

MALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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Cannes hospital

Cannes, , France

Site Status

marseille Hospital

Marseille, , France

Site Status

nice Hospital

Nice, , France

Site Status

Tours hospital

Tours, , France

Site Status

Countries

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France

Other Identifiers

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18-API-02

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id