Clinical Trials

Evaluate the efficacy of the RestoreX penile traction device in preserving erectile function in men undergoing robotic-assisted prostatectomy. This study will evaluate men undergoing prostatectomy with bilateral nerve preservation and preserved baseline erectile function (moderate ED or better). The primary outcome will be changes in the IIEF-EFD scores between groups at 6 months. Secondary outcomes include differences in questionnaire outcomes at 3, 6, and 9 months.

This clinical trial studies whether a new multi-layer perinatal tissue allograft, MLG-Complete (Trademark), can be used to improve complications after nerve-sparing robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) in patients with prostate cancer that has not spread to other parts of the body (localized). Two major complications that can happen after complete surgical removal of the prostate (radical prostatectomy) include erectile dysfunction and urinary incontinence, both of which greatly affect a patient's quality of life and social well-being. The goal of nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy is to preserve erectile and urinary function, but damage to the surrounding nerves and blood vessels can still occur causing the patient to experience the complications. An allograft is the transplant of an organ, tissue, or cells from one individual to another individual of the same species who is not an identical twin. The MLG-Complete allograft is made up of perinatal tissue and is placed on the nerve bundles during a nerve-sparing RARP. It is meant to serve as a barrier and provide coverage to the nerve bundles from the surrounding environment, which may improve post-nerve-sparing RARP complications.

This is a prospective, single-arm investigative trial. Patients with high risk prostate cancer, defined by AUA guidelines, who elect robotic assisted radical prostatectomy with an extended pelvic lymph node dissection will have standard of care preoperative imaging with CT/MRI + NM Bone Scan compared with 18F-rhPSMA-7.3 PET/MRI. Preoperative clinicopathologic variables including PSA, prostate biopsy pathology results reported as Gleason grade and percent positivity, imaging tests and demographic information will be abstracted from the electronic health record at enrollment.

Intraoperatively the lymph node packets will be labeled according to laterality and location to include internal iliac, external iliac, common iliac, obturator packet, retropubic and sacral.  Following surgery there will be an expert pathologic review of the sampled lymph nodes by a dedicated GU pathologist and a corresponding comparison with preoperative imaging and patient risk AUA prostate cancer risk score. 

Following surgery, participants will visit the study doctor for their standard follow-up visits at 6 weeks, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, and 12 months with corresponding PSA surveillance with adjuvant imaging or treatment as part of standard of care.

Proposed study is intended to be carried out at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida. Urologist Dr. Ram Anil Pathak will be the responsible Principal Investigator, primary surgeon, and counselor for the study patients. The PI and his assigned team will conduct the follow-up visits (6 weeks, 3-, 6-, 9- and 12-months) at the Urology Clinic of Mayo Clinic in Florida.

Patients will be assessed for safety by regular evaluation of adverse events (AE) as clinically indicated.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of High-Intensity Focused Electromagnetic (HIFEM) technology in improving the recovery time of urinary control and quality of life for male patients after radical prostatectomy (RP) and Holmium laser prostate surgery (HoLEP).