Key clinical point: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in combination with prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-positron emission tomography (PET) decreases false negatives for clinically significant prostate cancer vs. MRI alone in men with suspected prostate cancer.
Major finding: PSMA-PET+MRI vs. MRI alone improved negative predictive value (91% vs 72%; test ratio, 1.27; P < .001) and sensitivity (97% vs 83%; P < .001). PSMA-PET+MRI missed 5 cases of clinically significant cancer.
Study details: A prospective, phase 2 , multicenter PRIMARY trial of 291 men with suspected prostate cancer who underwent MRI, PSMA-PET, and biopsy.
Disclosures: The study was supported by grants from St Vincent’s Curran Foundation, St Vincent’s Clinic Foundation, Cancer Institute of New South Wales, and Sydney Partnership for Health, Education, Research, and Enterprise. The authors declared no conflict of interests.
Source: Emmett L et al. Eur Urol. 2021 Aug 28. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2021.08.002 .