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. 2024 Jun 14;25:383. doi: 10.1186/s13063-024-08224-4

Table 1.

Time points at which outcomes are assessed

Time point Outcome measure
Baseline

Participant demographics (Charlson Comorbidity Index, cancer history, DRE, PSA, current medications, body mass index, ethnicity)

IIEF questionnaire (Domain A)

I-PSS questionnaire

EQ-5D-5L questionnaire

Immediately post-procedure

ProBE questionnaire (Perception part)

Histological parameters (ISUP grade groupa, cancer core length, core involvement, target biopsy cancer parameters)

Burden and rate of detection of clinically significant (GGG ≥ 2) PCa

Burden and rate of detection of GGG ≥ 3 PCa

Burden and rate of detection of clinically insignificant (GGG 1) PCa

7 days post-procedure

ProBE questionnaire (General Symptoms part)

IIEF questionnaire (Domain A)

I-PSS questionnaire

EQ-5D-5L questionnaire

Infection

Complications and SAEs

35 days post-procedure

IIEF questionnaire (Domain A)

I-PSS questionnaire

EQ-5D-5L questionnaire

Infection

Complications and SAEs

Number of subsequent prostate biopsy procedures

4 months post-procedure

IIEF questionnaire (Domain A)

I-PSS questionnaire

EQ-5D-5L questionnaire

Infection

Complications and SAEs

Number of subsequent prostate biopsy procedures and details of the subsequent biopsies

aIncludes the primary outcome measure, the difference in detection rates of clinically significant PCa, defined as Gleason Grade Group ≥ 2, i.e. any Gleason pattern ≥ 4 disease