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The PROMIS study

mP-MRI prior to biopsy

Recruitment: 740 males (target 715)

TPM (reference standard) & TRUS biopsy (current standard)

To assess the ability of MP-MRI to identify men who can safely

avoid unnecessary biopsy

To assess the ability of the MP-MRI based pathway to improve

the rate of detection of clinically significant cancer as

compared to TRUS biopsy

To estimate the cost-effectiveness of an MP-MRI based

diagnostic pathway

El-Shater Bosaily et al. Contemp Clin Trials. 2015 May;42:26-40