Active clinical trials for "Urinary Bladder Neoplasms"

Effect of adjuvant intra-arterial chemotherapy to control tumor progression in patients cystectomized for locally advanced bladder cancer.

This is a Phase Ib/II, open-label, multi-center and competitive enrollment study of ALT-801 combined with gemcitabine for patients who have BCG failure (defined as refractory, relapsing or intolerant), non-muscle invasive bladder cancer and refuse or are not medically fit to undergo a radical cystectomy recommended by the participating urologist as the standard next therapy per urologic guidelines. The purpose of this study is to confirm the safety and tolerability of a well-tolerated dose level of ALT-801, to determine the Recommended Dose level (RD) and characterize the immunogenicity of ALT-801 combined with gemcitabine in treated patients. The anti-tumor responses will also be assessed.

To demonstrate that radiotherapy treatments for bladder cancer can be delivered with greater accuracy using a new planning method and that this method can be used simply and effectively by those delivering treatment.

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. It is not yet known if combination chemotherapy is effective in preventing relapse in patients who have undergone radical cystectomy for bladder cancer. PURPOSE: Phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of cisplatin combined with gemcitabine with that of observation in treating patients with bladder cancer who have undergone surgery to remove the bladder.

The main purpose of this research study is to evaluate the safety and dosing of CG0070.

RATIONALE: Lapatinib ditosylate may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. It is not yet known whether lapatinib ditosylate is more effective than a placebo in killing tumor cells. PURPOSE: This randomized phase II/III trial is studying how well lapatinib ditosylate works compared to a placebo in treating patients with stage IV bladder cancer.

To determine if there is an association between basic fibroblast growth factor,vascular endothelial growth factor, and interleukin levels and a patients response to BCG treatment ( as standard treatment)in the urine of patients with superficial TCC. To determine if the levels of these angiogenic factors can predict response to BCG, disease recurrence, progression risk factors.

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Colony-stimulating factors such as filgrastim may increase the number of immune cells found in bone marrow or peripheral blood and may help a person's immune system recover from the side effects of chemotherapy. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy with gemcitabine and docetaxel plus filgrastim in treating patients who have locally recurrent or advanced urothelium cancer.

The main purpose of this study is to see if Prostaphane is effective and can help reduce the progression of bladder cancer. Researchers also want to find out if Prostaphane is safe and tolerable, and to evaluate how Prostaphane works to reduce the progression of bladder cancer. This study will compare Prostaphane with a placebo to see if taking Prostaphane is better than taking a placebo. A placebo is a pill that looks like Prostaphane but has no drug or other active ingredients in it. The study will be presented to eligible patients by the patient's surgeon at the time when an appointment is made for cystoscopy for suspicion of bladder cancer (BC) or to confirm BC diagnosis.

This is a randomised double-blinded placebo-controlled phase IV trial with two parallel treatment groups receiving either immune nutrition diet (IND) or conventional diet for 2weeks peri-radical cystectomy. Patients will be stratified according to the gender, body mass index, and the type of urinary diversion (orthotopic neobladder or ileal conduit). The primary end-point is to determine, in intention to treat analysis, the influence of IND on 90-day postoperative morbidity. Secondary study end-points will be the effect of IND on infectious as well as non-infectious complications over 90 days, compliance and adverse effects of IND. Finally, an ancillary study will be performed to evaluate whether the IND costs could counterbalance, by its benefits, the health care costs.It is envisaged to finish patients' recruitment within 24 months