Improving Patient and Caregiver Understanding of Risks and Benefits of Immunotherapy for Advanced...
Stage IV MelanomaAdvanced Lung Cancer20 moreThe purpose of this study is to refine and pilot test educational material developed to educate and support patients receiving immunotherapy for advanced cancer. The intervention is an educational video and question prompt list (QPL) to promote communication between patients, caregivers, and the oncology team about the risks and benefits of immunotherapy.
Project HERO: Health Empowerment & Recovery Outcomes
Prostate CancerBladder Cancer7 moreProject HERO is a 12-week study of the efficacy of Body Mind Training (BMT) for reducing fatigue in male cancer survivors. This 3-arm randomized clinical trial will examine inflammatory biology and selected gene-expression pathways that are hypothesized to contribute to the intervention's effect.
Multi-parametric MRI in Patients Suspected for Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer: a New Local Staging...
Bladder CancerA two-arm multicenter randomised controlled trial, comparing progression free survival, time to definitive treatment and cost-effectiveness of the standard of care (TURBT) and mpMRI followed by same-day cystoscopic bladder biopsy for diagnosis of patients with suspicion of muscle-invasive bladder cancer.
Testing the Addition of an Anti-Cancer Immunotherapy Drug, Avelumab, to Gemcitabine and Carboplatin...
Bladder Carcinoma Infiltrating the Muscle of the Bladder WallInfiltrating Renal Pelvis and Ureter Urothelial Carcinoma1 moreThis phase II trial studies the effect of avelumab, gemcitabine and carboplatin before surgery compared with surgery alone in treating patients with muscle invasive bladder or upper urinary tract cancer who are not able to receive cisplatin therapy. Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as avelumab, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Chemotherapy drugs, such as gemcitabine and carboplatin, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Giving avelumab together with gemcitabine and carboplatin before surgery may work better in lowering the chance of muscle invasive urinary tract cancer growing or spreading, in patients who cannot receive cisplatin therapy compared to surgery alone.
A Home-based Lifestyle Intervention for Optimizing Surgical Outcomes Among Urinary Bladder Cancer...
Bladder CancerCystectomy1 moreThe purpose of this study is to test a randomized, controlled diet and physical activity intervention designed to be simple and address barriers to participation in lifestyle intervention among 16 urinary bladder cancer patients. Aim 1 is to test the feasibility and acceptability of a novel, peri-operative lifestyle intervention, "The Boost Box", among bladder cancer patients receiving cystectomy with or without neo-adjuvant chemotherapy. Aim 2 is to measure the feasibility of collecting data on the intervention effects on complication rate, nutritional status, weight loss, and quality of life post-surgery among bladder cancer patients receiving cystectomy ± neoadjuvant therapy. Secondarily, we will determine the magnitude of association between study group and outcomes to inform power calculations in a future, well-powered trial. Participants will: attend two dietetic consultations at baseline and post-surgical recovery where nutritional status will be evaluated with patient-generated subjective global assessment (PG-SGA) complete baseline questionnaires (TCC, FACT-BI-Cys, Short 2012, FAACT, Godin) receive weekly BOOST boxes complete pre-surgery weekly BOOST check ins complete post-surgery weekly BOOST check ins complete an ASA food recall pre and post-surgery complete an exercise familiarization consult record weekly resistance and aerobic exercise performed at home complete a 6 month follow-up questionnaire receive compensation Researchers will compare to a Usual Care group to determine differences that could be attributed to the BOOST Box intervention.
Comprehensive Optimization At-time of Radical Cystectomy Intervention
Bladder CancerRadical CystectomyThe proposed study is aimed at a comprehensive optimization at-time of radical cystectomy (COARC) intervention that focuses on patient optimization throughout the perioperative continuum, from the pre-operative setting to the post-operative period, among patients undergoing radical cystectomy for bladder cancer. This multi-modal strategy will focus on three phases of care around surgery: the pre-operative, peri-operative, and post-operative phases. The intervention group will focus on multiple areas of patient optimization including remote patient monitoring for the earlier identification of potential complications. The overall study mission is to decrease complication rates after radical cystectomy using this comprehensive approach.
Gemcitabine With Or Without Oxaliplatin in Treating Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic...
Bladder CancerRATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as gemcitabine and oxaliplatin, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving more than one drug (combination chemotherapy) may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: This randomized phase II trial is studying how well giving gemcitabine together with oxaliplatin works compared to gemcitabine alone in treating patients with locally advanced or metastatic bladder cancer.
Tumor Staging T of Bladder Tumours: Correlation of MRI and Anatomopathologic Analysis
Urinary Bladder TumourMRI2 moreUrinary bladder tumors with a frequency of 13000 new cases a year, have a heterogeneity in terms of survival according to the stage of local flooding. This is an aggressive tumor because of the potential muscular infiltration. It seems important in this case (muscular invasion), to increase the global survival. The anatomopathological analysis of the TURB (biopsy byTrans-Urethral Resection of the Bladder) is actually the gold standard for the pathology of bladder tumor. No need an imaging to discuss about the small and non muscular invasive tumor. But in most cases, the use is to perform at last an ultrasound or a CT-Scan, specially for the invasive tumor. A lot of studies show that CT SCAN. is not the best way of investigation for the bladder muscle invasion. However, as in the prostate cancer with the PIRADS Score, the MRI can be useful for the bladder, thanks to the sequence improvement to the machine. The study from Panebianco 2018, starts to talk about the MRI in the urinary bladder cancer with new radiological terms. It creates a new score called VIRADS score (as the PIRADS score already used for the prostate cancer). But it is never compared with the results of the TURB. Our study compares the results of the MRI pre operative versus the pathology results on prospective analysis. Main objective : T tumoral score in urinary bladder tumor : MRI versus pathology results. Secondary objectives : the contribution of diffusion weighted MRI in the bladder neoplasm. Type of study : interventional study, prospective, mono centric, single arm, intent-to-treat
Comparing the New Anti-cancer Drug Eribulin With or Without Chemotherapy Against the Usual Chemotherapy...
Metastatic Bladder Urothelial CarcinomaMetastatic Renal Pelvis Urothelial Carcinoma15 moreThis phase III trial compares the usual chemotherapy treatment to eribulin alone and to eribulin plus gemcitabine in treating patients with urothelial cancer that has spread to other places in the body (metastatic). Chemotherapy drugs, such as eribulin, gemcitabine, docetaxel, and paclitaxel, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. This trial aims to see whether adding eribulin to standard of care chemotherapy may work better in treating patients with metastatic urothelial cancer.
The Impact of Late Effects After Treatment for Bladder Cancer on Quality of Life
Bladder CancerBladder Cancer prognosis, treatment, and subsequent morbidity and mortality vary between the different stages, thus resulting in a different impact on patients' lives. There are some well known late effects of the treatments for bladder cancer, but the knowledge of their impact on patients Quality of Life is sparse. This study aims to determine the prevalence of late effects impact on Quality of Life and potential risk factors for impairment.