Active clinical trials for "Carcinoma, Transitional Cell"

POUT is a multi-centred randomised controlled phase III trial. 345 patients who have undergone nephro-ureterectomy, are surgically staged pT2-pT4, N0-3 or are pT1 and node positive, and who are fit for adjuvant chemotherapy, will be randomised to four cycles of adjuvant platinum based chemotherapy (experimental group) or surveillance (control group). Participants will be followed up according to routine practice. Primary endpoint: Disease-free survival (DFS) Secondary endpoints: Overall Survival Metastasis free survival Incidence of bladder second primary tumours Incidence of contralateral primary tumours Acute and late toxicity Treatment compliance Quality of life

Primary Objective: To study if lycopene can improve the biomarker status of urothelial cells in patients with uremia-associated urothelial carcinoma. Secondary Objective: To evaluate the general safety and tolerability of oral lycopene 30 mg per day for 12 weeks in uremic patients.

To compare SBDECT with standard Triple Phase Multi-Detector CT (TPMDCT) in renal mass evaluation in terms of appropriateness of treatment received after diagnosis. To determine SBDECT diagnostic accuracy.

Research Problem: Bladder cancer is one of the major health concerns of the world. The present methods of diagnosis are: Ultra sound, Cystoscopy, CT scan and urine cytology. All these are stressful to the patients, particularly Cystoscopy which is commonly employed for the follow up of Bladder cancer patients. Research Significance: The present study will employ a new photodynamic diagnostic procedure to quantify a certain cancer specific biomarker called Porphyrin, which selectively binds on to the bladder cancer tissues. In this context the present technique offer viable, very easy and reliable table top instrumentation for diagnosis and continual monitoring of disease regression through urine. Research Objectives: To quantify bladder cancer specific biomarkers such as Porphyrin using photodynamic diagnostic procedure To find out whether this technique might be a new and easy tool for bladder cancer diagnosis only by urine. Research Methodology: The bladder cancer patients is required to swallow a chemical called ALA (5 Amino levulinic Acid hydrochloride), about 10mg/kg body weight which will play a role of biological indicator. ALA gets metabolized into certain types of porphyrins which selectively bind on to the tumor tissues (for a longer time than the normal tissues). 5ml of blood and one urine samples will be taken before using ALA. The patient must drink water then the urine will be collected after 4, 8 and 12 hours of taking ALA and the samples will be analyzed by photodynamic diagnostic procedure.

Clinical trial to determine the performance characteristics (sensitivity and specificity) of the Bladder EpiCheck test compared to the gold standard cystoscopy and pathology.

This is a prospective, randomized, randomized and single-blind study in patients diagnosed with primary bladder CV. Patients diagnosed by cystoscopy of a bladder tumor and with indication for endoscopic surgical treatment, who meet the inclusion criteria, and who sign the Informed Consent (IC), will be randomized.

The purpose of this study is to establish in vivo sensitivity and specificity of OCT in the diagnosis of Upper Urinary Tract Urothelial Carcinoma.

This is a prospective randomized clinical trial in high risk urothelial bladder cancer to compare adjuvant radiotherapy versus observation after radical cyctectomy. This is to clarify the benefit of adjuvant radiotherapy while limiting gastrointestinal toxicities for patients with pathological high-risk bladder cancer through assessing locoregional control (LRC).

BIBF1120 in patients with advanced FGFR3 mutated, FGFR3 overexpressed, or FGFR3 wild type urothelial carcinoma of urinary bladder, urethra, ureter, and renal pelvis and who have failed platinum-based chemotherapy.

This research trial studies quality of life after bladder-preservation chemotherapy and radiation therapy (chemo-radiotherapy) in patients with bladder cancer that has spread into or through the muscle layer of the bladder (muscle-invasive bladder cancer). Bladder-preservation chemo-radiotherapy is a standard treatment for patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer, however, chemo-radiotherapy may cause urinary tract, bowel, and sexual late side effects that negatively affect patients' quality of life. Studying quality-of-life in patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer after chemo-radiotherapy may help identify the long-term side effects of treatment and may help plan the best treatment in the future and improve patients' quality of life.