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Clinical Trials/ISRCTN64153246
ISRCTN64153246
Completed
Phase 2

Phase II study of radiotherapy with concurrent weekly gemcitabine in muscle-invasive bladder cancer

Christie Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (UK)0 sites50 target enrollmentJuly 30, 2010

Overview

Phase
Phase 2
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Not specified
Sponsor
Christie Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (UK)
Enrollment
50
Status
Completed
Last Updated
7 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

Registry
who.int
Start Date
July 30, 2010
End Date
August 7, 2007
Last Updated
7 years ago
Study Type
Interventional

Investigators

Sponsor
Christie Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (UK)

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • 1\. Histologically confirmed T2\-3 N0M0 transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the bladder\*
  • 2\. Life expectancy greater than 3 months
  • 3\. World Health Organization (WHO) performance status 0 ? 2
  • 4\. Patients opting for bladder preservation who are able and motivated to comply with follow up
  • 5\. Maximal achievable transurethral resection of bladder tumour (TURBT)
  • 6\. Serum creatinine less than 1\.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • 7\. Haemoglobin (Hb) greater than 10 g/dl, platelets greater than 100,000/mm^3, white cell count (WCC) greater than 2000/mm^3
  • 8\. Aged greater than 18 years
  • 9\. Provided informed consent
  • \*Patients with TCC in whom biopsy fails to demonstrate histological evidence of muscle invasion but where magnetic resonance (MR) demonstrates unequivocal evidence of deep muscle invasion can be accepted for trial entry

Exclusion Criteria

  • 1\. Residual tumour with any unidimensional measurement greater than or equal to 7 cm following TURBT
  • 2\. Poor bladder function:
  • 2\.1\. Any WHO bladder symptom score equalling 3 or greater than or equal to two bladder symptom scores equalling 2
  • 2\.2\. Documented bladder capacity less than or equal to 200 ml
  • 3\. Abnormal liver function tests (LFT) (bilirubin greater than 1\.3 x ULN, alkaline phosphatase greater than 5 x ULN, transaminases greater than 5 x ULN)
  • 4\. Previous radiotherapy to pelvis
  • 5\. More than one instillation of intravesical cytotoxic chemotherapy or immunotherapy
  • 6\. Any previous systemic chemotherapy
  • 7\. Radiotherapy planning target volume (PTV) greater than 1000cm^3
  • 8\. Any prior malignancy (excluding basal cell carcinoma \[BCC])

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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