Circulating tumour cells in bladder cancer patients treated with chemotherapy and radical cystectomy – enumeration, characterization and evaluation of prognostic value (the CIRCH-study)
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- rothelial carcinomaCancer
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN72499664
- Lead Sponsor
- und University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 182
Inclusion Criteria
Locally advanced high grade urothelial carcinoma of the bladder scheduled for chemotherapy in the following settings; neoadjuvant, induction or palliative
Exclusion Criteria
Other malignant diseases
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> Dynamic change in CTC during chemotherapy, using the Cellsearch method<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> 1. Progression Free Survival (PFS) from date of chemotherapy start to progression/death (via patient chart review, using clinical and radiological (RESIST 1.1) criteria.)<br> 2. Overall Survival (OS), measured as death from any cause<br>