Cisplatin, Bevacizumab, and Gemcitabine Followed by Surgery, Bevacizumab, and Paclitaxel in Treating Patients With Locally Advanced Nonmetastatic Bladder Cancer That Can Be Removed By Surgery

Bladder Cancer Clinical Trial

Official title: A Phase II Study of Neo-Adjuvant Cisplatin, Gemcitabine & Bevacizumab, Followed by Radical Cystectomy for Patients With Muscle Invasive, Resectable, Non-Metastatic Transitional Cell Carcinoma (TCC) of the Bladder

Status Terminated

Clinical Trial Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as cisplatin, gemcitabine, and paclitaxel, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Monoclonal antibodies, such as bevacizumab, can block tumor growth in different ways. Some find tumor cells and kill them or carry tumor-killing substances to them. Others interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Bevacizumab may also stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking blood flow to the tumor. Giving combination chemotherapy together with bevacizumab before surgery may make the tumor smaller and reduce the amount of normal tissue that needs to be removed. Giving these treatments after surgery may kill any tumor cells that remain after surgery.

PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving cisplatin, bevacizumab, and gemcitabine followed by surgery, bevacizumab, and paclitaxel works in treating patients with locally advanced nonmetastatic bladder cancer that can be removed by surgery.

Clinical Trial Description

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Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Bladder Cancer
• Carcinoma, Transitional Cell
• Urinary Bladder Neoplasms

• NCT number: NCT00268450
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Medical University of South Carolina
• Status: Terminated
• Phase: Phase 2
• Start date: September 21, 2005
• Completion date: April 2012