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Administrative data

NCT number NCT01824329
Other study ID # HUM00000769
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase Phase 2
First received March 31, 2013
Last updated August 17, 2015
Start date June 2006
Est. completion date August 2014

Study information

Verified date August 2015
Source University of Michigan
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority United States: Institutional Review Board
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Bladder cancer is the 4th most common cancer amongst men. If bladder cancer invades the muscle of the bladder or fails local treatments, surgical removal of the bladder (cystectomy) with creation of a new bladder from intestine is required. However, standard cystectomy affects urinary function and sexual function. The investigators are evaluating two modifications to cystectomy to determine to what extent they preserve urinary and sexual function.


Description:

Radical cystoprostatectomy (RCP) is the standard treatment of muscle invasive, and refractory high grade, superficial bladder cancer. RCP involves the removal of the bladder and prostate. While this is an effective treatment for patients with organ confined disease almost all men following RCP are impotent due to resection of the neurovascular bundles that control erectile dysfunction. While neobladders (new bladders formed out of detubularized bowel connected to the native urethra) allow patients to void normally, many of these patients have difficulty with urinary incontinence. Two modifications have been developed to improve the functional outcomes of this surgery. Nerve sparing cystectomy (NSC) attempts to spare the cavernosal nerves that travel immediately adjacent to the lateral prostate and are routinely divided during a standard RCP. Published series of NSC have shown improved preservation of sexual function and less urinary incontinence without compromising cancer control. Another alternative, prostate capsule sparing cystectomy (PCSC), removes the adenoma and prostatic urethra along with the urinary bladder, but leaves in situ the prostatic capsule and subsequently the surrounding neurovascular bundle. Several retrospective series have demonstrated preservation of sexual function and improved urinary continence compared to standard RCP and neobladder. A concern with PCSC is that prostate or urothelial cancer invading the prostate could be left behind with preservation of the prostate capsule. Most reported series in which patients were screened with digital rectal exam, prostate and prostatic urethral biopsy, and PSA blood testing could identify patients at risk for having prostate or urothelial cancer in the prostate capsule preoperatively to recommend an alternative approach. Therefore, both NSC and PCSC appear to offer better urinary and sexual function in properly selected patients over conventional RCP in retrospective series. However, these procedures have not been evaluated prospectively in a randomized fashion. Our intent is to evaluate the functional outcomes of PCSC and NSC with orthotopic neobladder in terms of urinary and sexual function using the bladder cancer index, a validated quality of life instrument, and determine the surgical margin status, and complications of the two surgical techniques.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 40
Est. completion date August 2014
Est. primary completion date August 2014
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender Male
Age group 18 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- Study subjects will be men 18 years or older

- histologic diagnosis of Ta - T2 transitional cell carcinoma within 3 months of enrollment.

- no nodal or metastatic disease on pre-operative CT or MRI within 3 months of enrollment.

- no evidence of malignancy in the prostate based on 12-core transrectal ultrasound guided prostate needle biopsy and transurethral resection of prostatic urethra16

- candidate for and willingness to undergo a radical cystectomy and orthotopic neobladder by the urologic surgeon performing the procedure.

- competent to provide informed consent

- able to read and write English

- willing to be randomized to PCSC versus NSC.

Exclusion Criteria:

- histologically proven stage T3 or greater bladder cancer and/or evidence of metastatic disease by work-up described above.

- creatinine > 2.2 mg/dl.

- refuse to complete study requirements.

- prior pelvic radiation to bladder or prostate.

- history of radical prostatectomy.

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Procedure:
Prostate capsule sparing cystectomy
Removes the adenoma and prostatic urethra along with the urinary bladder, but leaves in situ the prostatic capsule and subsequently the surrounding neurovascular bundle.
Nerve sparing cystectomy
Attempts to spare the cavernosal nerves that travel immediately adjacent to the lateral prostate and are routinely divided during a standard RCP.

Locations

Country Name City State
United States University of Michigan Ann Arbor Michigan

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
University of Michigan

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Post-operative urinary function Assess post-operative urinary function using the bladder cancer index (BCI) in patients randomized to either prostate capsule sparing cystectomy (PCSC) or nerve sparing radical cystoprostatectomy (NSC). 7 years No
Secondary Bladder cancer control Determine bladder cancer control with PCSC compared to NSC as measured by margin status and time to disease recurrence. 7 years No
Secondary Sexual function Determine sexual function after PCSC and NSC using the BCI. 7 Years No
Secondary Adverse event rates Determine adverse event rates after PCSC and NSC. 7 years Yes
Secondary Peri-operative differences Determine peri-operative differences between PCSC and NSC in terms of operative time, estimated blood loss, length of hospital stay, and time to catheter removal. 7 years No
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