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NCT number NCT05204199
Other study ID # 2021-01783
Secondary ID
Status Recruiting
Phase
First received
Last updated
Start date February 22, 2022
Est. completion date October 20, 2024

Study information

Verified date March 2023
Source University of Zurich
Contact Uwe Bieri, MD
Phone +41792998114
Email uwe.bieri@usz.ch
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Our primary aim is to investigate the use of microbial profile from the bladder and the feces of NMIBC patients as a predicting tool for therapy response prior to BCG administration. Our second aim is to collect additional samples (blood, instrumented urine, bladder tissue, feces) to establish a local biobank for future microbiome projects.


Description:

The microbiome, defined as a characteristic microbial community occupying a reasonably well-defined environment (e.g. gut microbiome), has been increasingly linked with different medical conditions and also with cancer. While there have been numerous investigations into the gut bacterial ecosystem, scientists have started to pay attention to the microbiome of the bladder only recently. Results from newest investigations support the understanding that the bladder possesses its own microbiome and it is not germ-free. Studying the relationship between bladder cancer and bladder and gut microbiome may lead to new insights which can be used to predict tumor behavior and/or response to therapy. With this project, we aim to investigate the use of microbial fingerprint from the bladder and from the feces of bladder cancer patients in predicting therapy response prior to administration of Bacillus Calmette-Guerin or BCG. BCG causes the body's own immune system to attack the bladder cancer cells. It is applied directly into the bladder to prevent the cancer from growing and from regrowing. However, in around 40% of patients this treatment is not successful, BCG should be avoided, and other therapy strategies should be chosen. Unfortunately, there is no test available yet, which help to select patients who will benefit from the therapy before the therapy is started. In this project we intend to determine the microbial fingerprint and to analyze if this fingerprint can be used as a selection tool. This tool may enable as us in the future to avoid application of BCG therapy for patient with a high risk of therapy failure and save time to start alternative therapy options and hopefully avoid tumor progression. Our second aim is to collect additional samples (blood, instrumented urine, bladder tissue, feces) to establish a local biobank for future microbiome projects.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Recruiting
Enrollment 120
Est. completion date October 20, 2024
Est. primary completion date October 20, 2024
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 18 Years to 90 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria - Signed informed consent - Ability to understand and follow study procedures and understand informed consent - age 18 - 90 years Exclusion Criteria - Antibiotic treatment within the last month - Immuno-/chemotherapy within the past 6 months - Immunosuppressive therapy - Major medical, neoplastic (with the exception of skin cancer), surgical or psychiatric condition requiring ongoing management. Minor, well-controlled conditions, such as medically controlled arterial hypertension or occupational asthma, may be present. - Additional major diagnosis known to affect the gut or bladder microbiota (e. g. liver cirrhosis, systemic sclerosis, inflammatory bowel disease, inflammatory bowel syndrome, celiac disease, neuropathic bladder) - Major past intestinal surgery, especially in small intestine or colon. Cholecystectomy, appendectomy, past perianal surgery or past hernia repair may be present. - Major gastrointestinal symptoms (diarrhoea, constipation, abdominal pain, vomiting, unexplained weight loss, rectal bleeding or blood in the stool) - Bladder augmentation surgery. - Indwelling urinary catheter

Study Design


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Locations

Country Name City State
Switzerland Kantonsspital Baden Baden Aargau
Switzerland Spitalzentrum Biel Biel Bern
Switzerland Kantonsspital St. Gallen St. Gallen Saint Gallen
Switzerland Kantonsspital Winterthur Winterthur Zürich
Switzerland University Hospital Zürich Zürich

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Cédric Poyet Krebsliga Schweiz

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Switzerland, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Difference in microbial Profile use of microbial profile from the bladder and the feces of NMIBC patients as a potential binary classification system, to substratify BCG-candidates into "anticipated BCG-responder (aBCGr)" and "anticipated BCG-non-responder (aBCGnr)" groups in predicting therapy response prior to BCG administration. 1 year
Secondary Biobank collect additional samples (blood, instrumented urine, bladder tissue, feces) to establish a local biobank for future microbiome projects 1 year
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