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Filter by:This clinical trial evaluates the impact of an education and navigation support tool (ENST) on patient and caregiver participation in care coordination for bladder cancer that has spread to nearby tissue or lymph nodes (locally advanced), to other places in the body (metastatic) or that cannot be removed by surgery (unresectable). Patients with advanced bladder cancer tend to be older, have multiple medical conditions and often have poor access to health care. An ENST may be an effective method to improve participation in treatment decision-making and care planning among patients with locally advanced, metastatic and unresectable bladder cancer and their caregivers.
The overall goal of this study is to facilitate care improvements for bladder cancer patients with locally advanced or metastatic disease by designing and evaluating a patient need assessment screening tool to be used, in the future, as standard screening measure. Adult individuals diagnosed with Stage 4 incurable locally advanced or metastatic bladder cancer will be included in this study and asked to participate in a focus group, complete a screening tool, or complete a survey. All data collected will be linked to a study ID number and HIPAA identifiers will not be linked to study data. Identifying information (ie: name, mrn, email, phone number) will be utilized for study recruitment and identifying eligible patients. Any disclosure of the human subjects' responses outside the research would not reasonably place the subjects at risk of criminal or civil liability or be damaging to the subjects' financial standing, employability, educational advancement, or reputation.
The aim of the study is to evaluate chemogram in patients with intermediate-grade superficial bladder cancer and patients with infiltrating bladder cancer, who are likely to be treated according to the standard procedure. This project is based on the premise that treatments - notably chemotherapy - are standard, but that each cancer is unique. It is therefore necessary to personalize the treatment for each patient, while at the same time proposing an approach that is economically bearable for the healthcare system. For both types of bladder tumor, chemotherapy is used either as an alternative to immunotherapy, or as an adjuvant to surgery. Its use is therefore based on its effectiveness in reducing post-treatment recurrence.
Following radical cystectomy for bladder cancer, nearly two-thirds of patients experience a complication and almost a third are readmitted. Thus, intensified monitoring of this vulnerable group represents an opportunity for improved quality of care in the post-operative setting. By gathering biomarkers passively and continuously, wearable activity monitors augment remote patient monitoring. Further, they facilitate the collection of patient-reported outcomes frequently. Despite the proven impact of remote monitoring on patient care, there is limited data on the feasibility and impact of employing this technology to trigger real-time provider assessment following cystectomy. The investigators plan to conduct a randomized control trial examining such. The intervention group of participants will receive continuous biomarker monitoring via FitBits and daily patient-reported outcome assessments via connected smartphones. Abnormalities in remote data will trigger automated alerts to providers. Providers will respond in real-time to these alerts and patients will receive education materials discussing preventative measures to mitigate the main risk factors for readmissions. The investigators will evaluate the feasibility of integrating this technology into the post-operative period, as well as the impact of real-time provider attention to abnormal remote data on patient-reported outcomes and rates of readmission. The investigators hypothesize that early assessment of and intervention on remote abnormalities will promote the use of outpatient or reduced intensity therapies, such as oral antibiotics or oral hydration, thus curtailing the severity of patient symptoms, intensity of complications, and need for hospitalizations. Ultimately, this trial builds upon prior research, applying patient-centered technology to improve the quality of care following cystectomy.
Bladder cancer is a malignant disease that affects a large number of people worldwide. An increase in the incidence of this type of cancer has been observed in recent decades, leading to a growing interest in understanding its risk factors, clinical evolution, and possible treatment approaches. This retrospective study aims to retrospectively analyze a cohort of patients diagnosed with muscle-invasive bladder cancer, in whom, after presentation at multidisciplinary oncology committees, the goal of curing the oncological disease while preserving the bladder is considered. Trimodal therapy (TMT) is the most studied bladder preservation strategy, with oncological outcomes superior to those of isolated therapies (or monotherapies) such as transurethral resection of the bladder tumor (TURBT), radiotherapy, or chemotherapy. TMT consists of complete and maximal TURBT of the bladder tumor, followed by definitive radiotherapy combined with a radiosensitizing agent. Objectives The main objective is to retrospectively analyze the effectiveness and safety of the trimodal approach in our setting. Collecting and analyzing data from patients treated in our service will provide valuable insight into clinical outcomes and treatment tolerability in this context. Materials and Methods - Study Design A retrospective study will be conducted using data from medical records of patients diagnosed with bladder cancer from 2014 to 2022 and treated with radiotherapy in our Radiation Oncology Service. Demographic data, medical history, risk factors, clinical characteristics, treatments received, and clinical outcomes will be collected. - Study Population The study population will include all patients with confirmed diagnoses of non-metastatic muscle-invasive bladder cancer.
STAR-EV will evaluate the combination of enfortumab vedotin plus radiotherapy (RT) as neoadjuvant treatment for muscle invasive bladder cancer prior to radical cystectomy surgery. The study will use "dose escalation" to evaluate the safety and efficacy of study treatment at three dose regimens: Level 0: EV treatment followed by RT to the bladder Level 1: EV treatment with RT starting on Cycle 2, Day 15 Level 2: EV treatment with RT starting on Cycle 1, Day 15 Following completion of EV+RT neoadjuvant therapy, all subjects will undergo surgery as part of routine care.
In this phase 4 trial (000439), subjects with NMIBC CIS (± high-grade Ta/T1) who have not responded to their first dose of nadofaragene firadenovec (commercial ADSTILADRIN received before trial entry) will be offered retreatment when entering the trial. Retreatment is justified at 3 months after first dose of nadofaragene firadenovec, since 3-months' follow-up scheme is the standard of care in high-risk NMIBC. Retreatment at month 3 is used in a trial investigating intravesical instillation of a IL 15 superagonist (nogapendekin alfa inbakicept [NAI], also known as N 803), and lead to a CR in 46% (11 of 24) of the subjects at month 6. Moreover, retreatment is a widely accepted concept in immuno-oncology and has been used in IFN α treatment of kidney cancer in the past. It is currently also used in an ongoing phase 3 trial investigating the efficacy of oncolytic virus (CG0070) in BCG-unresponsive NMIBC. In this trial, around one third of the subjects who did not respond to the first treatment of CG0070 achieved CR after retreatment at 3 months. Therefore, it is also expected that a retreatment with nadofaragene firadenovec would show a comparable response rate.
Bladder cancer (BLCA), with its diverse histopathological features and varying patient outcomes, poses significant challenges in diagnosis and prognosis. Postoperative survival stratification based on radiomics feature and whole slide image feature may be useful for treatment decisions to improve prognosis. In this research, we aim to develop a deep learning-based prognostic-stratification system for automatic prediction of overall and cancer-specific survival in patients with BLCA.
The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of mitomycin-c and gemcitabine sequential instillation in BCG unresponsive high risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer patients.
The aim of this study was to develop an radiomic model based on CT images to evaluate markers of the bladder cancer microenvironment, such as TSR,TIL, and IP. Secondly, the association of the radiomic model with clinical outcomes and immunotherapy response was investigated.