New bladder cancer cocktail aims to avoid surgery

NCT ID NCT01495676

First seen Nov 01, 2025 · Last updated Jun 23, 2026 · Updated 31 times

Summary

This study tested whether adding gemcitabine to standard cisplatin and radiation could help people with muscle-invasive bladder cancer keep their bladder. About 69 patients were enrolled, but the trial was stopped early. The goal was to see if the combination improved disease-free survival compared to radiation and cisplatin alone.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • CRLC GF Leclerc

    Dijon, 21000, France

  • CRLC Val d'Aurelle-Paul Lamarque

    Montpellier, 34000, France

  • Centre Alexis Vautrin

    Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, 54511, France

  • Centre Antoine Lacassagne

    Nice, 06189, France

  • Centre Francois Baclesse

    Caen, 14000, France

  • Centre azuréen de Cancérologie

    Mougins, 06250, France

  • Clinique Patseur

    Toulouse, 31300, France

  • HEGP

    Paris, 75015, France

  • Hopital Henri Mondor

    Créteil, 94010, France

  • Hopital saint Louis

    Paris, 75010, France

  • Institut Bergonié

    Bordeaux, 33000, France

  • Institut de Cancérologie Lucien Neuwirth

    Saint-Priest-en-Jarez, 42705, France

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance

gemcitabine and cisplatin

What this could lead to

If successful, this could offer a bladder-sparing treatment option for muscle-invasive bladder cancer, avoiding radical surgery.

What could go wrong

This trial was terminated early with only 69 participants, so results are limited. The combination may not improve outcomes over standard chemoradiation and could increase side effects.

Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

infiltrating bladder urothelial carcinoma Urinary Bladder Neoplasms

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.