Immunotherapy before bladder surgery shows promise in early trial

NCT ID NCT03520491

First seen Jun 27, 2026 ยท Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study tests whether giving immunotherapy drugs (nivolumab alone or with ipilimumab) before bladder cancer surgery is safe and does not delay the operation. The goal is to shrink the tumor, making surgery more effective. It involves 52 adults with muscle-invasive bladder cancer who cannot take the standard chemotherapy drug cisplatin.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

infiltrating bladder urothelial carcinoma renal pelvis/ureter urothelial carcinoma urinary bladder carcinoma Urinary Bladder Neoplasms

As listed by the trial registrant

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

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge (All Protocol Activities)

    Basking Ridge, New Jersey, 07920, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (All Protocol Activities)

    Montvale, New Jersey, 07645, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (All Protocol Activities)

    New York, New York, 10065, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Commack (All protocol activities)

    Commack, New York, 11725, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (All Protocol Activities)

    Middletown, New Jersey, 07748, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau (All protocol activities)

    Uniondale, New York, 11553, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester (All Protocol Activities)

    Harrison, New York, 10604, United States