New drug combo could spare bladder cancer patients from surgery

NCT ID NCT03504163

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

Summary

This study tests whether combining two immune-boosting drugs, pembrolizumab and BCG, can keep high-risk bladder cancer from coming back. About 45 people with early-stage but aggressive bladder cancer will receive this combination as their first treatment. The goal is to see if most patients remain cancer-free at 6 months, potentially avoiding the need to remove the bladder.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

renal pelvis/ureter urothelial carcinoma superficial urinary bladder 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, 10065, 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 West Harrison (All Protocol Activities)

    Harrison, New York, 10604, United States