Can chemo before surgery beat bladder cancer? new study digs into the data.
NCT ID NCT06727214
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study reviews medical records of 87 adults with muscle-invasive bladder cancer who received platinum-based chemotherapy before surgery. Researchers want to see what factors influence how well the chemo works and whether it helps patients live longer without cancer. The goal is to better understand who benefits most from this approach.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- platinum-based chemotherapy
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this study could help doctors better predict which patients benefit most from chemotherapy before bladder cancer surgery.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, retrospective study that looks back at medical records, not a controlled trial. Results may not apply to all patients and cannot prove cause and effect.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 87 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Nov 2025
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Data Record of the patients will be reviewed for the following : \*Clinical features:Age , Sex , Smoking ,base line renal function , comorbidities \*HistoPathological features: Histological type of bladder cancer ,Carcinoma in situ,Lymphovascular invasion ( LVI) * Type of neoadjuvant chemotherapy received: Platinum based ( cisplatin, carboplatin) * Number of cycles . * Response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy : Assesed by radiological tools ( MRI , CT ) according to Recist criteria. * Follow up after finishing the course of neoadjuvant chemotherapy , using imaging and examination to detect the response and survival outcomes.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Age \>18 * histological proven MIBC patient treated with neoadjuvant systemic chemotherapy( platinum based ) Exclusion Criteria: * Non muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) * Metastatic patients * Patients treated with surgery firstly
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Conditions
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