New chemo approach may cut bladder cancer return rates
NCT ID NCT03348969
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether giving a short, intensive course of the chemotherapy drug Mitomycin C before surgery (chemoresection) could lower the chance of bladder cancer coming back, compared to the usual approach of surgery followed by regular chemotherapy instillations into the bladder. The trial involved 120 adults with recurrent non-muscle invasive bladder cancer. The main goal was to see how many people needed additional surgery or tumor removal within two years.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 4
Runs after approval, following long-term safety and how well the treatment works in everyday use.
- Participants
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120 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Nov 2017
- Finished
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Dec 2025
- 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
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- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Known history of urothelial non-invasive Ta-tumour low-grade or high-grade. * ≥18 years old * Mentally healthy individual * The ability to understand Danish orally and in writing Exclusion Criteria: * Known history of invasive tumour of the bladder (T1+) * Known history of CIS of the bladder * Previous BCG-treatment within the last 24 months * Previous Mitomycin C-treatment (except single-shot postoperative instillation) * Known allergy or intolerance to Mitomycin C * Solid tumour with suspicions of invasion * Single tumour of more than 2 cm in diameter * Suspicion of CIS (positive cytology with high-grade neoplastic cells combined with suspicious cystoscopy for flat lesions). * Small bladder volume (less than 100 ml) or incontinence * Acute cystitis * Pregnancy or breast-feeding * Not willing to use secure contraception with regard to men with partners and premenopausal women
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Aarhus University Hospital
Aarhus, 8200, Denmark
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