Bladder cancer early warning? new study banks blood and urine for future tests
NCT ID NCT06109857
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study from Mayo Clinic is collecting blood and urine samples from 1,500 people with bladder cancer. The goal is to use these samples to develop simple, non-invasive tests that could detect bladder cancer earlier. Participants provide samples once, and no experimental treatments are given.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to simple blood or urine tests that catch bladder cancer earlier, when it's easier to treat.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial. It only collects samples for future research, so there is no direct benefit to participants and no guarantee a test will be developed.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 1,500 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jul 2022
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
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
Patient has undergone office-based evaluation for hematuria
- 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 years * Patient has undergone office-based evaluation for hematuria \[computed tomography (CT), ultrasound, cystoscopy\] Exclusion Criteria: * Patient has known cancer outside of the target cancer 5 years prior to current collection (not including basal cell or squamous cell skin cancers; if patient has not been seen or if information is not available, the patient is eligible) * Patient has recurrent muscle invasive bladder cancer * Patient has ever been previously diagnosed with UTUC (upper tract urothelial carcinoma) prior to bladder resection * Patient has received chemotherapy class drugs for the treatment of non-target origin cancer in the 5 years prior to current collection * Patient has had any prior radiation therapy to the target lesion prior to current collection * Patient has had a biopsy to the target organ and/or lesion within 3 days before collection * Patient has undergone cystectomy or cystoprostatectomy * Patient has transurethral instrumentation (placement of urinary catheter) within 7 days prior to urine collection * Patient has had a urinary tract infection within 14 days prior to urine collection * Patient has chronic indwelling urinary catheter
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The study's own enquiry address
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The places running it
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Study contacts
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Contact
Email: •••••@•••••
Locations
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Mayo Clinic in Rochester
RECRUITINGRochester, Minnesota, 55905, United States
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