Bladder cancer study reveals how surgery changes Patients' lives
NCT ID NCT00745355
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study follows 550 people with bladder cancer to understand how treatments like surgery affect their quality of life. Researchers want to learn what patients go through so doctors can offer better support and clearer information. The goal is to improve care, not to test a new treatment.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 550 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Start date
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Aug 2008
- Expected to finish
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Aug 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
All eligible MSKCC patients.
- Ages
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18 to 99 years
- 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: * All patients (male and female) who are diagnosed with bladder cancer * Patients must be scheduled for radical cystectomy and urinary diversion are and/or being evaluated for neo-adjuvant chemotherapy prior to a planned cystectomy. * Participants must be able to speak English. * Participants must be able to provide informed consent. * Participants must be 18 years of age or older to enroll. * Participant may be eligible for and may receive neoadjuvant or adjuvant chemotherapy. * Participant may have had intravesicle chemotherapy or immunotherapy (BCG, Interferon). Exclusion Criteria: * Subjects may be excluded from the study based on the following criteria: * Follow-up care not obtained at MSKCC. * Metastatic disease at diagnosis.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York, 10065, United States
More trials for these conditions
Other studies related to the condition(s) this trial covers.
- Dutch bladder cancer cohort aims to map survival and recurrence
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- Can tumor genes decide who keeps their bladder?
- Lab-Grown tumor models could match patients to the right cancer drug
- Can heated saline during bladder surgery stop tumors from coming back?