Bladder cancer breakthrough? new drug combo aims to stop tumors returning
NCT ID NCT06488222
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This phase 2 trial tests whether giving two chemotherapy drugs (gemcitabine and docetaxel) directly into the bladder can prevent low-grade bladder cancer from coming back. About 34 adults with intermediate-risk disease will receive the treatment. The main goal is to see how long people stay cancer-free after treatment.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- gemcitabine and docetaxel (given directly into the bladder)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could offer a new treatment option to lower the chance of bladder cancer coming back in people with low-grade intermediate-risk disease.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small early-phase trial with only 34 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The drugs may not reduce recurrence as hoped, and side effects from bladder instillation are possible.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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About 34 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2024
- Expected to finish
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Aug 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.
- 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: * Adults ≥ 18 years of age. * Low-grade (Ta) Intermediate risk urothelial carcinoma of the bladder (defined as recurrent low-grade Ta, solitary low-grade Ta \> 3 cm, multifocal low-grade Ta). Up to 10% high grade component is allowed. * ECOG Performance Status of 0-2. * No evidence of upper tract urothelial carcinoma based on CT, MRI, or retrograde pyelograms. * No urethral involvement based on cystoscopy. * No visible disease based on cystoscopy within 60 days of study enrollment. * Neutrophil counts ≥ 1500 cells/mm3 * Platelet counts \>100,000 cells/mm3 * Subjects with a prior or concurrent malignancy whose natural history or treatment does not have the potential to interfere with the safety or efficacy assessment of the investigational regimen \[as determined by the treating physician or approved by the PI\] may be included. * Subjects of childbearing potential (SOCBP) must be using an adequate method of contraception to avoid pregnancy throughout the study and for at least 6 months after the last dose of study drug to minimize the risk of pregnancy. Prior to study enrollment, subjects of childbearing potential must be advised of the importance of avoiding pregnancy during trial participation and the potential risk factors for an unintentional pregnancy. * Subjects with partners of child-bearing potential must agree to use physician-approved contraceptive methods (e.g., abstinence, condoms, vasectomy) throughout the study and should avoid conceiving children for 3 months following the last dose of study drug. * Written informed consent obtained from the subject and the subject agrees to comply with all the study-related procedures. Exclusion Criteria: * Subjects who have a history of high-grade urothelial carcinoma of the bladder or upper tracts * Prior treatment with intravesical BCG * Pure squamous cell carcinoma or adenocarcinoma * Any component of neuroendocrine carcinoma * Anatomic abnormalities that prohibit urethral catheter placement * Low bladder capacity (determined by the treating Urologist) which prohibits treatment with intravesical therapy. * Subjects of childbearing potential who are unwilling or unable to use an acceptable method to avoid pregnancy for the entire study period and for at least 6 months after the last dose of study drug. * Subjects who are confirmed to be pregnant or breastfeeding. * History of any other disease, metabolic dysfunction, clinical examination finding, or clinical laboratory finding giving reasonable suspicion of a disease or condition that contraindicates the use of protocol therapy or that might affect the interpretation of the results of the study or that puts the subject at high risk for treatment complications, in the opinion of the treating physician. * Administration of a vaccine containing live virus within 30 days prior to the first dose of trial treatment. Note: Most flu vaccines are killed viruses, with the exception of the intra-nasal vainer (Flu-Mist) which is an attenuated live virus and therefore prohibited for 30 days prior to first dose. * Prisoners or subjects who are involuntarily incarcerated, or subjects who are compulsorily detained for treatment of either a psychiatric or physical illness.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Florida
RECRUITINGGainesville, Florida, 32608, United States
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