New urine test could spot bladder cancer when others Can't
NCT ID NCT06870253
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study is testing a new urine test called Bladder CARE™ to see if it can detect bladder cancer in people whose standard tests (cystoscopy or cytology) gave unclear results. About 80 adults with suspicious but inconclusive findings will provide a urine sample before their routine cystoscopy. Researchers will then check how well the test performs compared to standard diagnostic methods, with follow-up at 6 and 12 months.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Bladder CARE™ Assay (urine-based diagnostic test)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this test could provide a non-invasive way to diagnose bladder cancer when standard methods are inconclusive, reducing the need for invasive procedures.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early observational study with only 80 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The test may not be accurate enough to replace current methods.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 80 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2025
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Urology practice
- 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: 1. Patients ≥ 18 years of age at time of informed consent. 2. Subject or the subject's legally authorized representative provides written informed consent. 3. Subject is willing to follow all study procedures and available for the duration of the study. 4. Patients with atypical cytology or equivocal cystoscopy results within 3 months before screening. 5. Subject is scheduled for initial or repeat cystoscopy, with or without pathology. 6. Subject is willing to provide one voided urine specimen of at least 80 ml on the same day, but prior to scheduled initial or repeat cystoscopy, with or without pathology. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Pregnant or planning to become pregnant at the time of screening. 2. Positive cystoscopy within 3 months of screening indicating presence of bladder cancer. 3. Genitourinary manipulation (flexible or rigid cystoscopy, catheterization, urethral dilation, URS, ureteral stent) within 14 days before urine specimen collection. 4. History of augmentation cystoplasty. 5. History of continent cutaneous diversion or ileal conduit. 6. History of orthotopic bladder substitution or orthotopic neobladder. 7. Concomitant use of an investigational drug which has been administered or may be administered within the 30 days leading up to providing informed consent or may be administered through the time of urine specimen. 8. New or recurrent NMIBC (non-muscle invasive bladder cancer) diagnosis within three months of study enrollment. 9. An active malignancy (bladder or other) diagnosis within 3 months of study enrollment. 10. Patients with a history of NMIBC have undergone intravesical or infusion therapy and completed treatment less than 6 weeks prior to study enrollment.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota, 55905, United States
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