Electric shocks and calcium: a new hope for bladder cancer?
NCT ID NCT07555769
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This early-stage trial tests a procedure called calcium electroporation for bladder tumors. Doctors inject calcium into the tumor and then apply short electric pulses to destroy cancer cells. The study will include 20 patients who cannot have standard surgery or other treatments. The main goal is to see if the procedure is safe, with a secondary look at whether it shrinks tumors.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- calcium gluconate
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a new, less invasive treatment option for bladder tumors when surgery or other therapies are not suitable.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very early, small Phase 1 trial focused on safety, not effectiveness. It may not work, and side effects are unknown. Results may not apply to all bladder tumor patients.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1
The first testing in people. Mainly checks safety and dose, usually in a small group.
- Participants
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About 20 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jun 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2030
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: * Age ≥ 18 years and able to understand participant information and give informed consent * Histologically verified urothelial bladder tumor * Unfit for cystectomy and/or radiotherapy * Patients with recurrence after radiotherapy unfit for salvage cystectomy * Disease where other treatments are considered unsuitable or have been declined by the patient * The patient may receive simultaneous systemic treatment * Selected high-burden non-muscle-invasive bladder tumors after MDT assessment * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status (PS) ≤ 2 * Life expectancy of ≥ 3 months * Patients must be deemed able to tolerate general anesthesia * Sexually active participants in the reproductive age must use contraception. Accepted contraception includes the use of intrauterine device (IUD), oral contraceptives, male or female condom, vasectomy or female sterilization * Patients must stop treatment with anticoagulants before surgery in accordance with national guidelines * Plasma ionized Ca2+ must be within the normal upper limit. Correction is allowed * Hematology * Thrombocytes ≥ 50 billion/L * International normalized ratio (INR) ≤ 1.5. Correction is allowed Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnancy (confirmed by a blood sample) or lactation * Allergy to calcium gluconate or any of its excipients * Any clinical condition or previous treatment, that in the investigators' opinion made the patient ineligible * Contraindications to treatment with calcium gluconate as described: * Hypersensitivity to calcium gluconate or any of its excipients * Hypercalcemia (e.g. due to hyperparathyroidism, hypervitaminosis D, decalcifying malignancies, renal insufficiency, immobilization osteoporosis, sarcoidosis, milk-alkali syndrome)
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