New hope for post-transplant bladder bleeding: cidofovir shows promise
NCT ID NCT01295645
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 18, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looked at whether adding the drug cidofovir to usual care helps people who develop painful bladder bleeding from the BK virus after a stem cell transplant. About 27 participants received either cidofovir or standard supportive care. The goal was to see if symptoms improved and virus levels dropped. The study is now complete but results are still being analyzed.
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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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27 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2011
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2028
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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6 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: 1. HSCT patients with symptomatic hemorrhagic cystitis (minimal Grade 1 symptoms of HC per NCI criteria) and positive BKV in urine \>1x103 DNA copies/ml 2. Age \>/= 6 years 3. Patient must sign the informed consent document. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Creatine clearance \< 55 ml/min, calculated using ideal body weight (IBW) using Cockcroft-Gault equation 2. Concomitant use of foscarnet, liposomal amphotericin B or aminoglycoside 3. Use of cidofovir for bladder instillation 4. Use of formalin or hyperbaric oxygen treatment
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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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University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
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