New hope for bladder cancer: drug combo aims to shrink tumors when first treatment fails
NCT ID NCT07261592
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a new combination of the drug entinostat plus standard chemotherapy for people with advanced bladder cancer that has spread or cannot be removed by surgery and has not responded to first-line treatment. About 29 participants will receive the combination to see if it can shrink tumors and control the disease. The goal is to find a better second-line option for this hard-to-treat cancer.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1/2
Runs two stages together: safety and dose first, then whether the treatment works.
- Participants
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About 29 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Dec 2025
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2029
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 to 75 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: * Histopathologic confirmed unresectable advanced or metastatic bladder cancer, except for those with squamous differentiation, glandular differentiation or both; * Failure of first-line treatment; * There is at least one measurable lesion according to RECIST 1.1; * Archived tumor tissue samples or tumor biopsies must be provided; * ECOG score of 0-1 an an estimated survival of at least 6 months; * Adequate organ function; * Patients voluntarily participated in this study, signed the informed consent form, and had good compliance; * Women with fertility must consent to contraception during the study and for 6 months after the last dose of study drug. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who received platinum-based chemotherapy after failure of first-line treatment; * Patients who received platinum-based chemotherapy withnin a 24 month before this trial; * Those who have received other anti-tumor treatment or participated in other clinical studies within 4 weeks before the start of the study, or have not recovered from the last toxicity (except grade 2 hair loss and grade 1 neurotoxicity); * Concomitant disease such as uncontrolled hypertension or diabetes, renal inadequacy, myocardial infarction, severe angina; * Female subjects who are pregnant, breastfeeding or planning to become pregnant during the study; * Patients with serious physical or mental illnesses.
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Department of Urology, Drum Tower Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Institute of Urology, Nanjing University
Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210008, China
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