Can a simple IV drip at home keep bladder cancer patients out of the hospital?
NCT ID NCT07225205
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at whether giving patients IV fluids at home for four weeks after bladder cancer surgery can lower the chance of needing to go back to the hospital. About 130 adults having this surgery will be randomly assigned to either get the usual care or the usual care plus home IV fluids three times a week. The main goal is to see if this extra hydration helps prevent unplanned hospital visits within 90 days after surgery.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 130 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2025
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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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: * Adult patients greater than 18 years of age and older * Confirmed urothelial carcinoma on pathology, including muscle invasive, non-muscle invasive, and variant histology * Patient electing to undergo radical cystectomy with bilateral pelvic lymphadenectomy after counseling with a urologic oncologist. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients undergoing radical cystectomy for benign indications (e.g. chronic bladder pain, fistulas, severe lower urinary tract symptoms) * Patients undergoing radical cystectomy for a non-bladder primary malignancy (e.g. rectal, colon, uterine cancers). * Patients with extensive locally advanced disease necessitating a pelvic exenteration * Contraindication to receiving home IVF therapy (i.e. pre-existing cardiac, renal, hepatic dysfunction) * Unwilling or unable to participate in 30 and 90 day follow-up phone calls.
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The places running it
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Locations
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Johns Hopkins Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGBaltimore, Maryland, 21287, United States
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Johns Hopkins Hospital
RECRUITINGBaltimore, Maryland, 21287, United States
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