Bladder cancer study questions whether chemo skews MRI results
NCT ID NCT07202819
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial is investigating whether chemotherapy given before bladder removal surgery affects how accurate MRI scans are at staging muscle-invasive bladder cancer. Researchers will compare MRI results with actual tumor findings after surgery in 76 participants who either received chemo first or went straight to surgery. The goal is to understand if chemo-induced tissue changes make MRI less reliable.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (cisplatin-based regimens such as MVAC or gemcitabine and cisplatin)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this study could help doctors know whether MRI scans remain reliable for staging bladder cancer after chemotherapy, improving treatment planning.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study focused on diagnostic accuracy, not a treatment. Results may not apply to all patients or change clinical practice directly.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- 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 76 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2025
- Expected to finish
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Aug 2026
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: * Patients diagnosed with cT2 urothelial carcinoma of the urinary bladder, according to the TNM classification, who give informed, written consent on participation in the study and approve all its requirements. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who have received pelvic radiotherapy. * Previous open or laparoscopic pelvic surgery. * Patients with contraindications to MRI. * Patients who are unfit for or refuse radical cystectomy. * Ineligibility to cisplatin. * squamous differentiation in the histopathology
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Urology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGAsyut, Asyut Governorate, 71515, Egypt
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Urology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University
RECRUITINGAsyut, Asyut Governorate, 71515, Egypt
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