Second look surgery may spot hidden bladder cancer
NCT ID NCT07642102
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether doing a second surgery soon after the first helps manage high-risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer. 70 patients who had an initial tumor removal got an early second look procedure. The goal was to see if any cancer remained and what factors affected that. Results could guide better treatment decisions.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- early second look transurethral resection of bladder tumor (procedure)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that a second surgery soon after the first helps find leftover cancer and improve treatment decisions for high-risk bladder cancer.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed study with 70 people, so results may not apply to everyone. It only looked at tumor presence, not long-term outcomes like survival.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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70 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2025
- Finished
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Dec 2025
- 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.
Who is studied
patients who underwent initial complete transurethral resection of bladder tumor with high risk non muscle invasive bladder cancer, recruited from the urology outpatient clinic, Urology department, Ain shams University.
- Ages
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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- 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 underwent initial complete resection TURBT with high risk non muscle invasive bladder cancer including: High grade T1 Any carcinoma in situ Any recurrent high grade Ta High grade Ta tumor size is more than 3 cm Any BCG failure in high grade patient Any variant histology Lymphovascular invasion High grade prostatic urethral involvement Exclusion Criteria: * \- Low risk non muscle invasive bladder cancer * intermediate risk non muscle invasive bladder cancer * muscle invasive bladder cancer * metastatic bladder cancer (positive lymph nodes or distant metastasis ) * absent muscle layer in the initial TURBT biopsies * incomplete resection initial TURBT
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Ain shams university
Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
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