Morning or afternoon? new study tests best time for bladder cancer drugs
NCT ID NCT07346053
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looks at whether giving standard bladder cancer drugs in the morning or afternoon changes how well they work and how many side effects they cause. About 224 adults with advanced bladder cancer will be randomly assigned to receive their treatment either before 11:30 a.m. or after 1:30 p.m. Researchers will track tumor response and survival over 24 months.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- enfortumab vedotin and pembrolizumab (EV/P)
- What this could lead to
- If timing matters, this could make existing treatments more effective and less toxic without new drugs.
- What could go wrong
- This is a Phase 3 trial, but it only tests timing, not a new therapy. Results may show no difference or be hard to apply broadly.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
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About 224 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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May 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2032
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: * Participants must meet all of the following inclusion criteria to be eligible for participation in this trial: 1. Age 18 or older 2. Able to provide informed consent 3. Histologically confirmed advanced urothelial cancer 4. Eligible for standard-of-care EV/P regimen 5. Measurable disease per RECIST 1.1 6. ECOG performance status 0-2 7. Ability to adhere to scheduled infusion times (Before 11:30 a.m. or after 1:30 pm) Waivers to the inclusion criteria will NOT be allowed. Exclusion Criteria: * Participants who meet any of following exclusion criteria will not be eligible for participation in this trial: 1. Non-urothelial histology or mixed histology with predominant non-urothelial components 2. Concurrent malignancy requiring active systemic therapy, unless disease-free for at least 2 years 3. Inability to comply with protocol-specified infusion timing for at least the first 3 months 4. Night shift workers 5. Clinical evidence of new or enlarging brain metastasis or carcinomatous meningitis 6. Known psychiatric or substance abuse disorder that would interfere with cooperation with the requirements of the trial 7. Patients who have traveled across ≥2 time zones within the past 14 days prior to randomization will be excluded, due to potential disruption of circadian rhythms (jet lag), which may affect chronotherapy-related endpoints. 8. Patients with a clinically diagnosed sleep disorder, including but not limited to insomnia, obstructive sleep apnea, restless leg syndrome, or circadian rhythm sleep-wake disorders, that is moderate to severe, untreated, or poorly controlled, will be excluded. Waivers to the exclusion criteria will NOT be allowed.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
5 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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BC Cancer - Abbotsford
Abbotsford British Columbia, British Columbia, V2S 0C2, Canada
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BC Cancer - Kelowna (Sindi Ahluwalia Hawkins Centre)
Kelowna, British Columbia, V1Y 5L3, Canada
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BC Cancer - Surrey
Surrey, British Columbia, V3V 1Z2, Canada
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BC Cancer - Vancouver Cancer Centre
Vancouver, British Columbia, V5Z 4E6, Canada
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BC Cancer - Victoria
Victoria, British Columbia, V8R 6V5, Canada
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