Urine DNA test may let some bladder cancer patients stop immunotherapy early
NCT ID NCT07475403
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a urine DNA test can help guide when to stop immunotherapy in people with a very high-risk type of bladder cancer that cannot be fully removed by surgery. About 53 participants will receive immunotherapy and then be monitored with urine tests and scans. If the urine DNA test and other checks show no cancer, they may stop treatment early and enter active surveillance, aiming to reduce unnecessary therapy while keeping the cancer under control.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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About 53 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2026
- 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 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: 1. Age ≥18 years. 2. Histologically confirmed non-muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma of the bladder classified as very-high-risk (VHR) according to EAU 2025 guideline criteria. 3. Disease considered unresectable by the investigator and multidisciplinary team, defined as complete tumor eradication by standard transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT) being not feasible or unlikely to achieve adequate local control. 4. Patients who are ineligible or refuse for radical cystectomy, after discussion with the treating team. 5. At least one measurable or evaluable bladder lesion/documented residual disease suitable for response assessment by cystoscopy, TURBT/biopsy, pathology, urine cytology, and urinary tumor DNA (utDNA) testing. 6. ECOG performance status 0-2. 7. Adequate organ function, including: Hematologic function: Absolute neutrophil count ≥1.5 × 10⁹/L, Platelet count ≥100 × 10⁹/L, Hemoglobin ≥9 g/dL Hepatic function: Total bilirubin ≤1.5 × ULN, AST ≤2.5 × ULN, ALT ≤2.5 × ULN Renal function: Serum creatinine ≤1.5 × ULN or Creatinine clearance ≥60 mL/min. 8. Ability to provide urine samples for utDNA testing and urine cytology during treatment and follow-up. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Muscle-invasive bladder cancer (≥T2), locally advanced unresectable invasive disease beyond NMIBC, or metastatic urothelial carcinoma at baseline. 2. Histology showing predominant or pure non-urothelial carcinoma of the bladder that, in the investigator's judgment, would make the patient unsuitable for this protocol. 3. Prior treatment with immune. 4. Active autoimmune disease or history of autoimmune disease requiring systemic immunosuppressive treatment and considered incompatible with immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy. 5. Ongoing systemic immunosuppressive therapy exceeding protocol-allowed doses. 7\. Active uncontrolled infection, including uncontrolled urinary tract infection, that would interfere with study treatment or response assessment. 8\. Any medical condition that would preclude safe administration of systemic immunotherapy or protocol-required cystoscopy/TURBT/biopsy, in the investigator's judgment. 9\. Concurrent other malignancy. 10. Pregnant or breastfeeding women. 11. Inability to comply with protocol procedures or follow-up.
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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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The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University
RECRUITINGTianjin, 300000, China
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Tianjin Hospital
RECRUITINGTianjin, China
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Xingtai People's Hospital
RECRUITINGXingtai, China
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