Massive german cancer registry aims to uncover best treatments for kidney and bladder cancer
NCT ID NCT03374267
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jul 15, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This study is a large registry that will follow nearly 2,000 people with advanced kidney or bladder cancer in Germany. Researchers will collect information on the treatments patients actually receive, how well they work, and patients' quality of life. The goal is to understand real-world care and improve future treatment strategies.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this registry could reveal which treatments work best in real-world settings, helping doctors make more informed decisions for future patients.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial, so it won't directly benefit participants. Results depend on data quality and may not apply outside Germany.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 2,230 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2017
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2034
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Adult patients with locally advanced and inoperable, or metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma (aRCC); locally advanced and inoperable, or metastatic Urothelial Cancer (including Bladder Cancer) (aUBC); High-risk Muscle-Invasive Urothelial Carcinoma (High-risk MIUC); or patients with Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer (MIBC).
- 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: Cohorts aRCC and aUBC (prospective) * Female and male patients with aRCC or aUBC (locally advanced, inoperable or metastatic) * Patients at start of their first-line systemic treatment for aRCC or aUBC * Written informed consent * Patients participating in the PRO module: signing of in-formed consent form and completion of baseline questionnaire before start of initial systemic treatment * Patients not participating in the PRO module: within twelve weeks after start of systemic first-line for aRCC or aUBC * Age ≥ 18 years Cohort High-risk MIUC (prospective and retrospective) * Histologically proven muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma (MIUC) of the lower or upper urinary tract (ICD-10 C65, C66, C67.x, C68.x). Mixed histologies are allowed (main compo-nent must be urothelial carcinoma, with minor variants accept-ed). * Radical surgery (e.g., radical cystectomy, nephroureterecto-my) between October 1, 2021 and October 31, 2024. * High-risk of recurrence, defined as follows: Post-operative, pathological tumor status * ypT2-ypT4 and/or ypN+ and without clinically detectable metastases (M0) at cystectomy for patients with prior neo-adjuvant chemotherapy or * pT3-pT4 and/or pN+ and without clinically detectable me-tastases (M0) at cystectomy for patients without prior neo-adjuvant chemotherapy. * Age ≥ 18 years at the time of surgery. * Written informed consent (only if patient is alive at time of data entry; not applicable for inclusion of deceased patients' data) Cohort MIBC (prospective) * Diagnosis of MIBC (muscle-invasive bladder cancer; ICD-10 C67.x; cT2-T4aN0M0 or T1-T4aN1M0). * Histologically proven muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma. Mixed histologies are allowed (main component must be urothelial histology, with minor variants accepted). * Age ≥ 18 years at the time of diagnosis. * Written informed consent within 15 weeks from diagnosis of MIBC. Exclusion Criteria: Cohorts aRCC and aUBC (prospective) * Patients with prior systemic therapy for aRCC or aUBC * No systemic treatment for aRCC or aUBC Cohort High-risk MIUC (prospective and retrospective) * Partial cystectomy or partial nephrectomy of the primary tumor as definitive therapy * Metastatic disease (M1) at the time of surgery Cohort MIBC (prospective) * Clinically detectable metastases (M1) at the time of diagnosis. * Treatment in palliative intention (for tumors considered inoperable).
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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Study contacts
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Contact
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Locations
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Multiple sites, Germany
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