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A Phase I Trial Using Suramin to Treat Superficial Transitional Cell Carcinoma of the Bladder

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What is being tested

suramin

Drug
Who is being recruted

Urogenital Diseases+12

+ Urinary Bladder Diseases

+ Carcinoma

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How is the trial designed

Treatment Study

Phase 1
Interventional
Study Start: March 1994
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Summary

Principal SponsorNational Cancer Institute (NCI)
Last updated: March 4, 2008
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Study start date: March 1, 1994

Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.

Patients with superficial transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder will be treated with intravesical suramin in a phase I dose escalating study. The toxicity of suramin administered in this fashion will be evaluated.

NCT00001381
Principal SponsorNational Cancer Institute (NCI)
Last updated: March 4, 2008
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Protocol

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
Design Details

18 patients to be enrolled

Total number of participants that the clinical trial aims to recruit.

Treatment Study

These studies test new ways to treat a disease, condition, or health issue. The goal is to see if a new drug, therapy, or approach works better or has fewer side effects than existing options.

Eligibility

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria: person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Conditions
Criteria

Any sex

Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.

Healthy volunteers not allowed

If individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.

Conditions

Pathology

Urogenital DiseasesUrinary Bladder DiseasesCarcinomaFemale Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy ComplicationsNeoplasmsNeoplasms by Histologic TypeNeoplasms by SiteNeoplasms, Glandular and EpithelialUrogenital NeoplasmsUrologic DiseasesUrologic NeoplasmsFemale Urogenital DiseasesMale Urogenital DiseasesUrinary Bladder NeoplasmsCarcinoma, Transitional Cell

Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically confirmed superficial transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder pathologically staged as Tis, Ta, or T1. Visible tumors at time of treatment not required. No metastatic disease or muscle invasion. Clinically useful pretreatment bladder function required. No significant prostatic obstructive symptoms associated with impaired or incomplete bladder emptying. No active urinary tract infection. PRIOR/CONCURRENT THERAPY: At least 1 course of prior standard intravesical therapy required. At least 4 weeks since intravesical treatment, with resolution of any local or systemic toxicity. PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 and over. Performance status: ECOG 0 or 1. Hematopoietic: WBC at least 3,300; Hemoglobin at least 10 g/dL. Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 mg/dL; AST and ALT no greater than 2 times normal. Renal: Creatinine no greater than 1.5 mg/dL. OTHER: Medically able to undergo cystoscopy. No pregnant women.

Study Centers

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This study has 1 location

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

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CompletedOne Study Center