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Study Title: Non-Cystectomy Candidates with Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer (RTOG 0524)
Category: Cancer, General
Currently accepting participants?
Yes - please read the description below and contact the study coordinator if you are interested.
Principal Investigator: Huong Pham
Study Coordinator: Kathy Rabena
Phone: (206) 223-6892 Ext.36892
Email: hemkcr@vmmc.org
What is the Non-Cystectomy Candidates with Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer (RTOG 0524) study?
Group 1: Patients with Her2/Neu overexpression (Radiation plus Chemotherapy with Paclitaxel and Trastuzumab)
Group 2: Patients without Her2/Neu overexpression
(Radiation plus Chemotherapy with Paclitaxel)
Who can participate?
Eligibility:
~Histologically or cytological confiramtion of Transitional Cell Carcinoma (TCC) of the bladder with mauscularis propria invasion.
~Must be registered within 12 weeks of diagnosis
~Judged to be medically inapporiate for radical cystectomy
~Must have sufficient tumore tissue available for her2/neu analysis
Ineligibility:
~Prior invasive mailignancy unless disease free for a minimum of 3 years
~Previous systemice chemotherapy of any sort for TCC
~Previous radiation therapy (includes seed implantation)
What do I have to do as a study participant?
Study Summary:
"A Phase I/II Trial of Combination of Paclitaxel and Trastuxuman with Daily Irradiation or Paclitaxel Alone with Daily Irradiation Following Transurethral Surgery for Non-Cystectomy Candidates with Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer"
Detailed Study Description:
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Study Design: Interventional
Phase of Study: Phase I / II
Study Type: Interventional
Condition or Study Focus: Bladder Cancer
Intervention Type: biological
Intervention Name: Trastuzumab
Gender: Male and Female
Age group: Interventional
Sponsor: Radiation Therapy Oncology Group
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