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Register: ANZCTR
Last refreshed on: 22 February 2013
Main ID:  ACTRN12607000160437
Date of registration: 07/03/2007
Primary sponsor: Hospital St George Hospital, Kogarah
Public title: Intravesical Gemcitabine
Scientific title: A Phase ll trial to measure the response rate (Rate of recurrence following treatment) ,toxicity and safety of weekly intravesical gemcitabine in patients with transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder.
Date of first enrolment: 1/01/2005
Target sample size: 90
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  http://www.anzctr.org.au/ACTRN12607000160437.aspx
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Nonrandomised trial  Single group
Countries of recruitment
Australia
Contacts
Name:   Dr. Paul de Souza
Address:  Cancer Centre St George Hospital Gray Street Kogarah NSW 2217, Australia
Telephone: +61 2 93503910
Email: Paul.deSouza@SESIAHS.HEALTH.NSW.GOV.AU
Affiliation: 
Name:   Linda O'Malley
Address:  Clinical Trials Unit Cancer Centre St George Hospital Gray Street Kogarah NSW 2217, Australia
Telephone: +61 2 93501920
Email: Linda.O'Malley@sesiahs.health.nsw.gov.au
Affiliation: 
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients must have either i) newly diagnosed superficial transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder, up to G3cT1, previously untreated by intravesical chemotherapy (Group A), or,ii) recurrent superficial transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder after at least one previous course of intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) or Mitomycin (Group B). At least 12 weeks must have elapsed since the last BCG or Mitomycin treatment.• Pathologic or cytologic confirmation of transitional cell carcinoma. • Males or females are eligible Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) >70% • Adequate marrow function defined as neutrophils > 1.5x109/l and platelets >100 x109/l• Adequate hepatic function defined as total bilirubin < 1.5 x normal and aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT) < 3 times normal• Informed consent.
Exclusion criteria: • Prior radiation to the bladder. Previous radiation to other sites in the pelvis (eg. Prostate) is allowed, provided no more than 25% of the pelvis was included in the radiation (RT) field, and all side effects from RT have resolved.• Muscle invasive disease at baseline cystoscopy• Untreated urinary tract infection or abscess within the previous 7 days• Other concerns that in the opinion of the investigator, would make it difficult or unethical for a patient to undergo intravesical treatment within approximately 6 weeks of baseline cystoscopy

Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 0 Not stated
Gender: Both males and females
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Superficial Bladder Cancer
Intervention(s)
Intravesical gemcitabine 2g weekly for 6 weeks
Primary Outcome(s)
To determine the response rate of intravesical gemcitabine in patients with transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder (Rate of recurrence following treatment)
Secondary Outcome(s)
Pharmacokinetic blood samples
To determine the systemic exposure of gemcitabine when given by an intravesical route with weekly haematology, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and C reactive protein (CRP) for 8 weeks and liver function tets (LFTs) and biochemistry (UECs) fortnightly during treatment.
To determine the toxicity and safety of weekly intravesical gemcitabine gemcitabine.
Toxicity and safety
Vital signs
Secondary ID(s)
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Eli Lilly Australia
Secondary Sponsor(s)
N/A
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