Conditions
Urinary Bladder Neoplasms
Clinical Trials
Researchers are looking for new ways to treat muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC). MIBC is a type of cancer that has not spread from the muscles in the bladder to other parts of the body.
MIBC is treated by having surgery to remove the bladder (cystectomy). Not all people choose to have surgery and want to keep their bladder using other treatments.
Chemoradiotherapy (CRT)- is a type of non-surgical treatment for MIBC which combines Chemotherapy (a treatment with medicine to destroy cancer cells or stop them growing) and Radiation therapy (a treatment that uses beams of intense energy [like X-rays] to shrink or get rid of tumors).
Pembrolizumab is an immunotherapy, which is a treatment that helps the immune system fight cancer.
A placebo looks like the study medicine but has no study medicine in it. Using a placebo helps researchers better understand if the study medicine works.
The goal of this study is to learn: 1. If a study medicine pembrolizumab given with Chemoradiotherapy (CRT) can help people live longer without their cancer growing, spreading, or coming back compared to placebo given with CRT. 2.About the safety and how well people tolerate CRT alone or in combination with pembrolizumab.
NATIONAL TRIAL REFERENCE NUMBER
NCT04241185
EudraCT
2019-004023-20
When speaking to your doctor or clinical trial representative, please have the trial reference number available.
Only a qualified healthcare professional can determine if you are eligible to take part in a clinical trial. However, this information may be useful in starting a conversation with your doctor.
Conditions
Urinary Bladder Neoplasms
Age Range
18+
Sex
All
Tests the medicine or vaccine in large groups of trial participants (from several hundred to several thousand). For medicines, volunteers have the disease or condition the medicine is designed to treat. In vaccine studies, the volunteers may be healthy or have diseases or conditions. Phase 3 trials take place in hospitals, clinics or doctors’ offices.
Locations shown may have changed in some cases. Please call the number listed in the location results to confirm the nearest trial site. Talk with a trial site member for more information.
If you think this clinical trial might be a good fit and you are interested in taking part, take the next step to see if you are eligible.
If you are considering joining a clinical trial, first learn as much as you can about:
Talk to your doctor about the clinical trial before you decide to join.
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