Clinical Research Directory

The MOMENTUM Study: The Multiple Outcome Evaluation of Radiation Therapy Using the MR-Linac Study

The Multi-OutcoMe EvaluatioN of radiation Therapy Using the Unity MR-Linac Study (MOMENTUM) is a multi-institutional, international registry facilitating evidenced based implementation of the Unity MR-Linac technology and further technical development of the MR-Linac system with the ultimate purpose to improve patients' survival, local, and regional tumor control and quality of life.

Clinical Trial to Evaluate Post-Operative Outcomes of Ureteral Stent vs Ureteral Stent Free Radical Cystectomy

Subjects will be randomized into 2 groups (stent or no stent) prior to radical cystectomy with ileal conduit urinary diversion (RCIC). They will follow the standard of care and be enrolled in the study for 12 months post-op. Risk of post-op complications will be analyzed.

Treatment Expedition With MRI Processing and Optimization for Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer

The TEMPO-MIBC trial is a phase III, single-center, two-arm, randomized, controlled trial. Its primary objective is to evaluate the efficacy of a simplified diagnostic and treatment pathway for muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC). This study investigates the role of multiparametric bladder MRI (mpMRI) in patients with biopsy proven cancer of the bladder with clinical features of detrusor muscle invasion. In the experimental arm, enrolled patients will receive a bladder mpMRI, if this exam will confirm the high suspicion of muscle invasion a conventional endoscopic transurethral resection of bladder tumour (TURBt) for staging purposes will be foregone and patients will immediately access the next step of their clinical management. Experimental arm outcomes will be compared to a control arm in which all enrolled patients will be receiving TURBt as part of the standard management of bladder cancer. The aim of this study is demonstrating a significant reduction of the time needed to offer patients the definitive treatment for their disease, possibly ensuring better long-term oncological outcomes. A blood sample will be collected from each patient enrolled in the study at pre-planned time points to measure the levels of circulating tumour (ctDNA), a primer will be built from bladder cancer biopsies performed at enrolment. ctDNA has been shown to be a proxy measure of tumour burden and residual molecular disease after treatment. The ctDNA levels in the experimental arm will be compared to those of the control arm to investigate wether foregoing endoscopic resection of the tumour and reducing time to definitive cancer treatment might be associated to lower ctDNA levels.

Virtuoso Improving Anatomic Bladder Lesion Excision Trial

A robotic assisted surgery for bladder lesion excision.

Can VI-RADS/ADC Accurately Stage Bladder Cancer??

Vesical Imaging-Reporting And Data System (VI-RADS) is proposed for predicting muscle invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) using multi-parametric MRI. However, No validation study on VI-RADS has been reported yet. Apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values on diffusion-weighted MRI are reportedly significantly lower in MIBC than those in non-MIBC(NMIBC).

Bladder Preservation With Sacituzumab Govitecan + Zimberelimab for Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer

Patients with MIBC N0/N1 unwilling or unfit for cystectomy will receive SG + Zimberelimab for 3 cycles of treatment prior of first radiological and TURB re-evaluation. Patients with stable disease or downstaging will continue Zimberelimab up to 1 year. The goal of this trial is to demonstate that Sacituzumab Govitecan + Zimberelimab can avoid cistectomy and can prolong or avoid recurrence to metastatic disease in selected patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer. The primary endpoint of this trial is Event Free Survival that is defined as clinical evidence of new or progressing nodal or any distant metastatic disease, radical cystectomy, or death due to any cause from date of inclusion to the first documentation of a EFS event.

Preoperative Physical Activity Improvement With the Use of Activity Trackers Before Radical Cystectomy (PreAct)

A bicentric, open-label randomised controlled trial (RCT) is planned to investigate whether the use of fitness wristbands in a defined preoperative period prior to radical cystectomy leads to a preoperative increase in participants' physical activity (number of steps per day) up to the day of radical cystectomy.

Study on the Occurrence of Possible Relapses and on the Quality of Life in Patients Who Underwent TURBK.

A database has been created and will be used in which data will be collected in electronic format relating to adult patients who underwent one of the following endoscopic resection surgeries: TURBK, MAPPING, TURBK SECOND LOOK, BLADDER BIOPSIES.