Clinical trial · Observational
Ultrasound and Biomarker Tests in Predicting Cancer Aggressiveness in Tissue Samples of Patients With Bladder Cancer
Ultrasound and Biomarker Tests of Bladder Cancer Invasiveness
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Why stopped (as posted): The PI left institution
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
This research trial studies two types of tests, an ultrasound test and a biomarker test, to see how well they predict how aggressive (invasive) bladder cancer is in samples from patients with bladder cancer. The aggressiveness of a tumor means how likely it is to invade the body and spread. The ultrasound test uses a fluorescent dye and stimulates cells under a microscope to see how they respond. This may allow doctors to predict how likely the cancer cells are to spread in the body. The biomarker test uses laboratory testing of samples from patients to study genes and other molecules that may predict the cancer invasiveness. Comparing two different ways of predicting cancer aggressiveness may help doctors identify how well they work, and may eventually allow doctors to predict aggressiveness without needing to take a biopsy.
Conditions
Conditions (8)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bladder Papillary Urothelial Carcinoma | Bladder Papillary Urothelial Carcinoma | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
| Stage 0a Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma | Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma | CURATED_BROADER | 0.78 |
| Stage 0is Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma | Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma | CURATED_BROADER | 0.78 |
| Stage I Bladder Cancer With Carcinoma In Situ | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Stage I Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma | Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma | CURATED_BROADER | 0.78 |
| Stage II Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma | Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma | CURATED_BROADER | 0.78 |
| Stage III Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma | Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laboratory Biomarker Analysis | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- label
- Diagnostic (ultrasound, biomarker studies)
- description
- Previously collected tumor tissue samples, bladder washings, and urine cells are stained with calcium dye, washed and immersed in external buffer solution, and then transferred to the ultrasound imaging system. Tissue, bladder wash cells and urine cells samples are also analyzed for biomarkers of invasiveness derived from or related to REST gene via qRT-PCR, Western blot, and FISH.
- interventionNames
- Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis
Primary outcomes (2)
- measure
- Observed change in fluorescence of responding cells using the cell response index (CRI)
- timeFrame
- Baseline to up to 30 minutes
- description
- Data will be post-processed to determine the level of ultrasound-induced calcium response at each stimulus amplitude. Cell locations will be identified with CellProfiler image analysis software and used to extract the raw fluorescence intensities for each cell. CRI will be plotted against stimulus amplitude, a sigmoid will be fit to the curve, and threshold will be defined as the amplitude that yielded a 50% response.
- measure
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with a confirmed diagnosis of UCC, having one of the stages (Ta, Tis, T1, and T2 or higher) * Patients with UCC who are undergoing a standard procedure to remove cells/tissue from their bladders (cystoscopy, biopsy, or surgery) * Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who have had chemotherapy, radiotherapy, or immunotherapy within 4 weeks prior to entering the study or those who have not recovered from adverse events due to agents administered more than 4 weeks earlier
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