Detection and Clinical Significance of Circulating Cancer Cells in Patient Undergoing Radical Cystectomy

NCT ID: NCT02345473

Last Updated: 2015-01-26

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

59 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2005-01-31

Study Completion Date

2014-10-31

Brief Summary

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Very few factors may be identified as prognostic for patients with bladder cancer undergoing radical cystectomy. Recently, detection of circulating tumor cells has shown to be very promising in anticipating both the likelyhood of distant metastases and survival in patients with breast cancer, melanoma, prostate cancer and other malignancies. In the present study we both tested the detection rate of circulating tumor cells using a PCR based methodology in the peripheral blood of patients undergoing radical cystectomy, and we further correlated our results with their clinical outcome.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Bladder Cancer Circulating Tumor Cells

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Cystectomy patients

Arm of patients undergoing radical cystectomy for bladder cancer providing peripheral blood samples for detection of circulating cancer cells

Detection of circulating tumor cells in blood samples

Intervention Type GENETIC

Ficoll based isolation of mononuclear cells from the peripheral blood of patients undergoing radical cystectomy, nucleic acids extraction and, finally, PCR based detection of sequences specific to cytokeratins.

Healthy volunteers

Arm of healthy subjects not undergoing radical cystectomy providing peripheral blood samples for detection of circulating cancer cells

Detection of circulating tumor cells in blood samples

Intervention Type GENETIC

Ficoll based isolation of mononuclear cells from the peripheral blood of patients undergoing radical cystectomy, nucleic acids extraction and, finally, PCR based detection of sequences specific to cytokeratins.

Interventions

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Detection of circulating tumor cells in blood samples

Ficoll based isolation of mononuclear cells from the peripheral blood of patients undergoing radical cystectomy, nucleic acids extraction and, finally, PCR based detection of sequences specific to cytokeratins.

Intervention Type GENETIC

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Prior trans urethral resection of the bladder (TUR)
* Histological confirmation of a transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the bladder
* ECOG Performance Status ≤ 2
* WBC count ≥4,000/μL; platelet count ≥150,000/μL; creatinine ≤1.8 mg/dL; AST, ALT, and alkaline phosphatase ≤2X the upper limit of normal, normal total bilirubin
* recent (within 6 weeks of cystectomy) total body CT imaging study excluding distant metastases as well as upper urinary tract TCC

Exclusion Criteria

* Neo-adjuvant chemotherapy (either planned or already performed)
* Patients receiving investigational medications
* Subjects not suitable for a radical cystectomy
* Patients not willing to participate
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Consorziale Policlinico di Bari

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Pagliarulo Vincenzo

Medical Doctor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Vincenzo VP Pagliarulo, Urologist

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Consorziale Policlinico di Bari

Locations

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Vincenzo Pagliarulo

Bari, Italy, Italy

Site Status

Countries

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Italy

References

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Other Identifiers

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4186

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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