Recalling the Treatment and Prognosis of Upper Tract Urothelial Cancer (UTUC)

NCT ID: NCT06401265

Last Updated: 2024-05-06

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 8000 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2018-01-01
• Study Completion Date: 2022-09-05

Brief Summary

Among urothelial cancers, upper urinary tract urothelial cancers, including renal pelvis and ureteral cancers have a higher incidence rate in Taiwan than Western countries. In particular, the proportion of female patients is similar to that of males. This situation is significantly different from that in foreign countries. The cause is currently uncertain.In the past, the arsenic contamination of groundwater made blackfoot disease become common and malignant in areas. Now, the number of kidney dialysis patients in Taiwan is increasing; and according to statistics, there is a significantly higher incidence of urothelial cancer among kidney dialysis patients. This may be caused by the use of traditional Chinese medicine or other unknown reasons.

Conditions

Uterine Cancer

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: CASE_CONTROL
• Study Time Perspective: RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Case study of upper urinary tract urothelial cancer surgery

Exclusion Criteria

• Cases of surgery for non-upper urinary tract urothelial cancer

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 100 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Locations

Tzu Chi hospital

Taipei, , Taiwan

Countries

Taiwan

Other Identifiers

06-X34-105

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id