S9809, Ciprofloxacin Compared With Cephalexin in Treating Patients With Bladder Cancer

Summary

RATIONALE: Chemoprevention therapy is the use of certain drugs to try to prevent the development or recurrence of cancer. It is not yet known whether ciprofloxacin is more effective than cephalexin in preventing cancer recurrence in patients who are undergoing surgery to treat bladder cancer. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of ciprofloxacin with that of cephalexin in preventing recurrence of cancer in patients who are undergoing surgery for bladder cancer.

Timeline

Start

1999-04

Primary completion

2001-07

Completion

2007-01

Publications

• Results Wolman SR, Goldman B, Slovak ML, Tangen C, Persons DL, Wood D. Aneusomy for detection of bladder cancer recurrence: a Southwest Oncology Group study. Cancer Genet Cytogenet. 2007 Jul 1;176(1):22-7. doi: 10.1016/j.cancergencyto.2007.02.015.

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