Cisplatin and Gemcitabine Compared With Observation in Treating Patients Who Have Undergone Surgery for Bladder Cancer

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. It is not yet known if combination chemotherapy is effective in preventing relapse in patients who have undergone radical cystectomy for bladder cancer. PURPOSE: Phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of cisplatin combined with gemcitabine with that of observation in treating patients with bladder cancer who have undergone surgery to remove the bladder.

Timeline

Start

2001-09

Primary completion

2008-06

Completion

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Publications

• Results Pollera CF, Merendino N, Cianciulli AM, et al.: Preliminary cytogenetic and pharmacogenomic analysis of muscle-invasive transitional-cell carcinoma (TCC) of the bladder in patients (pts) enrolled in the Italian National Research Council (CNR) phase III randomized trial comparing adjuvant cisplatin-gemcitabine (PG) vs observation (OBS) after radical cystectomy. [Abstract] J Clin Oncol 23 (Suppl 16): A-4589, 400s, 2005.

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