A Double Blind Randomised Study of Lapatinib and Placebo in Metastatic TCC of the Urothelium

Summary

RATIONALE: Lapatinib ditosylate may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. It is not yet known whether lapatinib ditosylate is more effective than a placebo in killing tumor cells. PURPOSE: This randomized phase II/III trial is studying how well lapatinib ditosylate works compared to a placebo in treating patients with stage IV bladder cancer.

Timeline

Start

2009-03

Primary completion

2015-07

Completion

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Publications

• Bellmunt J, Werner L, Bamias A, Fay AP, Park RS, Riester M, Selvarajah S, Barletta JA, Berman DM, de Muga S, Salido M, Gallardo E, Rojo F, Guancial EA, Bambury R, Mullane SA, Choueiri TK, Loda M, Stack E, Rosenberg J. HER2 as a target in invasive urothelial carcinoma. Cancer Med. 2015 Jun;4(6):844-52. doi: 10.1002/cam4.432. Epub 2015 Feb 26.

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