Screening logs from a pilot randomized controlled trial of radical cystectomy versus chemoradiation therapy for muscle-invasive bladder cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction and objectives

There is growing interest in a bladder preservation approach using chemoradiation therapy with transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT), i.e., combined modality treatment (CMT), for muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC). We have initiated a pilot study to determine feasibility of conducting a larger-scale clinical trial comparing CMT to radical cystectomy (RC) in patients with MIBC. Here we present the screening logs from the recruitment phase of this trial.

Methods

Patients who were diagnosed to have MIBC after TURBT between April 2016 and August 2017 and considered to be candidates for surgery were enrolled in this prospective, single center, randomized controlled pilot feasibility trial and scheduled to undergo RC (with neoadjuvant chem

SUBMITTER: Kaushik D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7003712 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature