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Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound and Radical Cystectomy for Thermal Ablation of Muscle Invasive Cells in Patients With Bladder Tumors
NCT03238664 · University of Southern California · Updated 2 Jan 2018
- What is being tested
- Biopsy; High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Ablation; Laboratory Biomarker Analysis; Radical Cystectomy; Ultrasonography
- For
- Infiltrating Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma; Stage II Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma; Transitional Cell Carcinoma
- Kind of study
- Tests a treatment or device on volunteers. No drug phase (a device or procedure study).
- Who can join
- Ages 18 years and older. The full rules are on the registry page.
- Where
- Not stated
- When
- Starts or started 22 Jan 2018, ends 22 Jan 2020. Registered 3 Aug 2017.
- Results
- None posted yet.
In the researchers' words
This randomized pilot trial studies how well robot-assisted laparoscopic high-intensity focused ultrasound works compared to robot-assisted radical cystectomy for thermal ablation of muscle invasive cells in patients with bladder tumors. Laparoscopic high-intensity focused ultrasound uses high frequency sound waves to deliver a strong beam to a specific part of the tumor and may lower the number of tumor cells released into the blood stream compared to radical cystectomy.