Bladder Bank (a Prospective Banking Study)

Launched by MAYO CLINIC · Oct 25, 2023

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ClinConnect Summary

The Bladder Bank study is researching ways to improve early detection of bladder cancer by collecting blood and urine samples from patients who have been evaluated for blood in their urine, a condition called hematuria. The goal is to develop better tests that can help identify bladder cancer sooner, which can lead to better treatment outcomes. This study is currently looking for participants who are at least 18 years old and have undergone tests like CT scans, ultrasounds, or cystoscopies for hematuria.

If you are interested in participating, it's important to know that certain factors may affect your eligibility. For example, you can't have had any other types of cancer (except for some skin cancers) in the last five years, and you should not have previously had bladder cancer that came back or certain other bladder-related conditions. Participants will simply provide blood and urine samples, and the study aims to help advance future testing methods for bladder cancer, ultimately benefiting patients like you.

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Age \> 18 years
• • Patient has undergone office-based evaluation for hematuria \[computed tomography (CT), ultrasound, cystoscopy\]
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Patient has known cancer outside of the target cancer 5 years prior to current collection (not including basal cell or squamous cell skin cancers; if patient has not been seen or if information is not available, the patient is eligible)
• • Patient has recurrent muscle invasive bladder cancer
• • Patient has ever been previously diagnosed with UTUC (upper tract urothelial carcinoma) prior to bladder resection
• • Patient has received chemotherapy class drugs for the treatment of non-target origin cancer in the 5 years prior to current collection
• • Patient has had any prior radiation therapy to the target lesion prior to current collection
• • Patient has had a biopsy to the target organ and/or lesion within 3 days before collection
• • Patient has undergone cystectomy or cystoprostatectomy
• • Patient has transurethral instrumentation (placement of urinary catheter) within 7 days prior to urine collection
• • Patient has had a urinary tract infection within 14 days prior to urine collection
• • Patient has chronic indwelling urinary catheter