Nordic Cystectomy Study II - Albumin
NorCys-Alb
Nordic Cystectomy Study II - Low Preoperative Albumin Levels Predicting Postoperative Complications in Radical Cystectomy
1 other identifier
observational
1,700
1 country
1
Brief Summary
Around 7200 cases of Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer are diagnosed annually in the Nordic countries combined. Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer is an aggressive disease and it is linked with high mortality rates. The golden standard of treatment is radical cystectomy (RC) (the surgical removal of the bladder) and radical removal of lymph nodes in the pelvis. In addition to surgical treatment, and especially in cases where the tumour invades tissues surrounding the bladder or lymph nodes, chemotherapy is recommended. Chemotherapy can be administered before or after surgery, in a neoadjuvant (NAC) or adjuvant setting (AC). Although most patients recover well from surgery, there are significant risks regarding radical cystectomy. The greatest challenges in planning the treatment are making individual risk assessments and prognosis for the treated patients. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy is also insufficiently used and it is hard to predict how the tumour responds to chemotherapy. The purpose of this study is to collect prospective clinical data on radical cystectomy -patients in co-operation with other Nordic countries: Sweden, Denmark, Iceland and Norway. The collected data is used to validate existing prediction tools and discover novel tools for prediction of morbidity related to RC and prediction of oncological outcome after RC. The study is divided into three sub-studies. The first sub-study is to validate low albumin levels as a predictor of complications after RC . The cut-off for low albumin has been \<3,5 mg/l across the studies. This could be a very cost-effective biomarker but currently its relevance is limited by lack of proper prospective validation studies. The primary end-point in the Albumin sub-study is the 90-day major (Clavien Dindo 3-5) complication rate. The secondary end-points include total 90-day complication (Clavien 1-5) and 90-mortality rate (Clavien 5) for all patients and complication rate during NAC for patients receiving chemotherapy.
Trial Health
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participants targeted
Target at P75+ for all trials
Started Aug 2020
Longer than P75 for all trials
1 active site
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Trial Relationships
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
August 19, 2020
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
August 21, 2020
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
August 30, 2020
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
August 30, 2025
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
August 30, 2025
CompletedNovember 25, 2020
November 1, 2020
5 years
August 19, 2020
November 23, 2020
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Severe complications
Complication (Clavien Dindo classes 3-5) risk after radical cystectomy for bladder cancer
3 months
Secondary Outcomes (2)
All complications
3 months
Mortality
3 months
Study Arms (2)
Low albumin
Patients presenting with low albumin levels preoperatively (\<3,5 mg/l)
Normal albumin
Patients presenting with normal or high albumin levels preoperatively (\>3,5 mg/l)
Interventions
Eligibility Criteria
Adult patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer undergoing radical cystectomy -surgery
You may qualify if:
- Histologically confirmed urinary BC planned to be treated with RC with or without neoadjuvant chemotherapy.
- Histologically confirmed urinary BC planned to be treated with palliative cystectomy
- \) Signed informed consent 3) Patient age \>18 years
You may not qualify if:
- RC for other reasons than BC
- Other forms of surgical treatment of BC than RC (e.g. bladder resection).
- Patient unwillingness to participate in the study for any reason (i.e. lack of signed consent).
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- Turku University Hospitallead
- Nordic Urothelial Cancer Groupcollaborator
Study Sites (1)
University Hospital of Turku, Hospital Distric of Southwest Finland
Turku, Southwest Finland, 20521, Finland
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Peter Boström, MD, PhD
Turku University Hospital
Central Study Contacts
Study Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Observational Model
- CASE CONTROL
- Time Perspective
- PROSPECTIVE
- Target Duration
- 3 Months
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER GOV
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
August 19, 2020
First Posted
August 21, 2020
Study Start
August 30, 2020
Primary Completion
August 30, 2025
Study Completion
August 30, 2025
Last Updated
November 25, 2020
Record last verified: 2020-11
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will not share