Microbiota in Urine and Urothelium Can be a Factor for Induction of Urinary Bladder Cancer. The S… (NCT06289283) | Clinical Trial Compass
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Microbiota in Urine and Urothelium Can be a Factor for Induction of Urinary Bladder Cancer. The Study Will Examine Urine and Bladder Cancer Tissues From Male Patients and Urine of Controls Using Whole Genomic Sequencing Techniques and 16S rRNA. The Aim is to Elucidate Role of Microbiota in Bladder
Egypt38 participantsStarted 2023-10-12
Plain-language summary
Microbes inhabiting the urinary tract that are playing an important role in maintenance of health and the development of diseases and bladder cancer. There is correlation between initiation of bladder cancer and microbes. Urine and bladder tissues from healthy individuals and patients with bladder cancer were analyzed using 16S rRNA sequencing, results show abundant phylum. Next-generation sequencing technologies will be applied with whole genomic and 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequencing for microbiota profiling in urine and bladder tissue of male healthy individuals and patients with bladder cancer. Results will lead to prevention, diagnosis and new treatment strategies for bladder cancer.
Who can participate
Age range
18 Years
Sex
MALE
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Inclusion Criteria:
* Adult men above 18 years,
* Diagnosed of carcinoma of the bladder with imaging ultrasonography and/ or computerized tomography, and urine cytology.
* Confirmed bladder cancer either during diagnostic cystoscopy, previous pathology, or pathological examination of the biopsy specimens.
Exclusion criteria:
* Previous radiotherapy to the bladder or to adjacent organ.
* Previous intravesical instillation immunotherapy with bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG), or intravesical instillation of chemotherapeutics.
* Previous neoadjuvant chemotherapy.
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What they're measuring
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To characterize the microbiota in health and bladder cancer, and may lead to new prevention, diagnosis and treatment strategies for bladder cancer
Timeframe: Sample sollection 12 months, next generation sequencing ind bioinformatics 6 months, interpretation of data 6 months.