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A trial looking at pazopanib for transitional cell urothelial tract cancer (PLUTO)

Overview

Cancer types:

Bladder cancer, Kidney cancer, Transitional cell cancer

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 2

Details

This trial looked at pazopanib for transitional cell cancer of the urinary tract that either hadn’t gone away or came back after treatment with chemotherapy. The urinary tract includes the:

  • centre of the kidney (renal pelvis)

  • tube that takes urine from the kidney to the bladder (ureter)

  • bladder

  • tube that drains urine from the bladder and out of the body (urethra)

Cancer Research UK supported this trial.

Recruitment start: 3 August 2012

Recruitment end: 14 October 2014

How to join

Please note: In order to join a trial you will need to discuss it with your doctor, unless otherwise specified.

Chief investigators

Dr Robert J Jones Prof Thomas Powles

Supported by

Cancer Research UK

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

University of Glasgow

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

The Orchid Research Tissue Bank

Other information

This is Cancer Research UK trial number CRUKE/11/021

Last reviewed: 28 June 2017

CRUK internal database number: 8280

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