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A trial looking at atezolizumab before surgery for bladder cancer (ABACUS)

Overview

Cancer types:

Bladder cancer, Transitional cell cancer

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 2

Details

This trial looked at atezolizumab for people whose bladder cancer had spread beyond the inner lining of the bladder, but not to another area of the body.

Recruitment start: 1 May 2016

Recruitment end: 30 June 2018

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

Professor Thomas Powles

Supported by

Cancer Research UK

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd

Queen Mary University of London

Other information

This is the Cancer Research UK trial number CRUKE/15/014.

Last reviewed: 12 Mar 2021

CRUK internal database number: 13385

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