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A trial looking at eribulin mesylate for advanced bladder cancer

Overview

Cancer types:

Bladder cancer, Transitional cell cancer

Status:

Closed

Phase:

Phase 2

Details

This trial is looking at combining a chemotherapy drug called eribulin mesylate with gemcitabine and cisplatin chemotherapy. It is for people who have bladder cancer or cancer of the cells lining the urinary tract () that has spread to the nearby tissue () or has spread to another part of the body.

Recruitment start: 9 October 2012

Recruitment end: 20 March 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 Stephen Nicholson

Supported by

Eisai

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

Last reviewed: 23 Apr 2014

CRUK internal database number: 7736

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