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31 recruiting in this ClinicalTrials.gov snapshot · reviewed 2026-08-17

Bladder cancer clinical trials, in English

Bladder cancer trials distinguish non-muscle-invasive disease (often BCG-related) from muscle-invasive and metastatic urothelial cancer. Antibody-drug conjugates and checkpoint drugs appear frequently. Stage and prior BCG failure rules live on the NCT page. Sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov. Not a recommendation to join any study.

How to read this list

Each headline is a rewrite of registry fields (phase, intervention, condition). Open the NCT link before you call a site. Eligibility is decided by the study team, not by this page. See how to find a trial and eligibility explained.

Phases in this snapshot: Not a traditional drug phase (14) · Phase 2 (6) · Phase 1 (5) · Phase 3 (5) · Phase 1 / Phase 2 (1)

Cities that appear on these records

  • Las Vegas, Nevada · 61
  • New York, New York · 25
  • Columbus, Ohio · 21
  • Los Angeles, California · 19
  • Henderson, Nevada · 18
  • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · 18
  • Chicago, Illinois · 17
  • Des Moines, Iowa · 17

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Intervention hubs that overlap this snapshot: Pembrolizumab · Nivolumab · Trastuzumab deruxtecan

RecruitingNot a traditional drug phaseBethesda, Maryland
Evaluation for NCI Surgery Branch Clinical Research Protocols

Background: The National Cancer Institute Surgery Branch (NCI-SB) has developed experimental therapies that involve taking white blood cells from patients' tumor or from their blood, growing them in the laboratory in large numbers, and then giving the cells back to the patient. Objective: This study will allow patients to under screening and evaluation for participation in NC-SB Protocols.

NCT00001823 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · National Cancer Institute (NCI)

RecruitingNot a traditional drug phaseBethesda, Maryland
Collection of Serum and Tissue Samples From Patients With Biopsy-Proved or Suspected Malignant Disease

Selected individuals suspected of having or with prior biopsy proof of malignant disease will be seen in the Urologic Oncology Branch, NCI. Blood samples may be collected at the time of the initial visit and at periodic intervals during the course of the disease.

NCT00026884 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · National Cancer Institute (NCI)

RecruitingPhase 2Birmingham, Alabama
Phase 2: testing Cabozantinib S-malate for Bladder Adenocarcinoma

This phase II trial studies how well cabozantinib works in combination with nivolumab and ipilimumab in treating patients with rare genitourinary (GU) tumors that has spread from where it first started (primary site) to other places in the body. Cabozantinib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth.

NCT03866382 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · National Cancer Institute (NCI)

RecruitingNot a traditional drug phaseAnchorage, Alaska
Not a traditional drug phase: Questionnaire Administration for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

This study collects blood and tissue samples from patients with cancer and without cancer to evaluate tests for early cancer detection. Collecting and storing samples of blood and tissue from patients with and without cancer to study in the laboratory may help researchers develop tests for the early detection of cancers.

NCT05334069 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology

RecruitingNot a traditional drug phaseDuarte, California
cfDNA Assay Prospective Observational Validation for Early Cancer Detection and Minimal Residual Disease

This is an watch-and-measure (no experimental treatment required) case-control study to train and validate a genome-wide methylome enrichment platform to detect multiple cancer types and to differentiate amongst cancer types. The cancers included in this study are brain, breast, bladder, cervical, colorectal, endometrial, esophageal, gastric, head and neck, hepatobiliary, leukemia, lung, lymphoma, multiple myeloma, ovarian, pancreatic, prostate, renal, sarcoma, and thyroid.

NCT05366881 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · Adela, Inc

RecruitingPhase 1Tucson, Arizona
Phase 1: testing Vepugratinib for Urinary Bladder Neoplasms

The main purpose of this study is to learn more about the safety, side effects, and effectiveness of Vepugratinib by itself or when it is combined with other medicines that treat cancer. Vepugratinib may be used to treat cancer of the cells that line the urinary system and other solid tumor cancers that have a change in a particular gene (known as the FGFR3 gene).

NCT05614739 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · Eli Lilly and Company

RecruitingNot a traditional drug phaseWashington D.C., District of Columbia
Not a traditional drug phase: Questionnaires for Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer

This study wants to evaluate mood changes in patients with Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer who are receiving intravesical Bacillus Calmete-Guerin (BCG). Patients with Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer receiving intravesical treatments are eligible to participate in this study.

NCT05672615 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · Johns Hopkins University

RecruitingNot a traditional drug phaseWashington D.C., District of Columbia
Not a traditional drug phase: Prostate capsule-sparing radical cystectomy for Bladder Cancer

The purpose of this clinical trial is to determine if prostate-capsule-sparing cystectomy improves functional outcomes without comprising oncologic outcomes in male patients receiving a radical cystectomy. Patients will be randomly assigned to one of two groups: prostate capsule-sparing radical cystectomy or nerve-sparing radical cystectomy.

NCT05792722 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · Johns Hopkins University

RecruitingPhase 1Los Angeles, California
Phase 1: testing MGC026 Dose Escalation for Advanced Solid Tumor

The study is designed to understand the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, immunogenicity, and preliminary antitumor activity of vobramitamab tavatecan (MGC026) in participants with relapsed or refractory, unresectable, locally advanced or metastatic solid tumors The study has a dose escalation portion and a cohort expansion portion in Module A of the study. Combination therapy with pembrolizumab will occur in Module B of the study Participants will receive vobramitamab tavatecan by intravenous (IV) infusion.

NCT06242470 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · MacroGenics

RecruitingNot a traditional drug phaseChongqing, Chongqing Municipality
Not a traditional drug phase: Deep learning system for prognostication prediction in bladder cancer for Bladder Cancer

Bladder cancer (BLCA), with its diverse histopathological features and varying patient outcomes, poses significant challenges in diagnosis and prognosis. Postoperative survival stratification based on radiomics feature and whole slide image feature may be useful for treatment decisions to improve prognosis.

NCT06389019 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · Mingzhao Xiao

RecruitingPhase 2Bethesda, Maryland
Phase 2: testing [18F]FAPI-74 for Sarcoma

Background: Fibroblast-activation protein (FAP) is an enzyme that appears in high numbers in cancer-associated fibroblasts of certain cancer types. \[18F\]FAPI-74 is a new PET (positron emission tomography) tracer, a substance that is injected into a person s body before an imaging scan.

NCT06503146 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · National Cancer Institute (NCI)

RecruitingPhase 2Tucson, Arizona
Phase 2: testing Cisplatin for Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma

This phase II trial compares the use of pembrolizumab and radiation therapy to chemotherapy with cisplatin, gemcitabine, 5-fluorouracil or mitomycin-C and radiation therapy for the treatment of non-muscle invasive bladder cancer. Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as pembrolizumab, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread.

NCT06770582 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · National Cancer Institute (NCI)

RecruitingPhase 3Sun City, Arizona
Phase 3: testing TAR-210 for Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Neoplasms

The main purpose of this study is to compare the disease-free survival (the length of time after randomization that a participant survives without any signs or symptoms of the cancer returning, or progressing) between Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) treated participants receiving treatment with TAR-210 versus investigator's choice of intravesical chemotherapy for treatment of high-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (HR-NMIBC).

NCT06919965 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · Janssen Research & Development, LLC

RecruitingNot a traditional drug phaseDijon, Côte D'or
Not a traditional drug phase: Adaptive radiotherapy for Bladder Cancer

Trimodal therapy (TMT) consisting of transurethral resection of bladder tumors followed by radiotherapy and chemotherapy is a therapeutic alternative in patients with Muscle-Infiltrating Bladder Cancer who are inoperable or refuse surgery. One of the main challenges of TMT is the planning and delivery of radiation therapy.

NCT07043543 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · Institut du Cancer de Montpellier - Val d'Aurelle

RecruitingNot a traditional drug phaseDublin, California
Not a traditional drug phase: Exercise intervention for Localized Malignant Solid Neoplasm

This clinical trial studies whether an exercise program can be successfully delivered to patients receiving treatment for cancer through virtual sessions and allow patients to exercise in their own home. Treatments for cancer can cause side effects such as fatigue and loss of strength.

NCT07059884 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology

RecruitingPhase 2Birmingham, Alabama
Phase 2: testing Pembrolizumab for Muscle Invasive Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma

This phase II trial tests the effect of giving pembrolizumab in combination with radiation therapy after chemotherapy in preventing surgery to remove the bladder in patients with muscle invasive bladder cancer. Standard of care therapy includes chemotherapy before surgery (neoadjuvant) to shrink or get rid of the tumor.

NCT07061964 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · National Cancer Institute (NCI)

RecruitingNot a traditional drug phaseNanchang, Anhui
Not a traditional drug phase: Second Transurethral Resection of Bladder Tumor (re-TURBT) for Bladder Cancer

Non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) accounts for approximately 75% of newly diagnosed bladder cancers and is characterized by a high risk of recurrence and progression. Current guidelines recommend that patients with stage T1 NMIBC undergo a second transurethral resection of bladder tumor (re-TURBT) within 2-6 weeks after the initial surgery to remove residual tumor, confirm staging, and obtain additional pathological information.

NCT07187635 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · Tianjin Medical University Second Hospital

RecruitingPhase 1Birmingham, Alabama
Phase 1: testing PF-08052667 for Non-muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer

This study wants to learn how a new medicine called PF-08052667 works when used by itself or together with another medicine called Bacillus Calmette Guerin (BCG), and/or a medicine called sasanlimab. This study is for adults who have a type of bladder cancer that hasn't spread into the muscle layer of the bladder but is more likely to come back or grow.

NCT07206225 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · Pfizer

RecruitingNot a traditional drug phaseBirmingham, Alabama
A Study to Assess Real-World Use and Outcomes of TAR-200 for Participants With Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder …

This study wants to assess how well TAR-200 works in real-word by measuring the time taken from the first TAR-200 insertion to worsening of cancer or until the signs and symptoms of cancer occur again (disease-free survival) in participants with non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC; an early-stage bladder cancer that is limited to the inner lining of bladder).

NCT07309445 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · Janssen Research & Development, LLC

RecruitingNot a traditional drug phaseSuwon
A Real-world Study in Participants With High-risk Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer After Bacillus Calmett…

This study wants to assess participant's overall well-being and the extent to which medical services are used by participants with high-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (HR-NMIBC) who have received Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) therapy. HR-NMIBC is a type of bladder cancer in which cancer is confined to the inner lining of the bladder and has a high risk of returning or becoming more serious.

NCT07735793 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · Janssen Korea, Ltd., Korea

FAQ: Bladder cancer trials

How do I find recruiting Bladder cancer clinical trials?

This hub lists 31 recruiting Bladder cancer studies from a ClinicalTrials.gov snapshot, rewritten in plain English. Each card links to its NCT record. You can also search the official registry for “bladder cancer” at https://clinicaltrials.gov/search?cond=bladder%20cancer.

What does a Bladder cancer trial page on PlainTrials include?

A phase explainer, a plain-English summary grounded in the brief summary, inclusion/exclusion extracted from the public eligibility block, sponsor name, and any central contact the sponsor published. It is not a match to a trial.

Where are Bladder cancer studies located in this snapshot?

Sites that appear on these records include Las Vegas, Nevada; New York, New York; Columbus, Ohio; Los Angeles, California; Henderson, Nevada. A city on a record is not a guarantee that the site is taking new patients this week — call the NCT contact.

Can PlainTrials tell me if I qualify for a Bladder cancer study?

No. Eligibility is decided by the study team using the protocol, labs, and consent. Our “who it is for” list is a readable extract of public inclusion text only.

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