- Investigator
- Roberto J Firpi-Morell
- Status
- Accepting Candidates
Invasive
Definition
An invasive disease is one that spreads to surrounding tissues. An invasive procedure is one in which the body is "invaded", or entered by a needle, tube, device, or scope.
References
Taber's Medical Dictionary Online website. Invasive. www.tabers.com/tabersonline/search?st=OSS&q=Invasive. Accessed May 3, 2021.
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Clinical Trials: Invasive
UF Health research scientists make medicine better every day. They discover new ways to help people by running clinical trials. When you join a clinical trial, you can get advanced medical care. Sometimes years before it's available everywhere. You can also help make medicine better for everyone else. If you'd like to learn more about clinical trials, visit our clinical trials page. Or click one of the links below:
The study hypothesis is that BCG naïve non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) patients treated with intravesical Gemcitabine + Docetaxel (GEMDOCE) will result in a non-inferior event-free survival (EFS) compared to standard treatment with…
- Investigator
- Padraic O'Malley
- Status
- Accepting Candidates
- Ages
- 18 Years - N/A
- Sexes
- All
This phase II trial studies the effect of adding pembrolizumab to gemcitabine in treating patients with non-muscle invasive bladder cancer whose cancer does not respond to Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) treatment. Chemotherapy drugs, such as…
- Investigator
- Paul L Crispen
- Status
- Accepting Candidates
- Ages
- 18 Years - N/A
- Sexes
- All
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