Is BladderLight® (BL) urine testing accurate, as a non-invasive method, to exclude presence of bladder cancer in patients.
There are three arms to the proposed performance evaluation of the integrated test - arms 1 and 2 are cross-sectional studies examining the accuracy of the BladderLight® test in the detection of cancer of the urinary bladder in patients attending either Gross Haematuria clinic for a potential primary (first time) diagnosis (arm 1) or patients attending Cystsoscopic Surveillance clinic as follow up to a previous, treated case of bladder cancer (arm 2). Arm 3 is a longitudinal examination of disease state following a negative cystoscopy with a positive BladderLight® test - this will examine whether BladderLight® can predict progression to overt disease. Arm three will not involve any further requirement for physical sampling, but will involve result checking on subsequent cystoscopies
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
2,100
Using a cell collection device to look for the presence of bladder cancer cells
To exclude presence of bladder cancer with sensitivity of 85%
In each cohort of the study sensitivity, specificity, negative and positive predictive value for detection of cancer will be calculated.
Time frame: 12 month
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