Study to Obtain Full Thickness Bladder Tissue From Subjects Undergoing Cystectomy Surgery

Tengion

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cystectomy

Treatments: Other: tissue procurement

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT00577785

TNG-CL005

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of this study is to obtain bladder tissue specimens from patients otherwise undergoing cystectomy for use in research and training of personnel at Tengion, Inc.

Enrollment: 52 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 90 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Subjects 18 to 90 years and undergoing a cystectomy surgery
• Willing and able to give signed informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• Known active infection
• Known colonization with MRSA or VRE
• Receipt of blood or blood products for transfusion during the previous 3 months

Trial design

52 participants in 1 patient group

cystectomy group

Description:

Subjects undergoing planned cystectomy who agree to provide bladder tissue from removed bladder post cystectomy and/or cystoscopic biopsy tissue prior to cystectomy

Treatment:

Other: tissue procurement