An interventional study of Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Bladder in Urinary Bladder Cancer, NMIBC and TURBT, sponsored by University of Lausanne Hospitals. Not yet recruiting. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-11-09.
Sponsored by University of Lausanne Hospitals · Not applicable, Interventional, and Diagnostic
SMART-BC is a prospective, single-centre clinical investigation evaluating the diagnostic performance of multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) for detecting residual bladder tumour and predicting muscle invasion in patients with non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC).
The study comprises two work packages. WP1 will include 20 healthy volunteers to optimize the bladder MRI protocol using additional clinical sequences without contrast injection, assessing image quality through quantitative and qualitative metrics. WP2 will enrol up to 66 patients with newly diagnosed bladder lesions and suspicious or high-grade urinary cytology, aiming to obtain 33 evaluable patients who undergo pre- and post-transurethral resection of bladder tumour (TURBT) MRI and repeat TURBT (re-TURBT), when clinically indicated.
In WP2, mpMRI will be performed before initial TURBT and approximately 3-4 weeks afterwards in patients requiring re-TURBT. Diagnostic performance will be assessed using sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value, with histopathology as the reference standard. Standard VI-RADS sequences will be compared with an optimized protocol incorporating additional sequences. Secondary objectives include inter-reader agreement, patient-reported comfort and satisfaction, and preliminary evaluation of healthcare costs and the potential to avoid unnecessary re-TURBT procedures. Safety will be assessed through the systematic collection of adverse events, serious adverse events and device deficiencies.
The investigation uses CE-marked 3T MRI systems and follows routine clinical management pathways. Its long-term aim is to determine whether post-TURBT mpMRI can improve diagnostic assessment and support more personalized management of patients with high-risk NMIBC.
294 studies on the registry are indexed under Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Neoplasms; 126 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 86 is above the median of 62 across 231 interventional studies indexed under Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Neoplasms.
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Compared within Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Neoplasms, this study's primary condition as ClinicalTrials.gg classifies it; the registry's first condition term is Urinary Bladder Neoplasms. The counts are of registry records indexed under each term, refreshed daily. How we classify →
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Participants with suspected bladder cancer will undergo multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging before transurethral resection of bladder tumour. Patients requiring repeat resection according to clinical indications will undergo a second magnetic resonance imaging examination approximately 3-4 weeks after the initial resection. Imaging findings will be compared with histopathological results to assess diagnostic performance.
Diagnostic Test: Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Bladder
Bladder magnetic resonance imaging performed using a 3T MRI system, including standard VI-RADS sequences and additional optimized sequences. Imaging is performed before initial transurethral resection and, when clinically indicated, before repeat resection. The study evaluates image quality and the diagnostic performance of magnetic resonance imaging for detecting residual bladder tumour and predicting muscle invasion.
Diagnostic Performance
Diagnostic accuracy metrics (sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value \[PPV\], and negative predictive value \[NPV\]) of mpMRI performed 3-4 weeks after initial TURBT for detecting residual bladder tumour, using histopathology as the reference standard.
Time frame: Approximately 3-4 weeks after initial transurethral resection, before repeat resection when clinically indicated.
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Start is estimated for Dec 2026; primary completion for Mar 2028, 15 months later.
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