Research
Clinical Trials
Clinical trials strive to find solutions to some of life’s most complex conditions, diseases, and disorders. They are modern medicine’s answer to the questions “why?” and “how?”
Through clinical trials, we find out whether a new treatment works and is safe. For many, they provide hope and promise for an improved quality of life. They are carefully designed research studies that answer specific questions about the effectiveness of preventive techniques, medications, therapies and treatments and surgical techniques.
About the Center for Clinical Trials
The Department of Urology’s Center for Clinical Trials is a clinical research center that helps facilitate innovative new products and medications for the research community and patients by conducting Phase Ⅰ - Ⅳ clinical trials. Phase Ⅰ is the safety and tolerability of treatment in a small number of individuals. Phase Ⅱ is the efficacy of treatment that is proven to be safe for humans. Phase Ⅲ is the comparison of treatment to current FDA approved treatments in a larger group number of participants. Phase Ⅳ is studying the long term data of the treatment after being on the market.
Participation in a clinical trial does not substitute for regular medical care. Discuss participation in clinical trials with your physician. For more information about current clinical trials, or the clinical trial process at the University of Minnesota, please contact either:
Tracy Daye-Groves at [email protected] or 612-625-3319
Maressa Twedt at [email protected] or 612-626-6661
Clinical Trials by Urology Specialty Area
Interested in participating? Click an area of your interest to view the clinical trials being conducted.
Bladder Cancer Treatments
EG-70 Study
Study Title: A Phase 1/2 of EG-70 as an Intravesical Administration to Patients with BCG-Unresponsive NMBIC
Principal Investigator: Dr. Joseph Zabell
Currently Recruiting
FIDIA Study
Study Title: A phase III, single-arm study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of ONCOFID-P-B (paclitaxel-hyaluronic acid conjugate) administered intravesically to patients with BCG-unresponsive Carcinoma in Situ of the bladder with or without Ta-T1 papillary disease
Principal Investigator: Dr. Hamed Ahmadi
Currently Recruiting
BRIDGE Study
Study Title: A Randomized Phase III Trial of Intravesical BCG versus Intravesical Docetaxel and Gemcitabine Treatment in BCG Naive High-Grade Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer (BRIDGE)
Principal Investigator: Dr. Hamed Ahmadi
Currently Recruiting
Other Bladder Studies
NGB/UTI Study
Study Title: Immune Modulation Associations with Urinary Tract Infection in People with Neurogenic Bladder
Principal Investigator: Dr. Sean Elliott
Currently Recruiting
Ostomy 3D Study
Study Title: Ostomy Simulation for Patient Education Prior to Urologic Bowel Diversion Surgeries
Principal Investigator: Dr. Hamed Ahmadi
Currently Recruiting
Cysview® Blue Light Cystoscopy Registry
Study Title: Cysview® Blue Light Cystoscopy Registry
Principal Investigator: Dr. Hamed Ahmadi
Co-Investigators: Drs. Joseph Zabell, Subodh Regmi, and Christopher Warlick
Currently Recruiting
ABX/UTI Study
Study Title: Prophylactic Antibiotic Use to Prevent Urinary Tract Infection Following Radical Cystectomy and Urinary Diversion: Randomized Clinical Trial
Co-Investigators: Drs. Hamed Ahmadi and Joseph Zabell
Currently Recruiting
STRATA Cxbladder Study
Study Title: Use of a multiplexed molecular biomarker test Cxbladder, in Real World decision making to provide Clinical Utility Using a Randomized Design.
Principal Investigator: Dr. Hamed Ahmadi
Closed to Recruitment
Prostate Cancer
Vapor 2 Study
Study Title: Prospective, Multicenter, Single-Arm study of Vanquish™ Water Vapor Ablation of Prostate Cancer
Principal Investigator: Dr. Christopher Warlick
Currently Recruiting
Targeted-Ex Study
Study Title: Ex-Vivo Targeted Treatment of Cancerous Extirpated Prostate Tissue
Principal Investigator: Dr. Christopher Warlick
Currently Recruiting
Urine Protein Biomarkers in Prostate Cancer
Study Title: Development of Protein Biomarkers from Urine of Prostate Cancer Patients
Principal Investigator: Dr. Christopher Warlick
Currently Recruiting
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
Butterfly Pivotal Study
Study Title: A prospective, randomized, controlled, blinded study to assess the Safety and Efficacy of the Butterfly Medical Prostatic Retraction Device in Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) Patients
Principal Investigator: Dr. Michael Borofsky and Dr. Deepak Agarwal
Currently Recruiting
Overactive Bladder
Urovant Vibegron Study
Study Title: Composur, A Patient-centric, Phase IV, Open-label, Prospective, Real World US Study to Evaluate Vibegron on Patient Treatment Satisfaction, Quality of Life, and Healthcare Resource Utilization in Patients with Overactive Bladder
Principal Investigator: Dr. Nissrine Nakib
Active, closed to recruiting
Urinary Incontinence
Kidney Stones
Male Infertility
Sacral Nerve Neuromodulation Therapy
Urology Department Collaboration Studies
STRIVE
Study Title: Support for Transgender and Nonbinary Individuals Seeking Vaginoplasty (STRIVE)
Principal Investigator: Dr. Joseph Pariser
Currently Recruiting
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