S9809, Ciprofloxacin Compared With Cephalexin in Treating Patients With Bladder Cancer
Status:
Terminated
Trial end date:
2007-01-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
RATIONALE: Chemoprevention therapy is the use of certain drugs to try to prevent the
development or recurrence of cancer. It is not yet known whether ciprofloxacin is more
effective than cephalexin in preventing cancer recurrence in patients who are undergoing
surgery to treat bladder cancer.
PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of ciprofloxacin with that
of cephalexin in preventing recurrence of cancer in patients who are undergoing surgery for
bladder cancer.