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18Fluorine-Fluciclovine Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography for the Diagnosis of Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer

Trial Status: closed to accrual

This early phase I trial studies how well 18F-fluciclovine positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) works in staging muscle invasive bladder cancer. 18F-fluciclovine does not treat cancer; it only allows physicians to take images (pictures) of it. Staging of muscle invasive bladder cancer is currently done using CT and/or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Both CT and MRI are useful to determine the extent of bladder cancer, but may miss disease outside of the bladder. New techniques and imaging agents that can better identify cancer spread outside of the bladder (metastatic lesions), especially within the pelvis, are desired and would be useful.