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"official_title": "Randomized Phase III Study Comparing Paclitaxel/Cisplatin/Gemcitabine and Cisplatin/Gemcitabine in Patients With Metastatic or Locally Advanced Urothelial Cancer Without Prior Systemic Therapy",
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"exact_snippets": "Prior urological procedures to relieve urinary tract obstruction and improve renal function allowed",
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"requirement_type": "allowance",
"expected_value": true
}
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"failed_exclusion": [],
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{
"line": "PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:",
"criterions": []
},
{
"line": "Other:",
"criterions": []
},
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"requirement_type": "status",
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{
"exact_snippets": "not ... nursing",
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"requirement_type": "status",
"expected_value": false
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]
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"exact_snippets": "at least 4 weeks since prior local intravesical chemotherapy",
"criterion": "time since prior local intravesical chemotherapy",
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"value": 4,
"unit": "weeks"
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{
"line": "* Not specified",
"criterions": []
}
]
}