Response to 2 Induction Courses of Bacillus Calmette-Guèrin Therapy Among Patients With High-Risk Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer : 5-year Follow-Up of a Phase 2 Clinical Trial

Importance: With the ongoing bacillus Calmette-Guèrin (BCG) shortage, alternate therapeutic options for patients with high-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) are needed.

Objective: To report the 5-year outcomes of a cohort from a prospective phase 2 trial of patients with high-risk NMIBC who underwent 12 instillations of induction BCG without maintenance.

Design, Setting, and Participants: Between November 2015 and June 2018, patients at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center with primary or recurrent NMIBC (high-grade Ta, T1 tumors, with or without carcinoma in situ) were prospectively enrolled to receive 2 induction courses (12 intravesical instillations) of BCG without maintenance therapy. The analysis itself took place on July 28, 2023.

Main Outcomes and Measures: Recurrence-free survival (RFS) and cancer-specific survival (CSS) was assessed by landmark analysis at 7.5 months. Recurrence was defined as pathologic high-grade disease.

Results: Among 81 patients (65 men [84%] and 12 women [16%] with a median [IQR] age of 72 [64-77] years) who consented to participate in the study, 75 remained evaluable for long-term follow-up analysis. Twenty-one patients experienced high-grade recurrence, yielding a 5-year RFS rate of 69% (95% CI, 58%-81%), with a median (IQR) follow-up of 4.4 (3.8-5.3) years for patients without recurrence. Three patients died of bladder cancer, corresponding to a CSS rate of 97% (95% CI, 93%-100%) with a median (IQR) follow-up of 4.9 (4.2-5.7) years for survivors. Using 2 induction courses reduced the amount of BCG per patient from 27 vials to 12 vials.

Conclusion and Relevance: Twelve induction instillations of BCG without maintenance for patients with high-risk NMIBC reduced the number of vials needed per patient while providing acceptable oncologic outcomes. Given the ongoing BCG shortage, this modified regimen may provide a suitable alternative in this setting.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:10

Enthalten in:

JAMA oncology - 10(2024), 4 vom: 01. Apr., Seite 522-525

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Katims, Andrew B [VerfasserIn]
Tallman, Jacob [VerfasserIn]
Vertosick, Emily [VerfasserIn]
Porwal, Shaun [VerfasserIn]
Dalbagni, Guido [VerfasserIn]
Cha, Eugene K [VerfasserIn]
Smith, Robert [VerfasserIn]
Benfante, Nicole [VerfasserIn]
Herr, Harry W [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

BCG Vaccine
Clinical Trial, Phase II
Journal Article

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Date Completed 19.04.2024

Date Revised 19.04.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1001/jamaoncol.2023.6804

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM368488659