BCG With or Without Mitomycin in Treating Patients With Bladder Cancer

Summary

RATIONALE: Biological therapies such as BCG use different ways to stimulate the immune system and stop tumor cells from growing. Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining chemotherapy with biological therapy may kill more tumor cells. It is not yet known if BCG is more effective with or without mitomycin. PURPOSE: Randomized phase II trial to compare the effectiveness of BCG plus mitomycin with that of BCG alone in treating patients who have bladder cancer.

Timeline

Start

2001-06

Primary completion

2005-02

Completion

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Publications

• Results Oosterlinck W, Kirkali Z, Sylvester R, da Silva FC, Busch C, Algaba F, Collette S, Bono A. Sequential intravesical chemoimmunotherapy with mitomycin C and bacillus Calmette-Guerin and with bacillus Calmette-Guerin alone in patients with carcinoma in situ of the urinary bladder: results of an EORTC genito-urinary group randomized phase 2 trial (30993). Eur Urol. 2011 Mar;59(3):438-46. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2010.11.038. Epub 2010 Dec 7.

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