Re: Randomized Noninferiority Trial of Reduced High-Dose Volume versus Standard Volume Radiation Therapy for Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer: Results of the BC2001 Trial (CRUK/01/004)

2014 ◽  
Vol 191 (6) ◽  
pp. 1731-1732 ◽  
Author(s):  
David P. Wood
2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (6_suppl) ◽  
pp. 280-280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma Hall ◽  
Syed A. Hussain ◽  
Nuria Porta ◽  
Malcolm Crundwell ◽  
Peter Jenkins ◽  
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280 Background: BC2001 showed that adding chemotherapy (5FU+MMC) to radiotherapy significantly improved rates of muscle invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) locoregional control (LRC) [James 2012] but that reduced high dose volume RT rather than standard RT did not significantly reduce late side effects [Huddart 2013]. Here we present an update of the time to event outcomes after a median 10 years follow up. Methods: Under the 2x2 partial factorial design, 458 pts were randomised to RT (178) or cRT (182) (CT comparison) and/or to stRT (108) or RHDVRT (111) (RT comparison). Primary endpoint was LRC, secondary endpoints included overall survival (OS), bladder-cancer specific survival (BCSS), metastasis free survival (MFS) and salvage cystectomy rates. Results: Median follow up was 118 months (95%CI: 112-122). LRC and invasive LRC (ILRC) were improved with cRT (Table 1). Though no statistically significant differences between groups were found in OS, cRT exhibited a trend towards improvement in BCSS, significant when adjusted by known prognostic factors. Similar trend was found for MFS. Salvage cystectomy rate was lower for cRT (2-year rate, cRT:11% vs RT:17%, p=0.03). No differences between stRT and RHDVRT were found for any trial endpoint. Conclusions: With extended follow-up, an improvement in LRC and a reduced salvage cystectomy rate is confirmed with cRT. After adjustment for known prognostic factors this results in an improvement in BCSS. This updated data supports the use of cRT with 5FU/MMC and confirms this should be a standard of care for this patient population. Clinical trial information: ISRCTN68324339. [Table: see text]


2011 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliette Thariat ◽  
Shafak Aluwini ◽  
Qiong Pan ◽  
Mickael Caullery ◽  
Pierre-Yves Marcy ◽  
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2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor A. McPherson ◽  
George Rodrigues ◽  
Glenn Bauman ◽  
Eric Winquist ◽  
Joseph Chin ◽  
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Introduction: While radical cystectomy is the gold standard for muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC), in octogenarians cystectomy results in a higher perioperative mortality rate (6.8‒11.1%) than in younger patients (2.2%). Trimodality therapy is a bladdersparing regimen composed of transurethral resection of bladder tumour (TURBT) and chemoradiotherapy, with intent for salvage cystectomy, and has a 62.5‒90% initial complete response rate. In this study, we evaluate TURBT and chemoradiotherapy without salvage cystectomy in medically inoperable octogenarian patients.Methods: We identified a retrospective cohort of patients aged 80‒89 years with invasive urothelial carcinoma who received combination chemoradiotherapy between 2008 and June 2014. Outcomes were evaluated by Kaplan-Meier (KM) and Cox regression.Results: In 40 patients, the mean age was 84.5 years (interquartile range [IQR] 83‒86). Seventeen patients received hypofractionated, low-dose radiotherapy (LD) (37.5‒40 Gy), while 23 received conventionally fractionated radiotherapy (high-dose [HD]) (50‒65 Gy). Mean overall survival (OS) was 20.7 months (IQR 12.75‒23.25), while mean recurrence-free survival (RFS) was 13.75 months (IQR 3.75‒16.5). Patients receiving HD radiotherapy showed improved OS and local RFS (LRFS) without significant differences in Grade 3‒4 toxicities. Univariate Cox regression identified hydronephrosis as a predictor of worse OS and local recurrence and HD radiotherapy as a predictor of improved OS and local recurrence rates. Multivariate Cox regression identified hydronephrosis to be a significant predictor of LRFS.Conclusions: Primary chemoradiotherapy for inoperable patients with MIBC resulted in a three-year OS of 54.9% (comparable to cystectomy) and three-year RFS of 42.3%. Superior outcomes were associated with more aggressive chemoradiotherapy treatment. The results of the local control subanalyses in this study are hypothesisgenerating due to the limited patient numbers in the cohort.


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