Radiofrequency-induced Thermo-chemotherapy Effect Versus a Second Course of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin or Institutional Standard in Patients with Recurrence of Non–muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer Following Induction or Maintenance Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Therapy (HYMN): A Phase III, Open-label, Randomised Controlled Trial
Tan W, Panchal A, Buckley L, Devall A, Loubière L, Pope A, Feneley M, Cresswell J, Issa R, Mostafid H, Madaan S, Bhatt R, McGrath J, Sangar V, Griffiths T, Page T, Hodgson D, Datta S, Billingham L, Kelly J. Radiofrequency-induced Thermo-chemotherapy Effect Versus a Second Course of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin or Institutional Standard in Patients with Recurrence of Non–muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer Following Induction or Maintenance Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Therapy (HYMN): A Phase III, Open-label, Randomised Controlled Trial. European Urology 2018, 75: 63-71. PMID: 30274699, DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2018.09.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-muscle-invasive bladder cancerDisease-free survival timeCarcinoma in situBacillus Calmette-GuerinSecond-line therapyTreatment armsComplete responseOpen-labelNo significant differenceBladder cancerCourse of bacillus Calmette-GuerinNon-muscle-invasive bladder cancer patientsBacillus Calmette-Guerin failuresCarcinoma in situ patientsStandard second-line therapyBacillus Calmette-Guerin therapyRecurrence of non-muscle-invasive bladder cancerStandard of care treatmentControlled trialsPapillary bladder lesionsPhase III randomised controlled trialMedian follow-upBladder cancer outcomesSignificant differenceOutcome measures