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Not yet recruitingNCT06327932Updated Mar 25, 2024

HIVEC in Patients With Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer

A Phase 3 interventional study of TURBT and HIVEC in Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer, sponsored by Affiliated Cancer Hospital & Institute of Guangzhou Medical University. Not yet recruiting. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 80 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-03-25.

Sponsored by Affiliated Cancer Hospital & Institute of Guangzhou Medical University · Phase 3, Interventional, and Prevention

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Mar 2026, 6 months ago, but the record still lists the study as not yet recruiting.
Phase
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
320
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 80 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the efficacy and safety of Hyperthermic Intravesical Chemotherapy (HIVEC) with Gemcitabine (GEM) after Transurethral Resection of Bladder Tumors (TURBT) in the treatment of medium or high-risk group Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer (NMIBC).

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In this study, patients with Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer (NMIBC) and planed to undergo Transurethral Resection of Bladder Tumors (TURBT) are randomized into HIVEC group and control group. In HIVEC group, HIVEC is performed with Gemcitabine Gemcitabine (3g/150ml NS) at 45 °C for 60 minutes within 4 weeks, once a week (±5 days) for 6 to 8 times, once a month to 1 year. For the patients in the control group, Intravesical Chemotherapy is administered after TURBT. The primary endpoint is 2-year recurrence rate. Secondary end points include 1-year recurrence rate, recurrence-free survival (RFS) rate, disease free survival (DFS) rate, time to treatment failure (TTF), Success rate of therapeutic operation, Instrument performance evaluation, quality of international prostate symptom score, quality of Urinary Symptoms Distress Score. All efficacy analyses are conducted in the intention-to-treat population. Safety analysis include only patients who receive their randomly assigned treatment.

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Conditions studied

  • Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer

Keywords

  • Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer
  • Hyperthermic Intravesical Chemotherapy
  • recurrence rate
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In context

Urinary Bladder Neoplasms

1,617 studies on the registry are indexed under Urinary Bladder Neoplasms; 422 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 320 is above the median of 60 across 1,163 interventional studies indexed under Urinary Bladder Neoplasms.

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Lead sponsor

Affiliated Cancer Hospital & Institute of Guangzhou Medical University is the lead sponsor of 28 studies on the registry; 15 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 80 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  1. Patients who did not receive induction perfusion within 4 weeks after complete resection of bladder tumor with TURBT (Patients who were judged by the investigator to be in need of secondary electrotomy, for the last time).
  2. Recurrence risk and prognosis of Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer were divided into medium-risk group or high-risk group (patients who underwent multiple electrosurgical biopsies, and the pathological results were based on higher grade tumors).
  3. KPS score ≥80, expected survival > 30 months.
  4. Pathological suggested non-myoinvasive urothelial carcinoma of the bladder.
  5. Age between 18 and 70 years, all genders.
  6. Volunteer to participate in this clinical trial and written informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Patients with bladder cancer in situ.
  2. Combined with proven upper urinary tract or urethral tumors.
  3. The patients were complicated with bladder perforation, gross hematuria or urinary tract infection of grade 3-4.
  4. Patients with urethral discontinuity, urethral stricture, or inability to use a three lumen catheter normally affect perfusion therapy.
  5. Patients who had undergone partial cystectomy or abnormal bladder structure were judged by the investigator to be unsuitable for perfusion therapy.
  6. Patients with severe coagulation dysfunction.
  7. A history of allergy to injected drugs (gemcitabine).
  8. History of pelvic radiation, systemic chemotherapy, or immunotherapy.
  9. Complicated with cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, hematopoietic, immune system and other serious diseases.
  10. Patients with mental illness, substance abuse, alcoholism, and inability to cooperate.
  11. Breastfeeding, pregnant, or planning to have a baby in the near future.
  12. Recurrent patients with a prior history of BCG or bladder thermoperfusion therapy.
  13. Participated in other clinical trials 1 month before the trial.
  14. Vesicoureteral regurgitation.
  15. The investigator considered it inappropriate to participate in this clinical trial.
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Study design

Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
320 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    Matched control

    Patients undergo Transurethral Resection of Bladder Tumors (TURBT) and receive Intravesical Chemotherapy.

    Procedure: TURBT · Procedure: Intravesical Chemotherapy · Drug: Gemcitabine

  • Experimental
    HIVEC

    Patients undergo Transurethral Resection of Bladder Tumors (TURBT) and Hyperthermic Intravesical Chemotherapy (HIVEC)

    Procedure: TURBT · Procedure: HIVEC · Drug: Gemcitabine

Interventions

  • ProcedureTURBT

    Transurethral Resection of Bladder Tumors

  • ProcedureHIVEC

    Hyperthermic Intravesical Chemotherapy with Gemcitabine (3g/150ml NS) at 45 °C for 60 minutes. Induction perfusion was required to start within 4 weeks, once a week (±5 days) for 6 to 8 times. After the last induction infusion, maintenance infusion was performed, once every month (±2 weeks) for 1 year from the first induction infusion.

  • ProcedureIntravesical Chemotherapy

    Intravesical Chemotherapy with Gemcitabine (3g/150ml NS). Induction perfusion was required to start within 4 weeks, once a week (±5 days) for 6 to 8 times. After the last induction infusion, maintenance infusion was performed, once every month (±2 weeks) for 1 year from the first induction infusion.

  • DrugGemcitabine

    Gemcitabine (3g/150ml NS).

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Recurrence rate

    The patients were observed for 2 years since they received HIVEC or intravesical chemotherapy,and cystoscopy was repeated every 3 months. If a new tumor-like organism is seen under the microscope, and pathology indicates urothelial carcinoma of the bladder after TURBT or cystoscopic biopsy, the tumor is considered to have recurred. 2-year recurrence rate = number of recurrence cases within 2 years / total number of enrolled cases \* 100%.

    Time frame: 2-year

Secondary outcomes

  1. 1-year recurrence rate

    1-year recurrence rate = number of recurrence cases within 1 years / total number of enrolled cases \* 100%.

    Time frame: 1-year

  2. Recurrence-free survival (RFS) rate

    Recurrence free survival is calculated from the date of randomization to the date of record recurrence or death from any cause, whichever occurred first.

    Time frame: 2-year

  3. Time to treatment failure

    Time to treatment failure is calculated from the date of randomization to the date of treatment discontinuation/termination, including any reason for discontinuation/termination, such as disease progression, death, withdrawal due to adverse events, subject's refusal to continue the study, or use of a new treatment.

    Time frame: 2-year

  4. Success rate of therapeutic operation

    Success rate of therapeutic operation

    Time frame: 2-year

  5. Quality of international prostate symptom score

    IPSS is International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS), 0\~35, the higher the score, the worse the symptom severity is.

    Time frame: Evaluation was performed during the screening period and at 3, 12 and 24 months after initiation of treatment.

  6. Quality of bother of score

    BS is Bother of Score (BS), 0\~6, the higher the score, the worse the performance is.BS is the Bother of Score (BS), 0\~6, the higher the score, the worse the performance is.

    Time frame: Evaluation was performed during the screening period and at 3, 12 and 24 months after initiation of treatment

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Study locations

No study locations are listed for this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Mar 25, 2024, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT06327932
Lead sponsor
Affiliated Cancer Hospital & Institute of Guangzhou Medical University
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Mar 25, 2024
Start date
Apr 1, 2024 (estimated)
Primary completion
Mar 31, 2026 (estimated)
Completion
Mar 31, 2028 (estimated)
Last update
Mar 25, 2024

Study contacts

Shuzhong Cui, MD
Contact
cuishuzhong@gzhmu.edu
020-66673666
Jing Li, MD
Contact
lijingzlyy@163.com
020-66673666
Shuzhong Cui, MD
principal investigator · Affiliated Cancer Hospital & Institute of Guangzhou Medical University

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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