Intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guerin Versus Mitomycin C For Superficial Bladder Cancer: A Formal Meta-Analysis of Comparative Studies on Recurrence and Toxicity

No AccessJournal of UrologyCLINICAL UROLOGY: Original Articles1 Jan 2003Intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guerin Versus Mitomycin C For Superficial Bladder Cancer: A Formal Meta-Analysis of Comparative Studies on Recurrence and Toxicity A. BÖHLE, D. JOCHAM, and P.R. BOCK A. BÖHLEA. BÖHLE Financial interest and/or other relationship with Aventis Pasteur, Ltd. More articles by this author , D. JOCHAMD. JOCHAM Financial interest and/or other relationship with Aventis Pasteur, Ltd. More articles by this author , and P.R. BOCKP.R. BOCK Financial interest and/or other relationship with Aventis Pasteur, Ltd. More articles by this author View All Author Informationhttps://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-5347(05)64043-8AboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints ShareFacebookLinked InTwitterEmail Abstract Purpose: We compare the therapeutic efficacy and toxicity of intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) with mitomycin C on recurrence of stages Ta and T1 bladder carcinoma. Materials and Methods: Combined published and unpublished data from comparative studies on BCG versus mitomycin C for superficial bladder carcinoma considering possible confounding factors were analyzed. Odds ratio (OR) and its 95% CI were used as primary effect size estimate. Toxicity data were evaluated descriptively. Results: In 11 eligible clinical trials 1,421 patients were treated with BCG and 1,328 were treated with mitomycin C. Within the overall median followup time of 26 months 38.6% of the patients in the BCG group and 46.4% of those in the mitomycin C group had tumor recurrence. In 7 of 11 studies BCG was significantly superior to mitomycin C, in 3 studies no significant difference was found, while in 1 study mitomycin C was significantly superior to BCG. An overall statistically significant superiority of BCG versus mitomycin C efficacy in reducing tumor recurrence was detected (OR 0.56, 95% CI 0.38 to 0.84, p = 0.005). In the subgroup treated with BCG maintenance all 6 individual studies showed a significant superiority of BCG over mitomycin C (OR 0.43, 95% CI 0.35 to 0.53, p <0.001). In 4 of the 5 studies with reported data on toxicity BCG associated cystitis was significantly more frequent than in the mitomycin C group (53.8% versus 39.2%). The combined cystitis OR was 1.81 (95% CI 1.48 to 2.23, p <0.001). 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