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A trial looking at heated mitomycin C chemotherapy for bladder cancer (HIVEC II)

Overview

Cancer types:

Bladder cancer, Transitional cell cancer

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 2

Details

This trial looked at having heated mitomycin C into the bladder for non muscle invasive bladder cancer. Non muscle invasive bladder cancer means the cancer is only in the lining of the bladder. It has not grown into the deeper layers of the bladder wall.

This trial was for people with newly diagnosed bladder cancer or bladder cancer that had come back after initial treatment.

The trial was open for people to join between 2014 and 2017. The team published the results in 2023.

Recruitment start: 8 May 2014

Recruitment end: 21 December 2017

How to join

Please note: In order to join a trial you will need to discuss it with your doctor, unless otherwise specified.

Chief investigators

Professor John Kelly

Supported by

Combat Medical Ltd

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

Queen Mary University of London

National Institute for Health Research University College London

University College London Hospital Biomedical Research Centre

Last reviewed: 07 Mar 2024

CRUK internal database number: 11639

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