Clinical trial · Interventional
Study to Improve Detection and Early Recurrence Rate in Bladder Cancer Patients Using Hexvix Fluorescence Cystoscopy
A Randomized, Comparative, Controlled Phase III, Multicenter Study of Hexvix Fluorescence Cystoscopy and White Light Cystoscopy in the Detection Of Papillary Bladder Cancer and the Early Recurrence Rate in Patients With Bladder Cancer
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
The purpose of this study is to document the additional detection of papillary bladder cancer and the reduced early recurrence due to the improved detection and resection of these tumors after Hexvix cystoscopy compared to standard cystoscopy in patients with papillary bladder cancer.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bladder Cancer | Malignant Bladder Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hexvix | Drug | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Standard white light cystoscopy | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Standard White Light Cystoscopy
- interventionNames
- Procedure: Standard white light cystoscopy
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Standard White Light and Hexvix Fluorescence Cystoscopy
- interventionNames
- Drug: Hexvix
- Procedure: Standard white light cystoscopy
Primary outcomes (2)
- measure
- Proportion of Patients With >= 1 Ta or T1 Tumor Detected With Blue Light and Not White Light
- timeFrame
- Day 0
- measure
- Comparison of the Proportions of Patients in the White Light Cystoscopy and Hexvix Groups Who Underwent TURB for a Histologically-confirmed Ta or T1 Tumor Who Had a Recurrence ( CIS, Ta, T1 or T2-T4 Tumor) Within 9 Months.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: The patients should be indicated for a cystoscopic examination for suspected or verified papillary bladder cancer and fulfill one or more of the following criteria: * Patients with more than one initial bladder tumor confirmed on an outpatient cystoscopy. * Patients having recurrence within 12 months confirmed on an outpatient cystoscopy * Patients with more than one papillary lesion at recurrence independently of the time of the recurrence confirmed on an outpatient cystoscopy Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with known tumors in the prostatic urethra or distal urethra * Gross hematuria. (Note: Gross hematuria is defined as a heavy bladder bleed resulting in marked amounts of blood in the urine, which may interfere with fluorescence cystoscopy. Where the bleed is light, the patient should not be excluded if in the investigator's opinion, rinsing during cystoscopy will alleviate the possible interference with fluorescence cystoscopy). * Patient with porphyria. * Known allergy to hexyl aminolevulinate hydrochloride or a similar compound. * Participation in other clinical studies with investigational drugs either concurrently or within the last 30 days. * Pregnant or breast-feeding (all women of child-bearing potential must document a negative serum or urine pregnancy test at screening and use the contraceptive pill or intrauterine device (IUD) during the treatments and for at least one month thereafter). * Patients who have received BCG or chemotherapy within three months prior to the initial cystoscopy/TURB, except for a single dose of chemotherapy for prevention of seeding after resection. * Conditions associated with a risk of poor protocol compliance.
References
Publications (1)
- DERIVEDStenzl A, Burger M, Fradet Y, Mynderse LA, Soloway MS, Witjes JA, Kriegmair M, Karl A, Shen Y, Grossman HB. Hexaminolevulinate guided fluorescence cystoscopy reduces recurrence in patients with nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer. J Urol. 2010 Nov;184(5):1907-13. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2010.06.148. Epub 2010 Sep 17. PMID 20850152