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Brief Title: Combined Use of BCG and Interferon Alpha in Bladder Cancer
Official Title: A Multi-centre Randomised Controlled Double-blinded Trial of BCG and Interferon Alpha in High Risk Superficial Bladder Cancer
Study ID: NCT00330707
Brief Summary: To compare the toxicity and efficacy of the combination of BCG and interferon alpha to standard dose and low dose BCG alone in high risk superficial bladder cancer
Detailed Description: 140 eligible patients with high risk superifical bladder cancer would be randomised to receive standard dose BCG, low dose BCG or the combination of low dose BCG and interferon alpha in a schedule of "6+3" weekly intravesical instillations. Patients would be closely monitored with cystoscopy and urine cytology and intravenous urograms when indicated. Pre-and post-instillation urine samples would be collected for cytokine analysis.
Minimum Age: 18 Years
Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: ALL
Healthy Volunteers: No
National University Hospital, Singapore, , Singapore
Name: Kesavan Esuvaranathan, FRCSEd MD
Affiliation: National University of Singapore
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR