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. 2015 Sep 1;6(3):357–375. doi: 10.1007/s13300-015-0128-9

Table 3.

Summaries of bladder cancer cases

Study/age/gender/country T/t group Study day for bladder cancer diagnosis Histologyb Smoking, other risk factors Hematuria Reason for bladder cancer workup Additional clinical information
Within 6 months prior to rand. After rand.
NCT00972244 [54]/75/male/Japan DAPA 2.5 mg 43

Type: class 4 malignant cells

TNM classification: T2N0MX

Grade: 2

20 cigs/day for 50 years, stopped 2007 Yes Yes AE ‘occult blood positive’ on day 36 Continued positive urine occult blood since day 215; hematuria × 6 in 1.5 months; symptoms of anorexia and weight loss; metastases to the lung at diagnosis
NCT01031680/48/male/United States DAPA 10 mg + MET + SU 74

Type: urothelial

Grade: low

20 cigs/day for 34 years, stopped 2008

Hematuria and renal stones reported in 2008

Yes No Hospitalized for coronary artery disease; CT scan showed possibility of lesion in bladder History of hematuria and renal stones ~2 years prior to randomization
NCT00683878 [55]/67/male/Argentina DAPA 5 mg + PIO 144

Type: urothelial cell with areas of squamous differentiation

TNM classification: T2

Grade: 3

Family h/o of bladder cancer

PIO 45 mg used on day −223 to −16

AE of UTI reported on day 84

Yes Yes AE ‘hematuria’ on day 130 and AE ‘urinary bladder polyp’ on day 144 Trace blood in urine on day 1; multiple positive urines for blood; UTI on day 84. Gross hematuria on day 130. Urinary urgency and frequency prior to day 144; 80 × 60 mm mass at diagnosis
NCT01031680/55/male/Taiwan DAPA 10 mg + MET + SU 169

Type: urothelial cell

Grade: 1

Current smoker—5 cigs/day for 36 years Yes Yes Intermittent hematuria for 3 months and persistent hematospermia

Trace blood on day 36 and day 1

Trace + blood in urine in 5 of 8 tests during the study

NCT00673231 [56]/63/male/Austria DAPA 5 mg + INS

358 (AE of bladder neoplasm)

393 (SAE of bladder cancer)

Type: G2

TNM classification: pTa

Grade: unknown

Current smoker—40 cigs/day for 50 years No Yes Recurring microscopic hematuria since ~day 165 (according to the investigator) Microscopic hematuria noted on day 165
NCT00673231 [56]/67/male/Hungary DAPA 10 mg + INS 399

Type: urothelial cell

Grade: 2

Never smoked Yes Yes AE ‘hematuria’ on study day 372 Hematuria 1+ on day 13; 3+ on day 1; 7 of 9 urines positive for blood in study months 1–12
NCT00528879 [57]/60/male/Canada DAPA 5 mg + MET 512

Type: urothelial cell

TNM classification: pTa, pN0, M0

Grade: low

25 cigs/day for 25 years, stopped 1989 Yes Yes AE ‘calculus ureteric’ on day 509 Hematuria 2+ on day 15, trace hematuria on day 34
NCT00673231 [56]/66/male/United States DAPA 10 mg + INS 581

Type: urothelial

Grade: low

30 cigs/day for 42 years, stopped 2001 No Yes AE ‘hematuria’ on day 577 Hematuria on days 56, 84, 118 and 377 prior to diagnostic evaluation
NCT00660907 [58]/76/male/Germany DAPA 10 mga + MET 727

Type: urothelial with partial squamous cell differentiation

TNM classification: pT1, M0

Grade: high (G3)

20 packs, stopped 1980 No Yes AE ‘benign prostatic hyperplasia’ on day 727

Urine blood 3+ on day 726

Eleven prior urines negative for blood

NCT01042977 [59]/66/male/Canada Placebo + INS + MET 136

Type: urothelial

Grade: high

20 cigs/day for 50 years; cystitis reported as AE on day 32 Yes Yes Painless macroscopic hematuria for a few weeks History of hematuria and positive dipstick results for blood in urine before and at randomization

AE adverse event, cigs cigarettes, DAPA dapagliflozin, INS insulin, MET metformin, PIO pioglitazone, SAE serious adverse event, SU sulfonylurea, TNM tumor, node, metastasis

aThe dapagliflozin dose for this patient was up-titrated from 2.5 to 5 to 10 mg. At the time of event, the dose was 10 mg

bCurrent accepted terminology is urothelial cell carcinoma, although transitional cell carcinoma is still commonly used. These are different names for the same malignancy