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. 2021 Jul 22;31:17–27. doi: 10.1016/j.euros.2021.06.011

Table 3.

Summary of study results

Author Year Adverse events
Single dose of perioperative intravesical therapy Period RR
RFS (%)
PDD WL (mo) PDD WL PDD WL
HAL Hermann [23] 2011 Not reported None 12 18/59 35/74 69.5 52.7
Geavlete [24] 2012 Not reported Mitomycin C 12 27/125 37/114 78.4 67.5
24 39/125 52/114 68.8 54.4
Karaolides [25] 2012 Not reported Epirubicin 12 Not stated 91 56.3
O'Brien [17] 2013 None observed Mitomycin C 12 27/80 29/81 66.3 64.2
Gkritsios [26] 2014 Not reported Epirubicin 12 7/48 7/37 85.4 81.1
24 12/48 14/37 75.0 62.2
Drăgoescu [27] 2017 Not reported Farmorubicin 12 14/57 21/56 75.4 62.5
24 24/57 30/56 57.9 46.4
5-ALA Filbeck [14] 2002 None observed None 12 Not stated 89.6 73.8
24 89.6 65.9
Babjuk [28] 2005 Not reported None 12 Not stated 66 39
24 40 28
Daniltchenko [29] 2005 Not reported None 12 22/51 31/51 56.9 39.2
24 28/51 34/51 45.1 33.3
Schumacher [30] 2010 28% 17.5% None 12 Not stated 50.4 53.1
Stenzl [31] 2011 32.6% 33.9% None 12 Not stated 64 72.8
Rolevich [32] 2017 Serious only: ∼50% given doxorubicin 12 Not stated 89 85
1.2% 2.2% 24 86 72

5-ALA = 5-aminolaevulinic acid; HAL = hexaminolaevulinate; PDD = photodynamic diagnosis; RFS = recurrence-free survival; RR = recurrence rate; WL = white light.