Photocure (LON:PHONOK) presented the findings of from its Phase III clinical trial of Hexvix/Cysview for bladder cancer surveillance at the American Urological Association annual meeting. These results showed that the product increased the detection of patients with recurrence by 21.5% (p<0.0001). In particular, detection of carcinoma in situ was improved by 34.6% (p<0.0001). We believe these data are supportive of marketing authorisation for the bladder cancer surveillance market.
Hexvix/Cysview catches more recurrences
The clinical trial enrolled 304 patients with non-muscle invasive bladder cancer that were considered a high risk of recurrence and underwent both white light and blue light cystoscopy with Hexvix/Cysview. Of these, 220 were in the experimental portion of the trial and evaluable for efficacy. 33 more referrals for resection (of 103 total) were made on the basis of blue light cystoscopy and 14 more patients with recurrence were identified (of 65 total) that would have otherwise been missed.
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