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Evaluation of thermal dose effect in radiofrequency-induced hyperthermia with intravesical chemotherapy for nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer

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DOI: 10.1080/02656736.2022.2157498

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Urinary bladder neoplasms; nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer; hyperthermia; intravesical chemotherapy instillation; thermal dose

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This study investigated the effect of higher thermal dose on clinical outcomes in nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) patients and found no significant association between thermal dose and NMIBC outcome. However, the occurrence of bladder spasms had a limiting effect on thermal dose. It is recommended to maintain the treatment temperature above 40.5 degrees Celsius for at least 45 minutes while respecting individual tolerability.
Purpose In nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) patients who fail standard intravesical treatment and are unfit or unwilling to undergo a radical cystectomy, radiofrequency (RF)-induced hyperthermia combined with intravesical chemotherapy (RF-CHT) has shown promising results. We studied whether higher thermal dose improves clinical NMIBC outcome. Methods and materials The cohort comprised 108 patients who started with RF-CHT between November 2013 and December 2019. Patients received intravesical mitomycin-C or epirubicin. Bladder hyperthermia was accomplished with an intravesical 915 MHz RF device guided by intravesical thermometry. We assessed the association between thermal dose parameters (including median temperature and Cumulative Equivalent Minutes of T50 at 43 degrees C [CEM43T50]) and complete response (CR) at six months for patients with (concomitant) carcinoma in situ (CIS), and recurrence-free survival (RFS) for patients with papillary disease. Results Median temperature and CEM43T50 per treatment were 40.9 (IQR 40.8-41.1) degrees C and 3.1 (IQR 0.9-2.4) minutes, respectively. Analyses showed no association between any thermal dose parameter and CR or RFS (p > 0.05). Less bladder spasms during treatment sessions was associated with increased median temperature and CEM43T50 (adjusted OR 0.01 and 0.34, both p < 0.001). Conclusions No significant association between thermal dose and NMIBC outcome was found. Possibly thermal dose effect in patients of the current cohort exceeds a certain threshold value. On the other hand, occurrence of bladder spasms had a thermal dose limiting effect. We advise to treat patients with temperatures >40.5 degrees C for at least 45 min while respecting individual tolerability, including occurrence of bladder spasms.

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