Background and Update for ECOG-ACRIN EA8212: A Randomized Phase 3 Trial of Intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) Versus Intravesical Docetaxel and Gemcitabine Treatment in BCG-naïve High-grade Non-muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer (BRIDGE).

EA8212 BRIDGE is a phase 3 randomized trial comparing BCG vs GemDoce for BCG naïve high-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer. This article provides an explanation for the rationale of the clinical trial and details the study design.

European urology focus. 2023 Jul 06 [Epub ahead of print]

Max Kates, Xiangying Chu, Noah Hahn, Eugene Pietzak, Angela Smith, Daniel H Shevrin, Paul Crispen, Stephen B Williams, Siamak Daneshmand, Vignesh T Packiam, Sima Porten, Mary E Westerman, Lynne I Wagner, Michael Carducci

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