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Table 4 Recommendations of intravesical therapy for low and intermediate risk patientsa

From: Management of non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer: quality of clinical practice guidelines and variations in recommendations

Guideline ID

Low risk

Intermediate risk

Induction

Induction

Maintenance

Not be recommended

Be recommended

Course of treatment

Be recommended

Course of treatment

SOR/LOE

Chemotherapy

BCG

Chemotherapy

BCG

Chemotherapy

BCG

SOR/LOE

SOR/LOE

Course

SOR/LOE

SOR/LOE

SOR/LOE

Course

SOR/LOE

Course

SOR/LOE

ESMO, 2014 [8]

−/−

−/−

−/−

−/−

−/−

−/−

−/−

−/−

NICE, 2015 [9]b

−/−

A/high-low

−/−

At least 6 doses

A/high-low

−/−

−/−

−/−

−/−

CUA, 2015 [10]

−/−

B/−

B/−

−/−

B/−

B/−

1 years

B/−

−/−

AUA/SUO, 2016 [3]

Moderate/C

Moderate/B

Moderate/B

6 weeks

Moderate/B

Conditional/C

Moderate/C

−/−

1 year

Moderate/C

JUA, 2016 [11]

−/−

−/−

−/−

−/−

−/−

−/−

−/−

−/−

EAU, 2018 [12]

−/−

−/−

Strong/1a-3

−/−

Strong/1a-3

Strong/1a-3

≤ 1 years

Weak/3

Full dose, 1 year

Three-weekly instillations at 3, 6 and 12 months

Strong/1a-1b

ICUD/SIU, 2018 [13]

A/1a

B/2a

A/1a

−/−

B/2a

A/1a

6-12 months

B/2a

Full dose, 1 year

A/1a

CRHA/CPAM, 2018 [14]

B/1a

A/1a

B/1a-1b

Weekly for 4–8 weeks

A/1a

A/1a

A/1a

Monthly for 6–10 months

A/1a

Low dose

B/1a-1b

1–3 years

B/1b

NCCN, 2019 [15]c

−/−

B/2A

A/2A

Initiated 3–4 weeks after TURBT

B/2A

B/2A

A/2A

−/−

1 year

B/2A

Weekly for 6 weeks

B/2A

  1. a The SOR and LOE are presented as “SOR/LOE”. “-” indicates that the recommendation or evidence was not presented
  2. b To simplify the table, we used “A” and “B” instead of “should/should not/offer/do not offer/refer/advise” or “consider” for presenting SOR
  3. c To simplify the table, we used “A” and “B”, “C” instead of “preferred intervention”, “other recommended intervention”, or “useful in certain circumstances” for presenting SOR