RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:Dr. Ashish Kamat Interview - BOND-003 Study ResultsOne reason that all the urologists still look at this and think "great!" is that they are locked into immunotherapy thinking from day 1.
BCG, the first line agent is a bladder instillation.
Induction: once a week for 6 weeks.
Maint: High risk: weekly for 3 consecutive weeks at 3, 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36 months
So 6 + 3 + 3 + 3 = 15 instillations in first 12 months. Another 6 in teh following 12 months.
That is what they are used to doing. So coming up with new bladder instill drugs that have similar over and over again protocols doesn't strike many as being a problem. Except it is a problem for the patient commuting from out of city or from aways for all these instills.