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Table 1 Characteristics of included studies

From: Meta-analysis of neoadjuvant chemotherapy compared to radical cystectomy alone in improving overall survival of muscle-invasive bladder cancer patients

References

Type

Number of Samples

NAC regimen

Median survival (months)

NAC + RC

RC Only

NAC + RC

RC Only

MVAC

 Kitamura et al. [11]

RCT

64

66

MVAC

102

82

 Grossman et al. [12]

RCT

153

154

MVAC

77

46

GC

 Khaled et al. [13]

RCT

59

59

GC

NA

NA

 Osman et al. [14]

Clinical trial

30

30

GC

36

28

Other regimens

 Lane et al. [15]

Retrospective cohort

381

1505

Cisplatin-based

NA

NA

 Anan et al. [16]

Retrospective cohort

336

196

GCarbo, GC, MVAC

NA

NA

 Hinata et al. [17]

Retrospective cohort

69

69

GC or MVAC

NA

NA

 Martinez-Pineiro et al. [18]

RCT

62

60

Cisplatin monotherapy

NA

NA

 Milenkovic et al. [19]

Retrospective cohort

102

389

NA

106.7

60.1

  Mozzane et al. [20]

Retrospective cohort

1519

2459

NA

NA

NA

 Gronostaj et al. [21]

Retrospective cohort

79

76

Cisplatin-based, GCarbo

NA

NA

 Boeri et al. [22] (2)

Retrospective cohort

156

166

Cisplatin-based (GC, MVAC), noncisplatin-based (combined PGC, or GCarbo)

NA

NA

 Nitta et al. [23]

Retrospective cohort

69

71

GC, MVAC, carboplatin, GN

NA

NA

 Ploussard et al. [24]

Retrospective cohort

56

394

MVAC, GC

16.7

28.8

 Russell et al. [25]

Retrospective cohort

216

216

No data available in BladderBase

NA

NA

 Vetterlein et al. [26]

Retrospective cohort

369

1649

NA

51.7

29

 Hermans et al. [27] (1)

Retrospective cohort

191

4164

NA (cT2 disease)

NA

NA

 Hermans et al. [27] (2)

Retrospective cohort

133

834

NA (cT3-4 disease)

NA

NA