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Carcinoma, Papillary

Clinical development underwayEmerging research
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Publications
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Clinical trials
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Related conditions
2016
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Recent clinical, regulatory, research and industry developments relating to this disease.

What's happening now

An analyst briefing on current research, clinical, regulatory and industry activity surrounding this disease.

Executive briefingUpdating summary…Momentum: Low
Key developments
  • 2 regulatory approvals from EMA on record.
Major developments
Important regulatory approvalHigh impact
Adstiladrin is indicated as monotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG)-unresponsive non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) with carcinoma in situ (CIS) with or without papillary tumours.2026-05-28
Important regulatory approvalHigh impact
Anktiva in combination with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with BCG-unresponsive non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) with carcinoma in situ (CIS) with or without papillary tumours.2026-02-16
Regulatory Updates2View
  • 2026-05-28Approval — Nadofaragene firadenovecAdstiladrin is indicated as monotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG)-unresponsive non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) with carcinoma in situ (CIS) with or without papillary tumours.
  • 2026-02-16Approval — Nogapendekin alfa inbakiceptAnktiva in combination with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with BCG-unresponsive non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) with carcinoma in situ (CIS) with or without papillary tumours.
Activity timeline2
  • 2026-05-28RegulatoryApproval — Nadofaragene firadenovecAdstiladrin is indicated as monotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG)-unresponsive non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) with carcinoma in situ (CIS) with or without papillary tumours.
  • 2026-02-16RegulatoryApproval — Nogapendekin alfa inbakiceptAnktiva in combination with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with BCG-unresponsive non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) with carcinoma in situ (CIS) with or without papillary tumours.

Therapeutic landscape

Therapies with a regulatory footing for this condition, alongside the wider set of agents co-studied with it in the literature.

Approved & established therapies

Approval — Adstiladrin is indicated as monotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with Bacillus… (2026)

Approval — Anktiva in combination with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is indicated for the treatment… (2026)

Sorafenibapproved

Approval — Hepatocellular carcinoma Nexavar is indicated for the treatment of hepatocellular carcino… (2006)

Clinical trials

0 sponsors · 0 new · 0 completed in the last 12 months (net +0)

The current development programme across all trial phases.

Clinical programme
1
All trials
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Active
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Late-stage
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Completed

Regulatory timeline

Drug regulatory events matched to this condition by indication — EMA.

First approvals
2026emaApprovalNadofaragene firadenovec· Adstiladrin is indicated as monotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG)-unresponsive non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) with carcinoma in situ (CIS) with or without papillary tumours. source ↗
2026emaApprovalNogapendekin alfa inbakicept· Anktiva in combination with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with BCG-unresponsive non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) with carcinoma in situ (CIS) with or without papillary tumours. source ↗
2006emaApprovalSorafenib· Hepatocellular carcinoma Nexavar is indicated for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma. Renal cell carcinoma Nexavar is indicated for the treatment of patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma who have failed prior interferon-alpha or interleukin-2 based therapy or are considered unsuitable for such therapy. Differentiated thyroid carcinoma Nexavar is indicated for the treatment of patients with progressive, locally advanced or metastatic, differentiated (papillary/follicular/Hürthle cell) thyroid carcinoma, refractory to radioactive iodine. source ↗

European Medicines Agency (CC BY 4.0). Events are matched to this condition by drug indication text — approvals/updates for drugs indicated for it, not disease-specific acts.

Research activity

2 papers

Key research shaping understanding of this disease, combining the latest publications with the most influential evidence.

Publications over time
20012016
Leading journals2
  • JAMA oncology1
  • The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism1
Leading researchers8
  • Al Ghuzlan A1
  • Alves VA1
  • Asa SL1
  • Baloch ZW1
  • Barletta JA1
  • Basolo F1
  • El-Naggar AK1
  • Ghossein RA1
Affiliations (unnormalised)6
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital1
  • Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine1
  • Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary1
  • Massachusetts General Hospital1
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center1
  • New York University School of Medicine1

Related conditions

2 matches

Diseases frequently studied alongside this one. Number shows shared papers.

Reference

Authoritative identity, definition & identifiers.

Defined in MeSH

A malignant neoplasm characterized by the formation of numerous, irregular, finger-like projections of fibrous stroma that is covered with a surface layer of neoplastic epithelial cells. (Stedman, 25th ed)

References & data sources
  • Disease identity & definition — NLM Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), public domain
  • Clinical trials — ClinicalTrials.gov (U.S. National Library of Medicine)
  • Research activity — Europe PMC (EMBL-EBI) + OpenAlex-derived paper links
  • Related entities are derived from literature co-mention (studied together) — associative, not causal.