Status:

RECRUITING

Treatment Of Metastatic Bladder Cancer at the Time Of Biochemical reLApse Following Radical Cystectomy

Lead Sponsor:

Jørgen Bjerggaard Jensen

Collaborating Sponsors:

Aarhus University Hospital

Herlev Hospital

Conditions:

Bladder Cancer

Bladder Cancer, Metastatic

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

Immunotherapy (checkpoint inhibitors) is approved as first and second line treatment to patients with metastatic bladder cancer. However, response rates are low and no biomarkers have yet shown strong...

Detailed Description

The study aim at investigate the response rate and oncological outcome of systemic immunotherapy (PDL-1 inhibitor; atezolizumab) administered early at the time of biochemical relapse (circulating tumo...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • ≥18 years of age at the time of signing the Informed Consent Form
  • For male study subjects: agreement to remain abstinent (refrain from heterosexual intercourse) or use a condom, and agreement to refrain from donating sperm.
  • Signed Informed Consent Form
  • ECOG PS 0, 1 or 2
  • Is, according to the Investigator's judgement, able to comply with the trial protocol
  • Ability to understand the Participant Information Sheet orally and in writing
  • Preoperative PET/CT of thorax, abdomen, and pelvis with no suspicion of organ metastases or lymph node metastasis\* above the aortic bifuraction
  • Study Subjects undergoing radical cystectomy due to histologically documented muscle invasive urothelial carcinoma (including subtypes) stage cT2-4a in the urinary bladder following NAC\*\* in cisplatin-fit Study Subjects.
  • Study Subjects who have undergone down-staging chemotherapy because of lymph node metastasis with no organ metastases can be included if complete response regarding lymph nodes are identified on preoperative imaging.
  • NAC includes Study Subjects who have stopped after one course of chemotherapy because of side effects or local non-metastatic progression

Exclusion

  • Subjects undergoing non-radical cystectomy for palliative reasons
  • Non-radical surgery estimated intraoperative
  • Other histology of BC than urothelial carcinoma - mixed tumours with urothelial features are allowed
  • Concomitant invasive cancer within 5 years other than non-melanoma skin cancer and prostate cancer without metastasis
  • Known contraindication to immunotherapy
  • A history of autoimmune disease. Study Subjects with vitiligo, type I diabetes mellitus, residual hypothyroidism due to autoimmune condition only requiring hormone replacement, psoriasis not requiring systemic treatment, or conditions not expected to recur in the absence of an external trigger are permitted to enroll. Subjects with a condition requiring systemic treatment with either corticosteroids (\> 10 mg daily prednisone equivalents) or other immunosuppressive medications within 14 days of study drug administration. Inhaled or topical steroids and adrenal replacement doses \> 10 mg daily prednisone equivalents are permitted in the absence of active autoimmune disease.
  • Study Subjects who meet any of the following criteria will be excluded from study entry:
  • History of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, organizing pneumonia (e.g., bronchiolitis obliterans), drug-induced pneumonitis, or idiopathic pneumonitis, or evidence of active pneumonitis on screening chest computed tomography (CT) scan
  • Treatment with systemic immunostimulatory agents (including, but not limited to, interferon and interleukin 2 \[IL-2\]) within 4 weeks or 5 drug elimination half-lives (whichever is longer) prior to initiation of study treatment
  • HIV positive
  • History of pneumonitis (History of radiation pneumonitis in the radiation field (fibrosis) is permitted.
  • Hepatitis B or hepatitis C infection
  • Subjects who have received a live, attenuated vaccine within 28 days prior to enrolment

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 24 2020

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

November 1 2029

Estimated Enrollment :

282 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04138628

Start Date

March 24 2020

End Date

November 1 2029

Last Update

August 8 2022

Active Locations (5)

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1

Aalborg Universitetshospital

Aalborg, Denmark, 9100

2

Aarhus University Hospital

Aarhus, Denmark, 8200

3

Rigshospitalet

Copenhagen, Denmark, 2100

4

Herlev Hospital

Herlev, Denmark, 2730