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Pembrolizumab Monotherapy Following Tri-modality Treatment for Selected Patients With Muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer

Primary Purpose

Bladder Cancer, Bladder Neoplasms, Bladder Tumors

Status
Recruiting
Phase
Phase 2
Locations
China
Study Type
Interventional
Intervention
Pembrolizumab
Sponsored by
Peking University First Hospital
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Eligibility
Locations
Arms
Outcomes
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About this trial

This is an interventional treatment trial for Bladder Cancer focused on measuring bladder cancer, radiotherapy, Pembrolizumab, tri-modality therapy

Eligibility Criteria

18 Years - undefined (Adult, Older Adult)All SexesDoes not accept healthy volunteers

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Male/female participants who are at least 18 years of age on the day of signing informed consent.
  2. Based on AJCC 8th edition: stage cT2-4N0M0,Urothelial carcinoma >50% and

    • Requires definitive local therapy
    • Has received maximum TURBT followed by tri-modality therapy
    • Achieved CR after tri-modality therapy, the acceptable duration of time between completion of TMT and assessment of CR was 28-90 days.
  3. Tumor was located at one side of bladder wall.
  4. The participant (or legally acceptable representative if applicable) provides written informed consent for the trial.
  5. Have measurable disease based on RECIST 1.1. Lesions situated in a previously irradiated area are considered measurable if progression has been demonstrated in such lesions.
  6. Have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 to 2.
  7. Have adequate organ function prior to the start of study intervention.

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. A WOCBP who has a positive urine pregnancy test within 72 hours prior to. If the urine test is positive or cannot be confirmed as negative, a serum pregnancy test will be required.
  2. Has received prior therapy with an anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, or anti PD L2 agent or with an agent directed to another stimulatory or co-inhibitory T-cell receptor (eg, CTLA-4, OX 40, CD137).
  3. Patients judged not to be candidates for radical cystectomy; patients with pN+ or T4b disease are considered to have unresectable disease; Has any distant metastases.
  4. Has received prior systemic anti-cancer therapy including investigational agents within 4 weeks prior to allocation.
  5. Has received prior radiotherapy within 2 weeks of start of study intervention. Participants must have recovered from all radiation-related toxicities, not require corticosteroids, and not have had radiation pneumonitis. A 1-week washout is permitted for palliative radiation (≤2 weeks of radiotherapy) to non-CNS disease.
  6. Has received a live vaccine within 30 days prior to the first dose of study drug. Examples of live vaccines include, but are not limited to, the following: measles, mumps, rubella, varicella/zoster (chicken pox), yellow fever, rabies, Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG), and typhoid vaccine. Seasonal influenza vaccines for injection are generally killed virus vaccines and are allowed; however, intranasal influenza vaccines (eg, FluMist®) are live attenuated vaccines and are not allowed.
  7. Is currently participating in or has participated in a study of an investigational agent or has used an investigational device within 4 weeks prior to the first dose of study intervention.
  8. Has a diagnosis of immunodeficiency or is receiving chronic systemic steroid therapy (in dosing exceeding 10 mg daily of prednisone equivalent) or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior to the first dose of study drug.
  9. Has a known additional malignancy that is progressing or has required active treatment within the past 3 years. Participants with basal cell carcinoma of the skin, squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, or carcinoma in situ (eg, breast carcinoma, cervical cancer in situ) that have undergone potentially curative therapy are not excluded.
  10. Has severe hypersensitivity (≥Grade 3) to pembrolizumab and/or any of its excipients.
  11. Has active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in the past 2 years (i.e. with use of disease-modifying agents, corticosteroids or immunosuppressive drugs). Replacement therapy (eg., thyroxine, insulin, or physiologic corticosteroid replacement therapy for adrenal or pituitary insufficiency, etc.) is not considered a form of systemic treatment and is allowed.
  12. Has a history of (non-infectious) pneumonitis that required steroids or has current pneumonitis.
  13. Has an active infection requiring systemic therapy.
  14. Has a known history of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection.
  15. Has a known history of Hepatitis B (defined as Hepatitis B surface antigen [HBsAg] reactive) or known active Hepatitis C virus (defined as HCV RNA [qualitative] is detected) infection. Note: no testing for Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C is required unless mandated by local health authority.
  16. Has a history or current evidence of any condition, therapy, or laboratory abnormality that might confound the results of the study, interfere with the participant's participation for the full duration of the study, or is not in the best interest of the participant to participate, in the opinion of the treating investigator.
  17. Has known psychiatric or substance abuse disorders that would interfere with cooperation with the requirements of the trial.
  18. Is pregnant or breastfeeding or expecting to conceive or father children within the projected duration of the study, starting with the screening visit through 120 days after the last dose of trial treatment.
  19. Has had an allogeneic tissue/solid organ transplant.

Sites / Locations

  • Peking University First HospitalRecruiting

Arms of the Study

Arm 1

Arm Type

Experimental

Arm Label

arm 1

Arm Description

All participants will receive pembrolizumab monotherapy per 21 days no longer than 17 cycles until disease progression or death.

Outcomes

Primary Outcome Measures

PFS
PFS is defined as the time from first dose of pembrolizumab to any of the following events: recurrent MIBC, nodal or distant metastases or death due to any cause.

Secondary Outcome Measures

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First Posted
September 18, 2021
Last Updated
December 18, 2021
Sponsor
Peking University First Hospital
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1. Study Identification

Unique Protocol Identification Number
NCT05072600
Brief Title
Pembrolizumab Monotherapy Following Tri-modality Treatment for Selected Patients With Muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer
Official Title
A Pilot Study of Pembrolizumab Monotherapy as Maintenance Therapy in MIBC Patients Who Received Bladder-Preserving Trimodally Therapy and Achieved CR
Study Type
Interventional

2. Study Status

Record Verification Date
December 2021
Overall Recruitment Status
Recruiting
Study Start Date
December 7, 2021 (Actual)
Primary Completion Date
December 7, 2024 (Anticipated)
Study Completion Date
November 1, 2029 (Anticipated)

3. Sponsor/Collaborators

Responsible Party, by Official Title
Principal Investigator
Name of the Sponsor
Peking University First Hospital

4. Oversight

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product
No

5. Study Description

Brief Summary
This is a Phase II, single-arm, study of pembrolizumab as maintenance therapy in muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) participants who have received maximum TURBT and tri-modality treatment (TMT) and achieved CR. All participants will receive pembrolizumab monotherapy per 21 days no longer than 17 cycles until disease progression or death.
Detailed Description
Radical cystectomy (RC) has long been the standard of care for the treatment of muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC). Modern RC series have demonstrated 5-yr overall survival (OS) rates of 56-66%. There has been an increasing trend of utilizing organ-preserving therapies in the management of bladder cancer over the past several decades. A multidisciplinary approach has led to the development of bladder-sparing approaches using maximal transurethral resection (TURBT) followed by radiotherapy with concomitant radio-sensitizing chemotherapy for MIBC. Multiple tri-modality treatment (TMT) series have suggested that TMT can yield favorable results in well-selected patients. The 5-yr OS is 48-75%, and 75-80% of the survivors have preserved their native bladder. Even if local recurrence occurred after concurrent radio-chemotherapy, salvage cystectomy can also bring 50-57.6% of 5-year disease-specific survival (DSS) without more complications associated with surgery. So, NCCN guidelines have regarded this TMT strategy as a preferred choice for patients with MIBC since 2019. However, distant metastasis after TMT was still the main concern. Giacalone NJ, et al. reported that the 5-yr distant metastasis rate was 32% in MIBC patients who received an organ-preserving strategy. Up to now, there was no consensus on adjuvant therapy after concurrent radio-chemotherapy. Some retrospective studies demonstrated that adjuvant chemotherapy had no survival benefit, and only approximately 50% of patients completed the planned adjuvant chemotherapy due to intolerable toxicities. These years, studies on PD-(L)1 inhibitors for urothelial carcinoma showed the efficacy and safety. FDA has approved indications of pembrolizumab used as 1L (selected patients) and 2L treatment for metastatic urothelial carcinoma. Checkmate-274 has reported that adjuvant immunotherapy improved disease-free survival (DFS) in MIBC patients after RC. Javelin Bladder 100 prolonged OS of mUC patients by Avelumab as maintenance therapy who achieved CR, PR or PD after 1L chemotherapy. These results support our hypothesis that, for those MIBC patients who have received bladder-preserving TMT and achieved CR, pembrolizumab monotherapy as maintenance therapy is superior to observation.

6. Conditions and Keywords

Primary Disease or Condition Being Studied in the Trial, or the Focus of the Study
Bladder Cancer, Bladder Neoplasms, Bladder Tumors, Urinary Bladder Cancer, Neoplasms, Bladder
Keywords
bladder cancer, radiotherapy, Pembrolizumab, tri-modality therapy

7. Study Design

Primary Purpose
Treatment
Study Phase
Phase 2
Interventional Study Model
Single Group Assignment
Masking
None (Open Label)
Allocation
N/A
Enrollment
54 (Anticipated)

8. Arms, Groups, and Interventions

Arm Title
arm 1
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Description
All participants will receive pembrolizumab monotherapy per 21 days no longer than 17 cycles until disease progression or death.
Intervention Type
Drug
Intervention Name(s)
Pembrolizumab
Other Intervention Name(s)
PD-1 inhibitor
Intervention Description
pembrolizumab 200 mg Q3W
Primary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
PFS
Description
PFS is defined as the time from first dose of pembrolizumab to any of the following events: recurrent MIBC, nodal or distant metastases or death due to any cause.
Time Frame
three years

10. Eligibility

Sex
All
Minimum Age & Unit of Time
18 Years
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: Male/female participants who are at least 18 years of age on the day of signing informed consent. Based on AJCC 8th edition: stage cT2-4N0M0,Urothelial carcinoma >50% and Requires definitive local therapy Has received maximum TURBT followed by tri-modality therapy Achieved CR after tri-modality therapy, the acceptable duration of time between completion of TMT and assessment of CR was 28-90 days. Tumor was located at one side of bladder wall. The participant (or legally acceptable representative if applicable) provides written informed consent for the trial. Have measurable disease based on RECIST 1.1. Lesions situated in a previously irradiated area are considered measurable if progression has been demonstrated in such lesions. Have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 to 2. Have adequate organ function prior to the start of study intervention. Exclusion Criteria: A WOCBP who has a positive urine pregnancy test within 72 hours prior to. If the urine test is positive or cannot be confirmed as negative, a serum pregnancy test will be required. Has received prior therapy with an anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, or anti PD L2 agent or with an agent directed to another stimulatory or co-inhibitory T-cell receptor (eg, CTLA-4, OX 40, CD137). Patients judged not to be candidates for radical cystectomy; patients with pN+ or T4b disease are considered to have unresectable disease; Has any distant metastases. Has received prior systemic anti-cancer therapy including investigational agents within 4 weeks prior to allocation. Has received prior radiotherapy within 2 weeks of start of study intervention. Participants must have recovered from all radiation-related toxicities, not require corticosteroids, and not have had radiation pneumonitis. A 1-week washout is permitted for palliative radiation (≤2 weeks of radiotherapy) to non-CNS disease. Has received a live vaccine within 30 days prior to the first dose of study drug. Examples of live vaccines include, but are not limited to, the following: measles, mumps, rubella, varicella/zoster (chicken pox), yellow fever, rabies, Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG), and typhoid vaccine. Seasonal influenza vaccines for injection are generally killed virus vaccines and are allowed; however, intranasal influenza vaccines (eg, FluMist®) are live attenuated vaccines and are not allowed. Is currently participating in or has participated in a study of an investigational agent or has used an investigational device within 4 weeks prior to the first dose of study intervention. Has a diagnosis of immunodeficiency or is receiving chronic systemic steroid therapy (in dosing exceeding 10 mg daily of prednisone equivalent) or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior to the first dose of study drug. Has a known additional malignancy that is progressing or has required active treatment within the past 3 years. Participants with basal cell carcinoma of the skin, squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, or carcinoma in situ (eg, breast carcinoma, cervical cancer in situ) that have undergone potentially curative therapy are not excluded. Has severe hypersensitivity (≥Grade 3) to pembrolizumab and/or any of its excipients. Has active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in the past 2 years (i.e. with use of disease-modifying agents, corticosteroids or immunosuppressive drugs). Replacement therapy (eg., thyroxine, insulin, or physiologic corticosteroid replacement therapy for adrenal or pituitary insufficiency, etc.) is not considered a form of systemic treatment and is allowed. Has a history of (non-infectious) pneumonitis that required steroids or has current pneumonitis. Has an active infection requiring systemic therapy. Has a known history of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection. Has a known history of Hepatitis B (defined as Hepatitis B surface antigen [HBsAg] reactive) or known active Hepatitis C virus (defined as HCV RNA [qualitative] is detected) infection. Note: no testing for Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C is required unless mandated by local health authority. Has a history or current evidence of any condition, therapy, or laboratory abnormality that might confound the results of the study, interfere with the participant's participation for the full duration of the study, or is not in the best interest of the participant to participate, in the opinion of the treating investigator. Has known psychiatric or substance abuse disorders that would interfere with cooperation with the requirements of the trial. Is pregnant or breastfeeding or expecting to conceive or father children within the projected duration of the study, starting with the screening visit through 120 days after the last dose of trial treatment. Has had an allogeneic tissue/solid organ transplant.
Central Contact Person:
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name or Official Title & Degree
Shang-Bin Qin, MD
Phone
+86 010 83572608
Email
15801682893@163.com
Overall Study Officials:
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
Zhi-Song He, MD
Organizational Affiliation
Peking University First Hospital
Official's Role
Principal Investigator
Facility Information:
Facility Name
Peking University First Hospital
City
Beijing
State/Province
Beijing
ZIP/Postal Code
100034
Country
China
Individual Site Status
Recruiting
Facility Contact:
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
Shang-Bin Qin, MD
Phone
+86 010 83572608
Email
15801682893@163.com
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
Zhi-Song He, MD
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
Xian-Shu Gao, MD PhD
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
Wei Yu, MD

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