Study of Continuous APL-1202 Treatment in Subjects With High-Risk Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer (NMIBC) Relapsed From Intravesical Chemo/BCG Therapy

This is an interventional treatment trial for Non-muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer Read More

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Well-informed with this trial and willing to sign the informed consent form;
2. Subjects have been clinically and histologically proven as relapsed high-risk non-muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma of the bladder through clinical cystoscopy, urine cytology and pathological examination within 28 days before the enrollment; Subjects who met the high-risk definition in EAU Guidelines on Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer (2012 Edition), including those who met the high-risk definition in current or any previous recurrence or primary diseases; Papillary carcinomas may or may not include Cis; All papillary carcinoma subjects with no visible tumor after transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT); May include Cis subjects with visible tumors remaining after TURBT;

3. Past treatment history:

   Chemo-relapsed subgroup: the subjects who should have had intravesical chemotherapy in the 3 years prior to enrollment, but could not undergo any BCG therapy; BCG-relapsed subgroup: the subjects who should have had intravesical BCG treatment in the 3 years prior to enrollment, prior intravesical chemotherapy is allowed;

4. Subjects with treatment failure included:

   Subjects with recurrence after at least one intravesical course; BCG-relapsed subjects might include those intolerable to intravesical BCG therapy; Subjects with tumor grade progression after intravesical therapy;

5. The subject is willing to provide cystoscopic biopsy specimens for assessment
6. Age ≥ 18 years, male or female;
7. Performance status score (ECOG scale) ≤ 1 (0-1), and did not deteriorate within 7 days;

8. The subject must have normal organ and bone marrow functions within 28 days prior to enrollment into the study (based on normal range measured by the clinical site):

   ANC > 1.0×109 /L; Platelet count > 100×109 /L; Hemoglobin > 9.0 g/dL; ALP < 2.5 times upper limit of normal range (should be less than 10 times upper limit of normal range if at the presence of bone metastasis); GFR (calculated using Cockcroft-Gault formula) ≥ 50 mL/min; INR < 1.5, except subjects who was undergoing Warfarin treatment at the time of screening.

9. Subjects who were receiving other medications with known or potential effects on the efficacy or pharmacokinetics of nitroxoline should be assessed and determined by the principal investigator.
10. Female subjects must be surgically sterilized or menopaused or must agree to take effective contraceptive measures during the treatment. Male subjects must be surgically sterilized or must agree to take effective contraceptive measures during treatment. Subjects must continue to take contraceptive measures for 3 months after the investigational therapy was completed. Definition of an effective contraceptive measure should be determined at the discretion of the principal investigator or any investigator appointed by the principal investigator.
11. Life expectancy is over 12 months.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. TBIL, ALT or AST exceeded 1.5 times upper limit of the normal range (based on the normal range determined by the clinical site);
2. Upper tract urothelial carcinoma;
3. Subjects who had systemic chemotherapy on bladder carcinoma in the past;
4. Subject who had undergone any surgical procedure (excluding TURBT or cystoscopy), radiotherapy or systemic chemotherapy within 4 weeks prior to enrollment;
5. Grade 3 hemorrhage as per NCI CTCAE 4.0 occurred within 4 weeks prior to enrollment;
6. Any of the following conditions occurred within 6 months prior to enrollment: myocardial infarction, serious/unstable angina, coronary/peripheral artery bypass graft, symptomatic congestive heart failure, cerebrovascular accident or transient ischemic attack, or pulmonary embolism;
7. Regardless of antihypertensive medication, systolic blood pressure ≥ 140 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure ≥ 90 mmHg;
8. Subjects having a malignancy history within 2 years, except cured basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell skin cancer or cervical carcinoma "in situ";
9. Subjects with any optic nerve disorder or having a history of optic nerve disorders;
10. Subjects with clinically uncontrolled active infections such as acute pneumonia, immunoactive phase of hepatitis B, etc.;
11. Subjects with dysphagia or any known drug absorption disorder;
12. Subjects with anuria;
13. Subjects with any active digestive disease such as duodenal ulcer and ulcerative colitis or any other conditions potentially leading to gastrointestinal hemorrhage or perforation as identified by the investigator;
14. The investigator deemed that a subject might have increased risk for the study or medication or had any other serious acute or chronic medical conditions potentially interfering with interpretation and judgment of study results;
15. Any pregnant or breastfeeding woman or any woman with a positive pregnancy test results prior to the first medication;
16. Subjects having a serious mental disorder with compliance concern in this clinical study;
17. Subjects participating in any other clinical drug trial in the past 4 weeks.