Surgery With or Without Postoperative Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Urothelial Bladder Cancer
Stage III Bladder Cancer, Stage IV Bladder Cancer
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Stage III Bladder Cancer
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria (A patient cannot be considered eligible for this study unless ALL of the following conditions are met.):
- Initial histological diagnosis of muscle invasive urothelial carcinoma
Patients must have undergone a radical cystectomy (reconstructed urinary diversion may be non-continent diversions (eg, ileal conduits) or continent non-orthotopic catheterizable diversions (eg, Indiana pouch) or continent orthotopic diversions (eg, Studer pouch or neobladder)for urothelial bladder carcinoma within 105 days prior to registration. Final cystectomy pathology must be either pure urothelial carcinoma or dominant urothelial carcinoma with admixture of other histologies excluding small cell variants.
- Neoadjuvant (preoperative) or adjuvant (postoperative) chemotherapy for the bladder cancer is permitted; however, all patients, even those who will receive adjuvant chemotherapy, must be registered within 105 days after completing cystectomy regardless of whether adjuvant chemotherapy has started. Patients who will be receiving adjuvant (postoperative) chemotherapy will be randomized within 28 days of completing that chemotherapy.
Patients with the following pTNM stages per the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) 7th ed. are eligible:
- pT3apN0; pN1; pN2 provided less than 10 nodes dissected and/or positive surgical margins
- pT3bpN0; pN1; pN2
- pT4apN0; pN1; pN2
- pT4bpN0; pN1; pN2
Appropriate stage for study entry based on the following diagnostic workup:
- History/physical examination =< 45 days prior to registration;
- CT or MRI or positron emission tomography(PET)-CT that includes chest, abdomen and pelvis should be performed for initial radiological staging. This may be performed pre- or post-surgery ≤ 90 days prior to registration except in patients getting postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy, who will require CT, MRI or PET-CT including the chest and abdomen and pelvis no more than 30 days prior to registration. Imaging performed postoperatively should show no evidence of residual disease.
- Age >=18
- Zubrod performance status 0-2 =< 45 days prior to registration
Complete blood count (CBC)/differential obtained ≤ 14 days prior to registration with adequate bone marrow function defined as follows:
- Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >= 1,500 cells/mm^3
- Platelets >= 100,000 cells/mm^3
- Hemoglobin >= 8.0 g/dl (NOTE: the use of transfusion or other intervention to achieve hemoglobin [Hgb] >= 8.0 g/dl is acceptable)
- The patient must provide study-specific informed consent prior to study entry
- The patient must provide study-specific informed consent prior to study entry.
Exclusion Criteria (Patients with any of the following conditions are NOT eligible for this study.):
- Definitive clinical or radiologic evidence of metastatic disease; pN3 disease is not allowed (positive common iliac node).
- Prior invasive solid tumor or hematological malignancy (except non-melanomatous skin cancer and incidentally discovered prostate cancer at time of cystoprostatectomy) unless disease free for a minimum of 3 years
- Prior radiotherapy to the pelvis
- Patients with a history of inflammatory bowel disease
- Patients who have required any treatment (medical or surgical) for bowel obstruction prior to diagnosis of bladder cancer or who have required surgical treatment for bowel obstruction after the cystectomy
Severe, active co-morbidity defined as follows:
- Unstable angina and/or congestive heart failure requiring hospitalization within the last 6 months;
- Transmural myocardial infarction within the last 6 months;
- Acute bacterial or fungal infection requiring intravenous antibiotics at the time of registration;
- Severe hepatic disease, defined as a diagnosis of Child-Pugh Class B or C hepatic disease;
- HIV positive with CD4 count < 200 cells/microliter. Note that patients who are HIV positive are eligible, provided they are under treatment with highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) and have a CD4 count ≥ 200 cells/microliter within 30 days prior to registration. Note also that HIV testing is not required for eligibility for this protocol.
- Other major medical illness which requires hospitalization or precludes study therapy at the time of registration.
- Women who are breastfeeding
Sites / Locations
- AIS Cancer Center at San Joaquin Community Hospital
- Marin General Hospital
- Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center
- USC / Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Stanford Cancer Institute Palo Alto
- University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center
- University of Colorado Hospital
- Penrose-Saint Francis Healthcare
- Memorial Hospital Central
- Poudre Valley Hospital
- Christiana Care Health System-Christiana Hospital
- Beebe Health Campus
- Moffitt Cancer Center
- Emory University Hospital Midtown
- Emory University Hospital/Winship Cancer Institute
- Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital
- Northeast Georgia Medical Center-Gainesville
- Lewis Cancer and Research Pavilion at Saint Joseph's/Candler
- Saint Luke's Mountain States Tumor Institute
- Saint Luke's Mountain States Tumor Institute - Fruitland
- Saint Luke's Mountain States Tumor Institute - Meridian
- Saint Luke's Mountain States Tumor Institute - Nampa
- Saint Luke's Mountain States Tumor Institute-Twin Falls
- University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Decatur Memorial Hospital
- Loyola University Medical Center
- OSF Saint Francis Radiation Oncology at Pekin Cancer Treatment Center
- OSF Saint Francis Radiation Oncology at Peoria Cancer Center
- OSF Saint Francis Medical Center
- Memorial Medical Center
- Carle Cancer Center
- Radiation Oncology Associates PC
- Parkview Hospital Randallia
- Goshen Center for Cancer Care
- Memorial Regional Cancer Center Day Road
- Memorial Hospital of South Bend
- McFarland Clinic PC-William R Bliss Cancer Center
- University of Kansas Cancer Center
- Lawrence Memorial Hospital
- Via Christi Regional Medical Center
- Norton Hospital Pavilion and Medical Campus
- Jewish Hospital Medical Center Northeast
- Maine Medical Center- Scarborough Campus
- University of Maryland/Greenebaum Cancer Center
- Upper Chesapeake Medical Center
- Central Maryland Radiation Oncology in Howard County
- Tate Cancer Center
- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center
- Lahey Hospital and Medical Center
- Saint Joseph Mercy Hospital
- Henry Ford Cancer Institute?Downriver
- 21st Century Oncology-Clarkston
- Henry Ford Macomb Hospital-Clinton Township
- Henry Ford Hospital
- 21st Century Oncology-Farmington Hills
- Saint Mary Mercy Hospital
- Saint Joseph Mercy Oakland
- William Beaumont Hospital-Royal Oak
- 21st Century Oncology-Troy
- William Beaumont Hospital - Troy
- Regions Hospital
- University of Mississippi Medical Center
- Siteman Cancer Center at West County Hospital
- Washington University School of Medicine
- Missouri Baptist Medical Center
- Siteman Cancer Center at Saint Peters Hospital
- Billings Clinic Cancer Center
- Nebraska Methodist Hospital
- Renown Regional Medical Center
- Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
- Virtua Memorial
- Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset
- University of New Mexico Cancer Center
- New Mexico Oncology Hematology Consultants
- Roswell Park Cancer Institute
- University of Rochester
- Stony Brook University Medical Center
- Dickstein Cancer Treatment Center
- Flower Hospital
- University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
- Bay Area Hospital
- NRG Oncology
- University of Pennsylvania/Abramson Cancer Center
- Reading Hospital
- Medical University of South Carolina
- Greenville Health System Cancer Institute-Faris
- Saint Francis Cancer Center
- Greenville Health System Cancer Institute-Eastside
- Greenville Health System Cancer Institute-Greer
- Greenville Health System Cancer Institute-Seneca
- Spartanburg Medical Center
- Greenville Health System Cancer Institute-Spartanburg
- Vanderbilt University/Ingram Cancer Center
- UT Southwestern/Simmons Cancer Center-Dallas
- University of Texas Medical Branch
- UTMB Cancer Center at Victory Lakes
- Logan Regional Hospital
- Intermountain Medical Center
- McKay-Dee Hospital Center
- Utah Cancer Specialists-Salt Lake City
- Huntsman Cancer Institute/University of Utah
- Norris Cotton Cancer Center-North
- Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
- University of Washington Medical Center
- West Virginia University Healthcare
- Aurora Cancer Care-Grafton
- Aurora BayCare Medical Center
- Aurora Cancer Care-Kenosha South
- University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics
- Aurora Saint Luke's Medical Center
- Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin
- Aurora Sinai Medical Center
- Vince Lombardi Cancer Clinic - Oshkosh
- Vince Lombardi Cancer Clinic-Sheboygan
- Aurora Medical Center in Summit
- Vince Lombardi Cancer Clinic-Two Rivers
- Aurora West Allis Medical Center
- Tom Baker Cancer Centre
- Juravinski Cancer Centre at Hamilton Health Sciences
- London Regional Cancer Program
- Ottawa Hospital and Cancer Center-General Campus
- Odette Cancer Centre- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
- CHUM - Hopital Notre-Dame
- McGill University Department of Oncology
- Jewish General Hospital
- Allan Blair Cancer Centre
- Saskatoon Cancer Centre
- Rabin Medical Center
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
No Intervention
Experimental
No Radiation Therapy
Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT)
Patients do not receive radiation therapy (RT).
Postoperative adjuvant intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT).