The RUTIVAC-1 study is a Phase I Clinical Trial designed to evaluate the systemic and mucosal immunological response and provide safety information after the use of RUTI® administration to individuals with NMIBC. The study will enroll individuals treated with Transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT), diagnosed to have high-risk Non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) and suitable candidates for BCG therapy and who meet all eligibility criteria. Forty individuals will be recruited and randomized 1:1 to receive two subcutaneous shots of 25 μg RUTI® or placebo. After vaccination, individuals will receive the standard induction course, of intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG)therapy (weekly BCG for six weeks). 4 to 8 weeks after the last intravesical BCG administration (BCG6) a visit will be performed (Visit 1, end of the interventional phase). Once all participants have performed VISIT 1 immunological assays will be performed and data will be analyzed. At the end of the Interventional Phase the blind will be opened, except for the study physicians who will remain blind during all the follow-up. All the individuals will be followed up for three years since TURBT.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
TRIPLE
Enrollment
44
Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital
Badalona, Barcelona, Spain
Changes in the systemic Th1 immune response.
IFN-γ production assessed by intracellular staining after ex vivo stimulation of PBMCs with PPD
Time frame: Baseline, Day 10, weeks 2, 7 and 16
Changes in the local immune response in peritumoral tissue (Th1/Th2 ratio)
Th1/Th2 ratio in cells in the peritumoral tissue
Time frame: Baseline and week 16 visit
Changes in the local immune response in urine
Urine levels of cytokines by multiplex analysis
Time frame: Baseline, Day 10, weeks 2, 7 and 16
Recurrence date
Recurrence date
Time frame: Until 3 years since TURBT
Disease worsening
Disease worsening: events that included diagnosis of T2 or greater
Time frame: Until 3 years since TURBT
Death
Time frame: Until 3 years since TURBT
Proportion of patients who develop a Grade 3 or 4 local reactions
From Baseline to BCG administration number 6
Time frame: through study completion an average of 1,5 year
Proportion of patients who develop a Grade 3 or 4 systemic reactions
Proportion of patients who develop a Grade 3 or 4 systemic reactions (adverse events related to RUTI/placebo).
Time frame: through study completion an average of 1,5 year
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