The objective is to show non-inferiority of overall survival between four cycles and six cycles of first-line cisplatin based chemotherapy to determine the optimal duration of chemotherapy in patients with advanced urothelial carcinoma.
Urothelial carcinoma is the fifth most common cancer in men and seventh among women all around the world. Although a complete surgical resection with or without perioperative treatment is the most effective way to offer a potentially curative therapy to patients with these cancers, 25% of the patients initially present with locally or systemically advanced disease. Systemic chemotherapy is the only current modality that provides the potential for a long-term survival in patients with advanced or metastatic urothelial disease. Cisplatin based combination chemotherapies such as GP, GP-S, MVAC, and dose dense MVAC with G-CSF supports are regarded as a backbone treatment for patients with advanced bladder cancer on the basis of the results from previous studies. However, there is no consensus on appropriate number of chemotherapy cycles. In phase III trial comparing MVAC with GP, patients were treated with 6 cycles (every 4 weeks) of chemotherapy. In another phase III trial comparing MVAC with HD-MVAC, there is no pre-determined number of cycles, but the median number of cycles were 4 for MVAC and 6 for HD-MVAC. However, it is hard to complete six or more cycles of cisplatin based chemotherapy due to cumulative toxicities of cisplatin such as neuropathy and development of resistance. The median age of patients with urothelial cancer is 70 years old and significant proportion of the patients already showed impaired performance status (ECOG PS ≥2). There has already been reported in several trials of NSCLC, which showed that 4 cycles of chemotherapy containing cisplatin has no significant differences in survival or QoL with lower incidences of toxicities compared with 6 cycles of chemotherapy. The objective of this trial is to assess whether there is any difference in OS between patients who are treated with four cycles of cisplatin based chemotherapy and patients who are treated with 6 cycles of chemotherapy to determine the optimal duration of chemotherapy in patients with advanced urothelial cancer.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
330
* GP regimen: Gemcitabine (1000 mg/m2 D1, D8), Cisplatin (60 mg/m2 D1), every 3 weeks * GP-S regimen: Gemcitabine (1000 mg/m2 D1, D8), Cisplatin (35 mg/m2 D1,D 2 or D8), every 3 weeks * MVAC regimen: Methotrexate (30 mg/m2 IV bolus, D1, 15, 22), Vinblastine (3 mg/m2 IV bolus, D2, 15, 22), Doxorubicin (30 mg/m2 IV bolus D2), Cisplatin (70 mg/m2 D2), every 4 weeks * HD-MVAC with GCSF regimen: Methotrexate (30 mg/m2 IV bolus, D1), Vinblastine (3 mg/m2 IV bolus, D2), Doxorubicin (30 mg/m2 IV bolus D2), Cisplatin (70 mg/m2 D2), G-CSF (240 ug/m2 SC, D4-10), every 2 weeks
Kwonoh Park
Yangsan, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea
RECRUITINGOverall survival
Overall survival is defined as the time from enrollment of study until death from any cause (or date of last follow-up for patients still alive)
Time frame: 5 years
Progression free survival
PFS is defined as the time from enrollment of study until either first documentation of RECIST-defined disease progression or death due to any cause, whichever come first.
Time frame: Every 6-8 weeks, from date of enrollment until the date of first documented progression
Tumor response rate
Tumor response rate is defined as the proportion of patients with a complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) among patients with evaluable lesions for response of RECIST.
Time frame: Every 6-8 weeks, assess the tumor response from date of enrollment
safety using NCI Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (version 4.03)
Toxicity profiles will be evaluated every cycle with physical examination, vital signs, performance status, CBC, and serum chemistry using NCI Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 4.03.
Time frame: Every 2-4 weeks, from date of enrollment until 30th days of last cycles treatment or initation of new regimen
Quality of life composite score of EORTC-QoL-C30 and EORTC CIPN20
Investigators measured Quality of life using EORTC-QoL-C30 and EORTC CIPN20 at the time of enrollment, 12-18 weeks, and 30 weeks
Time frame: 0-1 week, 12-18 week, 24-34 week after enrollment
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