SURE-01 is a neoadjuvant phase 2, open-label, non-randomized, singlecohort study in patients with urothelial carcinoma of the bladder. Patients will be consecutively enrolled and treated. The primary objective of the study is to assess whether sacituzumab govitecan results in pathological complete response (in patients with Muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer who cannot receive or refuse cisplatin-based chemotherapy). Secondary objectives were to evaluate the radiological response of those patients with measurable disease; to evaluate the surgical and medical safety of neoadjuvant therapy; to assess survival outcomes (event-free survival and overall survival).
SURE-01 is a neoadjuvant phase 2, open-label, non-randomized, singlecohort study in patients with urothelial carcinoma of the bladder. Patients will be consecutively enrolled and treated. The primary objective of the study is to assess whether sacituzumab govitecan results in pathological complete response (in patients with Muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer who cannot receive or refuse cisplatin-based chemotherapy). Secondary objectives were to evaluate the radiological response of those patients with measurable disease; to evaluate the surgical and medical safety of neoadjuvant therapy; to assess survival outcomes (event-free survival and overall survival). The general framework of the study will be as follows: A transurethral resection of the bladder tumor (TURBT) for biopsy, histological characterization, and local staging will be executed first, according to the guidelines. With the aim to improve the sensitivity of computed tomography (CT) scan in assessing pelvic lymph-nodes and better assess the local extent of bladder tumor, CT scan, 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (18FDG-PET)/CT scan, and multiparametric bladder magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) will be done during screening and before cystectomy to stage and evaluate response. * Eligible patients will receive neoadjuvant treatment: 7.5 mg/kg sacituzumab govitecan IV, on days 1, 8, of each 21 day cycle. * A total of 4 cycles is planned before surgery. Surgery will be planned at the time of study inclusion to be done within 4 weeks of the last dose of study drug. After surgery patients will be managed according to local guidelines which mirror the current EAU guidelines.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
44
Sacituzumab govitecan is a humanized monoclonal antibody (mAb) with a hydrolyzable linker through which SN-38 is conjugated to the humanized mAb hRS7 IgG1κ to enhance the delivery of SN-38 to Trop-2- expressing tumors while reducing systemic toxicity. SN-38 is the active metabolite of irinotecan. Sacituzumab govitecan is administered at 7.5 mg/kg as an IV infusion on days 1 and 8 of a 21- day cycle till progression, toxicity or withdrawal of consent
IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele
Milan, Italy
Pathological complete response
Pathological complete response will be defined as the absence of any residual viable tumor in the radical cystectomy specimen. Two independent pathologists, blinded to the study findings, with \>10 years of experience in genitourinary tumors will independently evaluate the response. The pathological response assessment will be centralized and externally reviewed at San Raffaele Hospital and Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
Time frame: After the last cycle of the investigational drug (each cycle is 21 days)
Radiological response
Radiological response on those patients with measurable disease will be evaluated by CT scans with contrast of chest/abdomen/pelvis, with a whole body fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography, and with a multiparametric MRI of the bladder. RECIST v1.1 criteria will be used to assess patient the radiological response to treatment.
Time frame: At baseline and within 2 weeks after the last cycle of the investigational drug (each cycle is 21 days)
Perioperative outcomes
Perioperative outcomes will be systematically and prospectively collected at surgery and during hospitalization, as well as at 30- and 90-day after surgery during patient interviews done by medical doctors and according to the EAU guidelines on reporting and grading of complications, as previously reported by our group within the PURE-01 study (Briganti A, et al. Eur Urol 2020;77:576-580).
Time frame: During hospitalization for the surgery and at 30- and 90-day after surgery
Survival outcomes
Overall survival
Time frame: At the end of study, an average 2 years
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