This is a prospective, multicentre, single-arm phase II study evaluating a response-adapted kidney-preserving strategy in patients with HER2-positive high-risk upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC). Patients will receive neoadjuvant disitamab vedotin plus tislelizumab, followed by response-adapted local treatment, including kidney-sparing surgery or radical nephroureterectomy based on predefined criteria. The primary objective is to assess whether this multimodal strategy can achieve clinically meaningful oncologic control while preserving renal function, as measured by 1-year kidney-intact event-free survival (KI-EFS). Secondary and exploratory objectives include evaluation of clinical response, survival outcomes, safety, renal function preservation, and longitudinal dynamics of circulating and urinary tumor DNA.
This is a prospective, multicentre, single-arm, phase II clinical trial designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of a response-adapted kidney-preserving treatment strategy in patients with HER2-positive high-risk upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC). Eligible patients will receive neoadjuvant systemic therapy consisting of disitamab vedotin in combination with tislelizumab administered every 3 weeks for 2-4 cycles. Tumour response will be assessed after two cycles using radiographic evaluation and clinical assessment. Patients demonstrating clinical benefit will proceed to complete induction therapy, followed by comprehensive restaging including imaging, ureteroscopy with biopsy, and urine cytology. Subsequent local treatment will be determined according to a predefined response-adapted algorithm. Patients meeting protocol-specified criteria will undergo kidney-sparing surgery (KSS), including segmental ureterectomy or endoscopic ablation depending on tumour location and anatomical feasibility. Patients not meeting criteria for KSS will undergo radical nephroureterectomy (RNU). The primary objective of the study is to determine whether this multimodal strategy can achieve clinically meaningful oncologic control while preserving renal function in a biomarker-selected population. In addition, longitudinal biospecimen collection will be conducted to evaluate the dynamics of urinary tumor DNA (utDNA) and circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) as exploratory biomarkers of treatment response and minimal residual disease.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
50
In this trial, RC48 was scheduled to be administered at a dose of 2.0 mg/kg every 3 weeks, with the first dose on day 1 of the first cycle. Tislelizumab was administered at a dose of 200 mg every 3 weeks, with the first dose on day 1 of the first 21-day cycle. The drug is diluted with normal saline and administered by intravenous drip for one hour.
Ethics Committee of Shanghai Renji Hospital
Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China
Kidney-Intact Event-Free Survival (KI-EFS) at 1 year
KI-EFS is defined as the time from study enrollment to the first occurrence of any of the following events: High-risk recurrence of upper tract urothelial carcinoma (local, regional, or distant), defined according to prespecified clinical or radiographic criteria Death from any cause Conversion to radical nephroureterectomy (RNU) for any reason Patients without an event will be censored at the date of last disease assessment.
Time frame: From enrollment to 12 months
Kidney-Intact Event-Free Survival at 2 years
KI-EFS is defined as the time from study enrollment to the first occurrence of any of the following events: High-risk recurrence of upper tract urothelial carcinoma (local, regional, or distant), defined according to prespecified clinical or radiographic criteria Death from any cause Conversion to radical nephroureterectomy (RNU) for any reason Patients without an event will be censored at the date of last disease assessment.
Time frame: Up to 24 months
Disease-Free Survival (DFS) Renal Function Preservation
Time from definitive local treatment (KSS or RNU) to upper tract recurrence or death from any cause. Isolated bladder recurrence will not be counted as an event.
Time frame: Up to 24 months
Clinical Complete Response (cCR) Rate After Induction Therapy
Clinical complete response (cCR) was defined as concordant negative findings on cross-sectional imaging, ureteroscopy, urine cytology, and targeted biopsy according to predefined criteria
Time frame: Immediately after Induction Therapy
Clinical Complete Response (cCR) Rate After Kidney-Sparing Surgery
Clinical complete response (cCR) was defined as concordant negative findings on cross-sectional imaging, ureteroscopy, urine cytology, and targeted biopsy according to predefined criteria
Time frame: 1 month after surgery
Renal Function Preservation
Change in estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR)
Time frame: Up to 12 months
Safety and Tolerability
Incidence of treatment-related adverse events graded by CTCAE v5.0
Time frame: Up to 90 days post-treatment
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