This is a multicenter, randomized controlled clinical trial (HOPE-07) designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of perioperative treatment with disitamab vedotin (RC48) combined with toripalimab compared with toripalimab combined with chemotherapy in patients with resectable HER2-expressing (HER2 1+, 2+, or 3+) muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC, cT2-4aN0/1M0).A total of 240 patients will be enrolled and randomized in a 1:1 ratio to receive either RC48 plus toripalimab or chemotherapy plus toripalimab, with 120 patients in each arm. The primary objective is to compare 2-year event-free survival (2-year EFS) between the two treatment groups. Secondary endpoints include pathological complete response (pCR), event-free survival (EFS), disease-free survival (DFS), 1-year event-free survival (1-year EFS), metastasis-free survival (MFS), overall survival (OS), R0 resection rate, and safety outcomes including adverse events (AEs), serious adverse events (SAEs), vital signs, physical examination, ECOG performance status, laboratory tests, and electrocardiography, assessed according to CTCAE v5.0. Exploratory objectives include assessment of quality of life using EQ-5D-5L and EORTC QLQ-C30, evaluation of associations between biomarkers (HER2 expression, PD-L1 expression, circulating tumor DNA) and treatment efficacy, and multi-omics analyses using tumor tissue, ctDNA, and urinary tumor DNA to identify potential predictive biomarkers.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
240
Disitamab vedotin (RC48) will be administered in combination with toripalimab in the experimental arm. Treatment consists of 6 cycles in the neoadjuvant setting prior to radical cystectomy, followed by 6 cycles in the adjuvant setting after surgery. Toripalimab maintenance therapy will continue for up to 1 year in patients without disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Gemcitabine and cisplatin (GC) chemotherapy will be administered in combination with toripalimab in the control arm. Treatment consists of 4 cycles in the neoadjuvant setting prior to radical cystectomy.
Toripalimab will be administered in combination with disitamab vedotin in the experimental arm during both neoadjuvant and adjuvant phases, and will be continued as maintenance therapy for up to 1 year after surgery in patients without disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Toripalimab will be administered in combination with GC chemotherapy in the neoadjuvant setting for 4 cycles prior to radical cystectomy and will be continued as maintenance therapy for up to 1 year after surgery in patients without disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
2-year Event-Free Survival
Event-free survival is defined as the time from randomization to disease progression, recurrence, metastasis, or death from any cause, whichever occurs firsth
Time frame: From randomization to 2 years after treatment initiation
Pathological Complete Response (pCR)
Pathological complete response is defined as the absence of residual viable tumor cells in the surgical specimen (ypT0N0) at radical cystectomy.
Time frame: At the time of radical cystectomy
Disease-Free Survival (DFS)
Disease-free survival is defined as the time from radical cystectomy to tumor recurrence or death from any cause, whichever occurs first.
Time frame: Up to 5 years after radical cystectomy
Event-Free Survival (EFS)
Event-free survival is defined as the time from randomization to disease progression, recurrence, metastasis, or death from any cause, whichever occurs first.
Time frame: Up to 5 years after randomization
Metastasis-Free Survival (MFS)
Metastasis-free survival is defined as the time from randomization to distant metastasis or death from any cause.
Time frame: Up to 5 years after randomization
Overall Survival (OS)
From the date of randomization until death from any cause, assessed up to 5 years
Time frame: Up to 5 years after randomization
R0 Resection Rate
R0 resection rate is defined as the proportion of patients achieving microscopically margin-negative resection at radical cystectomy.
Time frame: At the time of radical cystectomy
Incidence of Adverse Events
Safety will be assessed by incidence and severity of adverse events and serious adverse events, graded according to CTCAE version 5.0. Assessments include vital signs, physical examination, ECOG performance status, laboratory tests, and electrocardiography.
Time frame: From first dose until 30 days after last dose (or up to 1 year follow-up)
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