This is a Phase 2 clinical intervention trial to assess efficacy of induction EVP to spare the bladder in stage T2-4aN0-1 urothelial bladder cancer (UBC), using a response-adapted approach
Fifty-six adult patients with cT2-4aN0-1 urothelial bladder cancer, who are amenable for a bladder-sparing approach, will be included All patients receive induction (4x) Enfortumab vedotin (d1,8; 1.25mg/kg) and Pembrolizumab (d1; 200mg). Patients having a clinical complete response (cCR) are randomized 1:1 to receive: 1. No bladder consolidation therapy, pembrolizumab 400 mg q6 weeks maintenance (total 1 year from start of therapy), or 2. Consolidative radiotherapy followed by pembrolizumab 400 mg q6 weeks maintenance (total 1 year from start of therapy). Patients having residual disease: 1. may still receive bladder-sparing treatment using chemoradio-therapy (by local protocol; Mitomycin C/fluoropyrimidines in the Netherlands) if the following criteria are met: * No disease outside the bladder (e.g. involvement of ureter, prostatic urethra or (suspected) lymph node metastases) * No bilateral hydronephrosis * No multifocal CIS * Adequate bladder function: post-micturition residual volume of \< 200 cc, IPSS score \< 15 points; revised urinary incontinence scale \< 8 points; no daily or continuous catheter use. Bladder sparing treatment is followed by pembrolizumab 400 mg q6 weeks maintenance (total 1 year from start of therapy). 2. In addition, patients having residual disease without the option of bladder sparing treatment, will undergo radical cystectomy followed by pembrolizumab 400 mg q6 weeks maintenance (total 1 year from start of therapy). The induction phase will be approximately 14 weeks up until the point of consolidation/observation, which is followed by pembrolizumab maintenance for a maximum of six cycles. Protocol-specified follow-up (excluding survival follow-up) will continue until 36 months after consolidation. Survival follow-up will continue as long as the study remains open.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
56
Induction: 4 cycles (d1,8; 1.25 mg/kg)
Induction: 4 cycles 200mg and after cCR 400 mg q6 weeks. Total 1 year from start of therapy
The preference will be a four-week schedule, in which 55 Gy radiotherapy will be administered using intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT)
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek ziekenhuis
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Leiden University Medical Center Leiden (LUMC)
Leiden, Netherlands
University Medical Center Utrecht(UMCU)
Utrecht, Netherlands
Estimated 2-year bladder-intact event-free survival (BI-EFS) for the intention-to-treat population, measured from day 1 of treatment until the moment of analysis
Bladder-intact event-free survival (BI-EFS). The primary analysis will be performed after the last participant has completed at least 15 months of follow-up from the first dose of study treatment or when 21 BI-EFS events have been observed, whichever occurs first.
Time frame: From the first dose of study treatment up to 2 years of follow-up
Feasibility of observation vs consolidative RT (followed by maintenance pembrolizumab) in cCR patients after induction EVP: rate of cystectomy and/or muscle-invasive and non-muscle invasive recurrence per arm.
Rate of cystectomy and/or muscle-invasive and non-muscle invasive recurrence per cCR treatment arm
Time frame: From cCR assesment until cystectomy and/or muscle-invasive or non-muscle-invasive recurrence, assessed up to 66 months.
Overall survival (OS)
OS is defined as the time between the date of enrollment and the date of death. OS will be estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method. The median OS and 95% confidence interval will be reported.
Time frame: From the date of enrollment until death from any cause, assessed up to 66 months.
Progression-free survival (PFS)
PFS is defined as time from start of therapy until an event or death by any cause
Time frame: From the first dose of study treatment until the first documented disease progression or death from any cause, assessed up to 66 months.
Metastasis-free survival (MFS)
• Time from start of therapy until occurrence of nodal or distant metastases, or progression of nodal metastases present at baseline by RECIST1.1 measurement
Time frame: From the first dose of study treatment until the first documented disease progression or death from any cause, assessed up to 66 months.
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by local protocol; by local protocol; Mitomycin C/fluoropyrimidines in the Netherlands) * No disease outside the bladder (e.g. involvement of ureter, prostatic urethra or (suspected) lymph node metastases) * No bilateral hydronephrosis * No multifocal CIS * Adequate bladder function: Post-micturition residual volume of \< 200 cc, International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) \< 15 points; revised urinary incontinence scale \< 8 points; no daily or continuous catheter use.
Surgical removal of the bladder
Bladder function of no consolidation vs consolidative RT in cCR patients after induction EVP using bladder-specific QOL assessments.
Bladder-specific quality of life assessed using the EORTC Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 30 (QLQ-C30; scores range 0-100; for functional scales, higher scores indicate better functioning; for symptom scales, higher scores indicate worse symptoms) and the EORTC Quality of Life Questionnaire Bladder Muscle Invasive (BLM-30 module, scores range 0-100; higher scores indicate \[better/worse\] outcome).
Time frame: At baseline C1D1, C3D1, Response Evaluation and 6, 12, 18 and 24 months after response evaluation, regardless of consolidative therapy
Muscle-invasive recurrence in patients not undergoing cystectomy
Measured in patients not undergoing a cystectomy, per relevant arm
Time frame: From cCR/non-CR assessment until muscle-invasive recurrence, assessed up to 66 months
Non-muscle-invasive bladder recurrence in patients not undergoing cystectomy
Measured in patients not undergoing a cystectomy, per relevant arm
Time frame: From cCR/non-CR assessment until non-muscle-invasive recurrence, assessed up to 66 months.
Safety of EVP induction
Safety in terms of immunotherapy-related adverse events by National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events 5.0 criteria (NCI CTC-AE 5.0 criteria)
Time frame: After induction therapy: at a minimum of 22 months until up to 66 months of follow-up
Prediction of BI-EFS by circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) assessment
ctDNA assessment in urine and plasma. Interim analysis is allowed
Time frame: From the date of enrollment until up to 66 months of follow-up