Combining Immunotherapy and Radiation Therapy to Help Patients Avoid Bladder Removal After Treatment Shrinks Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer, BRIGHT Trial
Purpose
This phase II trial tests the effect of giving pembrolizumab in combination with radiation therapy after chemotherapy in preventing surgery to remove the bladder in patients with muscle invasive bladder cancer. Standard of care therapy includes chemotherapy before surgery (neoadjuvant) to shrink or get rid of the tumor. Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as pembrolizumab, may help the body's immune system attack the tumor, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Radiation therapy uses high energy x-rays, particles, or radioactive seeds to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors. Photon beam radiation therapy is a type of radiation therapy that uses x-rays or gamma rays that come from a special machine called a linear accelerator. The radiation dose is delivered at the surface of the body and goes into the tumor and through the body. Giving pembrolizumab in combination with radiation therapy after neoadjuvant chemotherapy may help prevent surgical removal of the bladder in patients with muscle invasive bladder cancer.
Conditions
- Muscle Invasive Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma
- Stage II Bladder Cancer AJCC v8
- Stage IIIA Bladder Cancer AJCC v8
Eligibility
- Eligible Ages
- Over 18 Years
- Eligible Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Participants must have histologic evidence of cT2-T4aN0M0 muscle invasive urothelial
carcinoma of the bladder within 180 days prior to starting neoadjuvant therapy (NAT)
- Participants must have had CT chest/abdomen/pelvis (C/A/P), MRI C/A/P or PET within
60 days prior to starting NAT to determine cT2-T4aN0M0
- Participants must have undergone TURBT with biopsy of areas of prior disease and
systematic biopsies (left and right lateral, dome, posterior wall and trigone) and
radiologic staging showing clinically T0-T1 disease within 60 days after the last
dose of NAT
- NOTE: This TURBT must be within 90 days prior to registration. Registration
must be within 90 days after the last dose of NAT
- Participants must have imaging of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis performed using CT
or MRI preferably with contrast. Fludeoxyglucose F-18 (FDG) PET-CT can also be used
for staging. If FDG PET-CT is used, then it is at the discretion of the investigator
if they want to additionally obtain diagnostic CT or MRI with contrast within 60
days after the last dose of NAT
- Participants with lymph nodes ≥ 1.0 cm in the shortest cross-sectional diameter on
imaging (CT or MRI of abdomen and pelvis) after completion of NAT must have a PET-CT
within 70 days prior to registration. A biopsy in the setting of negative PET-CT is
not required unless there is strong clinical suspicion for nodal involvement with
tumor. Participants with a positive PET are deemed ineligible unless a biopsy is
performed and shows no evidence of tumor involvement
- NOTE: For questions regarding the above eligibility criteria, please contact
the study chairs in addition to the Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG) Statistics
and Data Management Center (SDMC)
- Participants must not have evidence of ≥ T2, N1-3 or metastatic disease after NAT
- Participants must not have the presence of small cell, neuroendocrine carcinoma,
plasmacytoid variants on any pathology
- Participants must not have had urothelial carcinoma or histological variant at any
site outside of the urinary bladder within 24 months prior to registration except
Ta/T1/carcinoma in situ (CIS) of the upper urinary tract, including renal pelvis or
ureter if the participant underwent complete nephroureterectomy
- NOTE: Participants with mixed variant histology will be eligible for the trial
if the majority (> 50%) of the tumor is urothelial cell carcinoma
- Participants must have received at least 3 and no more than 6 cycles of National
Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guideline concordant NAT for MIBC
- NOTE: Prior intravesical immunotherapy or chemotherapy for non-muscle invasive
disease is allowed
- Participants must not have had prior pelvic radiotherapy
- Participants must not have had anti-PD-1, anti PD-L1, anti PD-L2 or anti-CTLA4
antibody, any other antibody or drug targeting T-cell co-stimulation, enfortumab
vedotin, or any other drug targeting nectin-4
- Participants must not have received a live attenuated vaccination within 28 days
prior to registration
- Participants with conditions requiring immunosuppressive doses of steroids (> 10
mg/day of prednisone or equivalent) or other immunosuppressive medications must not
be taking steroids at time of trial registration
- Participants must be ≥ 18 years old at the time of registration
- Participants must have Zubrod performance status of 0-2
- Participants must have a complete medical history and physical exam within 28 days
prior to registration
- Leukocytes ≥ 3 x 10^3/uL (within 28 days prior to registration)
- Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1.5 x 10^3/uL (within 28 days prior to registration)
- Platelets ≥ 100 x 10^3/uL (within 28 days prior to registration)
- Total bilirubin ≤ institutional upper limit of normal (ULN) unless history of
Gilbert's disease (within 28 days prior to registration)
- Participants with history of Gilbert's disease must have total bilirubin ≤ 5 x
institutional ULN
- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST)/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤ 3 x institutional
ULN (within 28 days prior to registration)
- Participants must have a creatinine ≤ the institutional (I)ULN OR measured OR
calculated creatinine clearance ≥ 40 mL/min using the following Cockcroft-Gault
Formula. This specimen must have been drawn and processed within 3 days prior to
registration
- Patients with known history or current symptoms of cardiac disease, or history of
treatment with cardiotoxic agents, should have a clinical risk assessment of cardiac
function using the New York Heart Association Functional Classification. To be
eligible for this trial, patients should be class II or better
- Participants with a history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infection must be
on effective anti-retroviral therapy at registration and have undetectable viral
load test on the most recent test results obtained within 6 months prior to
registration
- For patients with evidence of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, the HBV
viral load must be undetectable on suppressive therapy, if indicated
- Participants with a history of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection must have been
treated and cured (defined as undetectable HCV viral load)
- Participants must not have a prior or concurrent malignancy whose natural history or
treatment (in the opinion of the treating physician) has the potential to interfere
with the safety or efficacy assessment of the investigational regimen
- Participants must not be pregnant or nursing (nursing includes breast milk fed to an
infant by any means, including from the breast, milk expressed by hand, or pumped).
Individuals who are of reproductive potential must have agreed to use an effective
contraceptive method with details provided as a part of the consent process. A
person who has had menses at any time in the preceding 12 consecutive months or who
has semen likely to contain sperm is considered to be of "reproductive potential."
In addition to routine contraceptive methods, "effective contraception" also
includes refraining from sexual activity that might result in pregnancy and surgery
intended to prevent pregnancy (or with a side-effect of pregnancy prevention)
including hysterectomy, bilateral oophorectomy, bilateral tubal ligation/occlusion,
and vasectomy with testing showing no sperm in the semen
- Participants must be offered the opportunity to participate in specimen banking
- Participants who can complete the PRO-CTCAE questionnaire in English or Spanish will
be offered the opportunity to participate in the optional patient-reported outcome
study
- NOTE: As a part of the Oncology Patient Enrollment Network (OPEN) registration
process the treating institution's identity is provided in order to ensure that the
current (within 365 days) date of institutional review board approval for this study
has been entered in the system
- Participants must be informed of the investigational nature of this study and
must sign and give informed consent in accordance with institutional and
federal guidelines
- For participants with impaired decision-making capabilities, legally authorized
representatives may sign and give informed consent on behalf of study
participants in accordance with applicable federal, local, and central
institutional review board (CIRB) regulations
Study Design
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- N/A
- Intervention Model
- Single Group Assignment
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- None (Open Label)
Arm Groups
| Arm | Description | Assigned Intervention |
|---|---|---|
|
Experimental Treatment (photon beam RT, pembrolizumab) |
Patients undergo photon beam RT QD on Monday-Friday for up to 20 treatments and receive pembrolizumab IV over 30 minutes on day 1 of each cycle. Cycles repeat every 21 days for up to 18 cycles (12 months) in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients also undergo TURBT with tissue sample collection at pre-registration and CT, MRI or PET, cystoscopy, and urine and blood sample collection throughout the study. |
|
Recruiting Locations
Birmingham 4049979, Alabama 4829764 35233
More Details
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sponsor
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Study Contact
Detailed Description
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: I. To evaluate whether 3-year bladder intact event-free survival (BI-EFS) is at least 70% in participants with clinically T0-clinically T1 without multifocal carcinoma in situ (CIS) following neoadjuvant therapy (NAT) for muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) who receive radiotherapy (RT) + pembrolizumab (MK-3475). SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. To estimate BI-EFS in participants who receive RT + pembrolizumab (MK-3475). II. To estimate local muscle invasive recurrence-free survival in participants who receive RT+ pembrolizumab (MK-3475). III. To estimate the metastasis-free survival (MFS) in participants who receive RT+ pembrolizumab (MK-3475). IV. To estimate the overall survival (OS) in participants who receive RT + pembrolizumab (MK-3475). V. To estimate the rate of salvage cystectomy in participants who receive RT+ pembrolizumab (MK-3475). VI. To evaluate the frequency and severity of toxicities in participants who receive RT + pembrolizumab (MK-3475). PATIENT REPORTED OUTCOMES (PRO)-COMMON TERMINOLOGY CRITERIA FOR ADVERSE EVENTS (CTCAE) OBJECTIVE: I. To evaluate participant-reported symptoms using selected items from Gastrointestinal, Genitourinary and sexual function domains of the PRO-CTCAE, with the goal of characterizing the frequency, severity, and interference of treatment-related symptoms. BANKING OBJECTIVE: I. To bank specimens for future correlative studies. OUTLINE: Patients undergo photon beam RT once daily (QD) on Monday-Friday for up to 20 treatments and receive pembrolizumab intravenously (IV) over 30 minutes on day 1 of each cycle. Cycles repeat every 21 days for up to 18 cycles (12 months) in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients also undergo transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT) with tissue sample collection at pre-registration and computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or positron emission tomography (PET), cystoscopy, and urine and blood sample collection throughout the study. After completion of study treatment, patients are followed every 26 weeks until year 2 and then every 52 weeks up to year 5.