Atezolizumab With or Without Eribulin Mesylate in Treating Patients With Recurrent Locally Advanced or Metastatic Urothelial Cancer

Running, not enrolling · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Locally Advanced Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma, Locally Advanced Renal Pelvis Urothelial Carcinoma, Locally Advanced Ureter Urothelial Carcinoma, Locally Advanced Urethral Urothelial Carcinoma, Metastatic Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma, Metastatic Renal Pelvis Urothelial Carcinoma, Metastatic Ureter Urothelial Carcinoma, Metastatic Urethral Urothelial Carcinoma, Recurrent Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma, Recurrent Renal Pelvis Urothelial Carcinoma, Recurrent Ureter Urothelial Carcinoma, Recurrent Urethral Urothelial Carcinoma, Stage III Bladder Cancer AJCC v8, Stage III Renal Pelvis Cancer AJCC v8, Stage III Ureter Cancer AJCC v8, Stage III Urethral Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IV Bladder Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IV Renal Pelvis Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IV Ureter Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IV Urethral Cancer AJCC v8, Unresectable Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma, Unresectable Renal Pelvis Urothelial Carcinoma, Unresectable Ureter Urothelial Carcinoma, Unresectable Urethral Urothelial Carcinoma

In brief

This phase II trial studies the side effects of atezolizumab with or without eribulin mesylate and how well they work in treating patients with urothelial cancer that has come back (recurrent), spread to nearby tissues or lymph nodes (locally advanced), or spread from where it first started (primary site) to other places in the body (metastatic). Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as atezolizumab, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Chemotherapy drugs, such as eribulin mesylate, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Giving atezolizumab and eribulin mesylate may work better at treating urothelial cancer compared to atezolizumab alone.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03237780

Run by

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

People needed

72

Starts

2018-07-20

Expected to finish

2027-06-30

Last updated by the study team

2026-07-31

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Males or females age > or = 18 years at the time of informed consent. Because no dosing or adverse event data are currently available on the use of atezolizumab in combination with eribulin in patients < 18 years of age, children are excluded from this study
• Histologically- or cytologically-confirmed diagnosis of locally advanced/unresectable (inoperable or not amenable to surgical treatment) and/or metastatic transitional cell urothelial cancer of the renal pelvis, ureter, urinary bladder, or urethra
• Presence of measurable disease meeting the following criteria:
• At least one lesion of >= 1.0 cm in long axis diameter for non-lymph nodes or >= 1.5 cm in short axis diameter for lymph nodes that is serially measurable according to RECIST 1.1 using either computerized tomography or magnetic resonance imaging or panoramic and close-up color photography with caliper measurement; if there is only one target lesion and it is a not a lymph node, it should have a long-axis diameter of at least 1.5 cm
• Lesions that have had radiotherapy must show radiographic evidence of disease progression based on RECIST 1.1 may be deemed a target lesion
• Archival paraffin-embedded invasive tumor tissue or newly obtained biopsy must be available prior to the first dose of study drug for biomarker analysis; patients must be offered sequential biopsies at baseline and 6 weeks unless in the opinion of the trial principal investigator (PI) this would be hazardous; recent data suggest discordance between primary tumor and tumor from recurrence or metastasis with high percentages of PD-L1 SP142 positive immune cells after recurrence
• PD-L1 status determined centrally by HistogeneX, which is funded by the study, must be available before randomization of the patient to allow for stratification; COMMERCIAL ASSESSMENT OF PD-L1 STATUS OBTAINED LOCALLY AT THE SITE WILL NOT SATISFY ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
• New, progressive or recurrent disease occurring
• During or within 12 months of treatment with a platinum containing regimen (cisplatin or carboplatin or novel platinum) in either in the metastatic or perioperative setting
• In first-line patients defined as cisplatin-ineligible based on renal impairment (creatinine clearance calculated by Cockcroft-Gault method < 60 ml/min), at least grade 2 hearing loss and/or Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) status of 2; these patients will be chemotherapy naive or have received platinum based therapy in the adjuvant or neoadjuvant setting more than 12 months prior to study entry
• May have received up to two prior lines of chemotherapy for advanced disease
• Adequate recovery from any adverse events resulting from prior anti-neoplastic treatment including chemotherapy, biological therapy, targeted small molecule therapy, radiation therapy, and surgery as determined by the investigator (and in consultation with the study PI); in most instances, adequate recovery is resolution to =< grade 1 except for alopecia of any grade, grade 2 neuropathy and/ or any grade hearing loss
• Subjects with known brain metastases will be eligible if they have completed the primary brain therapy (such as whole brain radiotherapy, stereotactic radiosurgery, or complete surgical resection) and if they have remained clinically stable, asymptomatic, and off of steroids for at least 28 days
• Life expectancy of >= 12 weeks
• Subjects must have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 to 2 (Karnofsky >= 60%)
• Leukocytes >= 2,500/mcL
• Absolute neutrophil count >= 1,500/mcL
• Platelets >= 75,000/mcL
• Hemoglobin >= 8 g/dL
• Total bilirubin =< 1.5 x institutional upper limit of normal (ULN) (however, patients with known Gilbert disease who have serum bilirubin level =< 3 x ULN may be enrolled)
• Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase [SGOT])/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase [SGPT]) =< 3 x ULN (AST and/or ALT =< 5 x ULN for patients with liver involvement)
• Alkaline phosphatase =< 2.5 x ULN (=< 5 x ULN for patients with documented liver involvement or bone metastases)
• Creatinine clearance >= 20 mL/min/1.73 m\^2 by Cockcroft-Gault
• International normalized ratio (INR) and activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) =< 1.5 x ULN (this applies only to patients who do not receive therapeutic anticoagulation; patients receiving therapeutic anticoagulation, such as low-molecular-weight heparin or warfarin, should be on a stable dose)
• All females must have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test (minimum sensitivity 25 IU/L or equivalent units of beta-human chorionic gonadotropin [B-hCG]) at the screening visit and the baseline visit; a pregnancy test needs to be performed within 72 hours of the first dose of study drug

You may not qualify if…

• Patients with prior allogeneic bone marrow transplantation or prior solid organ transplantation
• Patients who have had chemotherapy within 3 weeks or radiotherapy or targeted therapy 2 weeks (6 weeks for nitrosoureas or mitomycin C) prior to entering the study or those who have not recovered from adverse events (other than alopecia) due to agents administered more than 4 weeks earlier; however, the following therapies are allowed:
• Hormone-replacement therapy or oral contraceptives
• Herbal therapy > 1 week prior to cycle 1, day 1 (herbal therapy intended as anticancer therapy must be discontinued at least 1 week prior to cycle 1, day 1)
• Palliative radiotherapy for bone metastases > 2 weeks prior to cycle 1, day 1
• Prior treatment with anti-PD-1, or anti-PD-L1 therapeutic antibody or pathway-targeting agents or eribulin
• Patients who have received prior treatment with anti-CTLA-4 may be enrolled, provided the following requirements are met:
• Minimum of 12 weeks from the first dose of anti-CTLA-4 and > 6 weeks from the last dose
• No history of severe immune-related adverse effects from anti-CTLA-4 (National Cancer Institute [NCI] Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events [CTCAE] version 5.0)
• Treatment with any other investigational agent within 4 weeks prior to cycle 1, day 1
• Treatment with systemic immunostimulatory agents (including, but not limited to, interferon [IFN]-alpha or interleukin [IL]-2) within 6 weeks prior to cycle 1, day 1
• Treatment with systemic immunosuppressive medications (including, but not limited to, prednisone, cyclophosphamide, azathioprine, methotrexate, thalidomide, and anti-tumor necrosis factor [anti-TNF] agents) within 2 weeks prior to cycle 1, day 1
• Patients who have received acute, low dose, systemic immunosuppressant medications (e.g., a one-time dose of dexamethasone for nausea) may be enrolled
• The use of inhaled corticosteroids and mineralocorticoids (e.g., fludrocortisone) for patients with orthostatic hypotension or adrenocortical insufficiency is allowed
• Patients taking bisphosphonate therapy for symptomatic hypercalcemia; use of bisphosphonate therapy for other reasons (e.g., bone metastasis or osteoporosis) is allowed
• Patients requiring treatment with a receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa-B ligand (RANKL) inhibitor (e.g. denosumab) who cannot discontinue it before treatment with atezolizumab
• Patients with known primary central nervous system (CNS) malignancy or symptomatic CNS metastases are excluded, with the following exceptions:
• Patients with asymptomatic untreated CNS disease may be enrolled, provided all of the following criteria are met:
• Evaluable or measurable disease outside the CNS
• No metastases to brain stem, midbrain, pons, medulla, cerebellum, or within 10 mm of the optic apparatus (optic nerves and chiasm)
• No history of intracranial hemorrhage or spinal cord hemorrhage
• No ongoing requirement for dexamethasone for CNS disease; patients on a stable dose of anticonvulsants are permitted
• No neurosurgical resection or brain biopsy within 28 days prior to cycle 1, day 1
• Patients with asymptomatic treated CNS metastases may be enrolled, provided all the criteria listed above are met as well as the following:
• Radiographic demonstration of improvement upon the completion of CNS directed therapy and no evidence of interim progression between the completion of CNS directed therapy and the screening radiographic study

Where it is running

• University of Alabama at Birmingham Cancer Center — Birmingham, Alabama, United States
• Keck Medicine of USC Buena Park — Buena Park, California, United States
• City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center — Duarte, California, United States
• City of Hope at Irvine Lennar — Irvine, California, United States
• Keck Medicine of USC Koreatown — Los Angeles, California, United States
• Los Angeles General Medical Center — Los Angeles, California, United States
• USC / Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center — Los Angeles, California, United States
• USC Norris Oncology/Hematology-Newport Beach — Newport Beach, California, United States
• UC Irvine Health/Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center — Orange, California, United States
• Keck Medical Center of USC Pasadena — Pasadena, California, United States
• University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center — Sacramento, California, United States
• City of Hope Upland — Upland, California, United States
• University of Kansas Clinical Research Center — Fairway, Kansas, United States
• University of Kansas Cancer Center — Kansas City, Kansas, United States
• University of Kansas Cancer Center-Overland Park — Overland Park, Kansas, United States
• University of Kansas Hospital-Indian Creek Campus — Overland Park, Kansas, United States
• University of Kansas Hospital-Westwood Cancer Center — Westwood, Kansas, United States
• University of Kansas Cancer Center - North — Kansas City, Missouri, United States
• University of Kansas Cancer Center - Lee's Summit — Lee's Summit, Missouri, United States
• University of Kansas Cancer Center at North Kansas City Hospital — North Kansas City, Missouri, United States
• UPMC Hillman Cancer Center — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

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