A Study of Atezolizumab Versus Placebo as Adjuvant Therapy in Participants With High-risk Muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer (MIBC) Who Are ctDNA Positive Following Cystectomy

Running, not enrolling · Phase 3 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer

In brief

This is a global Phase III, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind study designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of adjuvant treatment with atezolizumab compared with placebo in participants with MIBC who are circulating tumour deoxyribonucleic acid (ctDNA) positive and are at high risk for recurrence following cystectomy.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04660344

Run by

Hoffmann-La Roche

People needed

761

Starts

2021-05-03

Expected to finish

2026-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-03-27

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Inclusion Criteria for the Surveillance Phase:
• Histologically confirmed MIUC (also termed transitional cell carcinoma [TCC]) of the bladder
• Tumor, nodes, and metastases (TNM) classification (based on American Joint Committee on Cancer [AJCC] Cancer Staging Manual, 8th Edition; Amin et al. 2016) at pathological examination of surgical resection specimen as follows: For participants treated with prior neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC): tumor stage of ypT2-4a or ypN+ and M0. For participants who have not received prior NAC: tumor stage of pT2-4a or pN+ and M0
• Surgical resection of MIUC of the bladder
• Participants who have not received prior platinum-based NAC must be ineligible for cisplatin-based adjuvant chemotherapy, have refused it, or will not receive it based on physician's decision
• ctDNA assay developed based on tumor tissue specimen and matched normal DNA from blood
• Tumor programmed death ligand (PD-L1) expression per immunohistochemistry (IHC) that is evaluable by central testing of a representative tumor tissue specimen
• Absence of residual disease and absence of metastasis, as confirmed by a negative baseline computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan of the pelvis, abdomen, and chest no more than 4 weeks prior to enrollment
• Full recovery from cystectomy and enrollment within 24 weeks following cystectomy. Minimum of 6 weeks must have elapsed from surgery
• Additional Inclusion Criteria for the Treatment Phase:
• Blood for plasma ctDNA sample evaluated to be ctDNA positive, defined as the presence of two or more mutations out of the 16 mutations identified based on participant' whole exome sequencing (WES) evaluable (ctDNA assay designability) report
• Absence of residual disease and absence of metastasis, as confirmed by a negative baseline CT or MRI scan of the pelvis, abdomen, and chest no more than 28 days prior to randomization, as assessed by the investigator and Independent Review Facility
• Eastern cooperative oncology group (ECOG) performance status of ≤ 2
• Life expectancy ≥12 weeks
• Adequate hematologic and end-organ function
• For women of childbearing potential: agreement to remain abstinent (refrain from heterosexual intercourse) or use contraception and agreement to refrain from donating eggs

You may not qualify if…

• General Medical Exclusion Criteria for the Surveillance Phase:
• Known PD-L1 IHC result for adjuvant therapy. The decision for the adjuvant therapy should not be based on the PD-L1 IHC result
• Pregnancy or breastfeeding
• Positive test for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), with the following exception: Participants with a positive HIV test at screening are eligible provided they are stable on antiretroviral therapy, have a cluster of differentiation 4 (CD4) count ≥ 200 per microliter (/µL), and have an undetectable viral load
• Participants with active hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV). Participants with past HBV infection or resolved HBV infection are eligible. A negative HBV deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) test must be obtained in these participants prior to enrollment. Participants positive for HCV antibody are eligible only if polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is negative for HCV RNA
• Active tuberculosis (TB) confirmed by a test performed within 3 months prior to treatment initiation
• History of severe allergic, anaphylactic, or other hypersensitivity reactions to chimeric or humanized antibodies or fusion proteins
• Known hypersensitivity to biopharmaceuticals produced in Chinese hamster ovary cells or any component of the atezolizumab formulation
• History of autoimmune disease. Participants with a history of autoimmune-related hypothyroidism on a stable dose of thyroid replacement hormone may be eligible for this study. Participants with controlled type I diabetes mellitus (T1DM) on a stable dose of insulin regimen may be eligible for this study
• History of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, organizing pneumonia, drug-induced pneumonitis, idiopathic pneumonitis, or evidence of active pneumonitis on screening chest CT scan. History of radiation pneumonitis in the radiation field (fibrosis) is permitted
• Significant cardiovascular disease, such as New York Heart Association cardiac disease (Class II or greater), myocardial infarction (MI) within the previous 3 months, unstable arrhythmias, or unstable angina
• Cancer-Specific Exclusion Criteria for the Surveillance Phase:
• Any approved anti-cancer therapy, including chemotherapy, or hormonal therapy within 3 weeks prior to study enrollment
• Adjuvant chemotherapy or radiation therapy for UC following cystectomy
• Treatment with any other investigational agent or participation in another clinical trial with therapeutic intent within 28 days or 5 half-lives of the drug, whichever is longer, prior to enrollment
• Malignancies other than UC within 5 years prior to study enrollment
• Additional Exclusion Criteria for the Treatment Phase:
• Any approved anti-cancer therapy, including chemotherapy, or hormonal therapy within 3 weeks prior to randomization to the treatment phase. Hormone-replacement therapy or oral contraceptives are allowed
• Adjuvant chemotherapy or radiation therapy for UC following cystectomy
• Treatment with any other investigational agent or participation in another clinical trial with therapeutic intent within 28 days or 5 half-lives of the drug, whichever is longer, prior to randomization to the treatment phase
• Positive test for HIV, with the following exception: Participants with a positive HIV test at screening are eligible provided they are stable on antiretroviral therapy, have a CD4 count ≥200/μL, and have an undetectable viral load
• Participants with active HBV or HCV
• Active tuberculosis confirmed by a test performed within 3 months prior to treatment initiation

Where it is running

• Optum Health Care — Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
• Cleveland Clinic — Cleveland, Ohio, United States
• AHN Cancer Institute ? Allegheny General Hospital — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
• Centro Medico Austral — Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Instituto Alexander Fleming — Buenos Aires, Argentina
• AZ KLINA — Brasschaat, Belgium
• UZ Gent — Ghent, Belgium
• Oncocentro Serviços Medicos E Hospitalares Ltda — Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
• CETUS Hospital Dia Oncologia — Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
• Hospital Erasto Gaertner — Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
• Hospital Moinhos de Vento — Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
• Hospital Sao Lucas - PUCRS — Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
• Hospital Nossa Senhora da Conceicao — Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
• *X*Fundação Pio XII Hospital de Câncer de Barretos — Barretos, São Paulo, Brazil
• Hospital Amaral Carvalho — Jaú, São Paulo, Brazil
• Instituto do Cancer do Estado de Sao Paulo - ICESP — São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
• Hospital Alemao Oswaldo Cruz — São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
• Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University — Beijing, China
• the First Hospital of Jilin University — Changchun, China
• Hu Nan Provincial Cancer Hospital — Changsha, China
• Chongqing Cancer Hospital — Chongqing, China
• The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University — Fuzhou, China
• The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University — Guangzhou, China
• Jiangsu Cancer Hospital — Nanjing, China
• Cancer Care Centers of Brevard — Rockledge, Florida, United States

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