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A Window of Opportunity Trial: Avelumab in Non-metastatic Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer
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Brief Summary
This is a pilot study of avelumab in patients with non-metastatic, muscle invasive bladder cancer who are eligible for radical cystectomy (RC), but are ineligible for cisplatin based neoadjuvant therapy. The target recruitment is 10 evaluable patients for this window of opportunity study. Pre- and post-treatment tumor samples from transurethral resection of the bladder tumor and RC will be used for study endpoints.
Trial Health
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participants targeted
Target at below P25 for phase_1
Started Dec 2018
3 active sites
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
April 7, 2018
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
April 13, 2018
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
December 14, 2018
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
December 9, 2019
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
December 9, 2019
CompletedResults Posted
Study results publicly available
August 24, 2020
CompletedAugust 24, 2020
August 1, 2020
12 months
April 7, 2018
August 7, 2020
August 7, 2020
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Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Change in T Cell Subpopulations
The change in T cell subpopulations (CD8, CD4 and/or CD3) in tumor samples will be collected from FFPE tissue. FFPE tissue from the pre-study time point refers to tissue from the TURBT. FFPE tissue from the 2-3 week post-op time point refers to FFPE tissue from the RC
pre-study time and 2-3 week post-operation
Secondary Outcomes (3)
Pathological Response Rate
pre-study time and 2-3 week post-operation
2 Year Disease Free Survival (DFS)
2 years after radical cystectomy
Rate of High Grade(Grade 3-4) Adverse Event
90 days post operation
Study Arms (1)
Avelumab
EXPERIMENTALAvelumab 10 mg/kg intravenously, over 60 minutes every 2 weeks for 3 cycles or 42 days.
Interventions
avelumab 10 mg/kg intravenously every 2 weeks for 3 cycles or 42 days.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Have undergone TURBT showing newly diagnosed muscle invasive UCB (mixed histology is allowed if the predominant histology is UCC) within 6 weeks prior to cycle 1, day 1 of treatment.
- No prior systemic treatment for muscle invasive UCB
- Clinical T2-T4a disease
- No evidence of clinically positive lymph nodes or distant metastasis on computed tomography (CT) scans of chest and CT or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies of the abdomen/pelvis. Imaging must be within 90 days of registration.
- Male or female subjects aged ≥ 18 years old.
- Must have adequate kidney, liver, and bone marrow function within 30 days of registration, as follows:
- Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1.5 × 109/L
- platelet count ≥ 100 × 109/L
- hemoglobin ≥ 9 g/dL (may have been transfused)
- Total bilirubin level ≤ 1.5 × ULN
- AST and ALT levels ≤ 2.5 × ULN
- Estimated creatinine clearance ≥ 30 mL/min according to the Cockcroft-Gault formula
- Negative serum or urine pregnancy test at screening for women of childbearing potential (WOCBP), within 30 days of registration.
- Both male and female subjects must agree to use highly effective contraception (see Section 6.1 Table 8) while receiving avelumab and for at least 60 days after last avelumab treatment if the risk of conception exists.
- Female patients must agree to inform study coordinator or investigator immediately if they think they have become pregnant during the study.
- +5 more criteria
You may not qualify if:
- Patients must not have any of the following:
- IMMUNOSUPRESSANTS: Current use of immunosuppressive medication or within 4 weeks of C1D1, EXCEPT for the following: a. intranasal, inhaled, topical steroids, or local steroid injection (e.g., intra-articular injection); b. Systemic corticosteroids at physiologic doses ≤ 10 mg/day of prednisone or equivalent; c. Steroids as premedication for hypersensitivity reactions (e.g., CT scan premedication).
- AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE: Active autoimmune disease that might deteriorate when receiving an immuno-stimulatory agent. Patients with diabetes type I, vitiligo, psoriasis, or hypo- or hyperthyroid diseases not requiring immunosuppressive treatment are eligible. Patients with type I diabetes or hypo- or hyperthyroidism should be on stable doses of medications for participation.
- ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION: Prior organ transplantation including allogenic stem-cell transplantation.
- INFECTIONS: Active infection requiring systemic therapy.
- HIV/AIDS: Known history of testing positive for HIV or known acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
- HEPATITIS: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection at screening (positive HBV surface antigen or HCV RNA if anti-HCV antibody screening test positive)
- VACCINATION: Vaccinate within 4 weeks of the first dose of avelumab and while on study drug is prohibited except for administration of inactivated vaccines
- HYPERSENSITIIVTY TO STUDY DRUG: Known prior severe hypersensitivity to investigational product or any component in its formulations, including known severe hypersensitivity reactions to monoclonal antibodies (NCI CTCAE v4.03 Grade ≥ 3)
- CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE: Clinically significant (i.e., active) cardiovascular disease: cerebral vascular accident/stroke (\< 6 months prior to enrollment), myocardial infarction (\< 6 months prior to enrollment), unstable angina, congestive heart failure (≥ New York Heart Association Classification Class II), or serious cardiac arrhythmia requiring medication.
- Other severe acute or chronic medical conditions including colitis, inflammatory bowel disease, pneumonitis, pulmonary fibrosis or psychiatric conditions including recent (within the past year) or active suicidal ideation or behavior; or laboratory abnormalities that may increase the risk associated with study participation or study treatment administration or may interfere with the interpretation of study results and, in the judgment of the investigator, would make the patient inappropriate for entry into this study.
- Relapsed MIBC (all patients participating in the study should be newly diagnosed)
- Concomitant UCC outside the bladder (e.g., ureter, urethra or renal pelvis)
- Underlying immune disorder (e.g., combined variable immunodeficiency syndrome)
- Erythropoietin receptor agonists within 30 days prior to enrollment.
- +8 more criteria
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- Baylor College of Medicinelead
- Pfizercollaborator
Study Sites (3)
Baylor College of Medicine Medical Center - McNair Campus
Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
Ben Taub General Hospital
Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
Michael E. DeBakey Veteran Affairs Medical Center
Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
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Results Point of Contact
- Title
- Jennifer M. Taylor, MD, MPH
- Organization
- Baylor College of Medicine
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Jennifer M. Taylor, MD
Baylor College of Medicine
Publication Agreements
- PI is Sponsor Employee
- No
- Restrictive Agreement
- No
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- phase 1
- Allocation
- NA
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- SINGLE GROUP
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Assistant Professor of Urology
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
April 7, 2018
First Posted
April 13, 2018
Study Start
December 14, 2018
Primary Completion
December 9, 2019
Study Completion
December 9, 2019
Last Updated
August 24, 2020
Results First Posted
August 24, 2020
Record last verified: 2020-08