A Phase III, Randomised, Multi-Center, Open Label Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Intravesical Nadofaragene Firadenovec Alone or in Combination With Chemotherapy (Gemcitabine and Docetaxel) or Immunotherapy (Pembrolizumab) in Subjects With High-Grade Bacillus Calmette-Guerin Therapy (BCG) Unresponsive Non-muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer (NMIBC) (ABLE-22)
Study Description
This is a phase 2, randomised, multi-centre, open label trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of
intravesical nadofaragene firadenovec alone or in combination with chemotherapy (intravesical
gemcitabine and docetaxel) or immunotherapy (IV pembrolizumab) in subjects with high-grade
BCG-unresponsive NMIBC.
The trial comprises a screening period (days -35 to 0 prior to first dose) followed by 2 parts:
Main part: Months 0-11
Follow-up part: From month 12 or disease recurrence up to month 36
Treatment is offered up to month 21. Treatment from month 12 is optional. Subjects who
discontinue treatment and disease evaluation will continue with follow-up.
Prior to screening, eligible subjects have undergone a cystoscopy and transurethral resection of
the bladder tumour ([TURBT] with complete resection of all visible tumour and adequate sampling of the bladder) or biopsy; a pathologic report should indicate whether lamina propria
and muscularis propria are present as well as the degree of involvement.
Eligibility
- Signed informed consent obtained before beginning any trial-related procedures
- Diagnosed, as documented, with carcinoma in situ (CIS) ±Ta/T1 high-grade disease
- Unresponsive to ≥2 courses of Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) therapy within the last
12 months. BCG-unresponsive refers to subjects with high-grade non-muscle invasive
bladder cancer (NMIBC) who are unlikely to benefit from and who will not be receiving
further intravesical BCG. The term “BCG-unresponsive” includes subjects who did not
respond to BCG treatment and have a persistent high-grade recurrence within 12 months after
BCG was initiated, and those who despite an initial complete response (CR) to BCG, relapse
with CIS within 12 months of their last intravesical treatment with BCG or relapse with high grade Ta/T1 NMIBC within 6 months of their last intravesical treatment with BCG. The
following criteria define the subjects who may be included in the trial:
Have received at least 2 courses of BCG within a 12-month period – defined as at least
5 of 6 induction BCG instillations and at least 2 of 3 instillations of maintenance BCG, or
at least 2 of 6 instillations of a second induction course, where maintenance BCG is not
given.
o Exception: those who have T1 high-grade disease at 1st evaluation after induction
BCG alone (at least 5 of 6 doses) may qualify in the absence of disease
progression
At the time of tumour recurrence, subjects with CIS alone or high-grade Ta/T1 with CIS
should be within 12 months of last exposure to BCG
No maximum limit to the amount of BCG administered
All visible papillary tumours must be resected and those with persistent T1 disease on
transurethral resection of bladder tumour (TURBT) should undergo an additional re TURBT within 14 to 70 days prior to beginning trial treatment. Obvious areas of CIS
should also be fulgurated
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) status ≤2
- Aged ≥18 years at the time of consent
- Available for the whole duration of the trial
- Life expectancy >2 years, in the opinion of the investigator
- Absence of concomitant upper tract urothelial carcinoma or urothelial carcinoma within the
prostatic urethra. Freedom from upper tract disease (if clinically indicated) as indicated by no
evidence of upper tract tumour by either intravenous pyelogram, retrograde pyelogram,
computed tomography (CT) scan with or without urogram, or magnetic resonance imaging
(MRI) with or without urogram performed within 6 months of enrolment
- Subjects who elect not to undergo cystectomy
- Subjects with prostate cancer on active surveillance at low risk for progression are permitted to be included into the trial at the discretion of the investigator (see exclusion criterion 15)
- Females of reproductive potential must have a negative highly sensitive urine or serum pregnancy test upon entry into this trial and be willing to use effective contraception during treatment with the investigational medicinal product (IMP) and for 6months following the last dose. Otherwise, female subjects must be post-menopausal (no menstrual period for a minimum of 12months), as confirmed by follicle-stimulating hormone levels) or surgically sterile.
12.Male subjects must use highly effective contraception and a condom during sexual contact regardless of partner’s childbearing potential, until 3months following the last trial drug administration. Effective contraception is specified in inclusion criterion 11.
- Adequate laboratory values:
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- Current or previous evidence of muscle-invasive (muscularis propria) or metastatic disease presented at the screening visit. Examples of increased risk of muscle invasive disease include but are not limited to:
- Current systemic therapy for bladder cancer other than IMP used in randomization arm
- Current or p