RC48 Combined With Tislelizumab for Bladder Sparing Treatment in NMIBC With BCG Treatment Failure and HER2 Expression

Last updated: August 29, 2023
Sponsor: RenJi Hospital
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

2

Condition

Bladder Cancer

Urothelial Cancer

Treatment

RC48

Tislelizumab

Clinical Study ID

NCT05957757
LY-2022-021-B
  • Ages > 18
  • All Genders
  • Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Summary

This is a prospective, open, single-center clinical study of anti-HER2-ADC combined with PD-1 monoclonal antibody for bladder sparing treatment in non-muscular invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) patients with HER2-expressing. The study was conducted in accordance with the Good Clinical Practice (GCP). Approximately 20 subjects will be enrolled to evaluate the efficacy and safety of RC48 (RC48 2.0 mg/kg intravenously administered every two weeks) combined with Tislelizumab (Tislelizumab 200 mg intravenously administered every three weeks).

Subjects undergo Transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT), imaging diagnosis and pre-treatment biological samples of blood, urine and biopsy tissue.

The study will include high-risk NMIBC patients who express HER2, fail after BCG treatment, but refuse to undergo cystectomy or do not meet the requirements for cystectomy.

Subjects will receive RC48 and Tislelizumab for two years. BI-DFS were evaluated by cystoscopy, histopathologic examination, laboratory examination, and imaging examination after treatment, and tumor efficacy was evaluated when clinical studies reached the number of subjects specified in the protocol for efficacy evaluation.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. ≥18 years old
  2. Histologically confirmed recurrent, non-muscle invasive bladder cancer;
  3. Histopathology: Patients with any variant urothelial cell carcinoma (UCC) (i.e.,squamous and/or glandular epithelial differentiation UCC, UCC with micropapillarychanges, nest variant UCC, plasmacytoid UCC, neuroendocrine UCC, and sarcomatoidUCC) were enrolled. The presence of any lymphatic infiltration (LVI) isconsidered evidence of high risk.
  4. Papillary carcinoma must be a high-risk disease defined as a high grade Ta/T1lesion. In addition, subjects must have all visible tumors completely removedprior to initial administration of the study drug, as documented at baselinecystoscopy. Cytological results for high-grade urothelial carcinoma must benegative prior to initial administration of the investigational drug.
  5. CIS does not require complete excision, but must be completely excised withcoexisting papillary carcinoma prior to enrollment and documented at baselinecystoscopy. Negative urine cytology for malignant cells is not required.
  6. When BCG recurred after treatment, the presence of HER2 expression was detected by IHCin the pathology department of our hospital
  7. BCG treatment failure included no response to BCG treatment and relapse afterinadequate BCG treatment
  8. Subjects without response after adequate BCG treatment must meet at least one ofthe following criteria: 1) Persistent or recurrent simple CIS with or withoutrecurrent Ta/T1 (non-invasive papillary carcinoma/tumor invasion of subepithelialconnective tissue) disease within 12 months after completion of adequate BCGtreatment; 2) Recurrent high-grade Ta/T1 disease occurred within 6 months aftercompletion of adequate BCG treatment; 3) T1 high-grade disease was present at thefirst disease assessment after completion of a BCG induction course. Adequate BCGtreatment (minimum treatment requirement) : at least 5 out of 6 full dosetreatments were received during the initial induction course and at least 1maintenance treatment within 6 months (one full dose per week and 2 out of 3completed treatments); Or received at least 5 out of 6 full doses in the initialinduction course and at least 2 out of 6 full doses in the second inductioncourse.
  9. Relapse after inadequate BCG treatment: Subjects must meet the followingcriteria: Recurrence of high-grade Ta/T1 disease within 12 months of completionof BCG treatment (as defined below): Previous inadequate BCG treatment (minimumtreatment requirement) included receiving at least 5 out of 6 full dosetreatments during the initial induction course. Or received at least 5 out of 6full dose treatments during the initial induction course and at least 1maintenance treatment (once a week and 2 out of 3 completed treatments) within 6months. One half or one third of the dose is allowed during maintenancetreatment.
  10. To refuse or be unsuitable for radical cystectomy
  11. ECOG 0~1
  12. The major organs are functioning normally, the following criteria are met:

(1) The blood routine examination criteria should meet (no blood transfusion and notreatment with granulocyte colony stimulating factor within 14 days before enrollment) : i.Absolute count of neutrophils (ANC) ≥1,000/mm3 ii. Platelet count ≥75,000/mm3 iii.Hemoglobin ≥ 8.0g /dL (2) Liver function: i. Total bilirubin ≤1.5× prescribed ULN or directbilirubin ≤ULN for subjects with total bilirubin levels >1.5×ULN ii. Upper limit of normalvalues (ULN) ≤2.5 times of alanine Aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate Aminotransferase (AST) Note: ≤1.5× ULN (This criterion only applies to patients who have not receivedanticoagulant therapy; Patients receiving anticoagulant therapy should keep anticoagulantswithin therapeutic limits); (3) Kidney function: The Cockcroft-Gault formula was used todetermine the creatinine clearance (CrCl) > 30 mL/min. 8. Subjects (or their legal representatives) must sign an informed consent form (ICF)indicating that they understand the purpose and procedures of the study and are willing toparticipate in the study; 9. Fertile women must have a negative pregnancy test result (beta-hCG) (urine or serum) within 7 days before the study drug is first administered.

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Confirmed by histology of muscular layer infiltration (T2 or higher level) bladderurothelial carcinoma.
  2. Histopathological examination revealed any bladder small cell composition, pure, puresquamous cell carcinoma or simple squamous adenocarcinoma CIS;
  3. Received other PD - 1 / PD - L1 inhibitor and/or HER2 inhibitor;
  4. Active malignancies other than the disease being treated (i.e., disease progressionwithin the last 24 months or requiring a change in treatment). Only the followingspecial circumstances are allowed: i. Skin cancer that has been treated and completelycured within the last 24 months; ii. Adequately treated lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS) and ductal CIS; iii. A history of local breast cancer and receivingantihormonal drugs or a history of local prostate cancer (N0M0) and receiving androgenblocking therapy.
  5. History of uncontrolled cardiovascular disease, including: 1) any of the following inthe past 3 months: unstable angina, myocardial infarction, ventricular fibrillation,toroidal ventricular tachycardia, cardiac arrest, or known congestive New York HeartAssociation Class III-IV heart failure, cerebrovascular accident, or transientischemic attack; 2) Prolonged QTc interval confirmed by ECG evaluation duringscreening (Fridericia; QTc > 480 ms); 3) Pulmonary embolism or other venousthromboembolism within the past 2 months.
  6. Pregnancy or lactation women;
  7. Known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, unless the subjects in the pastsix months or longer had accepted the stability of antiretroviral therapy (art), andno opportunistic infections occurred in the past 6 months, and over the past sixmonths the CD4 count of > 350;
  8. Have evidence of active hepatitis B or hepatitis C infection (for example, a historyof hepatitis C but hepatitis C virus polymerase chain reaction detection results andnormal subjects of hepatitis B surface antigen antibody positive hepatitis B cangroups);
  9. Has yet to recover from past the toxic effects of anticancer therapy (except noclinical significance of toxic effects, such as hair loss, skin discoloration,neuropathy, and hearing impairment).
  10. Wound healing delay, defined as the skin/decubitus ulcer, chronic leg ulcer, had knowngastric ulcer or incision to heal.
  11. 1 cycle day 1 major surgery within 4 weeks before (don't think TURBT belong to majorsurgery).
  12. Other patients assessed by the investigator as unsuitable for participation in thestudy.

Study Design

Total Participants: 20
Treatment Group(s): 2
Primary Treatment: RC48
Phase: 2
Study Start date:
August 05, 2023
Estimated Completion Date:
June 08, 2026

Study Description

For Non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC), Transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT) is the primary treatment. TURBT relapses within 12 months after surgery in 10% to 67% of patients, and postoperative bladder perfusion therapy (including chemotherapy and Immunotherapy) significantly reduces the recurrence rate. However, about 30%-40% of patients will relapse after BCG treatment. Radical cystectomy is the standard of care for patients who do not respond to BCG treatment and have high grade NMIBC. However, radical cystectomy has a high incidence of postoperative complications (up to 60%) and a negative impact on HRQoL. These complications occur even in high-volume centers of excellence, whether open or minimally invasive, and the mortality rate from the surgery itself is about 3%. Therefore, some patients refuse to undergo radical cystectomy. In addition, some patients are medically unfit for surgery due to age, functional status, American Society of Anesthesiologists classification, comorbiditions, body mass index, and other factors. Although penerubicin is the only bladder sparing drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for patients who are not suitable for or unwilling to undergo cystectomy, BCG refractory, and with CIS NMIBC, no legally marketed penerubicin drug is available in China. Therefore, new treatments are needed to prevent invasive bladder cancer from affecting the entire bladder.

In recent years, immunocheckpoint inhibitors represented by PD-1/PD-L1 have been proved to be a promising means of tumor immunotherapy, which has made a breakthrough in the treatment of advanced urothelial carcinoma, and become the main choice for the treatment of advanced urothelial carcinoma. Immunocheckpoint inhibitors also showed positive results in patients who did not respond to BCG treatment during perioperative and perioperative periods.Therefore, immunotherapy is expected to be an alternative bladder sparing therapy for high-risk NMIBC patients.The anti-HER2-ADC drug RC48 also achieved significant efficacy in HER2-overexpressed advanced urothelial carcinoma, and its combination with PD-1 monoclonal antibody Toripalimab was more effective in the first-line treatment of advanced metastatic urothelial carcinoma. Therefore, RC48 combined with PD-1 can be used as a potential treatment for bladder sparing in patients with NMIBC.

In NMIBC patients with HER2 expression, ADC drugs can target tumor cells and deliver cytotoxic drugs with greater safety than chemotherapy. In addition, the application of anti-HER2-ADC drugs combined with PD-1 in bladder sparing therapy is still lacking in experience and related studies. Therefore, we plan to conduct a study on bladder preservation therapy for patients with HER2-expressing NMIBC treated with ADC drugs combined with PD-1 monoclonal antibody, so as to preserve the bladder function of patients while controlling tumor recurrence and ensuring their quality of life.

Connect with a study center

  • Ethics Committee of Shanghai Renji Hospital

    Shanghai, Shanghai
    China

    Active - Recruiting

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