About this trial
The purpose of this Phase II, open-label, multicenter, randomized controlled study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Enfortumab Vedotin in combination with Toripalimab compared to Gemcitabine plus Cisplatin. This regimen is evaluated as a neoadjuvant treatment for patients with locally advanced or high-risk muscle-invasive bladder cancer. Participants will be randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to one of two cohorts. Cohort A will receive Enfortumab Vedotin and Toripalimab for 3 treatment cycles. Cohort B will receive Gemcitabine and Cisplatin for 3 treatment cycles. Following the neoadjuvant treatment phase, patients will undergo radical cystectomy and pelvic lymph node dissection. The primary endpoint of the study is the 1-year Event-Free Survival (EFS) rate. Secondary endpoints include pathological downstaging rate (pDR), pathological complete response (pCR), Disease-Free Survival (DFS), Overall Survival (OS), and the assessment of adverse events. Additionally, the study will evaluate the relationship between treatment efficacy and the expression of PD-L1 and Nectin-4 in tumor tissues.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Voluntarily agree to participate in the study and sign the informed consent form (ICF).
Age ≥ 18 and ≤ 80 years at the time of signing the ICF.
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1.
Histologically confirmed muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma of the bladder, with variant histology components comprising < 50%.
Disqualifiers
Prior systemic anti-tumor therapy for urothelial carcinoma, including radiotherapy, chemotherapy, targeted therapy, or biological therapy (except for intravesical instillation therapy).
Prior treatment with PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors or antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs).
Active malignancies other than urothelial carcinoma within 3 years prior to the first dose, except for curatively treated malignancies (e.g., basal or squamous cell skin cancer, localized low-risk prostate cancer, papillary thyroid cancer, carcinoma in situ of the cervix, ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast).
Active autoimmune disease requiring systemic treatment (e.g., use of disease-modifying agents, corticosteroids, or immunosuppressants) within 2 years prior to the first dose; or received high-dose steroids (>10 mg/day prednisone equivalent) or other immunosuppressive medications within 14 days prior to the first dose. (Physiological replacement therapies are permitted).
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- enfortumab vedotin (EV)
- Toripalimab
- Gemcitabine (Chemotherapy)
- Cisplatin
Treatment groups
Sponsors and collaborators
Peking University Third Hospital
Lead sponsor
Jiangsu Provincial People's Hospital
Collaborator
Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute
Collaborator