Phase II Study of Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) and Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) as First-Line Treatment for High-Risk T1 Non-Muscle- Invasive Bladder Cancer (NMIBC) and High- Grade Non-Muscle- Invasive Upper Tract Urothelial Cell Carcinoma (NMI-UTUCC)

Who is this study for? Adult patients with high-risk, Bacillus of Calmette-Guerin-Naïve Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer that have undergone transurethral resection within 6 weeks of protocol entry
What treatments are being studied? Pembrolizumab
Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Drug
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Phase 2
SUMMARY

The purpose of this study is to find out the effectiveness of pembrolizumab in combination with BCG as a first line therapy for participants with high grade T1 bladder cancer who are at high risk for BCG alone to be ineffective and are seeking an alternative treatment option to radical cystectomy. There is biologic rationale for combining pembrolizumab and BCG as two distinct immunotherapies with possible additive or synergistic activity in urothelial cancer. The combination of pembrolizumab with BCG will also be evaluated in an exploratory cohort of patients with upper tract urothelial cancer.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• Be willing and able to provide written informed consent/assent for the trial.

• Histologically confirmed urothelial cancer by TURBT performed at MSK for patients in the T1 bladder cancer cohort or by high-grade cytology/biopsy by ureteroscopy performed at MSK for patients in the NMI-UTUC cohort.

• TURBT within 8 weeks of protocol entry with complete resection of all papillary lesions for patients in the T1 bladder cancer cohort and ureteroscopy within 8 weeks of protocol entry with complete ablation of all papillary lesions with ureteroscopy or through antegrade percutaneous access for patients in the NMI-UTUC cohort..

• Patients in the T1 bladder cancer cohort must have high risk, BCG-naïve non-muscle-invasive urothelial cancer defined as having one of the following disease states:

‣ T1 on restaging biopsy, plus CIS

⁃ Multiple (≥ 1) T1 recurrences, plus CIS

⁃ Multifocal T1 plus CIS

⁃ T1b (extensive/deep invasion into lamina propria) plus CIS

⁃ Lymphovascular invasion plus CIS

⁃ T1 with variant histology: including micropapillary, nested variant, poorly differentiated, squamous, and glandular differentiation (the presence of variant histology will be based on MSKCC review), plus CIS.

⁃ T1 with urothelial carcinoma of prostatic urethra (Ta, Tis, or T1 within prostatic urethra), plus CIS

⁃ Large (≥3 cm) T1 tumor, plus CIS

• Patients in the NMI-UTUC cohort must have high risk, BCG naïve NMI-UTUC, defined by having one of the following disease states:

‣ Histologic confirmed ureteroscopic biopsy with clinical stage Tis (also known as CIS), Ta, or T1 disease in the renal pelvis. Concomitant ureteral disease will be allowed if completely treated endoscopically.

⁃ Clinical stage Tis confirmed by a positive high-grade selective cytology, coupled with ureteroscopic evaluation, confirming only flat eryethematous lesions and the absence of papillary tumors.

⁃ Must not have received prior treatment with percutaneous BCG to the involved renal unit, but prior intravesical BCG for bladder cancer is acceptable.

• Patients must have cross sectional imaging (CT or MRI urogram) within 3 months of protocol entry demonstrating no evidence of metastasis or radiographic evidence of muscle invasive disease.

• Patient refusal of cystectomy and bilateral pelvic lymphadenectomy for the T1 bladder cancer cohort, or refusal of radical nephroureterectomy for NMI-UTUC cohort.

• No prior intravesical BCG therapy for patients in the T1 bladder cancer cohort.

• No prior radiation therapy for bladder cancer for patients in the T1 bladder cancer cohort. Prior radiation therapy for prostate cancer is allowed.

• ECOG performance status of 0 or 1.

• Age ≥ 18 years.

• Female subjects of childbearing potential must be willing to use 2 methods of birth control, be surgically sterile, or abstain from heterosexual activity for the course of the study through 120 days after the last dose of the study medication (reference section 9.5.2). Subjects of childbearing potential are those who have not been surgically sterilized or have not been free from menses for \>1 year.

• Male subjects should agree to use an adequate method of contraception starting with the first dose of study therapy through 120 days after the last dose of study therapy.

• Patients must not have other invasive malignancies within the past 5 years (with the exception of non-melanoma skin cancers, localized prostate cancer, and CIS of the cervix).

• Required initial laboratory values:

‣ Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1.5 x 10\^9/L

⁃ Platelets ≥ 100 x 10\^9/L

⁃ Hemoglobin ≥ 9 g/dL

⁃ Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times the upper limit of normal (x ULN)

⁃ Aspartate transaminase (AST) and alanine transaminase (ALT) ≤ 3.0 x ULN

⁃ Calculated creatinine clearance ≥ 30 using the CKD-Epi formula

Locations
United States
New Jersey
Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge (All Protocol Activities)
RECRUITING
Basking Ridge
Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (All Protocol Activities)
RECRUITING
Middletown
Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (All protocol activities)
RECRUITING
Montvale
New York
Memorial Sloan Kettering Commack (All protocol activities)
RECRUITING
Commack
Memorial Sloan Kettering West Harrison (All Protocol Activities)
RECRUITING
Harrison
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (All Protocol Activities)
RECRUITING
New York
Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau (All Protocol Activities)
RECRUITING
Uniondale
Contact Information
Primary
Gopakumar Iyer, MD
iyerg@mskcc.org
646-888-4737
Backup
Eugene Pietzak, MD
pietzake@mskcc.org
646-422-4781
Time Frame
Start Date: 2018-06-27
Estimated Completion Date: 2026-04
Participants
Target number of participants: 45
Treatments
Experimental: High Risk T1 Bladder Cancer Cohort
Pts will receive pembrolizumab/MK-3475 after transurethral resection of bladder tumor/TURBT in comb w/BCG as initial therapy. Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) will be administered as a 400 mg IV infusion at 6-wk intervals for 9 doses over a 48-wk period, unless there is unacceptable toxicity or other reasons to discontinue treatment occur. Intravesical BCG therapy (TICE strain, 50 mg) will be given 1x-weekly for 6 consecutive wks as a standard induction course, followed by maintenance BCG consistent w/standard clinical practice. BCG will start on wk 3 after the first infusion of pembrolizumab (400 mg) to allow for initial priming of T cells to further enhance the effects of BCG treatment.
Experimental: Exploratory cohort for high-grade non-muscle-invasive upper tract urothelial carcinoma
Pts will receive pembrolizumab (MK-3475) administered after ureteroscopy/laser ablation in comb w/BCG as initial therapy. Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) will be administered as 400 mg IV infusion at 6-week intervals for 9 doses over a 48-week period, unless there is unacceptable toxicity or other reasons that would warrant the discontinuation of treatment. Pts will receive once-weekly BCG therapy (TICE strain, 50 mg) for 6 consecutive wks as a standard induction course administered through a percutaneous nephrostomy tube in antegrade fashion for patients with high-grade NMI-UTUC, consistent with standard clinical practice. BCG will start on wk 3 after the first infusion of pembrolizumab (400 mg) to allow for initial priming of T cells to further enhance the effects of BCG treatment.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Collaborators: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Leads: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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