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Efficacy and Safety of Multi-Instillations of Apaziquone in Patients With Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer

Phase 3
Terminated
Conditions
Bladder Cancer
Interventions
Drug: Placebo
Registration Number
NCT01410565
Lead Sponsor
Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc
Brief Summary

This is an international, multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized study. All eligible patients entering the open label phase of the study will receive a single immediate instillation of apaziquone (4 mg in 40 mL diluent), post transurethral resection-bladder tumor (TURBT). Following Central Pathology review of histology and Double Blind Phase qualification, patients with confirmed eligibility will be randomized to receive either 6 weekly intravesical instillations of apaziquone or matching placebo and undergo cystoscopic and safety assessments every 3 months for 24 months from randomization. Patients with histologic evidence of recurrent disease during the study will be treated according to current treatment guidelines or local standard of care. Safety and efficacy assessments will be performed at 3 month intervals for all randomized patients throughout the study. Patients who receive single dose of apaziquone immediately following TURBT and are not eligible for randomization will be followed for 3 months by cystoscopic exam and safety assessments.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
TERMINATED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
66
Inclusion Criteria

Open Phase Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Has the patient given written informed consent and is the patient willing and able to abide by the protocol?

  2. Is the patient 18 years old or above?

  3. If the patient is a female of childbearing potential, is she using an acceptable/effective method of contraception?

  4. Does the female patient of childbearing potential have a negative serum pregnancy test at screening?

  5. Does the patient with clinically apparent primary or recurrent low grade Ta NMIBC have :

    • multiple tumors (2-7)
    • No single Tumor > 3 cm
    • No history / evidence of Tis

    Or does the patient with clinically apparent primary or recurrent high grade Ta NMIBC have:

    • A single tumor that is ≤ 3 cm
    • No history / evidence of Tis
  6. Is the patient able to retain bladder instillations for a minimum of 60 minutes?

  7. Did the patient have upper urinary tract evaluation to exclude urothelial carcinoma, hydronephrosis or renal cell carcinoma or other renal cancers in the 6 months prior to study screening?

  8. Is patient's urethra (including prostatic urethra in men) endoscopically free of any visible TCC?

  9. For patients with recurrent tumor, did the patient have at least a 6-month cystoscopically-confirmed tumor-free interval between the last tumor recurrence and the time of screening?

  10. Has the male patient with a prostate specific antigen (PSA) between 4 and 10 ng/mL had a diagnostic evaluation that reasonably excludes the diagnosis of prostate cancer in the opinion of the Investigator?

Double-Blind Phase Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Was all visible tumor resected at the initial TURBT?

  2. Does Central Pathology review of the patient's bladder tumor confirm:

    • Low grade Ta disease for multiple tumors (2 - 7) or
    • High Grade Ta disease for single tumor
    • No microscopic evidence of lymphovascular invasion and/or evidence of tumor thromboemboli
Exclusion Criteria

Open Phase Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Has the patient received any previous pelvic radiotherapy (includes external beam and/or brachytherapy)?

  2. Has the patient ever received apaziquone?

  3. Has the patient received an induction course (completed 5 of 6 scheduled weekly instillations) of intravesical BCG (± interferon) with the last dose given less than 12 months ago?

  4. Has the patient had any prior intravesical chemotherapy, exclusive of single-dose adjuvant intravesical chemotherapy immediately post-TURBT?

  5. Does the patient have a history of urinary retention or a post void residual ≥ 250 cc by bladder scan or ultrasound (post void residual test may be repeated up to 3 times)?

  6. Does the patient have or has the patient had any bladder tumor with histology other than transitional cell carcinoma?

  7. Does the patient have or has the patient had micro-papillary transitional cell carcinoma?

  8. If the patient has recurrent papillary disease of the bladder, has the pathology been anything other than pTa in the past?

  9. Does the patient have an active urinary tract infection confirmed by culture or a documented history of recurrent UTI (≥ 6 for females and ≥2 for males per year) in the prior 2 years?

  10. Does the patient have a bleeding disorder or a screening platelet count < 50 x 109/L?

  11. Does the patient have a screening hemoglobin < 10 mg/dL?

  12. Does the male patient have a serum PSA > 10 ng/mL?

  13. Does the patient have a history of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome or HIV positive?

  14. Does the patient have a condition or a concurrent severe and/or uncontrolled medical or psychiatric disease (e.g., uncontrolled diabetes, decompensated congestive heart failure, myocardial infarction within 6 months of study, unstable and uncontrolled hypertension, or an active uncontrolled infection), which could compromise participation, compliance with scheduled visits and/or completion of the study?

  15. Has the patient participated in an investigational protocol within the past 90 days?

  16. Is the patient pregnant or breast feeding?

  17. Does the patient have a life expectancy of <3 years?

  18. Has the patient had any other malignancy or received therapy for any malignancy in the last five years except

    • non-melanoma skin tumors
    • stage 0 (in situ) cervical carcinoma
    • undetectable PSA for ≥1 year following definitive therapy for localized prostate cancer?
  19. Does the patient have documented vesicoureteral reflux or an indwelling ureteral stent?

  20. Does the patient have tumor in a bladder diverticulum?

  21. Does the patient have a known allergy to red color food dye?

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
PlaceboPlaceboPlacebo
ApaziquoneApaziquone-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Time to RecurrenceRecurrence of cancer in the bladder during 24 months of follow-up

Time to recurrence is the time from randomization to the date of first histologically confirmed recurrence of bladder cancer (for eligible patients with Low- intermediate risk NMIBC, who had undergone TURBT followed by, a single instillation of apaziquone immediately post TURBT and multiple instillations of apaziquone or placebo).

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Participants With Treatment Emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs)24 Months from Randomization

TEAEs will be mainly characterized by the number of treatment emergent adverse events and treatment related AEs that occur or worsen after the first dose of study treatment.

Recurrence Rate at 24 Months24 months

Measurement the number of participants with the recurrence at 24 months.

Trial Locations

Locations (47)

G. Steinhoff Clinical Research Pacific Urologic Research

🇨🇦

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke

🇨🇦

Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

Idaho Urologic Institute, P.A.

🇺🇸

Meridian, Idaho, United States

Northeast Indiana Research, LLC

🇺🇸

Ft. Wayne, Indiana, United States

University Urology Associates

🇺🇸

New York, New York, United States

Kingston General Hospital / Queen's University

🇨🇦

Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Valley Urologic Associates

🇺🇸

Glendale, Arizona, United States

Urologic Consultants of Southeastern Pennsylvania, LLP

🇺🇸

Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, United States

Urology Enterprises

🇺🇸

Marietta, Georgia, United States

Anne Arundel Urology

🇺🇸

Annapolis, Maryland, United States

The Urology Center of Colorado

🇺🇸

Denver, Colorado, United States

Urology Associates of Rochester, LLC

🇺🇸

Rochester, New York, United States

Centre universitaire de sante McGill

🇨🇦

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Regional Urology, LLC

🇺🇸

Shreveport, Louisiana, United States

Urology Health Specialists

🇺🇸

Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, United States

Urological Associates of Lancaster

🇺🇸

Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States

South Orange County Medical Research Center

🇺🇸

Laguna Woods, California, United States

TriState Urologic Services PSC, Inc.

🇺🇸

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Urology Associates of South Texas

🇺🇸

McAllen, Texas, United States

Integrity Medical Research, LLC

🇺🇸

Mountlake Terrace, Washington, United States

Office of Bernard Goldfarb

🇨🇦

North Bay, Ontario, Canada

Delaware Valley Urology, LLC - Voorhees

🇺🇸

Voorhees, New Jersey, United States

Mor Urology, Inc.

🇨🇦

Newmarket, Ontario, Canada

Urotec

🇨🇦

Oshawa, Ontario, Canada

The Fe/Male Health Centre

🇨🇦

Oakville, Ontario, Canada

First Urology, PSC

🇺🇸

Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States

Spectrum Health Medical Group

🇺🇸

Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

University of Minnesota

🇺🇸

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Urology of Virginia, PC

🇺🇸

Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States

The Male/Female Health and Research Centre - Royal Court Medical Centre

🇨🇦

Barrie, Ontario, Canada

Brantford Urology Research

🇨🇦

Brantford, Ontario, Canada

G. Kenneth Jansz Medicine Professional Corporation

🇨🇦

Burlington, Ontario, Canada

Urology Resource Centre

🇨🇦

Burlington, Ontario, Canada

Urology Associates, Urologic Medical Research

🇨🇦

Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

Stanley Flax Medical Professional Corporation

🇨🇦

North York, Ontario, Canada

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

🇨🇦

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Quebec

🇨🇦

Quebec, Canada

Connecticut Clinical Research Center

🇺🇸

Middlebury, Connecticut, United States

Queen Elizabeth II Health Science Center

🇨🇦

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Five Valleys Urology

🇺🇸

Missoula, Montana, United States

Delaware Valley Urology, LLC-Westampton

🇺🇸

Westampton, New Jersey, United States

North Idaho Urology

🇺🇸

Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, United States

Precision Trials, LLC

🇺🇸

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Carolina Urologic Research Center

🇺🇸

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States

Urology of Virginia, PLLC

🇺🇸

Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States

University Health Network Princess Margaret Hospital

🇨🇦

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Urology/Male Infertility

🇨🇦

Scarborough, Ontario, Canada

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