Radiotherapy Combined with Systemic Therapy Versus Systemic Therapy for Oligometastatic UTUCs

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Recruiting

• Conditions: Oligometastatic Disease; Ureter Cancer; Renal Pelvic Carcinoma
• Interventions: Drug: Systematic drug treatment; Radiation: Systematic therapy combined with radiotherapy

• Registration Number: NCT06652022

Brief Summary

This study was a prospective, open-label, phase II randomised controlled clinical study, enrolling patients with primary oligometastatic uroepithelial carcinoma, oligometastasis was defined as ≤3 organs, and the number of metastatic lesions and size of metastases were not restricted to be able to satisfy the definition of full-coverage radiotherapy, with the exception of patients with brain metastases and more than 3 liver metastases.

If regional lymph node recurrence was present, all positive regional lymph nodes were collectively referred to as one lesion. Non-regional lymph node metastases were counted as the number of metastases by lymph node subregion.

Patients were divided into two groups according to whether they received radiotherapy or not: 1) systemic therapy group; 2) systemic therapy + radiotherapy group. Systemic drug therapy can be chosen from chemotherapy or immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy, or combination therapy.

Detailed Description

This study was a prospective, open-label, phase II randomised controlled clinical study, enrolling patients with primary oligometastatic uroepithelial carcinoma, oligometastasis was defined as ≤3 organs, and the number of metastatic lesions and size of metastases were not restricted to be able to satisfy the definition of full-coverage radiotherapy, with the exception of patients with brain metastases and more than 3 liver metastases.

If regional lymph node recurrence was present, all positive regional lymph nodes were collectively referred to as one lesion. Non-regional lymph node metastases were counted as the number of metastases by lymph node subregion.

Patients were divided into two groups according to whether they received radiotherapy or not: 1) systemic therapy group; 2) systemic therapy + radiotherapy group. Systemic drug therapy can be chosen from chemotherapy or immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy, or combination therapy.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-01-01
• Study First Submitted: 2024-09-12
• Status Verified: 2024-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-10-20
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-10-20
• Study First Posted: 2024-10-22
• Last Update Posted: 2024-10-22
• Primary Completion: 2026-12-31
• Study Completion: 2029-12-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 102

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients with metastatic uroepithelial cancer with histologically confirmed diagnosis (pathologically confirmed primary focus or one of the metastatic foci is sufficient) (metastasis after total cystectomy, metastasis after full-length nephroureteral resection, or metastatic uroepithelial cancer of the pelvic-ureteral bladder at the first diagnosis of inoperable metastatic uroepithelial cancer).
• Oligometastases were defined as ≤3 organs, and the number and size of metastatic lesions were not restricted to the extent that full-coverage radiotherapy could be met. If regional lymph node recurrence was present, all positive regional lymph nodes were collectively referred to as one lesion. Non-regional lymph node metastases are counted as metastases by lymph node subregion.
• Willing and able to provide written informed consent/assent for the trial; age ≥18 years on the date of signing the informed consent form and patient age ≤80 years.
• Expected survival time ≥ 6 months;
• Eastern Collaborative Oncology Group (ECOG) Physical Status (PS) score of 0 to 1;
• Normal major organ function, i.e., the following criteria are met: routine blood tests: a) Haemoglobin ≥ 90 g/L; b) Total bilirubin ≤ 2 x upper limit of normal (ULN); c) Aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), alkaline phosphatase (ALP) ≤ 2.5 x ULN in the absence of liver metastases, and ALT, AST and ALP ≤ 5 x ULN in the presence of liver metastases; d) Creatinine clearance (CrCl) ≥30 mL/min;

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Exclusion Criteria

• Pathological type non-urothelial carcinoma;
• Patients with brain metastases and >3 liver metastases; patients with spinal bone metastases at risk of spinal cord compression; patients with pericardial, pleural or abdominopelvic fluid;
• Patients who are intolerant to or have had a reduction in systemic therapy; patients with tumour progression assessed after 2 cycles of systemic therapy.

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Systemic treatment group	Systematic drug treatment	The choice of first-line treatment is based on the guidelines, and may include chemotherapy or immune checkpoint inhibitors, or a combination of therapies. For patients who can tolerate cisplatin, chemotherapy is given with the gemcitabine-cisplatin regimen, as follows: gemcitabine 1000mg/m2 d1,8; cisplatin 70 mg/m2, avoiding light, intravenous drip d2; 3 weeks for 1 cycle. For intolerant patients, the gemcitabine-carboplatin regimen is given as follows: gemcitabine 1000 mg/m2 d1,8, IV, carboplatin (4.5×\[GFR+25\]) mg, IV, d1; 3 weeks as 1 cycle. Immune checkpoint inhibitors and targeted agents may be administered if the patient does not tolerate chemotherapy; either in combination with chemotherapy or directly as first line.
Systemic treatment combined with radiotherapy group	Systematic therapy combined with radiotherapy	For patients with oligometastases, the radiotherapy protocol adopts a full-coverage radiotherapy protocol for metastatic foci, which is used as early as possible during the 2 cycles of systemic treatment for the patients. For retroperitoneal lymph node metastases, the conventional segmental radiotherapy protocol is used, and for isolated metastatic foci, the SBRT radiotherapy is used as much as possible. PETCT was used to determine the location and number of metastatic foci before radiotherapy, and for some patients who could not undergo PETCT, chest, abdominal and pelvic CT, ultrasound of superficial lymph nodes, bone scanning and cranial MRI were used to define the scope of the patient's foci.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
PFS	1-year, 3-year and 5-year	Tumour progression-free survival

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
OS	1-year, 3-year and 5-year	Overall survival
Adverse effect	1 month after the start of treatment until the end of treatment	Adverse effect related to the therapies
ORR	1-3 months after starting treatment	Oncological response rate

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

Departmeng of Urology, Peking University First Hospital; 🇨🇳 Beijing, China

Department of Radiotherapy Oncology, Peking University First Hospital; 🇨🇳 Beijing, China