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Investigating Bladder Chemotherapy Instead of Surgery for Low Risk Bladder Cancer

Phase 2
Conditions
Bladder Cancer
Interventions
Procedure: Surgical Management
Registration Number
NCT02070120
Lead Sponsor
Institute of Cancer Research, United Kingdom
Brief Summary

Patients diagnosed with low risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) are at risk of frequent low grade recurrence, which usually necessitates surgical intervention under general anaesthetic. This multicentre study aims to establish the short term efficacy of chemoresection using chemotherapy within the bladder for the treatment of NMIBC.

Should the levels of complete response following chemoresection meet predefined criteria, a larger phase III trial would be developed to assess longer term disease related endpoints, with the aim of standardising management of recurrent low risk NMIBC and potentially removing the need for over a thousand patients each year to undergo surgery.

Detailed Description

CALIBER is a two stage phase II, multicentre, randomised controlled trial (RCT). A control group has been included to provide prospective data about surgical management and outcomes and assess feasibility of recruitment to a randomised study.

Stage 1: 80 patients will be recruited with treatment allocated 2:1 by randomisation between chemoresection and surgical management.

Stage 2: If the stop/go activity criteria at the end of stage 1 indicate that recruitment should continue, 9 additional participants will be recruited, all of whom will receive chemoresection.

Patients assigned to the chemoresection group will receive 4 once weekly intravesical instillations of 40mg Mitomycin C (MMC) as outpatients. This treatment will be delivered via catheter under local anaesthetic.

Patients assigned to the surgical management group will receive the standard surgical management in use at their hospital for treatment of recurrence which may include a single post-operative installation of 40mg MMC within 24 hours.

All participants will be followed up at 3 weeks from the start of treatment (ie at time of final MMC instillation for chemoresection group) and each will receive a cystoscopy three months from the end of treatment to assess response, in accordance with European Association of Urology (EAU) guidelines.

Subsequent cystoscopic follow up will take place 12 months after treatment if recurrence-free at 3 months and then annually.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
82
Inclusion Criteria
  • Written informed consent
  • NMIBC recurrence following original diagnosis of low risk NMIBC (defined as Ta G1 or Ta G2 (Ta low grade) with a risk of recurrence score of ≤6 using EORTC risk tables
  • Histologically confirmed Transitional-cell carcinoma (TCC) at original diagnosis
  • Aged 16 or over
  • Satisfactory pre-treatment haematology values and serum creatinine < 1.5 x Upper Limit of Normal (ULN)
  • Negative pregnancy test for women of child-bearing potential
Exclusion Criteria
  • Any history of: grade 3/high grade or ≥T1 transitional cell carcinoma, concomitant carcinoma in situ, more than 7 tumours at one diagnosis or more than 1 recurrence per year since initial diagnosis or in the past five years, whichever is shorter
  • Any history of histologically confirmed non-TCC bladder cancer
  • Trial entry recurrence identified within 11.5 months of the date of the original diagnosis
  • Any prior treatment of the trial entry recurrence (including biopsy)
  • Previous MMC chemotherapy other than a single instillation at diagnostic surgery
  • Known allergy to MMC
  • Carcinoma involving the prostatic urethra or upper urinary tract (participants should have had imaging of the upper urinary tract within 2 years prior to randomisation)
  • Known or suspected reduced bladder capacity (<100ml)
  • Significant bleeding disorder
  • Female patients who are breast-feeding or are of childbearing potential and unwilling or unable to use adequate non-hormonal contraception. Male patients should also use contraception if sexually active.
  • Active or intractable urinary tract infection
  • Urethral stricture or anything impeding the insertion of a catheter
  • Large narrow neck diverticula
  • Significant urinary incontinence
  • Any other conditions that in the Principal Investigator's opinion would contraindicate protocol treatment
  • Unable or unwilling to comply with study procedures or follow up schedule

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Surgical ManagementSurgical ManagementSurgical management according to local practice
ChemoresectionMitomycin C4 once weekly outpatient intravesical instillations 40mg Mitomycin C
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Complete response rate with chemoresection3 months

Defined as an absence of any tumour following chemoresection and will be assessed visually at 3 month check cystoscopy by patients' urologists. A biopsy of the tumour bed would take place to confirm visual assessment of complete response.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Treatment compliance in chemoresection groupDuration of treatment (3 weeks)

Patients who receive 4 MMC instillations with no more than 14 days between each instillation will be described as fully compliant.

Toxicity (NCI Common Toxicity Criteria for Adverse Effects (CTCAE) V4 and Clavien Dindo grade (in surgical group))up to 12 months

Measuring side effects of both treatments using clinician reported toxicity scales

Progression-free survival3 years

Defined as time from randomisation to the first of muscle invasive bladder recurrence, recurrence in the pelvic nodes, distant metastatic recurrence or death from any cause.

Health service utilisationup to 12 months

Assessed using prospective data collection of health resource usage.

Recurrence free intervalup to 12 months

Time from end of treatment to first relapse, in patients confirmed recurrence free at 3 months

Salvage surgery rates3 years

Assessing trans-urethral resection and biopsy rates following initial treatment in both treatment groups

European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Quality of Life Questionnaire-Core 30 (QLQ-C30) and Superficial Bladder Cancer (BLS24) questionnaireup to 12 months

Assessing side effects and impact of both treatments on patient reported quality of life.

Trial Locations

Locations (38)

James Cook University Hospital

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Middlesbrough, Cleveland, United Kingdom

Macclesfield District General Hospital

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Macclesfield, Cheshire, United Kingdom

Derriford Hospital

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Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom

Dorset County Hospital

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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom

Cumberland Infirmary

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Carlisle, England, United Kingdom

Darent Valley Hospital

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Dartford, Kent, United Kingdom

Leicester General Hospital

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Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

Northwick Park Hospital

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Harrow, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Churchill Hospital

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Headington, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Croydon University Hospital

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Croydon, Surrey, United Kingdom

Freeman Hospital

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Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne And Wear, United Kingdom

St Richard's Hospital

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Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom

Worthing Hospital

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Worthing, West Sussex, United Kingdom

Alexandra Hospital

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Redditch, Worcestershire, United Kingdom

St James's University Hospital

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Leeds, Yorkshire, United Kingdom

University College Hospital

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London, United Kingdom

Withington Hospital

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Manchester, United Kingdom

Wythenshawe Hospital

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Manchester, United Kingdom

Medway Maritime Hospital

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Gillingham, Kent, United Kingdom

Ipswich Hospital

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Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom

Broomfield Hospital

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Chelmsford, Essex, United Kingdom

Princess Alexandra Hospital

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Harlow, Essex, United Kingdom

Royal Oldham Hospital

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Manchester, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom

Royal Hallamshire Hospital

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Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom

New Cross Hospital

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Wolverhampton, West Midlands, United Kingdom

Pinderfields General Hospital

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Wakefield, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Royal Bournemouth Hospital

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Bournemouth, Dorset, United Kingdom

Hereford County Hospital

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Hereford, Herefordshire, United Kingdom

West Cumberland Hospital

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Whitehaven, Cumbria, United Kingdom

Royal Preston Hospital

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Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom

Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital

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Basingstoke, Hampshire, United Kingdom

Southampton General Hospital

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Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom

Royal Surrey County Hospital

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Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom

Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital

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Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom

Cheltenham General Hospital

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Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

Kidderminster Hospital

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Kidderminster, Worcestershire, United Kingdom

Worcester Royal Hospital

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Worcester, Worcestershire, United Kingdom

Gloucestershire Royal Hospital

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Gloucester, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

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