Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Efficacy and Safety of Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) in Combination With Chemoradiotherapy (CRT) Versus CRT Alone in Muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer (MIBC) (MK-3475-992/KEYNOTE-992)
Condition(s) studied
Urinary Bladder Neoplasms
Investigational drug(s) / intervention(s)
PembrolizumabConventional Radiotherapy (Bladder only)Conventional Radiotherapy (Bladder and pelvic nodes)Hypofractionated Radiotherapy (Bladder only)CisplatinFluorouracil (5-FU)Mitomycin C (MMC)GemcitabinePlacebo to Pembrolizumab
Pembrolizumab: 400 mg of IV (intravenous) pembrolizumab once every 6 weeks.
Conventional Radiotherapy (Bladder only): 64 Gy of radiation administered to participant's bladder only. Thirty-two fractions will be administered over 6.5 weeks.
Conventional Radiotherapy (Bladder and pelvic nodes): 64 Gy of radiation administered to participant's bladder and pelvic nodes. Thirty-two fractions will be administered over 6.5 weeks.
Hypofractionated Radiotherapy (Bladder only): 55 Gy of radiation administered to participant's bladder only. Twenty fractions will be administered over 4 weeks.
Cisplatin: 35 mg of cisplatin per cubic meter of body volume, administered once weekly via IV infusion.
Fluorouracil (5-FU): 5-FU administered via IV infusion at a dose of 500 mg per cubic meter of body volume on Days 1-5 and 22-26.
Mitomycin C (MMC): MMC administered via IV infusion at a dose of 12 mg per cubic meter of body volume on Day 1.
Gemcitabine: Gemcitabine administered via IV infusion at a dose of 27 mg per cubic meter of body volume twice weekly.
Placebo to Pembrolizumab: Placebo to intravenous (IV) pembrolizumab administered once every 6 weeks.
Study summary
Researchers are looking for new ways to treat muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC). MIBC is a type of cancer that has not spread from the muscles in the bladder to other parts of the body.
MIBC is treated by having surgery to remove the bladder (cystectomy). Not all people choose to have surgery and want to keep their bladder using other treatments.
Chemoradiotherapy (CRT)- is a type of non-surgical treatment for MIBC which combines Chemotherapy (a treatment with medicine to destroy cancer cells or stop them growing) and Radiation therapy (a treatment that uses beams of intense energy \[like X-rays\] to shrink or get rid of tumors).
Pembrolizumab is an immunotherapy, which is a treatment that helps the immune system fight cancer.
A placebo looks like the study medicine but has no study medicine in it. Using a placebo helps researchers better understand if the study medicine works.
The goal of this study is to learn: 1. If a study medicine pembrolizumab given with Chemoradiotherapy (CRT) can help people live longer without their cancer growing, spreading, or coming back compared to placebo given with CRT. 2. About the safety and how well people tolerate CRT alone or in combination with pembrolizumab.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
* Has a histologically confirmed initial diagnosis of muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) with predominant urothelial histology
* Has clinically nonmetastatic bladder cancer (N0M0)
* Has planned and is eligible to receive chemoradiotherapy (CRT) and one of the protocol-specified radiosensitizing chemotherapy regimens
* Has Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0, 1, or 2
* Demonstrates adequate organ function
* Male participants are eligible to participate if they agree to the following during the intervention period and for at least 90 days after the last dose of CRT treatment:
* Refrain from donating sperm
* Be abstinent from heterosexual intercourse as their preferred and usual lifestyle (abstinent on a long term and persistent basis) and agree to remain abstinent; or must agree to use contraception unless confirmed to be azoospermic
* A female participant is eligible to participate if she is not pregnant or breastfeeding, and at least one of the following conditions applies:
* Is not a woman of childbearing potential (WOCBP)
* Is a WOCBP and using a contraceptive method that is highly effective (with a failure rate of \<1% per year), with low user dependency or be abstinent from heterosexual intercourse as their preferred and usual lifestyle (abstinent on a long term and persistent basis), during the intervention period and for at least 180 days the time needed to eliminate each study intervention after the last dose of study intervention; and agrees not to donate eggs (ova, oocytes) to others or freeze/store for her own use for the purpose of reproduction during this period. The length of time required to continue contraception for each study intervention is as follows: MK-3475 - 120 days and CRT - 180 days
Exclusion Criteria:
* Has the presence of diffuse carcinoma in situ (CIS) (multiple foci of CIS) throughout the bladder
* Has the presence of urothelial carcinoma (UC) at any site outside of the urinary bladder in the previous 2 years except for Ta stage/T1 stage/CIS of the upper tract if the participant has undergone a complete nephroureterectomy
* Has a known additional malignancy that is progressing or has required active therapy within the past 3 years, except basal cell carcinoma of the skin, squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, superficial bladder cancer or other carcinoma in situ that has undergone potentially curative therapy
* Has the presence of bilateral hydronephrosis
* Has limited bladder function with frequency of small amounts of urine (\< 30 mL), urinary incontinence, or requires self-catheterization or a permanent indwelling catheter
* Has received prior pelvic/local radiation therapy for any reason or any antineoplastic treatment for muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC). Treatment for non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) with intravesical instillation therapy that was completed ≥28 days prior to randomization is allowed. Prior systemic treatment of NMIBC is not permitted.
* Received prior therapy with an anti-PD-1 (programmed cell death protein 1), anti-PD-L1 (programmed death-ligand 1), or anti-PD-L2 (programmed cell death 1 ligand 2), or with an agent directed to another stimulatory or coinhibitory T-cell receptor (e.g., CTLA-4 \[cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4\], OX 40, or CD137 \[cluster of differentiation 137\])
* Has received a live vaccine within 30 days before the first dose of study medication
* Is currently participating in or has participated in a study of an investigational agent or has used an investigational device within 4 weeks before the first dose of study medication
* Has known severe hypersensitivity (≥Grade 3) to the selected chemotherapy regimen, and/or any of their excipients and excipients of pembrolizumab
* Has a diagnosis of immunodeficiency or is receiving chronic systemic steroid therapy (in dosing exceeding 10 mg daily of prednisone equivalent) or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days before the first dose of study medication
* Has an active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in the past 2 years (ie, with use of disease modifying agents, corticosteroids or immunosuppressive drugs). Replacement therapy (eg, thyroxine, insulin, or physiologic corticosteroid replacement therapy for adrenal or pituitary insufficiency) is not considered a form of systemic treatment and is allowed
* Has a history of non-infectious pneumonitis that required steroids or has current pneumonitis
* Has an active infection requiring systemic therapy
* Has a known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection
* Has a known history of hepatitis B or known active hepatitis C virus infection
* Has a known history of active tuberculosis (TB; Bacillus tuberculosis)
* Has a known psychiatric or substance abuse disorder that would interfere with the participant's ability to cooperate with the requirements of the study
* Has had an allogenic tissue/solid organ transplant
Primary outcome measure(s)
- Bladder Intact Event-Free Survival (BI-EFS) — Up to approximately 76 months
BI-EFS is defined as the time from randomization to any of the following events: residual/recurrent MIBC post-chemoradiotherapy (CRT), nodal or distant metastases as assessed by computerized tomography (CT) and CT urography (CTU) or magnetic resonance urography (MRU) per blinded independent central review (BICR) and/or biopsy results assessed by central pathology review, radical cystectomy, or death due to any cause. If biopsy is not feasible due to participant safety, the imaging alone will be sufficient. The BI-EFS for all participants will be presented.
Trial sites (134)
| Facility | City | Region | Status |
| Washington Cancer Institute at MedStar Washington Hospital Center ( Site 0041) |
Washington D.C. |
District of Columbia |
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| Bay Pines VA Medical Center ( Site 0055) |
Bay Pines |
Florida |
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| AdventHealth Orlando-AdventHealth Medical Group Hematology & Oncology at Orlandoc ( Site 0004) |
Orlando |
Florida |
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| Norton Cancer Institute ( Site 0044) |
Louisville |
Kentucky |
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| Pikeville Medical Center ( Site 0009) |
Pikeville |
Kentucky |
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| Baltimore VA Medical Center ( Site 0054) |
Baltimore |
Maryland |
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| Washington University ( Site 0003) |
St Louis |
Missouri |
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| Summit Medical Group Cancer Center ( Site 6008) |
Florham Park |
New Jersey |
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| John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center ( Site 0005) |
Hackensack |
New Jersey |
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| New York Oncology Hematology P.C ( Site 0024) |
Albany |
New York |
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| Roswell Park Cancer Institute ( Site 6009) |
Buffalo |
New York |
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| Winthrop University Hospital ( Site 0069) |
Mineola |
New York |
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| New York University Perlmutter Cancer Center ( Site 0001) |
New York |
New York |
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| Westchester Medical Center ( Site 6014) |
Valhalla |
New York |
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| Fairview Hospital-Moll Cancer Center ( Site 6013) |
Cleveland |
Ohio |
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| Cleveland Clinic Main ( Site 0062) |
Cleveland |
Ohio |
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| Cleveland Clinic - Hillcrest Hospital-Hillcrest Hospital Cancer Center ( Site 6012) |
Mayfield Heights |
Ohio |
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| MidLantic urology ( Site 0070) |
Bala-Cynwyd |
Pennsylvania |
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| Saint Francis Cancer Center ( Site 0026) |
Greenville |
South Carolina |
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| Carolina Urologic Research Center ( Site 0002) |
Myrtle Beach |
South Carolina |
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| Urology San Antonio Research ( Site 6010) |
San Antonio |
Texas |
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| Inova Schar Cancer Institute ( Site 6006) |
Fairfax |
Virginia |
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| West Virginia University - Charleston Area Medical Center ( Site 6003) |
Charleston |
West Virginia |
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| Froedtert and Medical College of Wisconsin ( Site 0022) |
Milwaukee |
Wisconsin |
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| Liverpool Hospital ( Site 0220) |
Liverpool |
New South Wales |
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| GenesisCare North Shore ( Site 0217) |
St Leonards |
New South Wales |
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| Monash Medical Centre ( Site 0216) |
Clayton |
Victoria |
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| Austin Health ( Site 0218) |
Heidelberg |
Victoria |
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| Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital ( Site 0223) |
Nedlands |
Western Australia |
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| Oncocentro Valdivia ( Site 7055) |
Valdivia |
Los Ríos Region |
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| FALP ( Site 7056) |
Santiago |
Region M. de Santiago |
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| Bradfordhill-Clinical Area ( Site 7051) |
Santiago |
Region M. de Santiago |
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| ONCOCENTRO APYS-ACEREY ( Site 7054) |
Viña del Mar |
Valparaiso |
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| Bradford Hill Norte ( Site 7052) |
Antofagasta |
Chile |
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| Fakultni nemocnice Olomouc ( Site 0559) |
Olomouc |
Czechia |
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| 2. LF UK a FN Motol ( Site 0555) |
Prague |
Czechia |
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| Nemocnice Na Bulovce ( Site 0556) |
Prague |
Czechia |
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| Herlev og Gentofte Hospital. ( Site 0401) |
Herlev |
Capital Region |
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| Odense Universitetshospital ( Site 0403) |
Odense |
Region Syddanmark |
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| North Estonia Medical Centre Foundation ( Site 0081) |
Tallinn |
Harju |
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+ 94 more sites — see the full list on the official registry below.