A Trial to Evaluate Intravesical Nadofaragene Firadenovec Alone or in Combination With Chemotherapy or Immunotherapy in Participants With High-grade BCG Unresponsive Non-muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 3
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorFerring Pharmaceuticals

About this trial

The pivotal phase 3 trial (rAd-IFN-CS 003) evaluating the efficacy of nadofaragene firadenovec showed that 55 (53.4%) of 103 subjects with CIS ± high-grade Ta/T1 achieved a complete response (CR) at 3 months. In this trial, the safety and efficacy of intravesical instillation of nadofaragene firadenovec alone or in combination with chemotherapy or immunotherapy will be evaluated in participants with NMIBC CIS (± high-grade Ta/T1).

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Diagnosed, as documented, with carcinoma in situ (CIS) ±Ta/T1 high-grade disease.

For T1 disease biopsies should contain muscle fibres.

Have received at least 2 courses of BCG within a 12 month period - defined as at least 5 of 6 induction BCG instillations and at least 2 of 3 instillations of maintenance BCG, or at least 2 of 6 instillations of a second induction course, where maintenance BCG is not given.

At the time of tumour recurrence, participants with CIS alone or high-grade Ta/T1 with CIS should be within 12 months of last exposure to BCG

Disqualifiers

Presence of lymphovascular invasion and / or micropapillary, sarcomatoid, plasmacytoid and / or neuroendocrine disease as shown in the histology of the biopsy sample

Participants with CIS+T1 disease accompanied by the presence of hydronephrosis secondary to the primary tumour

Current systemic therapy for bladder cancer other than investigational medicinal products used in randomisation arm

Current or prior investigational treatment for BCG-unresponsive NMIBC or any other investigational drug (drug used in a clinical trial, i.e drug used in a Ferring sponsored non interventional study does not apply) within 1 month prior to screening

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Nadofaragene Firadenovec

    Drug

    vector-based gene therapy for NMIBC treatment to potentiate durable therapeutic responses by interferon (IFN) alfa-2b (IFN-α2b) amplification. It is a non-replicating recombinant adenovirus serotype 5 vector containing a transgene encoding the human IFN-α2b gene.

  • Gemcitabine

    Drug

    Intravesical Gemcitabine chemotherapy, used in combination with Docetaxel.

  • Docetaxel

    Drug

    Intravesical Docetaxel chemotherapy, used in combination with Gemcitabine.

  • Pembrolizumab

    Drug

    Pembrolizumab is an FDA approved immune checkpoint inhibitor which restores the anti-tumour immune response by blocking the programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1). Pembrolizumab is administered via intravenous (IV) infusion.

Treatment groups

250 Participants
are divided into 3 treatment groups
Group A: Nadofaragene firadenovecExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Nadofaragene firadenovec + gemcitabine & docetaxelExperimental treatment 3 interventions
Group C: Nadofaragene firadenovec + PembrolizumabExperimental treatment 2 interventions

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Complete response

Complete response (CR) at any time from first treatment (defined as absence of high-grade (HG) recurrence).

Time frame
up to 6 months

Secondary outcomes

1

Complete response at month 3

Complete response 3 months from first treatment

Time frame
3 months
2

Complete response at month 6

Complete response 6 months from first treatment

Time frame
6 months
3

Durability of complete response

Durability of complete response (defined as time from achieved CR to HG recurrence, progression or death due to any cause).

Time frame
Up to 24 months
4

Muscle-invasive progression of disease

Muscle-invasive progression of disease (defined as time from first treatment to first evidence of muscle-invasive disease or death)

Time frame
up to 36 months

Other outcomes

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