E.1 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.1 | Medical condition(s) being investigated |
Low risk non muscle invasive bladder cancer |
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E.1.1.1 | Medical condition in easily understood language |
This cancer affects the cells which line the inside of the bladder. |
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E.1.1.2 | Therapeutic area | Diseases [C] - Cancer [C04] |
MedDRA Classification |
E.1.2 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.2 | Version | 20.0 |
E.1.2 | Level | PT |
E.1.2 | Classification code | 10005005 |
E.1.2 | Term | Bladder cancer recurrent |
E.1.2 | System Organ Class | 10029104 - Neoplasms benign, malignant and unspecified (incl cysts and polyps) |
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E.1.3 | Condition being studied is a rare disease | No |
E.2 Objective of the trial |
E.2.1 | Main objective of the trial |
Can chemotherapy in the bladder (chemoresection) enable the avoidance of surgery for those diagnosed with a recurrence of low risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer? |
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E.2.2 | Secondary objectives of the trial |
Do patient acceptance (proportion of patients approached who consent to join) and recruitment rates support the development of a phase III randomised trial of chemoresection or surgical management for low risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer?
Is chemoresection treatment acceptable to participants and feasible to deliver at participating NHS sites?
If chemoresection/surgery has been successful (by assessment at 3 months), how long do patients remain disease free?
For patients whose disease returns in both groups, in what proportion does it subsequently progress to a life threatening condition?
What type of surgical management is currently in use at participating sites?
What is the rate of surgery subsequent to the initial treatment of recurrence in both groups?
What are the side effects of both treatments as measured by clinicians?
What is the impact of both treatments on participants' quality of life and their subsequent use of the health service? |
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E.2.3 | Trial contains a sub-study | Yes |
E.2.3.1 | Full title, date and version of each sub-study and their related objectives |
The main CALIBER trial will have two associated sub studies which are embedded in the main CALIBER protocol:
Quality of Life (QL) and Health Service Utilisation (HSU) The objective of the QL assessment is to describe and compare the impact of chemoresection and surgical management on physical, social and emotional wellbeing. The objective of the HSU study is to measure the impact of each treatment on participants' subsequent usage of health services.
CALIBER Translational sub study (CALIBER-T) Participation in CALIBER-T will be optional. CALIBER participants will be asked to donate sequential urine samples to investigate potential diagnostic biomarkers. Participants will also be asked to provide one blood sample and consent to donate their routinely collected bladder/tumour tissue samples. |
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E.3 | Principal inclusion criteria |
1. Written informed consent 2. 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). 3. Histologically confirmed TCC at original diagnosis 4. Aged 16 or over 5. Satisfactory pre-treatment haematology values haemoglobin > 100 g/L and serum creatinine < 1.5xULN 6. Negative pregnancy test for women of child-bearing potential
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E.4 | Principal exclusion criteria |
1. 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 2. Any history of histologically confirmed non-TCC bladder cancer 3. Trial entry recurrence identified within 11.5 months of the date of the original diagnosis 4. Any prior treatment of the trial entry recurrence (including biopsy) 5. Previous MMC chemotherapy other than a single instillation at diagnostic surgery 6. Known allergy to MMC 7. 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) 8. Known or suspected reduced bladder capacity (<100ml) 9. Significant bleeding disorder 10. 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. 11. Active or intractable urinary tract infection 12. Urethral stricture or anything impeding the insertion of a catheter 13. Large narrow neck diverticula 14. Significant urinary incontinence 15. Any other conditions that in the Principal Investigator’s opinion would contraindicate protocol treatment 16. Unable or unwilling to comply with study procedures or follow up schedule |
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E.5 End points |
E.5.1 | Primary end point(s) |
The primary outcome measure is the proportion of patients who have a complete response (CR) to chemoresection at 3 months. This is defined as an absence of any tumour following chemoresection and will be assessed visually at check cystoscopy by patients’ urologists. |
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E.5.1.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point |
The main time point of interest is three months post-treatment. |
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E.5.2 | Secondary end point(s) |
In the chemoresection group: • Treatment compliance. Patients who receive 4 MMC instillations with no more than 14 days between each instillation will be described as fully compliant. In both groups: • Time to recurrence in patients disease free at 3 months, defined as time from randomisation to time of first local or distant recurrence • Transurethral resection and biopsy rates • Progression free survival, defined as time from randomisation to the first of muscle invasive bladder recurrence, recurrence in the pelvic nodes, metastatic recurrence or death • Toxicity CTCAE • Quality of life as measured by EORTC-C30 and BLS24 questionnaires. Domains of interest include global health / QL, functioning domains, urinary symptom scales and items relating to side effects associated with MMC and surgical management. • Health service utilisation as measured by the health service usage questionnaire.
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E.5.2.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point |
Patients will be evaluated at each of the clinical visits for safety and tolerability end points. Response end points will be evaluated at cycle 4 weeks, 3 months, 6 months and the final trial specific evaluation is twelve months post-treatment. Further data relating to secondary survival endpoints will be collected from routine follow up visits and national electronic health databases. |
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E.6 and E.7 Scope of the trial |
E.6 | Scope of the trial |
E.6.1 | Diagnosis | No |
E.6.2 | Prophylaxis | No |
E.6.3 | Therapy | Yes |
E.6.4 | Safety | No |
E.6.5 | Efficacy | Yes |
E.6.6 | Pharmacokinetic | No |
E.6.7 | Pharmacodynamic | No |
E.6.8 | Bioequivalence | No |
E.6.9 | Dose response | No |
E.6.10 | Pharmacogenetic | No |
E.6.11 | Pharmacogenomic | No |
E.6.12 | Pharmacoeconomic | No |
E.6.13 | Others | Yes |
E.6.13.1 | Other scope of the trial description |
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E.7 | Trial type and phase |
E.7.1 | Human pharmacology (Phase I) | No |
E.7.1.1 | First administration to humans | No |
E.7.1.2 | Bioequivalence study | No |
E.7.1.3 | Other | No |
E.7.1.3.1 | Other trial type description | |
E.7.2 | Therapeutic exploratory (Phase II) | Yes |
E.7.3 | Therapeutic confirmatory (Phase III) | No |
E.7.4 | Therapeutic use (Phase IV) | No |
E.8 Design of the trial |
E.8.1 | Controlled | No |
E.8.1.1 | Randomised | No |
E.8.1.2 | Open | No |
E.8.1.3 | Single blind | No |
E.8.1.4 | Double blind | No |
E.8.1.5 | Parallel group | No |
E.8.1.6 | Cross over | No |
E.8.1.7 | Other | No |
E.8.1.7.1 | Other trial design description |
Simon’s 2 stage phase II design. Patients randomised 2:1 in favour of chemoresection group. |
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E.8.2 | Comparator of controlled trial |
E.8.2.1 | Other medicinal product(s) | No |
E.8.2.2 | Placebo | No |
E.8.2.3 | Other | No |
E.8.3 |
The trial involves single site in the Member State concerned
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E.8.4 | The trial involves multiple sites in the Member State concerned | Yes |
E.8.5 | The trial involves multiple Member States | No |
E.8.6 Trial involving sites outside the EEA |
E.8.6.1 | Trial being conducted both within and outside the EEA | No |
E.8.6.2 | Trial being conducted completely outside of the EEA | No |
E.8.7 | Trial has a data monitoring committee | Yes |
E.8.8 |
Definition of the end of the trial and justification where it is not the last
visit of the last subject undergoing the trial
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The study end date is deemed to be the date of last data capture. |
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E.8.9 Initial estimate of the duration of the trial |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned years | 3 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned months | 11 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned days | 30 |
E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial years | 3 |
E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial months | 11 |
E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial days | 30 |