BCG for Therapeutic Use Phase Ⅲ Clinical Trial

Launched by ANHUI ZHIFEI LONGCOM BIOLOGIC PHARMACY CO., LTD. · Dec 18, 2024

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This clinical trial is studying the use of a medication called Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) to help prevent the return of non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer after surgery. The trial is specifically for adults aged 18 and older who have been diagnosed with intermediate- or high-risk bladder cancer and have had surgery to remove tumors from their bladder. The goal is to see how effective and safe BCG is when given after surgery, to help keep cancer from coming back.

If you or a loved one is considering participating, you need to meet certain criteria. For example, you must be at least 18 years old, have had surgery to remove visible bladder tumors, and have no signs of remaining tumors after the operation. Participants will be randomly placed into two groups: one will receive BCG treatment, while the other will receive a different treatment for comparison. Throughout the trial, researchers will monitor how well the treatment works and check for any side effects. It's important to know that this trial has specific rules about who can participate, so not everyone with bladder cancer will qualify. If you're interested, it’s a good idea to talk with your doctor about whether this trial might be suitable for you.

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • 1. Age≥ 18 years old, male or female;
• • 2. According to the Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Bladder Cancer (2022 Edition), the initial histological diagnosis of intermediate- and high-risk non-muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma of the bladder (T1, Ta or Tis) and the need for BCG bladder infusion adjuvant therapy is evaluated;
• • 3. Patients undergoing transurethral bladder tumor resection need to meet the requirements of all tumors to have no visible tumors after surgery. This study can also enroll patients who need a second electroresection, and subjects who meet the criteria for a second resection should undergo a second resection, which should be included in the study after a comprehensive evaluation of the two pathological results (BCG perfusion for treatment should be carried out within 2\~12 weeks after surgery, cystoscopy should be added more than 4 weeks after surgery to ensure that there is no visible tumor after surgery, and the subjects who underwent secondary resection should be calculated based on the postoperative time of the second electroresection); Note: The criteria for the second resection: (1) the first TURBt is insufficient; (2) the first electrosection of non-myometrial tissue specimens; (3) T1 tumors; (4) High-grade (G3) tumors, except for carcinoma in situ. The second resection is recommended to be performed within 2-6 weeks after the first resection, and no other perfusion therapy is allowed except for the bladder infusion chemotherapy drugs immediately after the first and second resection;
• • 4. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) score (see Appendix 1 for details): 0\~2 points;
• * 5. At screening, clinical laboratory tests meet the following characteristics:
• • 1. Blood routine: no use of hematopoietic growth factors or blood transfusion support within 14 days before randomization, including: absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥1500/mm\^3 or ≥1.5×10\^9/L; Platelets≥ 100000/mm\^3 or 100×10\^9/L; Hemoglobin ≥ 9 g/dL.
• • 2. Liver function: total bilirubin ≤ 1.5× upper limit of normal range (ULN), subjects with Gilbert's syndrome require total bilirubin \<3×ULN, aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤ 2.5×ULN.
• • 3. Renal function: defined as creatinine clearance estimated according to the Cockcroft Gault formula (Appendix 2) ≥ 30mL/min;
• • 4. Coagulation function: activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) ≤ 1.5×ULN, and the international normalized ratio (INR) ≤ 1.5×ULN.
• • 6. Voluntarily participate in this trial, with full informed consent and signed written informed consent.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • 1. Those who have immunodeficiency or damage (such as AIDS patients), are using immunosuppressive drugs, steroid hormones, etc., which may cause systemic BCG disease reaction (other hormones such as patients who are given corresponding hormone therapy after thyroid/adrenal resection can be enrolled);
• • 2. Those who are allergic to BCG and its excipients;
• • 3. Active tuberculosis, those who are receiving or have received anti-tuberculosis treatment within 6 months before screening;
• • 4. Patients with severe cardiovascular and cerebrovascular, liver, lung, and kidney diseases at the time of screening;
• • 5. Patients with other genitourinary tumors or other organ tumors at the time of screening, and no obvious tumor recurrence or progression in the past 3 years, and stable condition can be considered for inclusion, such as basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer that has been adequately treated; carcinoma in situ of the breast or cervix; Low-grade prostate cancer that is monitored without any planned therapeutic intervention (e.g., surgery, radiotherapy, or castration); and other concurrent malignancies that in the opinion of the investigator have a very low likelihood of progression;
• • 6. Patients with histologically confirmed muscle-invasive, locally advanced, unresectable or metastatic urothelial carcinoma or a history of this disease (i.e., ≥ T2);
• • 7. Those who have received any BCG treatment for NMIBC in the past;
• • 8. Those who know or suspect that abnormal conditions such as bladder perforation occur during surgery;
• • 9. Those who suspect that the surgical wound has not healed or the urinary tract mucosa is damaged;
• • 10. Those who have been assessed by the investigator to be accompanied by cystitis (such as urinary frequency, urgency, dysuria, etc.), or have received other bladder infusion drugs and have severe bladder irritation, which is expected to affect the evaluation of this study;
• • 11. Those who have received chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and immunotherapy within 4 weeks before the first dose (except for intravesical chemotherapy immediately after surgery);
• • 12. Pregnant or lactating women;
• • 13. Those who cannot guarantee effective contraception during the trial period to 6 months after the last dose;
• • 14. Received treatment with other clinical trial drugs (except placebo) or clinical trial devices within 3 months before the first dose;
• • 15. Those who have a history of alcoholism, drug abuse or drug abuse within 6 months before screening;
• • 16. Presence of any of the following: positive human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibody, positive syphilis-specific antibody, active hepatitis B (hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) positive and hepatitis B virus deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) copy number ≥200 IU/mL or 1000 copies/mL), hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody positive and HCV virus copy number higher than the upper limit of normal in the research center≥ 10\^3/mL;
• • 17. Any condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, may increase the risk of the subject or interfere with the performance of the clinical trial.