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Closed (no longer recruiting)Last updated: 1 February 2024

NILE: This phase III trial is assessing a first line treatment combining immunotherapy and chemotherapy, versus chemotherapy alone, in patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancerA Phase III, Randomized, Open-Label, Controlled, Multi-Center, Global Study of First-Line Durvalumab in Combination With Standard of Care Chemotherapy and Durvalumab in Combination With Tremelimumab and Standard of Care Chemotherapy Versus Standard of Care Chemotherapy Alone in Patients With Unresectable Locally Advanced or Metastatic Urothelial Cancer

Clinical summary

Summary

In this trial, participants will be randomised into one of three arms. In Experimental Arm 1, participants will receive Durvalumab (intravenously every three weeks)in combination with standard of care chemotherapy (SoC), followed by Durvalumab monotherapy every four weeks. In Experimental Arm 2, participants will receive Durvalumab and Tremelimumab (intravenously every three weeks) in combination with SoC, followed by Durvalumab monotherapy every four weeks. In this Arm, Tremelimumab will be administered over four cycles. In the Active Comparator Arm, participants will receive SoC (with either cisplatin + gemcitabine OR carboplatin + gemcitabine) every three weeks for six cycles.

Conditions

This trial is treating patients with urothelial cancer.

Cancer

Urinary System Cancers Genitourinary

Age

People18 - 99

Phase

III

Trial Acronym

NILE

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Trial sponsor

AstraZeneca

Scientific Title

A Phase III, Randomized, Open-Label, Controlled, Multi-Center, Global Study of First-Line Durvalumab in Combination With Standard of Care Chemotherapy and Durvalumab in Combination With Tremelimumab and Standard of Care Chemotherapy Versus Standard of Care Chemotherapy Alone in Patients With Unresectable Locally Advanced or Metastatic Urothelial Cancer

Eligibility

Inclusion

  • Patients with histologically or cytologically documented, unresectable, locally advanced or metastatic transitional cell carcinoma (transitional cell and mixed transitional/non-transitional cell histologies) of the urothelium (including renal pelvis, ureters, urinary bladder, and urethra)
  • Patients who have not been previously treated with first-line chemotherapy. Patients who have received prior definitive chemoradiation, adjuvant or neoadjuvant treatment for locally advanced disease are eligible provided that progression to locally advanced or metastatic disease has occurred >12 months from the last therapy [for chemoradiation and adjuvant treatment] or >12 months from the last surgery [for neoadjuvant treatment].
  • At least 1 lesion, not previously irradiated, that qualifies as a RECIST 1.1 target lesion at baseline.
  • World Health Organization (WHO)/Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status (PS) of 0 or 1 at enrolment
  • Adequate organ and marrow function as defined in the protocol
  • Life expectancy ≥12 weeks in the opinion of the investigator
  • Evidence of post-menopausal status, or negative urinary or serum pregnancy test for female pre-menopausal patients.

Exclusion

  • Prior exposure to immune-mediated therapy (with exclusion of Bacillus Calmette Guerin), including but not limited to, other anti-CTLA-4, anti-PD-1, anti-PD L1, or anti-PD-L2 antibodies, except therapeutic anticancer vaccines, which are permitted. Prior local intervesical chemotherapy or immunotherapy is allowed if completed at least 28 days prior to the initiation of study treatment.
  • No severe concomitant condition that requires immunosuppression medication
  • Untreated central nervous system (CNS) metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis
  • Patients who may be eligible for or are being considered for radical resection during the course of the study.
  • Any medical contraindications to platinum (cisplatin or carboplatin) based doublet chemotherapy and/or known allergy or hypersensitivity to any of the study drugs or any of the study drug excipients

Inclusion

  • Your cancer has spread to other parts of the body.

Exclusion

  • You have certain types of non-cancer medical conditions.
  • You have had certain treatments, surgical procedures or drugs.
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