Upper Urinary Tract Urothelial CarcinomaPhase 3MINERVANCT05810623
Single-Dose Intravesical Chemotherapy After Diagnostic URS
A Phase 3 study testing Intravesical Solution in people with Upper Urinary Tract Urothelial Carcinoma and Bladder Cancer, run by David D'Andrea at 2 sites in Austria.
Trial summary
Study design This study is a Phase III, randomized, open-label, multi-center, global study to determine the efficacy of a single immediate intravesical chemotherapy instillation (SI) in the prophylaxis of intravesical recurrence after diagnostic uretero-renoscopy (URS) of patients 18 years of age or older with the… Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and olderHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Upper Urinary Tract Urothelial Carcinoma, Bladder Cancer
- What is being tested?
- Intravesical Solution
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 394 participants
- Where
- 2 sitesAustria
- Study dates
- 1 Jun 2023to 31 Dec 2026
- Phase
- Phase 3
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Subjects must meet all the following inclusion criteria to participate in this study:
- Age ≥ 18 years
- Diagnosis primary localized UTUC
- Imaging examinations show no distant metastasis
- Patients who agree to receive SI after URS for UTUC and will undergo the standard treatment, postoperative management, and follow-up in accordance with current guidelines
Who cannot join
- Any concurrent systemic therapy for any cancer
- Prior bladder cancer within 5 years
- Prior radical cystectomy
- Concomitant bladder cancer
- Bilateral UTUC
- Pregnancy
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- Patient refused to participate
- Life expectancy of less than one year
- Solitary kidney
Trial locations and contacts
2 sites in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.
Austria2 sites
Medical University of Vienna
Vienna, 1090
Shahrokh F Shariat, MD, Prof, +4314040026150, shahrokh.shariat@meduniwien.ac.at
David D'Andrea, MD, +4314040026150, david.dandrea@meduniwien.ac.at
Medical University of Vienna
Vienna, 1090
About this study
Official title: Single-Dose Intravesical Instillation of Chemotherapy After Diagnostic/Therapeutic Flexible Ureteroscopy for Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma in the Prevention of Intravesical Recurrence: Prospective Randomized Multicenter Trial
Study design This study is a Phase III, randomized, open-label, multi-center, global study to determine the efficacy of a single immediate intravesical chemotherapy instillation (SI) in the prophylaxis of intravesical recurrence after diagnostic uretero-renoscopy (URS) of patients 18 years of age or older with the fist diagnosis of UTUC.
This study will randomize 394 patients globally Patients will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio to the interventional arm or to observation.
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Study period This study will include a screening period, a treatment and disease assessment period, safety follow-up visits and a 5-year survival follow-up period to begin immediately after the treatment.
Screening period: The period up to 28 days prior to intervention during which the screening procedures occur.
Treatment and disease assessment period: The period starting the day of diagnostic URS (Day 0) during which patients receive their assigned treatment (Day 0 to day 1) and disease assessments are performed. All patients must follow the disease assessment schedule, which includes disease assessments at screening and every 3 months (±1 week) from the date of intervention until 24 months from the date of randomization, and then every 6 months for up to 5 years. The treatment and disease assessment period will end at the time of intravesical recurrence, death, or MINERVA-CTU decision to terminate the trial early.
Safety follow-up visits: Every patient in this study will be assessed for the occurrence of adverse events (AEs) and serious adverse events from the time of signed informed consent until 90 days after the administration of SI. All patients who receive SI will have safety visits 4, 8, and 12 weeks following administration of SI. Safety assessments include targeted physical examination, complications according to Dindo-Clavien classification and patient-reported outcomes (PRO) assessments.
Survival follow-up period: Patients will be followed up at in-clinic site visits, by telephone contact, or by contact with the patient's current physician for up to 5 years from the date of randomized into this study.
Objectives Primary objective Efficacy of a SI in the prophylaxis of intravesical recurrence after diagnostic URS for UTUC
Secondary objectives
- Time to intravesical recurrence
- 5-years intravesical recurrence rates
- Incidence of high-grade BCa recurrence
- Incidence and gravity of adverse events (AEs) due to the SI
- To collect and store blood, urine and tissue samples according to each country's local and ethical procedures for identifying candidate markers that may correlate with likelihood of clinical benefit (optional)
- To collect and store DNA according to each country's local and ethical procedures for future exploratory research into somatic mutations and genes/genetic variations that may influence oncologic outcomes, to study treatments and susceptibility to disease (optional)
- To assess disease-related symptoms and HRQoL in patients with UTUC treated with SI compared those undergoing observation
- To assess patient-reported treatment tolerability directly using specific PRO-CTCAE symptoms
Target study population The study population includes patients 18 years of age or older with a primary diagnosis of UTUC, scheduled for diagnostic URS
Duration of treatment Patients randomized to the interventional arm will receive a SI within 24h after diagnostic URS. In case of multiple diagnostic URS during the follow-up (including 2nd look for incomplete ablation, non-diagnostic first URS or UTUC recurrence) patients randomized to the interventional arm will receive a SI after each diagnostic URS for 2 years after the day of first diagnostic URS.
Follow-up of subjects post discontinuation of study treatment Patients who have discontinued study treatment due to toxicity, symptomatic deterioration, intravesical recurrence or investigator's decision will be followed up for survival until 5 years from the date of diagnostic URS.
Survival All randomized patients, regardless of disease status, will be followed up for survival until 5 years from the date of diagnostic URS.
Investigational product, dosage, and mode of administration Patients randomized to the interventional arm will receive a SI. The chemotherapy will be at investigator's discretion and institutional availability.
The selected chemotherapy must be approved by the MINERVA-CTU in discussion with the local investigator.
Statistical methods This study will randomize 394 patients globally. Patients will be randomized 1:1 to SI or observation.
Randomization will be stratified by the following factors:
- Center
- EAU UTUC risk stratification
- Being tested
- Intravesical Solution
- Keywords
- UTUC, intravesical chemotherapy, bladder cancer, recurrence
- Medical subject headings
- Urinary Bladder Neoplasms, Recurrence
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Intravesical SolutionDrug
Intravesical single dose instillation of chemotherapy within 24h from uretero-renoscopy
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| SI Chemotherapy | Experimental | Patients randomized to the experimental arm will receive a SI within 24h after diagnostic URS. In case of multiple diagnostic URS during the follow-up (including 2nd look for incomplete ablation, non-diagnostic first URS or UTUC recurrence) patients randomized to the interventional arm will receive a SI after each diagnostic URS for 2 years after the day of first diagnostic URS. Receives: Drug: Intravesical Solution |
| Observation | No intervention | Patient randomized to the observational arm will be treated and followed according to institutional own standards. |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Efficacy of a SI in the prophylaxis of intravesical recurrence after URS for UTUC
Proportion of patients free of intravesical recurrence at 2-years
Measured: 2 years
Secondary outcomes (8)
Time to intravesical recurrence
Time to first occurrence of an bladder tumor after URS for UTUC
Measured: 5 years
5-years intravesical recurrence rates
Proportion of patients free of intravesical recurrence at 5-years
Measured: 5 years
Incidence of high-grade BCa recurrence
Proportion of patients HG with intravesical recurrence at 5 years
Measured: 5 years
Incidence and gravity of adverse events (AEs) due to the SI
Proportion of patients experiencing an AE
Measured: 2 months
Biobanking
To collect and store blood, urine and tissue samples according to each country's local and ethical procedures for identifying candidate markers that may correlate with likelihood of clinical benefit
Measured: 10 years
Genetic mutation analysis
Prevalence of lynch syndrome
Measured: 3 years
To assess disease-related symptoms and HRQoL in patients with UTUC treated with SI compared those undergoing observation
Measured: 2 years
To assess patient-reported treatment tolerability directly using specific PRO-CTCAE symptoms
Measured: 2 years
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted12 Apr 2023
- Study start1 Jun 2023 (estimated)
- Primary completion31 Dec 2025 (estimated)
- Study completion31 Dec 2026 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Upper Urinary Tract Urothelial CarcinomaStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 394 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- David D'Andrea
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Sponsor-investigator, David D'Andrea, Medical University of Vienna
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05810623
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 2411-2021
- Acronym
- MINERVA
- Status last verified
- Mar 2023
- First submitted
- 31 Mar 2023
- Last updated
- 12 Apr 2023
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No: IPD will be shared with other researchers once the trial will be completed. Project proposals must be submitted to the international coordinator committee for review