Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Bladder Cancer

Bladder Cancer Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Phase III Randomized Trial of Either M-VAC or Paclitaxel + Carboplatin as Postoperative Adjuvant Therapy in Patients With Muscle-Invasive Transitional Cell Carcinoma of the Bladder at High-Risk for Relapse

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00003701
• Other study ID #: CDR0000066808
• Secondary ID: E-1897
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 3
• Start date: April 2, 1999
• Est. completion date: June 15, 2007

Study information

• Verified date: June 2023
• Source: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug may kill more tumor cells. It is not yet known whether four-drug combination chemotherapy is more effective than two-drug combination chemotherapy in treating bladder cancer. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of two combination chemotherapy regimens in treating patients who have bladder cancer.

Description:

OBJECTIVES: I. Compare the recurrence rates and overall survival of patients treated with postoperative adjuvant methotrexate, vinblastine, doxorubicin and cisplatin (M-VAC) to those treated with combination paclitaxel and carboplatin for muscle invasive bladder cancer at particularly high risk of relapse. II. Compare the relative toxicities of postoperative M-VAC versus those encountered with postoperative paclitaxel and carboplatin. III. Compare the quality of life scores during and following completion of treatment of patients in these two treatment arms. OUTLINE: This is a randomized study. Patients are stratified by N stage (N0 vs N+) and performance status (0-1 vs 2). Patients are randomized to receive methotrexate, vinblastine, doxorubicin, and cisplatin (arm I) or paclitaxel and carboplatin (arm II). Arm I: Patients receive methotrexate IV push on days 1, 15, and 22; vinblastine IV push on days 2, 15, and 22; doxorubicin IV push on day 2; and cisplatin IV over 2 hours on day 2. Treatment repeats every 28 days for 4 courses. Arm II: Patients receive paclitaxel IV over 3 hours on days 1 followed by carboplatin IV over 30 minutes on day 1. Treatment repeats every 21 days for 4 courses. Quality of life assessments are completed pretreatment, prior to course 3, 6 weeks after the last dose of chemotherapy, and at 6, 12, and 24 months from the end of therapy. Patients are followed every 3 months until year 2, every 6 months for years 2-5, and then annually thereafter. PROJECTED ACCRUAL: There will be 490 patients accrued into this study within 2.6 years.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 490
• Est. completion date: June 15, 2007
• Est. primary completion date: August 2001
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 0 Years to 120 Years

Eligibility

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically confirmed transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder or mixed histologies containing a component of transitional cell carcinoma Must have undergone radical cystectomy and pelvic lymph node dissection within 12 weeks prior to randomization No evidence of distant metastatic disease on pre- or postoperative radiographic scans No positive surgical margins in the cystectomy specimen and no known macroscopic residual disease left at time of cystectomy No bladder sparing surgery May have undergone continent urinary diversion or neobladder procedure but must have recovered completely from the effects of surgery Must have muscle-invasive disease on final pathologic staging and have a primary tumor stage of pT4, any N, M0, or any pT, N+, M0, or pT3b, any N, any M, and following a pelvic lymph node dissection have a pathologic nodal stage of pN0 (only if pT3b or pT4), pN1, or pN2 Clinically unsuspected organ confined prostate cancer found during cystoprostatectomy allowed PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: Any age Performance status: ECOG 0-2 Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: WBC at least 3,500/mm3 Platelet count at least 100,000/mm3 Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN) SGOT no greater than 2 times ULN Renal: Creatinine no greater than 1.7 mg/dL OR Creatinine clearance at least 60 mL/min Cardiovascular: No second degree atrioventricular block or bundle branch block Other: No history of prior malignancy in the past 5 years except basal or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin or carcinoma in situ of the cervix No active infection requiring antibiotics No history of allergic reaction to drugs utilizing the vehicle Cremophor Not pregnant or nursing Fertile patients must use effective contraception PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Recovered from all prior therapies Biologic therapy: No prior biologic response modifier therapy No filgrastim (G-CSF) 24 hours pre- or post-chemotherapy administration Chemotherapy: No prior systemic chemotherapy Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: No prior radiotherapy as a component of bladder sparing therapy No prior adjuvant radiotherapy for locally advanced disease with positive margins Surgery: See Disease Characteristics Other: Prior intravesical therapy for superficial bladder cancer allowed and recovered

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Bladder Cancer
• Urethral Cancer
• Urethral Neoplasms
• Urinary Bladder Neoplasms

Intervention

Drug:
• carboplatin

• cisplatin

• doxorubicin hydrochloride

• methotrexate

• paclitaxel

• vinblastine sulfate

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center	Cleveland	Ohio
United States	Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Atlanta (Decatur)	Decatur	Georgia
United States	Hunterdon Regional Cancer Center	Flemington	New Jersey
United States	Hackensack University Medical Center	Hackensack	New Jersey
United States	Indiana University Hospitals	Indianapolis	Indiana
United States	South Jersey Hospital - Millville	Millville	New Jersey
United States	Fox Chase Cancer Center at Virtua-Memorial Hospital Burlington County	Mount Holly	New Jersey
United States	Vanderbilt Cancer Center	Nashville	Tennessee
United States	NYU School of Medicine's Kaplan Comprehensive Cancer Center	New York	New York
United States	Veterans Affairs Medical Center - New York	New York	New York
United States	Hahnemann University Hospital	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania
United States	Riverview Medical Center	Red Bank	New Jersey
United States	Overlook Hospital	Summit	New Jersey

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group	National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States,