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Clinical response to intravesical BCG therapy of superficial bladder cancer by prior administration of RUTI®

A RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-BLIND, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED PHASE II TRIAL TO EVALUATE THE IMMUNOMODULATORY EFFECT OF RUTI® IN INDIVIDUALS WITH HIGH-RISK NON-MUSCLE-INVASIVE BLADDER CANCER (NMIBC) TREATED WITH INTRAVESICAL BACILLUS CALMETTE-GUÉRIN (BCG)

Status
Not yet recruiting
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
EU CTR
Registry ID
EUCTR2016-004311-12-ES
Enrollment
40
Registered
2016-12-15
Start date
2017-02-14
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2017-02-20

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

High-Risk Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer MedDRA version: 19.0 Level: PT Classification code 10005003 Term: Bladder cancer System Organ Class: 10029104 - Neoplasms benign, malignant and unspecified (incl cysts and polyps)

Interventions

Product Name: RUTI Pharmaceutical Form: Suspension for injection INN or Proposed INN: RUTI Current Sponsor code: RUTI Concentration unit: µg microgram(s) Concentration type: equal Concentration number

Sponsors

ARCHIVEL FARMA, S.L.
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Written ICF for participation in the study. 2. Age =18 years. 3. General health status according to WHO = 2. 4. Have primary histologically confirmed T1 and/or high grade tumors and/or CIS. 5. All visible papillary tumors must be completely resected. 6. Early postoperative (within 24 hours of TURBT) single dose chemotherapy is allowed. 7. BCG therapy indication. 8. Never treated with BCG immunotherapy 9. Willing to comply with study visits and procedures as per protocol 10. Use of reliable contraception (see section 8.6) from the screening visit to 30 days after the last RUTI® or placebo injection. Are the trial subjects under 18? no Number of subjects for this age range: F.1.2 Adults (18-64 years) yes F.1.2.1 Number of subjects for this age range 40 F.1.3 Elderly (>=65 years) yes F.1.3.1 Number of subjects for this age range 40

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Life expectancy <5 years. 2. Have a severe concomitant disease that might limit compliance or completion of the protocol. 3. Have any other malignancy that might impact 3-year survival or might be potentially confused with NMIBC. 4. Have other neoplasms. 5. Have congenital or acquired immune deficiencies. 6. Be receiving cytotoxic drugs, systemic corticosteroids or antiplatelet or anticoagulant therapy within 8 weeks of receiving the first administration of BCG. 7. Have received radiation therapy for their bladder cancer within 4 months prior to study entry. 8. Have active infections (including urinary tract infections) defined as viral, bacterial, or fungal infections requiring therapy, HIV-positive status, concurrent febrile illness, gross hematuria or other factor that could influence tolerability to intravesical BCG therapy. 9. Have biopsy, TURBT, or traumatic catheterization within 14 days of start of intravesical BCG treatment. 10. Have previous clinical history of tuberculosis. 11. Active pregnancy or breastfeeding.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Main Objective: To evaluate the systemic and mucosal immunological response of RUTI® administration prior to intravesical BCG therapy in individuals with high-risk NMIBC. Immunological changes will be evaluated after completion of intravesical BCG therapy.;Secondary Objective: • To determine the efficacy of RUTI® administration prior to intravesical BCG therapy in individuals with high-risk NMIBC at 12, 24 and 36 months after randomization in terms of: - Recurrence rate - Disease worsening - Overall survival • To analyze the correlation of rates of recurrence with systemic and local immunological changes. • To evaluate the safety and tolerability of RUTI® in individuals with high-risk NMIBC.;Primary end point(s): • Changes in the systemic Th1 immune response will be evaluated as: o IFN-? production assessed by ELISPOT after ex vivo stimulation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) with PPD. o IFN-? and IL-2 production assessed by intracellular staining after ex vivo stimulation of PBMCs with PPD. o IFN-? secretion after long-term stimulation of whole blood assessed by ELISA after stimulation with PPD. • Changes in the local Th1/Th2 immune response. o Th-1 (T-bet+) and Th2 (GATA-3+) cells present in the peritumoral tissue in samples from TURBT and after the induction course (VISIT1). o Urine levels of IL-2, IL-8, IL-6, IL-1RA, IL-10, IL-12 (p70), and TRAIL by LUMINEX.;Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point: • Changes in the systemic Th1 immune response will assessed in RUTI1, RUTI2, BCG1, BCG6 and BCG12 samples. Depending on the results further assessment will be performed in BCG9 and BCG15 samples. • Changes in the local Th1/Th2 immune response: o Th-1 (T-bet+) and Th2 (GATA-3+) cells present in the peritumoral tissue in samples from TURBT and after the induction course (VISIT1). o Urine parameters will be assessed in samples from RUTI1, RUTI2, BCG1, BCG6, VISIT1 and BCG12. Depending on the results, further assessment will be performed in

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Secondary end point(s): • Recurrence date. • Disease worsening. • Death date. • Safety of RUTI® .: o Proportion of patients who develop a Grade 3 or 4 local reactions. o Proportion of patients who develop a Grade 3 or 4 systemic reactions. o A descriptive summary of any local and systemic events, including severity, durability and relationship to study product.;Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point: From baseline to end-of-study.

Countries

Spain

Contacts

Public ContactCEO ARCHIVEL FARMA, S.L.

ARCHIVEL FARMA, S.L.

orue@archivelfarma.com+3493 497 24 56

Outcome results

None listed

Source: EU CTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026