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Gemcitabine and Cisplatin as Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Patients With High-Grade Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma

Phase II Study of Gemcitabine and Cisplatin as Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Patients With High-Grade Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT01261728
Enrollment
57
Registered
2010-12-16
Start date
2010-12-14
Completion date
2025-08-06
Last updated
2026-09-02

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Conditions

Urothelial Carcinoma

Keywords

Gemcitabine, Cisplatin, Bladder, radical nephroureterectomy, ureterectomy, 10-208

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to see if getting chemotherapy with Gemcitabine and Cisplatin for four 21 day cycles for a total of 12 weeks can help shrink the tumor before undergoing surgery for kidney cancer.

Interventions

DRUGGemcitabine and Cisplatin

Patients will receive four cycles of GC administered every 21 days. Gemcitabine 1,000 mg/m2 and Cisplatin 35 mg/m2 will be administered intravenously on days 1 and 8. A total of four cycles of therapy will be administered at 21 day intervals followed by radical nephroureterectomy or distal ureterectomy.

Sponsors

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Lead SponsorOTHER
Mayo Clinic
CollaboratorOTHER
Hartford Hospital
CollaboratorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Histologically confirmed high-grade upper tract transitional cell carcinoma at MSKCC or a participating site and/or radiographically visible tumor stage T2-T4a N0/X M0 disease with positive selective urinary cytology or high-grade concomitant bladder tumor. Hydronephrosis associated with tumor on biopsy will be considered invasive by definition. * Medically appropriate candidate for radical nephroureterectomy or ureterectomy as per MSKCC or a participating site attending urologic oncologist * Karnofsky Performance Status ≥ 70% * Age ≥ 18 years of age * Required Initial Laboratory Values: * Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1500 cells/mm3 * Platelets ≥ 100,000 cells/mm3 * Hemoglobin ≥ 9.0g/dL * Bilirubin ≤ 1.2 * Aspartate transaminase (AST) and alanine transaminase (ALT) ≤ 2.5 x ULN for the institution * Alkaline phosphatase ≤ 2.5 x ULN for the institution * Serum creatinine ≤ 1.3 mg/dL if male or ≤ 1.1 mg/dL if female OR calculated creatinine clearance ≥ 55 ml/min/1.73m\^2 If female of childbearing potential, serum pregnancy test is negative. * Patients with reproductive potential must use an effective method to avoid pregnancy for the duration of the trial. ml/min/1.73m2 using the formula: CKD epi : GFR = 141 X min(Scr/κ,1)α X max(Scr/κ,1)-1.209 X 0.993Age X 1.018 \[if female\] X 1.159 \[if black\] * Scr is serum creatinine, k is 0.7 for females and 0.9 for males, a is -0.329 for females and -0.411 for males, min indicates the minimum of Scr/k or 1, and max indicates the maximum of Scr/k or 1. * If female of childbearing potential, serum pregnancy test is negative. * Patients with reproductive potential must use an effective method to avoid pregnancy for the duration of the trial

Exclusion criteria

* Concomitant bladder urothelial carcinoma is acceptable if it is organ confined and surgically resectable. * Presence of carcinoma in situ (CIS) * Prior systemic chemotherapy (prior intravesical therapy is allowed) * Prior radiation therapy to the bladder * Evidence of NYHA functional class III or IV heart disease. * Serious intercurrent medical or psychiatric illness, including serious active infection. * Preexisting sensory grade 3 neuropathy * Major surgery or radiation therapy \< 4 weeks of starting study treatment. * Concomitant use of any other investigational drugs * Any of the following within the 6 months prior to study drug administration: myocardial infarction, severe/unstable angina, coronary/peripheral artery bypass graft, symptomatic congestive heart failure, cerebrovascular accident or transient ischemic attack, or pulmonary embolism. * Ongoing cardiac dysrhythmias of NCI CTCAE Version 4.0 grade ≥ 2. * Uncontrolled hypertension (\>150/100 mmHg despite optimal medical therapy). * Known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-related illness or other active infection. Patients with HIV but no evidence of AIDS will be considered candidates. * Concurrent treatment on another clinical trial involving an intervention which may affect the primary endpoint. Supportive care trials or non-treatment trials, e.g. QOL, are allowed. * Ongoing treatment with therapeutic doses of warfarin or low molecular weight heparin (low dose warfarin up to 2 mg po daily or use of subcutaneous low molecular weight heparin for thromboembolic prophylaxis is allowed). * Pregnancy or breast-feeding. Patients must be surgically sterile or be postmenopausal, or must agree to use effective contraception during the period of therapy. The definition of effective contraception will be based on the judgment of the MSKCC and participating site PI. Male patients must be surgically sterile or agree to use effective contraception

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Pathologic Response Rate (<pT2)up to 2 yearsof neoadjuvant Gemcitabine and Cisplatin/GC regimen in patients with upper tract high-grade urothelial carcinoma. Pathologic response to neoadjuvant GC is defined as the absence of high-grade carcinoma (\<pT2 disease) and the absence of microscopic lymph node metastases (N0) on the final nephroureterectomy specimen.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Percentage of Participants With Progression Free Survival Rate2 yearswill be estimated using the methods of Kaplan and Meier in patients with upper tract high-grade urothelial carcinoma with neoadjuvant GC followed by radical nephroureterectomy.
Overall Survival2 yearswill be estimated using the methods of Kaplan and Meier in patients with upper tract high-grade urothelial carcinoma treated with neoadjuvant GC followed by radical nephroureterectomy.
Number of Participants Evaluated for Toxicity2 yearsof neoadjuvant Gemcitabine and Cisplatin in this setting. Toxicity will be graded according to the National Cancer Institute Common Toxicity Criteria version 4.0.

Countries

United States

Contacts

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORJonathan Coleman, MD

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Baseline characteristics

Characteristic
Age, Continuous66 years
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Hispanic or Latino
11 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Not Hispanic or Latino
43 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
3 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
American Indian or Alaska Native
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Asian
1 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Black or African American
2 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
More than one race
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
White
54 Participants
Region of Enrollment
United States
57 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
21 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
36 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
11 / 57
other
Total, other adverse events
57 / 57
serious
Total, serious adverse events
22 / 57

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Sep 3, 2026