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An Investigational Immuno-therapy Study of Nivolumab, Compared to Placebo, in Patients With Bladder or Upper Urinary Tract Cancer, Following Surgery to Remove the Cancer

A Phase 3 Randomized, Double-blind, Multi-center Study of Adjuvant Nivolumab Versus Placebo in Subjects With High Risk Invasive Urothelial Carcinoma (CheckMate 274: CHECKpoint Pathway and nivoluMAb Clinical Trial Evaluation 274)

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT02632409
Acronym
CheckMate 274
Enrollment
709
Registered
2015-12-16
Start date
2016-03-22
Completion date
2026-05-19
Last updated
2026-07-30

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Conditions

Various Advanced Cancer

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness and safety of Nivolumab compared to placebo in participants who have undergone radical surgery for invasive urothelial cancer.

Interventions

BIOLOGICALNivolumab
OTHERPlacebo

Sponsors

Bristol-Myers Squibb
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY
Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
CollaboratorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator)

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

For more information regarding BMS clinical trial participation, please visit www.BMSStudyConnect.com Inclusion Criteria: * Must have had invasive urothelial cancer at high risk of recurrence originating in the bladder, ureter, or renal pelvis * Must have had radical surgical resection (e.g. radical cystectomy), performed within the last 120 days * Must have disease free status as determined by imaging within 4 weeks of dosing * Tumor tissue must be provided for biomarker analysis * Patients who have not received prior neoadjuvant cisplatin chemotherapy must be ineligible for or refuse cisplatin-based adjuvant chemotherapy

Exclusion criteria

* Partial bladder or partial kidney removal (eg, partial cystectomy or partial nephrectomy) * Secondary Treatment (eg, adjuvant systemic chemotherapy for bladder cancer) following surgical removal of bladder cancer * Subjects with active, known or suspected autoimmune disease * Prior malignancy active within the previous 3 years except for locally curable cancers that have been apparently cured * Condition requiring systemic treatment with either corticosteroids or other immunosuppressive medications within 14 day of study drug administration * Positive test for hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBV s Ag) or hepatitis C virus ribonucleic acid (HCV antibody) indicating acute or chronic infection

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Disease Free Survival (DFS)approximately up to 48 monthsThe time between the date of randomization and the date of first documented recurrence (local urothelial tract, local non-urothelial tract or distant), or death due to any cause, whichever occurs first.
Disease Free Survival (DFS) in PD-L1 Expression ≥ 1% Populationapproximately up to 48 monthsThe time between the date of randomization and the date of first documented recurrence (local urothelial tract, local non-urothelial tract or distant), or death due to any cause, whichever occurs first.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Non-Urothelial Tract Recurrence Free Survivalup to 53 monthsThe time between the date of randomization and the date of first documented recurrence (local non-urothelial tract or distant), or death due to any cause, whichever occurs first.
Non-Urothelial Tract Recurrence Free Survival in PD-L1 Expression ≥ 1% Populationup to 53 monthsThe time between the date of randomization and the date of first documented recurrence (local non-urothelial tract or distant), or death due to any cause, whichever occurs first.
Overall Survivalon goingthe time from randomization to the date of death from any cause.
Overall Survival in Participants With PD-L1 Expression ≥ 1%on goingthe time from randomization to the date of death from any cause.
Disease Specific Survivalon goingthe time from randomization to the date of death due to disease (urothelial cancer).
Disease Specific Survival in Participants With PD-L1 Expression ≥ 1%on goingthe time from randomization to the date of death due to disease (urothelial cancer).

Countries

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Romania, Russia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States

Contacts

STUDY_DIRECTORBristol-Myers Squibb

Bristol-Myers Squibb

Participant flow

Pre-assignment details

709 Participants Randomized, 699 Treated

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Placebo
Placebo
356
Nivolumab
Nivolumab 240mg IV Q2W
353
Total709

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicNivolumabTotalPlacebo
Age, Continuous65.3 Years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 10.1
65.6 Years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 9.5
65.9 Years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 8.9
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Hispanic or Latino
16 Participants37 Participants21 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Not Hispanic or Latino
142 Participants285 Participants143 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
195 Participants387 Participants192 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
American Indian or Alaska Native
1 Participants1 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Asian
80 Participants155 Participants75 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Black or African American
2 Participants5 Participants3 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
More than one race
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
6 Participants12 Participants6 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
White
264 Participants536 Participants272 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
88 Participants169 Participants81 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
265 Participants540 Participants275 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
EG001
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
0 / 00 / 0
other
Total, other adverse events
307 / 348332 / 351
serious
Total, serious adverse events
129 / 348122 / 351

Outcome results

Primary

Disease Free Survival (DFS)

The time between the date of randomization and the date of first documented recurrence (local urothelial tract, local non-urothelial tract or distant), or death due to any cause, whichever occurs first.

Time frame: approximately up to 48 months

Population: All Randomized Participants

ArmMeasureValue (MEDIAN)
PlaceboDisease Free Survival (DFS)10.84 Months
NivolumabDisease Free Survival (DFS)20.76 Months
p-value: 0.000898.22% CI: [0.55, 0.9]Stratified Cox Proportional hazard model
Primary

Disease Free Survival (DFS) in PD-L1 Expression ≥ 1% Population

The time between the date of randomization and the date of first documented recurrence (local urothelial tract, local non-urothelial tract or distant), or death due to any cause, whichever occurs first.

Time frame: approximately up to 48 months

Population: All Randomized Participants with PD-L1 expression ≥ 1%

ArmMeasureValue (MEDIAN)
PlaceboDisease Free Survival (DFS) in PD-L1 Expression ≥ 1% Population8.41 Months
NivolumabDisease Free Survival (DFS) in PD-L1 Expression ≥ 1% PopulationNA Months
p-value: 0.000598.72% CI: [0.35, 0.84]Stratified Cox Proportional hazard model
Secondary

Disease Specific Survival

the time from randomization to the date of death due to disease (urothelial cancer).

Time frame: on going

Secondary

Disease Specific Survival in Participants With PD-L1 Expression ≥ 1%

the time from randomization to the date of death due to disease (urothelial cancer).

Time frame: on going

Secondary

Non-Urothelial Tract Recurrence Free Survival

The time between the date of randomization and the date of first documented recurrence (local non-urothelial tract or distant), or death due to any cause, whichever occurs first.

Time frame: up to 53 months

Population: All Randomized Participants

ArmMeasureValue (MEDIAN)
PlaceboNon-Urothelial Tract Recurrence Free Survival13.70 Months
NivolumabNon-Urothelial Tract Recurrence Free Survival22.93 Months
Secondary

Non-Urothelial Tract Recurrence Free Survival in PD-L1 Expression ≥ 1% Population

The time between the date of randomization and the date of first documented recurrence (local non-urothelial tract or distant), or death due to any cause, whichever occurs first.

Time frame: up to 53 months

Population: All Randomized Participants with PD-L1 expression ≥ 1%

ArmMeasureValue (MEDIAN)
PlaceboNon-Urothelial Tract Recurrence Free Survival in PD-L1 Expression ≥ 1% Population10.84 Months
NivolumabNon-Urothelial Tract Recurrence Free Survival in PD-L1 Expression ≥ 1% PopulationNA Months
Secondary

Overall Survival

the time from randomization to the date of death from any cause.

Time frame: on going

Secondary

Overall Survival in Participants With PD-L1 Expression ≥ 1%

the time from randomization to the date of death from any cause.

Time frame: on going

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Jul 31, 2026