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A Study to Compare Chemotherapy Alone Versus Chemotherapy Plus Nivolumab or Nivolumab and BMS-986205, Followed by Continued Therapy After Surgery With Nivolumab or Nivolumab and BMS-986205 in Participants With Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer

A Phase 3, Randomized, Study of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Alone Versus Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Plus Nivolumab or Nivolumab and BMS-986205, Followed by Continued Post- Surgery Therapy With Nivolumab or Nivolumab and BMS-986205 in Participants With Muscle- Invasive Bladder Cancer

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03661320
Enrollment
855
Registered
2018-09-07
Start date
2018-11-06
Completion date
2026-04-14
Last updated
2026-09-10

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

Conditions

Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer, Urinary Bladder Neoplasms

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to compare nivolumab plus neoadjuvant gemcitabine/cisplatin (GC) chemotherapy, followed by post-surgery continuation of immuno-oncology (IO) therapy, with neoadjuvant GC chemotherapy alone in adult participants with previously untreated muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC).

Interventions

BIOLOGICALNivolumab

Specified dose on specified days

DRUGGemcitabine

Specified dose on specified days

DRUGCisplatin

Specified dose on specified days

Sponsors

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

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

* Participant must be deemed eligible for Radial Cystectomy (RC) by his/her oncologist and/or urologist, and must agree to undergo Radial Cystectomy (RC) after completion of neoadjuvant therapy. * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status 0 or 1

Exclusion criteria

* Clinical evidence of positive lymph node(s) (LN) (≥ 10 mm in short axis) or metastatic bladder cancer * Prior systemic therapy, radiation therapy, or surgery for bladder cancer other than trans urethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT) or biopsies is also not permitted

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Pathological Complete Response (pCR) rate, in all randomized participantsApproximately 43 monthsArm B vs. Arm A
Event-Free Survival (EFS), in all randomized participantsApproximately 36 monthsArm B vs. Arm A

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Overall Survival (OS) in all randomized participantsApproximately 60 monthsArm B vs. Arm A
Incidence of Adverse Events (AE) in participants who received at least one treatment doseApproximately 60 months
Incidence of Serious Adverse Events (SAE) in participants who received at least one treatment doseApproximately 60 months
Incidence of deaths in participants who received at least one treatment doseApproximately 60 months
Incidence of laboratory abnormalities in participants who received at least one treatment doseApproximately 60 months
pCR rate, descriptively in all concurrently randomized participantsApproximately 43 monthsArm C vs. Arm B and Arm A
EFS, descriptively in all concurrently randomized participantsApproximately 36 monthsArm C vs. Arm B and Arm A
OS, descriptively in all concurrently randomized participantsApproximately 60 monthsArm C vs. Arm B and Arm A

Countries

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States

Contacts

STUDY_DIRECTORBristol-Myers Squibb

Bristol-Myers Squibb

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Sep 11, 2026