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Perioperative Durvalumab With Neoadjuvant ddMVAC or Gemcitabine/Cisplatin in Patients With Muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer (NIAGARA-2)

A Phase IIIb, Open-label, Single-arm, Global Study of Perioperative Durvalumab With Neoadjuvant ddMVAC or Gem/Cis in Patients With Muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer (NIAGARA-2)

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT06960577
Enrollment
150
Registered
2025-05-07
Start date
2025-05-15
Completion date
2028-10-31
Last updated
2026-08-04

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

Conditions

Cisplatin, Doxorubicin, Gemcitabine, Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors, Methotrexate, Urinary Bladder Neoplasms, Vinblastine

Keywords

Muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer, Bladder Cancer, Immunotherapy, Durvalumab, Perioperative Durvalumab, ddMVAC, Gemcitabine, Cisplatin

Brief summary

The Phase IIIb NIAGARA-2 study aims to expand on the data from the Phase III NIAGARA study by investigating perioperative durvalumab in combination with investigator-selected cisplatin-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy (either ddMVAC or gemcitabine/cisplatin) in a clinical practice setting.

Detailed description

Not provided

Interventions

DRUGDurvalumab

Anti- PD-L1 Antibody.

DRUGMethotrexate

Chemotherapy agent.

DRUGVinblastine

Chemotherapy agent

DRUGDoxorubicin

Chemotherapy agent

DRUGCisplatin

Chemotherapy agent

DRUGGemcitabine

Chemotherapy agent

Sponsors

AstraZeneca
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

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

* Participants with clinical tumour stage T2-T4aN0/1M0 or T1N1M0 with transitional or mixed transitional cell histology * Patients must be planning to undergo radical cystectomy * Patients who have not received prior systemic chemotherapy or immunotherapy for treatment of muscle-invasive bladder cancer * ECOG performance status of 0 or 1 * Minimum life expectancy of 12 weeks at first dose of study medication

Exclusion criteria

* Evidence of lymph node (N2-N3) or metastatic (M1) disease * Inoperable tumour(s) with fixation to the pelvic wall on clinical examination * Prior exposure to immune-mediated therapy including, but not limited to, other anti CTLA-4, anti-PD 1, anti-PD L1 and anti-PD-L2 antibodies, excluding Bacillus Calmette-Guérin * Current or prior use of immunosuppressive medication within 14 days before the first dose of durvalumab * Any concomitant medication known to be contraindicated to the chemotherapy (ddMVAC or gem/cis). * Uncontrolled intercurrent illness.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
The safety of neoadjuvant durvalumab combined with ddMVAC or gem/cis prior to radical cystectomy (RC).Up to 6 monthsIncidence of Grade 3 or 4 \[possibly treatment-related adverse events (PRAEs)\] as observed prior to RC.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
The safety and tolerability of perioperative durvalumab combined with ddMVAC or gem/cis.Up to 2 yearsIncidence, severity, nature, seriousness, intervention/treatment, outcome, and causality of treatment-emergent adverse events, including PRAEs, adverse events of special interest, immune-mediated adverse events, adverse events (AEs), and serious adverse events; AEs resulting in study treatment interruption and discontinuation; laboratory findings.
The efficacy of perioperative durvalumab combined with ddMVAC or gem/cis in terms of event-free survival (EFS).Up to 3 yearsEFS is defined as the time from first neoadjuvant durvalumab + chemotherapy treatment until the earliest occurrence of any of the following events: * First recurrence of disease after RC * First documented progression in participants who were medically precluded from RC * Time of expected surgery in participants who refuse to undergo RC or failure to undergo RC in participants with residual disease * Death due to any cause.
The efficacy of perioperative durvalumab combined with ddMVAC or gem/cis in terms of disease-free survival (DFS).Up to 3 yearsDFS is defined as the time from the date of RC to the earliest of the first recurrence of disease post RC or death due to any cause.
The efficacy of perioperative durvalumab combined with ddMVAC or gem/cis in terms of OS.Up to 3 yearsOS is defined as the time from first neoadjuvant durvalumab + chemotherapy until death due to any cause.
The efficacy of neoadjuvant durvalumab combined with ddMVAC or gem/cis followed by RC in terms of pathologic complete response (pCR).Up to 3 yearspCR rate is defined as the proportion of participants whose pathologic staging is T0N0M0 as assessed per local pathology review using specimens obtained via RC.
The efficacy of neoadjuvant durvalumab combined with ddMVAC or gem/cis followed by RC in terms of pathologic downstaging (pDS).Up to 3 yearspDS rate is defined as the proportion of participants whose pathologic staging is \<P2 per local pathology review using specimens obtained via RC.

Countries

Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Italy, Netherlands, Spain

Contacts

CONTACTAstraZeneca Clinical Study Information Center
information.center@astrazeneca.com1-877-240-9479

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Aug 5, 2026