Radiation Therapy With or Without Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Stage II or Stage III Bladder Cancer

NCT ID: NCT00024349

Last Updated: 2013-12-18

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

350 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2001-06-30

Study Completion Date

2012-04-30

Brief Summary

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RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Drugs used in chemotherapy such as fluorouracil and mitomycin use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Fluorouracil and mitomycin may make the tumor cells more sensitive to radiation therapy. It is not yet known if radiation therapy is more effective with or without chemotherapy in treating bladder cancer.

PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of radiation therapy to all or part of the bladder with or without chemotherapy in treating patients who have stage II or stage III bladder cancer.

Detailed Description

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OBJECTIVES:

* Compare the efficacy of standard volume radiotherapy vs reduced volume radiotherapy with or without synchronous fluorouracil and mitomycin in patients with stage II or III (muscle invasive) bladder cancer.

OUTLINE: This is a randomized, multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to participating center, prior neoadjuvant chemotherapy (yes vs no), and intent to enter only 1 of the possible 2 randomizations on study (yes vs no). Patients are randomized to one of two treatment arms.

* Arm I: Patients undergo standard radiotherapy once daily 5 days a week for 4 or 6.5 weeks. Patients also receive synchronous chemotherapy comprising mitomycin IV on day 1 and fluorouracil IV continuously over days 1-5 and 16-20 during radiotherapy.
* Arm II: Patients undergo standard radiotherapy as in arm I (without chemotherapy).

If standard radiotherapy is clearly indicated (e.g., patients with multiple tumors) patients may be randomized to standard radiotherapy with or without chemotherapy (arms I or III above). If chemotherapy is clearly contraindicated, patients are randomized to standard or reduced volume radiotherapy without chemotherapy (arms III or IV above).

Quality of life is assessed at baseline, at the end of therapy, at 6 and 12 months post-randomization, and then annually for at least 5 years.

Patients are followed at 6, 9, and 12 months post-randomization and then at least annually thereafter.

Peer Reviewed and Funded or Endorsed by Cancer Research UK

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 350 patients will be accrued for this study.

Conditions

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Bladder Cancer

Keywords

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stage II bladder cancer stage III bladder cancer transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder squamous cell carcinoma of the bladder adenocarcinoma of the bladder

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Interventions

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fluorouracil

Intervention Type DRUG

mitomycin C

Intervention Type DRUG

radiation therapy

Intervention Type RADIATION

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

* Histologically confirmed invasive bladder cancer (T2-4a, N0, M0)

* Adenocarcinoma
* Transitional cell carcinoma
* Squamous cell carcinoma
* Localized muscle invasion by surgery or imaging

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

* 18 and over

Performance status:

* WHO 0-2

Life expectancy:

* Not specified

Hematopoietic:

* WBC greater than 4,000/mm\^3
* Platelet count greater than 100,000/mm\^3

Hepatic:

* Bilirubin less than 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
* ALT or AST less than 1.5 times ULN

Renal:

* Glomerular filtration rate greater than 25 mL/min

Other:

* Not pregnant
* Negative pregnancy test
* Fertile patients must use effective contraception
* No inflammatory bowel disease
* No other prior malignancy within the past 2 years except adequately treated basal cell skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix
* No other prior malignancy or uncontrolled systemic disease that would preclude study participation

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

* Not specified

Chemotherapy:

* Not specified

Endocrine therapy:

* Not specified

Radiotherapy:

* No prior radiotherapy to the pelvis

Surgery:

* See Disease Characteristics
* No bilateral hip replacements

Other:

* No concurrent metronidazole during fluorouracil administration
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University Hospital Birmingham

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Principal Investigators

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Nicholas D. James, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

University Hospital Birmingham

Locations

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Royal United Hospital

Bath, England, United Kingdom

Site Status

Queen Elizabeth Hospital at University Hospital of Birmingham NHS Trust

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

Site Status

Royal Bournemouth Hospital NHS Trust

Bournemouth, England, United Kingdom

Site Status

Sussex Cancer Centre at Royal Sussex County Hospital

Brighton, England, United Kingdom

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Bristol Haematology and Oncology Centre

Bristol, England, United Kingdom

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Addenbrooke's Hospital

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

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Cheltenham General Hospital

Cheltenham, England, United Kingdom

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Essex County Hospital

Colchester, England, United Kingdom

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Walsgrave Hospital

Coventry, England, United Kingdom

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Derbyshire Royal Infirmary

Derby, England, United Kingdom

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Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital

Exeter, England, United Kingdom

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St. Luke's Cancer Centre at Royal Surrey County Hospital

Guildford, England, United Kingdom

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Princess Royal Hospital at Hull and East Yorkshire NHS Trust

Hull, England, United Kingdom

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St. Thomas' Hospital

London, England, United Kingdom

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Maidstone Hospital

Maidstone, England, United Kingdom

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Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology

Merseyside, England, United Kingdom

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James Cook University Hospital

Middlesbrough, England, United Kingdom

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Northern Centre for Cancer Treatment at Newcastle General Hospital

Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

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Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust

Northampton, England, United Kingdom

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Royal Shrewsbury Hospital

Shrewsbury, England, United Kingdom

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Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust - Surrey

Sutton, England, United Kingdom

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Torbay Hospital

Torquay, England, United Kingdom

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Good Hope Hospital Trust

West Midlands, England, United Kingdom

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Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Westcliff-on-Sea, England, United Kingdom

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Worthing Hospital

Worthing, England, United Kingdom

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Yeovil District Hospital

Yeovil, England, United Kingdom

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Glan Clwyd Hospital

Rhyl, Wales, United Kingdom

Site Status

Countries

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United Kingdom

References

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James ND, Hussain SA, Hall E, Jenkins P, Tremlett J, Rawlings C, Crundwell M, Sizer B, Sreenivasan T, Hendron C, Lewis R, Waters R, Huddart RA; BC2001 Investigators. Radiotherapy with or without chemotherapy in muscle-invasive bladder cancer. N Engl J Med. 2012 Apr 19;366(16):1477-88. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1106106.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 22512481 (View on PubMed)

Choudhury A, Porta N, Hall E, Song YP, Owen R, MacKay R, West CML, Lewis R, Hussain SA, James ND, Huddart R, Hoskin P; BC2001 and BCON investigators. Hypofractionated radiotherapy in locally advanced bladder cancer: an individual patient data meta-analysis of the BC2001 and BCON trials. Lancet Oncol. 2021 Feb;22(2):246-255. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(20)30607-0.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 33539743 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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CRC-BC2001

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

EU-20052

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

ISRCTN68324339

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CDR0000068921

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id