A Phase 1/2 Single-arm Clinical Trial of Recombinant Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) VPM1002BC Immunotherapy in Non-muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer Recurrence After Conventional BCG Therapy: SAKK 06/14.

Rentsch, Cyrill A; Thalmann, George N; Lucca, Ilaria; Kwiatkowski, Maciej; Wirth, Grégory J; Strebel, Räto T; Engeler, Daniel; Pedrazzini, Augusto; Hüttenbrink, Clemens; Schultze-Seemann, Wolfgang; Torpai, Raimund; Bubendorf, Lukas; Wicki, Andreas; Roth, Beat; Bosshard, Piet; Püschel, Heike; Boll, Daniel T; Hefermehl, Lukas; Roghmann, Florian; Gierth, Michael; ... (2022). A Phase 1/2 Single-arm Clinical Trial of Recombinant Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) VPM1002BC Immunotherapy in Non-muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer Recurrence After Conventional BCG Therapy: SAKK 06/14. European urology oncology, 5(2), pp. 195-202. Elsevier 10.1016/j.euo.2021.12.006

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BACKGROUND

VPM1002BC is a genetically modified Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) strain with potentially improved immunogenicity and attenuation.

OBJECTIVE

To report on the efficacy, safety, tolerability and quality of life of intravesical VPM1002BC for the treatment of non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) recurrence after conventional BCG therapy.

DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS

We designed a phase 1/2 single-arm trial (NCT02371447). Patients with recurrent NMIBC after BCG induction ± BCG maintenance therapy and intermediate to high risk for cancer progression were eligible.

INTERVENTION

Patients were scheduled for standard treatment of six weekly instillations with VPM1002BC followed by maintenance for 1 yr. Treatment was stopped in cases of recurrence.

OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS

The primary endpoint was defined as the recurrence-free rate (RFR) in the bladder 60 wk after trial registration. The sample size was calculated based on the assumption that ≥30% of the patients would be without recurrence at 60 wk after registration.

RESULTS AND LIMITATIONS

After exclusion of two ineligible patients, 40 patients remained in the full analysis set. All treated tumours were of high grade and 27 patients (67.5%) presented with carcinoma in situ. The recurrence-free rate in the bladder at 60 wk after trial registration was 49.3% (95% confidence interval [CI] 32.1-64.4%) and remained at 47.4% (95% CI 30.4-62.6%] at 2 yr and 43.7% (95% CI 26.9-59.4%) at 3 yr after trial registration. At the same time, progression to muscle-invasive disease had occurred in three patients and metastatic disease in four patients. Treatment-related grade 1, 2, and 3 adverse events (AEs) were observed in 14.3%, 54.8%, and 4.8% of the patients, respectively. No grade ≥4 AEs occurred. Two of the 42 patients did not tolerate five or more instillations during induction. Limitations include the single-arm trial design and the low number of patients for subgroup analysis.

CONCLUSIONS

At 1 yr after treatment start, almost half of the patients remained recurrence-free after therapy with VPM100BC. The primary endpoint of the study was met and the therapy is safe and well tolerated.

PATIENT SUMMARY

We conducted a trial of VPM100BC, a genetically modified bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) strain for treatment of bladder cancer not invading the bladder muscle. At 1 year after the start of treatment, almost half of the patients with a recurrence after previous conventional BCG were free from non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC). The results are encouraging and VPM1002BC merits further evaluation in randomised studies for patients with NMIBC.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Dermatology, Urology, Rheumatology, Nephrology, Osteoporosis (DURN) > Clinic of Urology

UniBE Contributor:

Thalmann, George, Roth, Beat

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

2588-9311

Publisher:

Elsevier

Language:

English

Submitter:

Khiem Duong

Date Deposited:

09 Dec 2022 10:27

Last Modified:

09 Dec 2022 18:38

Publisher DOI:

10.1016/j.euo.2021.12.006

PubMed ID:

35012889

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Genomically modified organism Non–muscle-invasive bladder cancer Phase 2 single-arm trial VPM1002BC

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/175612

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/175612

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