A Phase II Feasibility Study of Combined Accelerated External Radiation and Chemotherapy With 5FU and CDDP Following Transurethral Resection in Patients With Muscle Invasive Transitional Carcinoma of the Bladder - T2-T3, N0, M0 (UICC 1992)
cisplatin
+ fluorouracil
+ radiation therapy
Urogenital Diseases+8
+ Urinary Bladder Diseases
+ Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications
Treatment Study
Summary
Study start date: October 1, 1998
Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.OBJECTIVES: I. Evaluate the rate of severe acute toxicity occurring during therapy with accelerated external radiotherapy with concurrent fluorouracil (5-FU) and cisplatin following transurethral resection of the bladder in patients with stage II or III muscle invasive transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder. II. Evaluate the rate of freedom from local recurrence to this combined therapy assessed 3 months after the end of treatment in these patients. III. Assess the feasibility of this new therapeutic approach in this patient population. IV. Determine the overall recurrent free survival, long term side effects, and overall survival in these patients. OUTLINE: This is an open label, multicenter study. Patients undergo accelerated external radiotherapy twice daily 5 days a week for 5 weeks. Concurrent chemotherapy is administered on the first and fifth week consisting of cisplatin IV over 2 hours daily and fluorouracil by 24 hour continuous infusion daily on days 1-5. Patients are followed at 3 months, then every 3 months for the first 2 years, and then every 6 months thereafter. PROJECTED ACCRUAL: There will be 19-43 patients accrued into this study.
Protocol
This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.43 patients to be enrolled
Total number of participants that the clinical trial aims to recruit.Treatment Study
Eligibility
Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria: person's general health condition or prior treatments.Any sex
Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.Until 75 Years
Range of ages for which participants are eligible to join.Healthy volunteers not allowed
If individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.Conditions
Pathology
Criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically confirmed unifocal or multifocal transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder no greater than 5 cm, with evidence of muscle invasion documented by transurethral resection of the bladder (TURB), with no residual visible or palpable tumor mass at the end of TURB Stage II or III (T2-T3, N0, M0) No squamous cell or adenocarcinoma No evidence of pelvic lymph node involvement by CT scan or MRI No evidence of hydronephrosis No evidence of distant metastases No disease in the prostatic urethra PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: Under 76 Performance status: WHO 0-2 Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: WBC at least 4,000/mm3 Platelet count at least 100,000/mm3 Hemoglobin at least 11 g/dL Hepatic: Not specified Renal: See Disease Characteristics Creatinine clearance greater than 50 mL/min Cardiovascular: No progressive ischemic cardiopathy Other: No reduced bladder capacity No prior or concurrent malignancy except basal cell carcinoma or carcinoma in situ of the cervix treated by hysterectomy PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Prior immunotherapy for superficial disease allowed No concurrent growth factors Chemotherapy: No prior systemic chemotherapy Prior intravesical chemotherapy or intravesical BCG allowed Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: No prior pelvic radiotherapy Surgery: No prior surgery for bladder cancer except transurethral resection of the bladder
Study Centers
These are the hospitals, clinics, or research facilities where the trial is being conducted. You can find the location closest to you and its status.This study has 3 locations
CHR de Grenoble - La Tronche
Grenoble, FranceDr. Bernard Verbeeten Instituut
Tilburg, Netherlands