Official Title: Phase III Study Comparing Sequential Chemotherapy AG-ITP To Cisplatin And Gemcitabine As Adjuvant Treatment After Cystectomy For Transitional Cell Carcinoma Of The Bladder
Status: COMPLETED
Status Verified Date: 2016-07
Last Known Status: None
Delayed Posting: No
If Stopped, Why?: Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access: False
If Expanded Access, NCT#: N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status: N/A
Acronym: None
Brief Summary: RATIONALE Drugs used in chemotherapy work in different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die Combining more than one drug may kill more tumor cells
PURPOSE Randomized phase III trial to compare different combination chemotherapy regimens in treating patients who have advanced bladder cancer
Detailed Description: OBJECTIVES
Primary
Compare the survival of patients with completely resected locally advanced transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder treated with adjuvant doxorubicin and gemcitabine followed by paclitaxel and cisplatin vs adjuvant cisplatin and gemcitabine
Secondary
Compare the toxicity profiles of these regimens in these patients
OUTLINE This is a randomized study Patients are stratified according to primary tumor status T4 vs T4 number of positive lymph nodes 0 or unknown vs 1-5 vs 5 and number of dissected nodes 0-10 or unknown vs 10 Patients are randomized to one of two treatment arms
Arm I Patients receive adjuvant gemcitabine IV over 30 minutes on days 1 8 and 15 and cisplatin IV over 30-60 minutes on day 1 Treatment repeats every 4 weeks for up to 4 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity Arm II Patients receive adjuvant doxorubicin IV over 45 minutes followed by gemcitabine IV over 2 hours on day 1 Patients also receive filgrastim G-CSF subcutaneously SC daily on days 3-10 Treatment repeats every 14 days for up to 4 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity Beginning 14 days after the completion of doxorubicin and gemcitabine patients receive paclitaxel IV over 3 hours and cisplatin IV over 20-30 minutes on day 1 Patients also receive G-CSF SC daily on days 3-10 or 4-11 Treatment repeats every 14 days for up to 4 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity
Patients are followed every 3 months for 18 months every 6 months for 18 months and then annually thereafter