Trial Purpose

Researchers are looking for new ways to treat muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC). MIBC is a type of cancer that has not spread from the muscles in the bladder to other parts of the body.

MIBC is treated by having surgery to remove the bladder (cystectomy). Not all people choose to have surgery and want to keep their bladder using other treatments.

Chemoradiotherapy (CRT)- is a type of non-surgical treatment for MIBC which combines Chemotherapy (a treatment with medicine to destroy cancer cells or stop them growing) and Radiation therapy (a treatment that uses beams of intense energy [like X-rays] to shrink or get rid of tumors).

Pembrolizumab is an immunotherapy, which is a treatment that helps the immune system fight cancer.

A placebo looks like the study medicine but has no study medicine in it. Using a placebo helps researchers better understand if the study medicine works.

The goal of this study is to learn: 1. If a study medicine pembrolizumab given with Chemoradiotherapy (CRT) can help people live longer without their cancer growing, spreading, or coming back compared to placebo given with CRT. 2.About the safety and how well people tolerate CRT alone or in combination with pembrolizumab.

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NATIONAL TRIAL REFERENCE NUMBER

NCT04241185

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Eligibility

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Conditions

Urinary Bladder Neoplasms

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Age Range

18+

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Sex

All

About The Trial

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Trial Phase 3

Tests the medicine or vaccine in large groups of trial participants (from several hundred to several thousand). For medicines, volunteers have the disease or condition the medicine is designed to treat. In vaccine studies, the volunteers may be healthy or have diseases or conditions. Phase 3 trials take place in hospitals, clinics or doctors’ offices.

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  • Actual study start date 19 May 2020
  • Estimated primary completion date 10 June 2029
  • Estimated study completion date 10 June 2031

Trial locations

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NATIONAL TRIAL REFERENCE NUMBER

NCT04241185

When speaking to your doctor or clinical trial representative, please have the trial reference number available.

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  • The investigational treatment that is being studied
  • What the risks and possible benefits are for participants

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