Can an immunotherapy plus chemotherapy keep High-Risk bladder cancer at bay?
NCT ID NCT07808216
First seen Sep 08, 2026 · Last updated Sep 09, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This phase 2 trial tests whether combining the immunotherapy drug toripalimab with the chemotherapy drug gemcitabine, given directly into the bladder, can reduce the chance of high-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer returning after surgery. Adults aged 18 to 85 who have had a transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT) and have not received prior BCG therapy may participate. Participants receive gemcitabine instillations after surgery, followed by maintenance therapy with toripalimab infusions every three weeks and monthly gemcitabine instillations for up to a year. The study measures the complete response rate at three months and tracks side effects and overall survival.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- toripalimab combined with intravesical gemcitabine
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this combination could offer a new way to reduce the risk of bladder cancer returning after surgery, potentially delaying or avoiding the need for bladder removal.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase study, so the benefits are not proven. The combination may cause side effects, and results may not apply to all patients with high-risk bladder cancer.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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About 54 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Oct 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Oct 2031
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 85 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with high-risk non-muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma after TURBT who have not received prior BCG therapy. * Male or female, aged 18 to 85 years. * Life expectancy of more than 12 weeks. * ECOG performance status of 0 to 2. * No prior immunotherapy or other systemic therapy for the disease under study. * Adequate organ function. * Willing and able to comply with the study procedures and follow-up schedule. * Ability to understand and willingness to voluntarily sign the informed consent form (ICF). Exclusion Criteria: * Receipt of a live attenuated vaccine within 4 weeks prior to enrollment, or planned receipt during the study period. * Active, known, or suspected autoimmune disease. * Known history of primary immunodeficiency. * History of allogeneic organ transplantation or allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. * Pregnant or breastfeeding women. * Patients with untreated acute or chronic active hepatitis B or hepatitis C infection. * Uncontrolled comorbidities, including but not limited to the following: 1. HIV infection (HIV antibody positive). 2. Active or clinically uncontrolled severe infection. 3. Evidence of severe or uncontrolled systemic disease, including but not limited to severe psychiatric or neurological disorders, epilepsy or dementia; unstable or uncompensated respiratory, cardiovascular, hepatic, or renal disease; or uncontrolled hypertension (≥ CTCAE grade 2 despite medical therapy). 4. Active bleeding, newly diagnosed thromboembolic disease requiring therapeutic-dose anticoagulation, or bleeding diathesis. * Known hypersensitivity to the investigational drugs (toripalimab or gemcitabine). * Any other condition judged by the investigator to render the patient unsuitable for enrollment. * Concurrent participation in another clinical study.
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