New hope for bladder cancer patients who Can't take chemo?
NCT ID NCT03459846
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 06, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This Phase 2 trial is testing whether combining two drugs, durvalumab (an immunotherapy) and olaparib (a targeted therapy), can help people with advanced bladder cancer who are not healthy enough for standard platinum chemotherapy. About 154 participants will receive either the drug combo or a placebo. The study aims to see if the combination slows cancer growth and improves survival.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- durvalumab and olaparib
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this combination could offer a new first-line treatment option for advanced bladder cancer patients who cannot tolerate standard chemotherapy.
- What could go wrong
- This is a Phase 2 trial with only 154 participants, so results are preliminary. The combination may not improve survival and could cause side effects like fatigue, nausea, or immune-related reactions.
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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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154 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2018
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
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 130 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: 1. Provision of signed and dated, written ICF 2. Histologically or cytologically documented TCC/UC of the urothelium (including renal pelvis, ureters, urinary bladder, and urethra) also meeting the following: Unresectable, Stage IV disease; No prior systemic therapy for unresectable, Stage IV disease. 3. Ineligible for platinum-based chemotherapy defined as (i) in the opinion of the Investigator, unfit for carboplatin-based chemotherapy and (ii) meeting one of the following criteria: CrCl \<60 mL/min calculated by Cockcroft-Gault equation; Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) Grade ≥2 audiometric hearing loss (25 dB in 2 consecutive wave ranges); CTCAE Grade ≥2 peripheral neuropathy; New York Heart Association Class III heart failure; ECOG 2. 4. Known tumor HRR mutation status prior to randomization. 5. World Health Organization (WHO)/ECOG performance status of 0, 1, or 2. 6. Patients with at least 1 RECIST 1.1 target lesion at baseline. 7. Ability to swallow oral medications. 8. Evidence of post-menopausal status, or negative urinary or serum pregnancy test for female pre-menopausal patients. Exclusion criteria 1. Active or prior documented autoimmune or inflammatory disorders. 2. Other invasive malignancy within 5 years before the first dose of the IP. 3. Major surgical procedure within 28 days prior to the first dose 4. Brain metastases or spinal cord compression unless the patient's condition is stable and off steroid for at least 14 days 5. History of active primary immunodeficiency. 6. Active infection including tuberculosis (TB) 7. History of allogenic organ transplantation. 8. Uncontrolled intercurrent illness 9. Prior exposure to a PARP inhibitor or immune-mediated therapy. 10. Any concurrent chemotherapy, IP, biologic, or hormonal therapy for cancer treatment. 11. Current or prior use of immunosuppressive medication within 14 days before the first dose of the IP. 12. No radiation therapy is allowed, unless it is (1) definitive radiation that had been administered at least 12 months prior; (2) palliative radiation to the brain, with associated criteria for stability or lack of symptoms; or (3) palliative radiation to painful bony lesions (this must comprise less than 30% of the bone marrow) or symptomatic pelvic soft tissue mass(es). 13. Receipt of live attenuated vaccine within 30 days prior to the first dose of the IP. 14. Patients with a known hypersensitivity to durvalumab, olaparib, or any of the excipients of the products. 15. Female patients who are pregnant or breastfeeding or male or female patients of reproductive potential who are not willing to employ effective birth control from screening to 90 days after the last dose of durvalumab and 6 months for participants taking also Olaparib in case of female participants, 90 days after receipt of the last dose of the IP in case of male participants.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
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Birmingham, Alabama, 35294, United States
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Goodyear, Arizona, 85338, United States
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Fort Myers, Florida, 33901, United States
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St. Petersburg, Florida, 33705, United States
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Tampa, Florida, 33612, United States
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Louisville, Kentucky, 40202, United States
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New Hyde Park, New York, 11042, United States
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New York, New York, 10065, United States
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The Bronx, New York, 10461, United States
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19124, United States
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Nashville, Tennessee, 37232, United States
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Tacoma, Washington, 98405, United States
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Greater Sudbury, Ontario, P3E 5J1, Canada
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Hamilton, Ontario, L8V 5C2, Canada
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Newmarket, Ontario, L3Y 2P9, Canada
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Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2M9, Canada
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Montreal, Quebec, H3T 1E2, Canada
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Moscow, 105077, Russia
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Moscow, 125367, Russia
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Novosibirsk, 630108, Russia
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Omsk, 644013, Russia
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Saint Petersburg, 194354, Russia
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Saint Petersburg, 195271, Russia
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Saint Petersburg, 199178, Russia
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Incheon, 21565, South Korea
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Seoul, 02841, South Korea
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Seoul, 03722, South Korea
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Seoul, 05505, South Korea
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Seoul, 06351, South Korea
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Barcelona, 08036, Spain
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Madrid, 08035, Spain
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Madrid, 28041, Spain
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Málaga, 29010, Spain
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Santiago de Compostela, 15706, Spain
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Kaohsiung City, 807, Taiwan
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Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
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Taichung, 40705, Taiwan
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Tainan, 704, Taiwan
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Taipei, 10002, Taiwan
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Taipei, 104, Taiwan
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Taipei, 112, Taiwan
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Taoyuan City, 333, Taiwan
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Hanoi, 100000, Vietnam
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Ho Chi Minh City, 700000, Vietnam
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