New drug combo aims to spare kidneys in High-Risk urinary tract cancer
NCT ID NCT05912816
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This phase 2 trial tests two drugs—RC48 and Tislelizumab—given before kidney-sparing surgery in 20 people with high-risk upper tract urothelial carcinoma. The goal is to control the cancer while preserving the kidney, avoiding complete removal. Researchers will track how long patients stay cancer-free without losing the kidney.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- RC48 (disitamab vedotin) combined with tislelizumab
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could allow patients with high-risk upper tract cancer to keep their kidney while controlling the disease, avoiding complete kidney removal.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase trial with only 20 participants. The combination therapy may cause side effects, and it is not yet proven to be better than standard treatment.
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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 20 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2023
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
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 90 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. ECOG 0\~2; 2. HER-2 IHC 0-3+; 3. Subjects underwent cystoscopic/ureteroscopic biopsy, exfoliation cytology, and CT/MRI diagnosis; 4. Patients were judged to be high-risk urothelial carcinoma of the upper urinary tract (meeting any of the following risk factors: hydronephrosis, tumor diameter ≥2cm, high-grade, multiple tumors in cytology, previous history of radical cystectomy for high-grade bladder cancer, biopsy pathology with other tissue components); 5. High-risk UTUC(excluding low-risk UTUC),including renal pelvic tumors (cT1-T3, N0) or ureteral tumors (cT1-T3, N0-N1) M0; 6. Patients with indications of absolute or relative renal protection (only kidney, renal insufficiency: eGFR \< 60 ml/min) 7. Have the desire to protect the kidney; 8. There is no indication of absolute or relative kidney preservation, but patients have a strong desire to preserve kidney. 9. Has and agrees to provide cystoscopic/ureteroscopic biopsy tissue specimens and to reserve pre-treatment blood, 10. Urine and biopsied biological samples; 11. Predicted survival ≥3 months; 12. Major organ function is normal (14 days prior to enrollment) 13. International Normalized ratio (INR), activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) : ≤1.5× ULN (This criterion only applies to patients who are not receiving anticoagulant therapy; Patients receiving anticoagulant therapy should keep anticoagulants within therapeutic limits); 14. Did not receive systemic corticosteroid medication within 4 weeks prior to treatment; 15. Fertile men or women who are at risk of becoming pregnant must use a highly effective contraceptive method during the trial (such as oral contraceptives, intrauterine devices, controlled sexual desire or barrier contraception combined with spermicide) and continue using contraception for 12 months after the end of treatment; 16. The subjects voluntarily joined the study, signed the informed consent, had good compliance, and cooperated with follow-up. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Previously received anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, anti-PD-L2 therapy, including adjuvant therapy stage; 2. Known allergy to recombinant humanized anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody drugs and their components; 3. Had received other antitumor therapy (including corticosteroid therapy, immunotherapy) or participated in other clinical studies within 4 weeks prior to the study treatment, or had not recovered from the previous toxicity (except for 2 degrees of hair loss and 1 degree of neurotoxicity); 4. Pregnant or lactating women; 5. Positive HIV test result; 6. People with active hepatitis B or C 7. HBsAg or HBcAb positive patients also detected HBV DNA copy number positive (quantitative detection limit is 500IU/ml, or reach the positive value of the study center); Screening studies of such patients must test for HBV DNA; 8. Patients who tested positive for HCV antibodies were enrolled in this study only if the PCR results of HCV RNA were negative. 9. A clear history of active tuberculosis; 10. Have active autoimmune diseases that have required systemic treatment within the past 2 years (e.g., with disease-regulating drugs, corticosteroids, or immunosuppressive drugs) that allow for relevant replacement therapy (e.g., thyroxine, pancreatic hormone, or physiologic corticosteroid replacement therapy for renal or pituitary insufficiency); 11. Other serious, uncontrolled concomitant diseases that may affect protocol adherence or interfere with interpretation of results, These include active opportunistic or progressive (severe) infections, uncontrolled diabetes, cardiovascular disease (heart failure of Grade Ⅲ or Ⅳ as defined by the New York Heart Association scale, heart block above grade Ⅱ, myocardial infarction within the past 6 months, unstable arrhythmia or unstable angina, cerebral infarction within 3 months, etc.) Or pulmonary disease (history of interstitial pneumonia, obstructive pulmonary disease, and symptomatic bronchospasm); 12. Received live vaccine within 4 weeks prior to the start of treatment; 13. Have previously received allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation or solid organ transplantation; 14. Major surgical procedures (excluding diagnostic surgery) within 4 weeks prior to the start of treatment; Those who have a history of psychotropic drug abuse and cannot abstain or have a history of mental disorders; 15. A large amount of pleural effusion or ascites accompanied by clinical symptoms or requiring symptomatic treatment; 16. Have had other unhealed malignancies in the past 5 years, excluding those that are apparently cured or curable, such as basal or squamous cell skin cancer, localized low-risk prostate cancer, carcinoma in situ of the cervix or carcinoma in situ of the breast; Remarks: Patients with localized low-risk prostate cancer (defined as stage ≤T2a, Gleason score ≤6, and PSA≤10ng/mL at the time of prostate cancer diagnosis (as measured) who had received radical therapy and had no biochemical recurrence of prostate specific antigen (PSA) were eligible to participate in this study); 17. Bladder cancer (MIBC); 18. Other severe, acute, or chronic medical or psychiatric conditions or laboratory abnormalities that, according to the investigator, may increase the risks associated with study participation or may interfere with the interpretation of the study results.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Ethics Committee of Shanghai Renji Hospital
RECRUITINGShanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China
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