New drug cocktail targets Hard-to-Treat bladder cancer
NCT ID NCT07241793
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This phase II trial is testing a drug called trastuzumab rezetecan, either alone or with an immunotherapy drug called adebrelimab, in people with advanced bladder cancer that has a protein called HER2. The study aims to see if these treatments can shrink tumors or slow the cancer's growth. It is recruiting 96 adults whose cancer has spread or cannot be removed by surgery.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- trastuzumab rezetecan (a targeted cancer drug) and adebrelimab (an immunotherapy drug)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could offer a new treatment option for people with advanced bladder cancer that has HER2 protein, potentially shrinking tumors or slowing disease progression.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early phase II trial with only 96 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The drugs can cause side effects like infusion reactions or immune-related issues, and the combination may not work better than existing treatments.
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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 96 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2025
- Expected to finish
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Jul 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 years and older
- 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 included in this study must meet all of the following criteria: 1. Age ≥ 18 years; 2. Histologically or cytologically confirmed HER2-expressing locally advanced unresectable (e.g., T4b, or N2-3) or metastatic urothelial carcinoma (la/mUC), including bladder, ureter, renal pelvis, and urethra. HER2 expression is defined as immunohistochemical (IHC) staining results of 1+ to 3+, and must be confirmed by the pathology department of Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center according to ASCO/CAP guidelines. 3. Cohort 1: Patients who have received at least one prior systemic therapy, or relapsed/progressed within 12 months after the last treatment, or who could not tolerate treatment due to adverse events (AEs). Cohort 2: Patients who have not received prior systemic therapy or relapsed/progressed more than 12 months after neoadjuvant/adjuvant therapy, or those who could not tolerate treatment due to AEs. Cohort 3: Patients who have previously received platinum-based chemotherapy (including cisplatin, carboplatin, etc.), immunotherapy (including PD-1, PD-L1 inhibitors), and Disitamab Vedotin ; 4. At least one measurable target lesion according to RECIST 1.1 criteria; 5. ECOG performance status ≤ 2; 6. Adequate bone marrow, renal (calculated creatinine clearance \> 30 mL/min using the CG formula), hepatic, and coagulation function; 7. Expected survival ≥ 3 months; 8. The patient understands the study procedures and has provided written informed consent to participate in the study; 9. Female participants of childbearing potential must have a negative urine or serum pregnancy test within 7 days before the first administration of the study drug (Cycle 1, Day 1). If the urine pregnancy test is inconclusive, a blood pregnancy test is required. 10. Both male and female participants must agree to use highly effective contraception (i.e., methods with a failure rate of less than 1% per year) and continue contraception until at least 180 days after the end of study treatment. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Locally advanced patients who are candidates for curative local treatment; 2. Clinical history of cardiovascular, liver, respiratory, renal, hematological, endocrine, or neurological/psychiatric diseases; 3. Known or untreated spinal cord compression or active central nervous system metastases, except for those who have been treated and stable for at least 1 month and have discontinued corticosteroids for \> 2 weeks; 4. Known severe allergic reactions to the study drug's active ingredients and/or excipients, or allergy to humanized monoclonal antibody products (e.g., trastuzumab, pertuzumab); 5. Received antitumor monoclonal antibody treatment within 4 weeks before the study start, or received other antitumor therapy without recovery from adverse events; 6. Participated in any investigational drug treatment within 4 weeks before the study started; 7. Known or suspected interstitial lung disease, or moderate to severe pulmonary diseases that might interfere with the evaluation of drug-related pulmonary toxicity, including but not limited to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, organizing pneumonia, bronchitis obliterans, pulmonary embolism, severe asthma, COPD, restrictive pulmonary diseases, or any autoimmune, connective tissue or inflammatory lung diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, Sjogren's syndrome, sarcoidosis, etc., or a history of total lung resection; 8. Known hereditary or acquired bleeding disorders (e.g., hemophilia, coagulopathy); 9. Received spinal cord radiation or has not recovered from radiation-related adverse events within 4 weeks before study start; 10. Diagnosed with immunodeficiency or received systemic corticosteroid treatment or any other immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days before the first study drug administration. Physiological doses of corticosteroids (≤10 mg/day of prednisone or equivalent) are allowed; 11. Active autoimmune diseases requiring systemic treatment within the past 2 years (e.g., requiring disease-modifying drugs, corticosteroids, or immunosuppressants). Replacement therapies (e.g., thyroid hormones, insulin, or physiological corticosteroids for adrenal or pituitary insufficiency) are not considered systemic treatments. A history of non-infectious pneumonia requiring corticosteroid treatment or current interstitial lung disease within 1 year before the first dose is excluded; 12. History of organ or hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; 13. Known HIV infection (HIV 1/2 positive); 14. Untreated active hepatitis B (HBV). Note: Hepatitis B carriers with an HBV viral load \< 1000 copies/mL (200 IU/mL) before the first dose are eligible, but should receive antiviral therapy during chemotherapy to prevent reactivation. For anti-HBc (+), HBsAg (-), anti-HBs (-), and undetectable HBV viral load subjects, preventive antiviral therapy is not required, but close monitoring is necessary. 15. Active hepatitis C (HCV) infection (HCV antibody positive and HCV RNA level above detection threshold; 16. Received live vaccines within 30 days before the first dose of the study drug. Note: Inactivated flu vaccines are allowed within 30 days before the first dose, but live attenuated flu vaccines are not permitted. 17. History of other malignancies within the past 3 years, except for cured non-melanoma skin cancer, cervical carcinoma in situ, or low-risk prostate cancer (T2N0M0, Gleason score \<7, or undetectable PSA); 18. Any condition or disease history that may interfere with the study results or hinder the participant's full participation, including abnormal laboratory values, or situations deemed inappropriate by the investigator; 19. Breastfeeding women.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
6 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Jiangxi Cancer Center
RECRUITINGNanchang, Jiangxi, 330000, China
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Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGGuangzhou, Guangdong, 510000, China
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Sun yat-sen university cancer center
RECRUITINGGuangzhou, Guangdong, 510000, China
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The Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGKunming, Yunnan, 650033, China
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The fifth Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medcial University
RECRUITINGGuangzhou, Guangdong, 510000, China
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Tongji Hospital, Affiliated to Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGWuhan, Hubei, 430030, China
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