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NCT Number: NCT03869190

Study Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Multiple Immunotherapy-Based Treatments and Combinations in Patients With Urothelial Carcinoma (MORPHEUS-UC)

A Phase Ib/II, open-label, multicenter, randomized, umbrella study in participants with MIBC and in participants with locally advanced or metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma (UC) who have progressed during or following a platinum-containing regimen. The study is designed with the flexibility to open new treatment arms as new treatments become available, close existing treatment arms that demonstrate minimal clinical activity or unacceptable toxicity, or modify the participant population (e.g., with regard to prior anti-cancer treatment or biomarker status). Participants in the mUC Cohort who experience loss of clinical benefit or unacceptable toxicity during Stage 1 may be eligible to continue treatment with a different treatment regimen for Stage 2.

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

for mUC Cohort:

  • Histologically documented, locally advanced or metastatic UC (also termed TCC or urothelial cell carcinoma of the urinary tract; including renal pelvis, ureters, urinary bladder, and urethra)
  • Availability of a representative tumor specimen that is suitable for determination of PD-L1 and/or additional biomarker status by means of central testing
  • Disease progression during or following treatment with no more than one platinum-containing regimen for inoperable, locally advanced or metastatic UC or disease recurrence
  • ECOG Performance Status of 0 or 1
  • Measurable disease (at least one target lesion) according to RECIST v1.1
  • Adequate hematologic and end-organ function
  • Negative HIV test at screening
  • Negative total hepatitis B core antibody (HBcAb) test and hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody at screening
  • Tumor accessible for biopsy
  • For women of childbearing potential: agreement to remain abstinent or use contraceptive measures and agreement to refrain from donating eggs
  • For men: agreement to remain abstinent or use contraceptive measures, and agreement to refrain from donating sperm

Inclusion criteria

for MIBC Cohorts:

  • ECOG PS of 0 or 1
  • Fit and planned-for cystectomy
  • Histologically documented MIBC (pT2-4, N0, M0), also termed TCC or urothelial cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder
  • N0 or M0 disease by CT or MRI
  • Adequate hematologic and end-organ function
  • Availability of TURBT specimen
  • Negative HIV, HBcAb, and HCV test at screening
  • For women of childbearing potential: agreement to remain abstinent (refrain from heterosexual intercourse) or use contraceptive measures and agreement to refrain from donating eggs as outlined for each specific treatment arm
  • For men: agreement to remain abstinent (refrain from heterosexual intercourse) or use contraceptive measures, and agreement to refrain from donating sperm, as outlined for each specific treatment arm

Exclusion criteria

for mUC Cohort:

  • Prior treatment with a T-cell co-stimulating therapy or a CPI including anti-CTLA-4, anti-PD-1, and anti-PD-L1 therapeutic antibodies
  • Prior treatment with any of the protocol-specified study treatments including treatment with poly (adenosine diphosphate [ADP]-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitor, nectin-4 targeting agents, signal regulatory protein alpha-targeting agents, or TIGIT-targeting agents, Trop-2 targeting agents, FAP-directed therapies, 4-1BB (CD137)-directed therapies, or topoisomerase 1 inhibitors
  • Treatment with investigational therapy within 28 days prior to initiation of study treatment
  • Any approved anti-cancer therapy, including chemotherapy or hormonal therapy, within 3 weeks prior to initiation of study treatment
  • Eligibility only for the control arm
  • Prior allogeneic stem cell or solid organ transplantation
  • Treatment with systemic immunostimulatory agents within 4 weeks or 5 half-lives of the drug (whichever is longer) prior to the initiation of study treatment
  • Treatment with systemic immunosuppressive medication within 2 weeks prior to initiation of study treatment or anticipation of need for systemic immunosuppressant medication during study treatment
  • Treatment with a live, attenuated vaccine within 4 weeks prior to initiation of study treatment, or anticipation of need for such a vaccine during atezolizumab treatment or within 5 months after the last dose of atezolizumab
  • Uncontrolled pleural effusion, pericardial effusion, or ascites requiring recurrent drainage procedures
  • Uncontrolled tumor-related pain
  • Uncontrolled or symptomatic hypercalcemia
  • Symptomatic, untreated, or actively progressing CNS metastases
  • History of leptomeningeal disease
  • Active or history of autoimmune disease or immune deficiency
  • History of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, organizing pneumonia, drug-induced pneumonitis, or idiopathic pneumonitis, or evidence of active pneumonitis
  • History of malignancy other than UC within 2 years prior to screening, with the exception of malignancies with a negligible risk of metastasis or death
  • Active tuberculosis
  • Severe infection within 4 weeks prior to initiation of study treatment
  • Treatment with therapeutic oral or IV antibiotics within 2 weeks prior to initiation of study treatment
  • Significant cardiovascular disease
  • Uncontrolled hypertension
  • Grade 3 or greater hemorrhage or bleeding event within 28 days prior to initiation of study treatment
  • Major surgical procedure, other than for diagnosis, within 4 weeks prior to initiation of study treatment
  • Pregnancy or breastfeeding, or intention of becoming pregnant during the study
  • Additional drug-specific exclusion criteria might apply

Exclusion for MIBC Cohorts:

  • Prior treatment with systemic immunostimulatory agents prior to the initiation of study treatment
  • Eligibility only for the control arm
  • Prior allogeneic stem cell or solid organ transplantation
  • Treatment with systemic immunosuppressive medication within 2 weeks prior to initiation of study treatment, or anticipation of need for systemic immunosuppressant medication during study treatment, with the following exceptions: Patients who received acute, low-dose, systemic immunosuppressant medications, or a one-time pulse dose of systemic immunosuppressant medication are eligible for the study after Medical Monitor approval has been obtained. Patients who received mineralocorticoids, corticosteroids for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or asthma, or low-dose corticosteroids for orthostatic hypotension or adrenal insufficiency are eligible for the study.
  • Severe infection within 4 weeks prior to initiation of study treatment
  • Pregnancy or breastfeeding, or intention of becoming pregnant during the study
  • Also includes all the mUC exclusion criteria

Additional Exclusion Criteria for Atezo+Tira and Atezo (Atezolizumab) +Tira+Cis (Cisplatin)+Gem (Gemcitabine) in the MIBC Cohorts:

  • Active Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection or known or suspected chronic active EBV infection at screening.

Additional Exclusion Criteria for the Cisplatin-Eligible MIBC Cohort:

  • Patients who decline neoadjuvant cisplatin-based chemotherapy or in whom neoadjuvant cisplatin-based therapy is not appropriate.
  • Impaired renal function.

Treatment and study plan

Atezolizumab

Drug

For the control, + EV, + Nira, + Tira, and + SG arms, + RO7122290, Atezolizumab will be administered intravenously (IV) at a fixed dose of 1200 mg every 3 weeks (Q3W) on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle.

For the Atezo + Hu5F9-G4 and + TCZ arms, Atezo will be administered IV at a fixed dose of 840 mg every 2 weeks (Q2W) on Days 1 and 15 of each 28-day cycle.

Enfortumab vedotin

Drug

Enfortumab vedotin will be administered at a dose of 1.25 mg/kg IV on Days 1 and 8 of each 21-day cycle.

Niraparib

Drug

Niraparib will be administered at a dose of 200 mg once daily (QD) by mouth.

Magrolimab (Hu5F9-G4)

Drug

Participants will receive an 1-mg/kg priming dose IV on Day 1 followed by three weekly IV doses of 30 mg/kg on Days 8, 15, and 22. During Cycle 2, participants will receive weekly IV doses of 30 mg/kg on Days 1, 8, 15, and 22. For all subsequent cycles, participants will receive 30 mg/kg on Days 1 and 15. Cycle = 28 days.

Tiragolumab

Drug

Tiragolumab will be administered at a dose of 600 mg IV on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle.

Sacituzumab govitecan

Drug

Sacituzumab Govitecan will be administered at a dose of 10 mg/kg by IV on Day 1 and 8 of each 21-day cycle.

Tocilizumab

Drug

Tocilizumab will be administered by IV infusion at a dose of 8 mg/kg every 4 weeks (Q4W) on Day 1 of each 28-day cycle.

Cisplatin

Drug

Cisplatin will be administered at a dose of 70mg/m^2 by IV on Day 1 of each cycle for Cycles 1-3 pre-surgery.

Gemcitabine

Drug

Gemcitabine will be administered at a dose of 1000mg/m^2 by IV on Days 1 and 8 of each cycle for Cycles 1-3 pre-surgery.

Primary outcomes

  1. Objective Response Rate (ORR) for mUC Cohort Stage 1

    Time frame: Baseline until disease progression or loss of clinical benefit (approximately 5-7 years)

    Objective response rate, defined as the proportion of participants with a CR or PR on two consecutive occasions >=4 weeks apart during Stage 1, as determined by the investigator according to RECIST v1.1.

  2. pCR for Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer (MIBC) Cohorts

    Time frame: Randomization to approximately 5-7 years

    pCR, defined as the proportion of participants with an absence of residual invasive cancer of the complete resected specimen.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Progression Free Survival (PFS) for mUC Cohort Stage 1

    Time frame: Randomization until the first occurrence of disease progression or death from any cause, which ever occurs first, through the end of study (approximately 5-7 years) as determined by the investigator according to RECIST 1.1

    PFS after randomization, defined as the time from randomization to the first occurrence of disease progression or death from any cause (whichever occurs first) in Stage 1, as determined by the investigator according to RECIST v1.1.

  2. Overall Survival (OS) for mUC Cohort Stage 1

    Time frame: Randomization to death from any cause, through the end of study (approximately 5-7 years)

    OS after randomization,defined as the time from randomization to death from any cause.

  3. Overall Survival (at specific time-points) for mUC Cohort Stage 1

    Time frame: 12 months

    OS rate at specific timepoints, defined as the proportion of patients who have not experienced death from any cause at that timepoint.

  4. Duration of Response (DOR) for mUC Cohort Stage 1

    Time frame: Randomization until first occurrence of a documented objective response to the first recorded occurrence of disease progression or death from any cause (whichever occurs first), through end of study (approximately 5-7 years)

    DOR, defined as the time from the first occurrence of a documented objective response during Stage 1 to disease progression or death from anycause (whichever occurs first), as determined by the investigator according to RECIST v1.1.

  5. Disease Control Rate (DCR) for mUC Cohort Stage 1

    Time frame: Baseline through end of study (approximately 5-7 years)

    Disease control, defined as stable disease >= 18 weeks or a CR or PR, as determined by the investigator according to RECIST v1.1.

  6. Percentage of Participants with Adverse Events for mUC Cohort Stage 1

    Time frame: Baseline to end of study (approximately 5-7 years)

  7. Serum Concentration of Atezolizumab for mUC Cohort Stage 2

    Time frame: At pre-defined intervals from first administration of study drug up to approximately 5-7 years

  8. Serum Concentration of Enfortumab Vedotin for mUC Cohort Stage 2

    Time frame: At pre-defined intervals from first administration of study drug up to approximately 5-7 years

  9. Serum Concentration of Sacituzumab Govitecan for mUC Cohort Stage 2

    Time frame: At pre-defined intervals from first administration of study drug up to approximately 5-7 years

  10. Presence of ADAs to Atezolizumab for mUC Cohort Stage 2

    Time frame: Baseline to approximately 5-7 years

    For drugs for which ADA formation is measured: presence of ADAs during the study relative to the presence of ADAs at baseline.

  11. Percentage of Participants with Adverse Events for mUC Cohort Stage 2

    Time frame: Baseline to end of study (approximately 5-7 years)

  12. Landmark Recurrence-Free Survival (RFS) for MIBC Cohorts

    Time frame: 12, 18, 24 months

    Landmark RFS, defined as RFS at specific timepoints.

  13. Landmark Event-Free Survival (EFS) for MIBC Cohorts

    Time frame: 12, 18, 24 months

    Landmark EFS, defined as EFS at specific timepoints.

  14. Landmark Overall Survival (OS) for MIBC Cohorts

    Time frame: 12, 18, 24 months

    Landmark OS, defined as OS at specific timepoints.

  15. Percentage of Participants with Adverse Events for MIBC Cohorts

    Time frame: Baseline to approximately 5-7 years

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Hoffmann-La Roche

Industry

Collaborators

  • Gilead Sciences, Inc., GlaxoSmithKline plc, Seattle Genetics and Astellas

Registry information

Official study title

A Phase Ib/II, Open-Label, Multicenter, Randomized Umbrella Study Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Multiple Immunotherapy-Based Treatments and Combinations in Patients With Urothelial Carcinoma (MORPHEUS-UC)

Important dates

Study start
2019
Primary completion
2025
Study completion
2025
First posted
Mar 11, 2019
Registry last updated
Jan 22, 2026

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