A phase III randomized study of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) alone or in combination with nivolumab (NIVO) ± linrodostat mesylate, followed by adjuvant postsurgical NIVO ± linrodostat, in cisplatin-eligible muscle invasive bladder cancer (MIBC).
Bibliographic record
Abstract
TPS5091 Background: Immuno-oncology (IO) therapies have revolutionized the treatment (tx) of pts with advanced bladder cancer (advBC). For pts with cisplatin-eligible, muscle invasive BC (MIBC), the recommended tx is cisplatin-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) prior to radical cystectomy (RC). However, since only ≈ 30% of pts achieve a pathologic complete response (pCR) translating to improved long-term outcomes with approved regimens, new therapies are needed. PD-L1 expression is associated with aggressive BC and has been shown to increase in BC after NAC, supporting the therapeutic pursuit of the PD-1/PD-L1 axis. Additionally, expression of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) is higher in BC than in normal bladder tissue and is associated with advanced disease and poor clinical outcome. Linrodostat mesylate, a selective, potent, once-daily oral IDO1 inhibitor that works to reduce kynurenine production, has demonstrated clinical activity in combination with NIVO (anti–PD-1) in pts with IO tx–naive advBC who had ≥ 1 prior line of therapy (ORR, 37%). Taken together, these data provide a rationale for investigating NAC + NIVO + linrodostat in MIBC. Here we describe a randomized, partially blinded, phase 3 study evaluating the efficacy and safety of NAC ± NIVO ± linrodostat followed by RC and continued IO tx in pts with MIBC (NCT03661320). Methods: Pts aged ≥ 18 years with previously untreated MIBC (clinical stage T2-T4a, N0, M0), creatinine clearance ≥ 50 mL/min, and predominant UC histology who are eligible for cisplatin-based NAC and RC will be enrolled. Pts with evidence of positive lymph node; metastatic BC; or prior systemic therapy, radiotherapy, or surgery for BC other than TURBT are not eligible. Pts will be randomized to receive NAC (gemcitabine/cisplatin; arm A), NAC + NIVO + oral placebo (arm B), or NAC + NIVO + linrodostat (arm C) followed by RC (all arms); arms B and C will receive continued IO tx. Primary endpoints include pCR after neoadjuvant tx and event-free survival (arms C vs A; arms B vs A). Secondary endpoints are overall survival and safety. This global study in 28 countries began accrual in Nov 2018 and has a target enrollment of 1200 pts. Clinical trial information: NCT03661320 .
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How this classification was reachedexpand
Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.002 | 0.002 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.002 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.003 | 0.002 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Research integrity | 0.002 | 0.004 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.008 | 0.002 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".