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RecruitingNCT06598761Updated Nov 5, 2024

Postoperative Adjuvant Immunotherapy Combined with Radiotherapy Versus Surgery Alone in Locally Advanced UTUC

An observational study in Ureter Cancer, Renal Pelvic Carcinoma and Advanced Urothelial Carcinoma, sponsored by Peking University First Hospital. Recruiting at 2 sites in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 80 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-11-05.

Sponsored by Peking University First Hospital · Observational

From the registry’s dates

  • Started Jan 2022; still recruiting 4 years 9 months later.
Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
60
Ages
18 Years to 80 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

This is a prospective cohort study to analyse the safety and efficacy of postoperative adjuvant radiotherapy combined with immunotherapy versus surgery alone group of UTUC patients with T3-4 stages or lymph nodes metastasis(N+) status.

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This study is a prospective cohort study.

  1. Observation group: patients in the observation group were T3-4,N+ pyeloureteral cancer patients who did not tolerate chemotherapy or refused chemotherapy after radical surgery. No treatment will be given after surgery, and regular review will be conducted.
  2. Postoperative immunotherapy+radiotherapy group:

Adjuvant immunotherapy: the immunotherapy drug choice is tirilizumab, which has been recommended in metastatic uroepithelial cancer in China. Tirelizumab 200mg Q3w; the duration of immunotherapy is recommended to be used for at least 1 year.

Adjuvant radiotherapy can be given concurrently or sequentially with adjuvant immunotherapy; it is recommended that radiotherapy can be started within 4-6 weeks after surgery. Rotational intensity-modulated radiotherapy (VMAT), daily image-guided radiotherapy (Daily IGRT) technique is used.

Irradiation range:

Renal pelvis and upper ureter: ipsilateral renal fossa, para-abdominal aorta (including upper ureteral alignment area), common iliac lymph node area; Middle and lower ureteral carcinoma: parabasal abdominal aorta (renal hilar vessels and following levels), common iliac lymph node area (right side needs to include paraventricular lymph node area) + internal and external iliac lymph node area + middle and lower ureteral alignment area, entrance of the ureteral bladder.

Radiotherapy dose: 45-50Gy/25f/5w, 62.5Gy/25f/5w regimen was given to suspected metastatic lymph nodes visible on imaging. Ensure that normal tissue is within the dose limits.

Note: The right tumour para-abdominal aortic lymph node drainage area needs to include: para vena cava + intervening vena cava + left para-abdominal aorta Left tumour para-abdominal lymph node drainage area needs to include: intervening vena cava + left para-abdominal aorta

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Conditions studied

  • Ureter Cancer
  • Renal Pelvic Carcinoma
  • Advanced Urothelial Carcinoma

Keywords

  • upper tract urothelial carcinoma
  • Radiotherapy
  • Immunotherapy
  • Combined therapy
  • Prospective cohort study
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In context

Carcinoma

6,741 studies on the registry are indexed under Carcinoma; 1,161 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 60 is below the median of 149 across 1,175 observational studies indexed under Carcinoma.

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Lead sponsor

Peking University First Hospital is the lead sponsor of 378 studies on the registry; 178 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 80 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

All pT3-4/N+ UTUC patients who were eligible for enrolment and signed the informed consent could be included in the study.

Inclusion criteria

    1. Patients after radical nephroureterectomy with full-length nephroureterectomy and pathologically confirmed cancer of the renal pelvis or ureter, AJCC staging (8th edition) containing one of the following factors: pT3-4, pN+; 2) Patients with creatinine eGFR \<60 min/L. or underlying disease refusing to tolerate chemotherapy.

3)18≤age≤80 years old; 4)Completion of abdominopelvic CT 4 weeks prior to enrolment. 5)Except for cutaneous non-melanoma and ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast, the patient has not suffered from any other malignant disease within the last 5 years; 6)Willing to participate in perfecting the necessary examinations and follow-up visits for the sake of the study, and willing to provide written informed consent.

All of the above need to be fulfilled:

Expected survival > 6 months; KPS > 70 points; Leukocytes ≥ 3.5 x 109/l,Neutrophils ≥ 1.5 x 109/l, Platelets ≥ 100.0 x 109/l, Haemoglobin ≥ 90g/l.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

    1. Distant metastases already found at the time of surgery; non-R0 resected patients 2) History of pelvic and abdominal radiotherapy; history of inflammatory bowel disease; history of systemic chemotherapy; (3) Pregnant or breastfeeding women; or women of childbearing potential who are not using reliable contraception; (4) History of malignant tumour (except skin cancer that is not malignant melanoma and cervical cancer in situ, tumours that have been cured for more than 5 years) 5) weight loss > 10% within 6 months 6) Presence of active infections in those with pre-existing or co-existing bleeding disorders 7) clinically significant cardiac disease (e.g., hypertension controlled by medication, unstable angina pectoris, New York Heart Association (NYHA) class ≥ II congestive heart failure, unstable symptomatic arrhythmia, or class ≥ II peripheral vascular disease); 8) Psychological, family, and social factors leading to lack of informed consent.
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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
60 participants (estimated)
Patient registry
No

Groups and cohorts

  • Observation cohort

    Patients in the observation group were T3-4 or N+ UTUC patients who were intolerant to chemotherapy or refused chemotherapy after radical surgery. No postoperative treatment was performed, and the patients were regularly rechecked.

    Other: surveillance alone

  • Postoperative immunotherapy+radiotherapy

    Adjuvant Immunotherapy: Immunotherapy drug of choice is tirilizumab, which has received national recommendations in metastatic uroepithelial cancer. Tirelizumab 200mg Q3w; the duration of immunotherapy is recommended for at least 1 year. Adjuvant radiotherapy can be given concurrently or sequentially with adjuvant immunotherapy; it is recommended that radiotherapy can be started within 4-6 weeks after surgery. Rotational intensity-modulated radiotherapy (VMAT), daily image-guided radiotherapy (Daily IGRT) techniques are used.

    Combination Product: Immunotherapy+radiotherapy

Interventions

  • Combination productImmunotherapy+radiotherapy

    Adjuvant Immunotherapy: Immunotherapy drug of choice is tirilizumab, which has received national recommendations in metastatic uroepithelial cancer. Tirelizumab 200mg Q3w; the duration of immunotherapy is recommended for at least 1 year. Adjuvant radiotherapy can be given concurrently or sequentially with adjuvant immunotherapy; it is recommended that radiotherapy can be started within 4-6 weeks after surgery. Rotational intensity-modulated radiotherapy (VMAT), daily image-guided radiotherapy (Daily IGRT) techniques are used.

  • Othersurveillance alone

    Patients recieve surveillance alone without any adjuvant interventions until any disease progression endpoints occur.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. DFS

    Disease-free survival,The time between the date of randomization and the date of first documented recurrence (local urothelial tract, local non-urothelial tract or distant), or death due to any cause, whichever occurs first.)

    Time frame: 1-year and 3-year

Secondary outcomes

  1. OS

    overall survival,the time from randomization to the date of death from any cause

    Time frame: 1-year and 3-year

  2. CSS

    Cancer-specific survival,the time from randomization to the date of death due to disease (urothelial cancer).

    Time frame: 1-year and 3-year

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Study locations

2 of 2 sites recruiting
  • Departmeng of Urology, Peking University First Hospital
    Beijing, China
    Recruiting
  • Department of Radiotherapy Oncology, Peking University First Hospital
    Beijing, China
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Yes

Supporting information: Study protocol

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Nov 5, 2024, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT06598761
Lead sponsor
Peking University First Hospital
Responsible party
LI xiaoying (Vice Director of the Department of Radiation Oncology, Peking University First Hospital) — Principal investigator
First posted
Sep 19, 2024
Start date
Jan 1, 2022
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2026 (estimated)
Completion
Aug 30, 2027 (estimated)
Last update
Nov 5, 2024

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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