This is a Phase 1 study designed to test the tolerability and feasibility of intravesical
therapy with an attenuated Measles virus (MV-NIS) in patients with urothelial carcinoma
who are undergoing radical cystectomy but are ineligible or do not desire neoadjuvant
chemotherapy.
Study sponsor and potential other locations can be found on ClinicalTrials.gov for NCT03171493.
Study VYR-MV1-102 is a Phase 1 study designed to determine the tolerability, feasibility
and preliminary efficacy of attenuated MV-NIS virus after neoadjuvant intravesical
administration prior to RC in patients with UC who are ineligible for current neoadjuvant
chemotherapy.
Investigators will use a novel adaptive trial design that varies the time between TURBT,
virus administration and RC.
Currently, intravesical administration of BCG is delayed four to six weeks after TURBT to
reduce the likelihood of systemic BCG absorption and BCG sepsis. Given this clinical
safety precedent, Investigators propose initial patients be treated within one week of RC
to maximize the time between TURBT and MV-NIS administration.
Subsequent patients will be treated earlier before RC (up to 29 days prior), thereby
reducing the interval between TURBT and virus administration to maximize the treatment
duration before RC. An expansion cohort will also be used to test the feasibility,
tolerability and efficacy of two repeat MV-NIS doses prior to RC. MV-NIS has been proven
safe at a dose of 1x1011 TCID50 intravenously in patients lacking MV immunity (Russell
2014), which allays concern for systemic toxicity after intravesical administration even
if post-TURBT administration results in systemic MV-NIS absorption.
Pathologic downstaging and CR (assessed by T0 rate) at surgery are secondary endpoints,
designed to give an early indication of efficacy potential. This will facilitate future
virotherapy strategies targeting replicative tumor destruction and stimulation of
systemic anti-tumor immunity as possible strategies for neoadjuvant and bladder-sparing
therapy.
Lead OrganizationVyriad, Inc.