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Futibatinib in Combination With Durvalumab Prior to Cystectomy for the Treatment of Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer Patients Who Are Ineligible for Cisplatin-based Therapy

  • PhasePhase 2
  • StatusRecruiting
  • Planned enrollment24 people
  • Recruiting US sites2
  • SponsorYuanquan Yang
  • RegistryNCT06263153

Recruitment re-checked on ClinicalTrials.gov Oct 30, 2026. Public record; not medical advice.

Futibatinib in Combination With Durvalumab Prior to Cystectomy for the Treatment of Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer Patients Who Are Ineligible for Cisplatin-based Therapy: a one-minute explainerNCT062631531 min

Eligibility

Who can join

The film gives the main points. The full list below is copied from the registry; the study team makes the final decision.

  • Age18 Years to no maximum
  • SexAll
  • Healthy volunteersNo

You may be able to join if

  • Able to provide signed informed consent
  • Female or male subjects >= 18 years old
  • Bodyweight >30kg
  • FGFR1, 2, or 3 overexpression as defined by a score of 3+ or 4+ on ribonucleic acid (RNA) in-situ hybridization (RNAScope assay)
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0, 1, or 2
  • Histologically confirmed urothelial carcinoma of the bladder
  • Mixed histologies are permitted if urothelial carcinoma is the predominant histology ( >= 50%)
  • Clinical stage T2-T4a, N0, M0 disease by trans urethral removal of bladder tumour (TURBT) and imaging studies (stage II-IIIA per American Joint Committee on Cancer [AJCC] 2018)
  • Refuse or ineligible for cisplatin-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy as defined by any of the following:
  • ECOG performance status (PS) > 1
  • Creatinine clearance (calculated or measured) < 60 mL/min as measured by the Cockcroft-Gault formula
  • Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 5.0 (CTCAE v 5.0) grade >= 2 hearing loss
  • CTCAE v 5.0 grade >= 2 neuropathy
  • New York Heart Association (NYHA) class > II cardiac dysfunction
  • Treatment with anti-PD-1/PD-L1 therapy for non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) is permitted if it is completed > 3 months before registration
  • Eligible for radical cystectomy by the following:
  • Fit and planned for radical cystectomy according to local guidelines
  • Archival transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT) tissue submission must be 30 unstained slides. If archival tissue is unavailable, the patient must undergo cystoscopy and biopsy. The tumor sample must contain at least 20% viable tumor
  • Evidence of post-menopausal status or negative urinary or serum pregnancy test for female premenopausal patients.
  • Female subjects of childbearing potential and male subjects must be willing to completely abstain or agree to use a highly effective method of contraception (i.e., less than 1% failure rate), from the time of signing informed consent and for the duration of study participation through 90 days following the last dose of study drug.
  • Hemoglobin >= 9.0 g/dL
  • Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) > 1500 per mm^3
  • Platelet count >= 100 x 10^9/L
  • International normalized ratio (INR) or activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) < 1.5 × upper limit of normal (ULN), unless the patient is receiving anticoagulation therapy provided INR or PTT is within the therapeutic range of the intended anticoagulant therapy
  • Bilirubin =< 1.5 x institutional upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase [SGOT])/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase [SGPT]) =< 2.5 x institutional upper limit of normal
  • Phosphorus ≤ institutional upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • Measured creatinine clearance (CL) ≥ 30 mL/min or calculated creatinine CL ≥ 30 mL/min by the Cockcroft-Gault formula or by 24-hour urine collection for determination of creatinine clearance
  • Patient is willing and able to comply with the protocol for the duration of the study including undergoing treatment and scheduled visits and examinations including follow up.
  • Must have a life expectancy of at least 12 weeks

You cannot join if

  • Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding
  • Male or female patients of reproductive potential who are not willing to employ effective birth control from screening to 90 days after the last dose of durvalumab monotherapy
  • Is currently participating in or has participated in a study of an investigational agent or using an investigational device within 4 weeks before the first dose of trial treatment
  • Has upper tract urothelial carcinoma
  • Has small-cell carcinoma component on histology
  • Evidence of measurable nodal or metastatic disease
  • Concurrent anticancer therapy (e.g., chemotherapy, radiation therapy, surgery, immunotherapy, biologic therapy, hormonal therapy, investigational therapy, intravesical therapy, or tumor embolization)
  • Received prior systemic chemotherapy for muscle-invasive bladder cancer at any time in the patient's medical history
  • Has received anti-PD-1/PD-L1 therapy or FGFR inhibitor previously for MIBC, except if used in earlier stage urothelial carcinoma such as non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) and completed > 3 months prior to registration
  • Must not have experienced a toxicity that led to permanent discontinuation of prior immunotherapy.
  • All AEs while receiving prior immunotherapy must have completely resolved or resolved to baseline prior to screening for this study.
  • Must not have experienced a ≥Grade 3 immune related AE or an immune related neurologic or ocular AE of any grade while receiving prior immunotherapy. NOTE: Patients with endocrine AE of ≤Grade 2 are permitted to enroll if they are stably maintained on appropriate replacement therapy and are asymptomatic.
  • Must not have required the use of additional immunosuppression other than corticosteroids for the management of an AE, not have experienced recurrence of an AE if re-challenged, and not currently require maintenance doses of > 10 mg prednisone or equivalent per day.
  • Underwent major surgery and has not recovered adequately from the intervention's toxicity and/or complications before starting therapy
  • Has an active second malignancy except for low-risk localized prostate cancer on "watch and wait"
  • Subjects with a history of malignancy that has been completely treated, with no evidence of active cancer for 2 years before enrollment, or subjects with surgically cured tumors with a low risk of recurrence are allowed to enroll at PI's discretion (e.g. adequately treated non-melanoma skin cancer or lentigo maligna without evidence of disease and effectively treated carcinoma in situ without evidence of disease).
  • Has active cardiac disease, defined as:
  • Myocardial infarction or unstable angina pectoris within 3 months of the first date of study therapy
  • Unstable arrhythmias
  • Decompensated heart failure
  • Uncontrolled hypertension and unstable angina pectoris
  • Average QT corrected by the Fridericia formula (QTcF) > 470 msec (males and females) (Note: If the QTcF is > 470 msec in the first electrocardiography [ECG], a total of 3 ECGs separated by >= 5 minutes should be performed. If the average of these 3 consecutive results for QTcF is =< 470 msec, the subject meets eligibility in this regard.)
  • Has any medical condition that may prevent the patient from undergoing radical cystectomy
  • Must be at least 2 weeks beyond high-dose systemic corticosteroids; chronic steroid use up to 10 mg daily prednisone (or equivalent), intranasal, inhaled, topical steroids, local steroid injections (e.g., intra articular injection), steroids as premedication for hypersensitivity reactions (e.g., CT scan premedication) are permitted
  • Active or prior documented autoimmune or inflammatory disorders (including inflammatory bowel disease [e.g., colitis or Crohn's disease], systemic lupus erythematosus, Sarcoidosis syndrome, or Wegener syndrome [granulomatosis with polyangiitis, Graves' disease, rheumatoid arthritis, hypophysitis, uveitis, etc]). The following are exceptions to this criterion:
  • Patients with vitiligo or alopecia
  • Patients with hypothyroidism (e.g., following Hashimoto syndrome) stable on hormone replacement
  • Any chronic skin condition that does not require systemic therapy
  • Patients without active disease in the last 5 years may be included but only after consultation with the study physician
  • Patients with celiac disease controlled by diet alone
  • Has a known history of HIV-1/2 with detectable viral load and/or CD4 count < 300/mL within the previous 3 months or active tuberculosis infection (clinical evaluation that may include clinical history, physical examination and radiographic findings, or tuberculosis testing in line with local practice).
  • Has detectable hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV) viral load polymerase chain reaction (PCR) if there is a known history of active hepatitis B or hepatitis C
  • History and/or current evidence of significant ectopic mineralization/calcification including but not limited to the soft tissues, kidneys, intestines, myocardium, and lungs, except calcified lymph nodes and asymptomatic coronary calcification
  • Current evidence of corneal or retinal disorder/ keratopathy including but not limited to bullous/ band keratopathy, corneal abrasion, inflammation/ulceration, keratoconjunctivitis etc., confirmed by ophthalmologic examination
  • Have current evidence of endocrine alterations of calcium/phosphate homeostasis (e.g., parathyroid disorders, history of parathyroidectomy, tumor lysis, tumoral calcinosis) unless well controlled
  • Have used drugs that are dual p-glycoprotein and strong CYP3A inducers or inhibitors within 7 days prior to the first dose of the study drug
  • Has other concurrent medical or psychiatric conditions that, in the investigator's opinion, may be likely to confound study interpretation or prevent completion of the study procedure and follow-up examinations
  • Known allergy or hypersensitivity to study drugs or any excipient.
  • Receipt of live attenuated vaccine within 30 days prior to the first dose of investigational product (IP). Note: Patients, if enrolled, should not receive live vaccine whilst receiving IP and up to 90days after the last dose of IP.
  • Has other uncontrolled illnesses, ongoing or active infection, or serious chronic gastrointestinal conditions associated with diarrhea
  • Any unresolved toxicity NCI CTCAE Grade ≥2 from previous anticancer therapy with the exception of alopecia, vitiligo, and the laboratory values defined in the inclusion criteria
  • Patients with Grade ≥2 neuropathy will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis after consultation with the Study Physician.
  • Patients with irreversible toxicity not reasonably expected to be exacerbated by treatment with durvalumab may be included only after consultation with the Study Physician
  • History of allogenic organ transplantation

The treatment

How it is intended to work

This is how the treatment is meant to work. Whether it helps, and how safe it is, is what this trial is testing.

futibatinib. An orally bioavailable inhibitor of the fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) with potential antineoplastic activity. Futibatinib selectively and irreversibly binds to and inhibits FGFR, which may result in the inhibition of both the FGFR-mediated signal transduction pathway and tumor cell proliferation, and increased cell death in FGFR-overexpressing tumor cells. FGFR is a receptor tyrosine kinase essential to tumor cell proliferation, differentiation and survival and its expression is upregulated in many tumor cell types. NCI Drug Dictionary

durvalumab. A monoclonal antibody directed against B7H1 (B7 homolog 1; programmed cell death ligand 1) with potential immunostimulating activity. Upon intravenous administration, durvalumab binds to the cell surface antigen B7H1, thereby blocking B7H1 signaling. This may activate the immune system to exert a cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) response against B7H1-expressing tumor cells. B7H1, a member of the B7 protein superfamily and a negative regulator of cytokine synthesis, is overexpressed on certain tumor cell types. NCI Drug Dictionary

Treatments listed in the registry

  • Biospecimen Collection (Procedure): Undergo blood sample collection
  • Computed Tomography (Procedure): Undergo CT
  • Durvalumab (Biological): Given IV
  • Futibatinib (Drug): Given PO
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Procedure): Undergo MRI
  • Radical Cystectomy (Procedure): Undergo radical cystectomy

The study

Treatment groups

Na · Single Group · masking: None

Treatment (futibatinib, durvalumab, radical cystectomy) (Experimental)

Patients receive futibatinib PO QD on days 1-28 and durvalumab IV over 60 minutes on day 1 of each cycle. Treatment repeats every 28 days for up to 3 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients then undergo radical cystectomy within 4-12 weeks. Patients also undergo CT and MRI during screening and on the trial and also undergo blood sample collection on the trial.

What it involves

Procedures

As the registry describes them. Requirements to join, such as a tissue sample, are in the eligibility list above even when on-study procedures are optional. Ask the study team which steps apply to you.

  • blood samples: Part of the study plan
  • CT scans: Part of the study plan
  • MRI: Part of the study plan

Goals

What the study measures

Main goals

  • Complete pathologic response rate (1 day (At the time of radical cystectomy))

Other goals

  • Incidence of adverse events (AEs)
  • Pathologic down-staging rate to non-muscle invasive disease
  • Overall survival
  • Progression free survival
  • Frequency and severity of adverse events, including delay in cystectomy

Planned enrollment: 24 (estimated).

Where

Recruiting US sites

  • Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center, Cleveland, Ohio
  • Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, Ohio

Site status as of Oct 30, 2026. Check the live record before contacting a site.

Sources

Where this comes from

Registry record reviewed as fetched Oct 30, 2026, last updated by the sponsor Sep 30, 2026. Public record; not medical advice.

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