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Perioperative Durvalumab with Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Operable Bladder Cancer

Thomas Powles, James W.F. Catto, Matthew D. Galsky, Hikmat Al‐Ahmadie, Joshua J. Meeks, Hiroyuki Nishiyama, Toan Quang Vu, Lorenzo Antonuzzo, Paweł Wiechno, Vagif Atduev, Ariel Galapo Kann, Tae‐Hwan Kim, Cristina Suárez, Chao-Hsiang Chang, Florian Roghmann, Mustafa Özgüroğlu, Bernhard J. Eigl, Niara Oliveira, Tomáš Büchler, Moran Gadot, Yousef Zakharia, J. Armstrong, Ashok Kumar Gupta, Stephan Hois, Michiel S. van der Heijden

New England Journal of Medicine · 2024

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Summary

BACKGROUND: Neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by radical cystectomy is the standard treatment for cisplatin-eligible patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer. Adding perioperative immunotherapy may improve outcomes. METHODS: In this phase 3, open-label, randomized trial, we assigned, in a 1:1 ratio, cisplatin-eligible patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer to receive neoadjuvant durvalumab plus gemcitabine-cisplatin every 3 weeks for four cycles, followed by radical cystectomy and adjuvant durvalumab every 4 weeks for eight cycles (durvalumab group), or to receive neoadjuvant gemcitabine-cisplatin followed by radical cystectomy alone (comparison group). Event-free survival was one of two primary end points. Overall survival was the key secondary end point. RESULTS: In total, 533

Source type
Peer-reviewed study
DOI
10.1056/nejmoa2408154
Catalogue ID
BFmokjoc86-enpvx5
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