ABACUS

Title: A phase II study investigating preoperative MPDL3280A in operable transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder

Disease site: Bladder cancer

Status: Closed

Trial Design: Open-label, international, multicentre window of opportunity phase II trial that aims to evaluate the effects of short-term preoperative therapy with atezolizumab in patients with histologically confirmed (T2-T4a) transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder. Eligible patients will receive 2 x 3 weekly cycles of atezolizumab pre-cystectomy and will be followed up for 2 years post cystectomy to collect survival and disease status data. The efficacy of atezolizumab will be assessed on CT/MRI scan images and tumour tissue samples collected at baseline and after treatment with atezolizumab. ABACUS includes an extensive translational program.

ABACUS met its primary endpoint and study result were reported as an oral abstract at ASCO 2018.