Study of Durvalumab Given With Chemotherapy, Durvalumab in Combination With Tremelimumab Given With Chemotherapy, or Chemotherapy in Patients With Unresectable Urothelial Cancer (NILE)

May 27, 2026 updated by: AstraZeneca

A Phase III, Randomized, Open-Label, Controlled, Multi-Center, Global Study of First-Line Durvalumab in Combination With Standard of Care Chemotherapy and Durvalumab in Combination With Tremelimumab and Standard of Care Chemotherapy Versus Standard of Care Chemotherapy Alone in Patients With Unresectable Locally Advanced or Metastatic Urothelial Cancer.

This is a randomized, open-label, controlled, multi-center, global Phase III study to determine the efficacy and safety of combining durvalumab ± tremelimumab with standard of care (SoC) chemotherapy (cisplatin + gemcitabine or carboplatin + gemcitabine doublet) followed by durvalumab monotherapy versus SoC alone as first-line chemotherapy in patients with histologically or cytologically documented, unresectable, locally advanced or metastatic transitional cell carcinoma of the urothelium (including renal pelvis, ureters, urinary bladder, and urethra).

Study Overview

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

1246

Phase

  • Phase 3

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

      • Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1280
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      • Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina, C1419AHL
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      • Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina, C1426ANZ
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      • Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina, C1120AAT
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      • Rosario, Argentina, S2000DEJ
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      • Box Hill, Australia, 3128
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      • Elizabeth Vale, Australia, 5112
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      • Kogarah, Australia, 2217
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      • Macquarie University, Australia, 2109
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      • Murdoch, Australia, 6150
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      • Orange, Australia, 2800
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      • South Brisbane, Australia, 4101
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      • St Albans, Australia, 3021
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      • Curitiba, Brazil, 80810-050
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      • Fortaleza, Brazil, 60336-232
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      • Porto Alegre, Brazil, 90610-000
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      • Porto Alegre, Brazil, 91350-200
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      • Porto Alegre, Brazil, 90020-090
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      • Ribeirão Preto, Brazil, 14048-900
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      • Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 22793-080
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      • Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 20231-050
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      • Salvador, Brazil, 41.950-610
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      • Santa Maria, Brazil, 97015-450
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      • São José do Rio Preto, Brazil, 15090-000
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      • São Paulo, Brazil, 01246-000
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      • São Paulo, Brazil, 01327-001
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      • Pleven, Bulgaria, 5800
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      • Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 4000
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      • Sofia, Bulgaria, 1431
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      • Sofia, Bulgaria, 1527
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      • Sofia, Bulgaria, 1797
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      • Sofia, Bulgaria, 1303
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      • Varna, Bulgaria, 9010
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    • Alberta
      • Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2N 5G2
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      • Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 1Z2
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    • British Columbia
      • Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V5Z 4E6
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    • Ontario
      • Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8V 5C2
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      • Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1H 8L6
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      • Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G IX6
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    • Quebec
      • Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3T 1E2
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      • Beijing, China, 100730
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      • Beijing, China, 100034
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      • Beijing, China, 100191
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      • Changchun, China, 130021
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      • Changsha, China, 410013
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      • Changsha, China, 410008
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      • Chongqing, China, 400038
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      • Chongqing, China, 400042
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      • Dalian, China, 116027
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      • Guangzhou, China, 510000
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      • Guangzhou, China, 510060
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      • Hangzhou, China, 310022
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      • Hangzhou, China, 310003
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      • Hangzhou, China, 310009
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      • Hangzhou, China, 310014
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      • Jinan, China, 250012
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      • Nanchang, China, 330006
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      • Nanjing, China, 2100008
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      • Shanghai, China, 200032
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      • Shanghai, China, 200072
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      • Shenyang, China, 110001
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      • Suzhou, China, 215006
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      • Tianjin, China
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      • Tianjin, China, 300211
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      • Wuhan, China, 430022
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      • Xi'an, China, 710061
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      • Ürümqi, China, 830000
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      • Brno, Czechia, 656 91
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      • Hradec Králové, Czechia, 500 05
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      • Olomouc, Czechia, 77900
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      • Ostrava, Czechia, 708 52
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      • Prague, Czechia, 128 08
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      • Prague, Czechia, 140 59
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      • Prague, Czechia, 180 81
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      • Budapest, Hungary, 1145
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      • Budapest, Hungary, 1122
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      • Budapest, Hungary, 1062
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      • Debrecen, Hungary, 4032
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      • Győr, Hungary, 9024
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      • Kecskemét, Hungary, 6000
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      • Szolnok, Hungary, 5000
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      • Gurgaon, India, 122001
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      • Hubli, India, 580025
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      • Kolkata, India, 700160
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      • Mysuru, India, 570017
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      • Nagpur, India, 440012
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      • Nashik, India, 422005
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      • New Delhi, India, 110085
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      • New Delhi, India, 11029
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      • Pune, India, 411004
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      • Haifa, Israel, 31096
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      • Jerusalem, Israel, 91120
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      • Kfar Saba, Israel, 95847
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      • Petah Tikva, Israel, 4941492
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      • Ramat Gan, Israel, 52621
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      • Arezzo, Italy, 52100
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      • Milan, Italy, 20132
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      • Milan, Italy, 20133
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      • Naples, Italy, 80131
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      • Orbassano, Italy, 10043
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      • Parma, Italy, 43126
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      • Pavia, Italy, 27100
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      • Roma, Italy, 00100
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      • Terni, Italy, 05100
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      • Verona, Italy, 37134
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      • Bunkyō City, Japan, 113-8603
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      • Chūōku, Japan, 104-0045
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      • Fukuoka, Japan, 811-1347
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      • Hirosaki-shi, Japan, 036-8563
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      • Kanazawa, Japan, 920-8641
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      • Kita-gun, Japan, 761-0793
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      • Koshigaya-shi, Japan, 343-8555
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      • Kumamoto, Japan, 860-8556
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      • Kumamoto, Japan, 860-0008
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      • Kyoto, Japan, 606-8507
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      • Kōtoku, Japan, 135-8550
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      • Miyazaki, Japan, 889-1692
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      • Nagasaki, Japan, 852-8501
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      • Nagoya, Japan, 466-8560
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      • Nagoya, Japan, 467-0001
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      • Niigata, Japan, 951-8520
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      • Osaka, Japan, 545-8586
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      • Osaka, Japan, 541-8567
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      • Osakasayama-shi, Japan, 589-8511
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      • Shinjuku-ku, Japan, 160-8582
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      • Suita-shi, Japan, 565-0871
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      • Toyama, Japan, 930-0194
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      • Yokohama, Japan, 241-8515
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      • Yokohama, Japan, 232-0024
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      • Bacolod, Philippines, 6100
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      • Baguio City, Philippines, 2600
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      • Cebu, Philippines, 6000
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      • Davao City, Philippines, 8000
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      • Makati, Philippines, 1229
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      • Manila, Philippines, 1015
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      • Quezon City, Philippines, 1104
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      • Quezon City, Philippines, 1101
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      • Bialystok, Poland, 15-027
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      • Gdansk, Poland, 80-952
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      • Grudziądz, Poland, 86-300
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      • Koszalin, Poland, 75-581
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      • Krakow, Poland, 31-501
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      • Olsztyn, Poland, 10-228
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      • Poznan, Poland, 60-693
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      • Radom, Poland, 26-600
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      • Warsaw, Poland, 02-781
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      • Ivanovo, Russia, 153040
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      • Krasnoyarsk, Russia, 660133
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      • Moscow, Russia, 105229
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      • Moscow, Russia, 125284
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      • Moscow, Russia, 105077
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      • Moscow, Russia, 115280
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      • Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, 603074
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      • Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, 603137
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      • Omsk, Russia, 644013
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      • Rostov-on-Don, Russia, 344037
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      • Saint Petersburg, Russia, 197758
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      • Saint Petersburg, Russia, 199178
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      • Saint Petersburg, Russia, 195067
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      • Tyumen, Russia, 625041
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      • Vologda, Russia, 160012
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      • Goyang-si, South Korea, 10408
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      • Incheon, South Korea, 21565
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      • Seoul, South Korea, 02841
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      • Seoul, South Korea, 03722
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      • Seoul, South Korea, 05505
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      • Seoul, South Korea, 06351
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      • Suwon, South Korea, 16247
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      • Barcelona, Spain, 8035
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      • Barcelona, Spain, 08908
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      • Barcelona, Spain, 8003
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      • Lugo, Spain, 27003
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      • Madrid, Spain, 28034
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      • Madrid, Spain, 28040
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      • Madrid, Spain, 28007
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      • Málaga, Spain, 29010
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      • Santander, Spain, 39008
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      • Seville, Spain, 41013
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      • Taichung, Taiwan, 40705
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      • Taichung, Taiwan, 404
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      • Tainan, Taiwan, 704
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      • Taipei, Taiwan, 11217
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      • Taipei, Taiwan, 10050
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      • Taoyuan, Taiwan, 333
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      • Bangkok, Thailand, 10300
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      • Bangkok, Thailand, 10400
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      • Khon Kaen, Thailand, 40002
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      • Mueang, Thailand, 50200
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      • Songkhla, Thailand, 90110
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      • Adana, Turkey (Türkiye), 1260
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      • Adapazarı, Turkey (Türkiye), 54290
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      • Ankara, Turkey (Türkiye), 06590
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      • Edirne, Turkey (Türkiye), 22030
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      • Istanbul, Turkey (Türkiye), 34030
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      • Izmir, Turkey (Türkiye)
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    • Alabama
      • Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35294
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    • California
      • Bakersfield, California, United States, 93309
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      • Fullerton, California, United States, 92835
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      • Los Angeles, California, United States, 90095
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      • Salinas, California, United States, 93901
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      • Santa Barbara, California, United States, 93105
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      • Truckee, California, United States, 96161
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    • Connecticut
      • New Haven, Connecticut, United States, 06520
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    • District of Columbia
      • Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States, 20007
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    • Florida
      • Orlando, Florida, United States, 32806
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    • Illinois
      • Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611
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    • Indiana
      • Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States, 46804
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    • Kansas
      • Kansas City, Kansas, United States, 66160
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    • Kentucky
      • Louisville, Kentucky, United States, 40202
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    • Louisiana
      • New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, 70112
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    • Michigan
      • Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States, 49503
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    • Montana
      • Bozeman, Montana, United States, 59715
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    • New York
      • New Hyde Park, New York, United States, 11042
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      • New York, New York, United States, 10065
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      • New York, New York, United States, 10029
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      • Rochester, New York, United States, 14642
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    • Tennessee
      • Germantown, Tennessee, United States, 38138
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    • Texas
      • Fort Worth, Texas, United States, 76104
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      • Hanoi, Vietnam, 100000
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      • Hanoi, Vietnam, 10000
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      • Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 70000
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      • Hà Nội, Vietnam, 100000
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Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 130 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Key Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients with histologically or cytologically documented, unresectable, locally advanced or metastatic transitional cell carcinoma (transitional cell and mixed transitional/non-transitional cell histologies) of the urothelium (including renal pelvis, ureters, urinary bladder, and urethra)
  • Patients who have not been previously treated with first-line chemotherapy. Patients who have received prior definitive chemoradiation, adjuvant or neoadjuvant treatment for locally advanced disease are eligible provided that progression to locally advanced or metastatic disease has occurred >12 months from the last therapy [for chemoradiation and adjuvant treatment] or >12 months from the last surgery [for neoadjuvant treatment].
  • At least 1 lesion, not previously irradiated, that qualifies as a RECIST 1.1 target lesion at baseline.
  • World Health Organization (WHO)/Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status (PS) of 0 or 1 at enrolment
  • Adequate organ and marrow function as defined in the protocol
  • Life expectancy ≥12 weeks in the opinion of the investigator
  • Evidence of post-menopausal status, or negative urinary or serum pregnancy test for female pre-menopausal patients.

Key Exclusion Criteria:

  • Prior exposure to immune-mediated therapy (with exclusion of Bacillus Calmette Guerin), including but not limited to, other anti-CTLA-4, anti-PD-1, anti-PD L1, or anti-PD-L2 antibodies, except therapeutic anticancer vaccines, which are permitted. Prior local intervesical chemotherapy or immunotherapy is allowed if completed at least 28 days prior to the initiation of study treatment.
  • No severe concomitant condition that requires immunosuppression medication
  • Untreated central nervous system (CNS) metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis
  • Patients who may be eligible for or are being considered for radical resection during the course of the study.
  • Any medical contraindications to platinum (cisplatin or carboplatin) based doublet chemotherapy and/or known allergy or hypersensitivity to any of the study drugs or any of the study drug excipients

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Durvalumab in Combination with SoC Chemotherapy

Durvalumab every 3 weeks in concurrence with chemotherapy, followed by durvalumab monotherapy every 4 weeks.

All patients will receive one of the following standard of care chemotherapy regimens every 3 weeks for 6 cycles:

  • cisplatin+ gemcitabine
  • If the patient is cisplatin-ineligible, carboplatin + gemcitabine
Durvalumab IV (intravenous infusion)
Other Names:
  • MEDI4736
Cisplatin IV (intravenous)+ Gemcitabine IV(intravenous), as standard of care.
Carboplatin IV (intravenous)+ Gemcitabine IV(intravenous), as standard of care.
Experimental: Durvalumab in Combination with Tremelimumab+SoC Chemotherapy

Durvalumab and Tremelimumab every 3 weeks in concurrence with chemotherapy, followed by durvalumab monotherapy every 4 weeks

Tremelimumab will be provided for 4 cycles.

All patients will receive one of the following standard of care chemotherapy regimens every 3 weeks for 6 cycles:

  • cisplatin+ gemcitabine
  • If the patient is cisplatin-ineligible, carboplatin + gemcitabine
Durvalumab IV (intravenous infusion)
Other Names:
  • MEDI4736
Tremelimumab IV (intravenous infusion)
Cisplatin IV (intravenous)+ Gemcitabine IV(intravenous), as standard of care.
Carboplatin IV (intravenous)+ Gemcitabine IV(intravenous), as standard of care.
Active Comparator: SoC Chemotherapy

Patients will receive one of the following standard of care chemotherapy regimens every 3 weeks for 6 cycles:

  • cisplatin+ gemcitabine
  • If the patient is cisplatin-ineligible, carboplatin + gemcitabine
Cisplatin IV (intravenous)+ Gemcitabine IV(intravenous), as standard of care.
Carboplatin IV (intravenous)+ Gemcitabine IV(intravenous), as standard of care.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Overall Survival (OS)
Time Frame: approximately 5 years
OS is defined as the time from the date of randomization until death due to any cause
approximately 5 years

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Overall Survival (OS)
Time Frame: approximately 5 years
Additional analysis beyond the primary endpoint
approximately 5 years
Overall Survival at 24 months (OS24)
Time Frame: 24 months
The OS24 will be defined as the Kaplan-Meier estimate of OS at 24 months
24 months
Progression Free Survival (PFS)
Time Frame: approximately 5 years
PFS (per RECIST 1.1) will be defined as the time from the date of randomization until the date of first objective disease progression or death
approximately 5 years
Alive and Progression Free Survival at 12 months (APF12)
Time Frame: 12 months
The APF12 will be defined as the Kaplan-Meier estimate of PFS (per RECIST 1.1) at 12 months
12 months
Objective Response Rate (ORR)
Time Frame: approximately 5 years
ORR (per RECIST 1.1) is defined as the number (%) of patients with at least 1 visit response of complete response or partial response and will be based on a subset of all randomized patients
approximately 5 years
Duration of Response (DoR)
Time Frame: approximately 5 years
DoR (per RECIST 1.1) will be defined as the time from the date of first documented response until the first date of documented progression or death in the absence of disease progression
approximately 5 years
Disease Control Rate (DCR)
Time Frame: approximately 5 years
DCR is defined as the proportion of subjects with the best overall response of complete response, partial response or stable disease per RECIST 1.1
approximately 5 years
Time from randomization to second (PFS2)
Time Frame: approximately 5 years
PFS2 will be defined as the time from the date of randomization to the earliest of the progression events subsequent to that used for the PFS endpoint or death
approximately 5 years
To assess disease-related symptoms, physical functioning, and other Health-related quality of life
Time Frame: approximately 5 years
Collection of patient reported outcome questionnaires
approximately 5 years

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
To assess safety using a summary of adverse events.
Time Frame: approximately 5 years
Adverse Events (both in terms of MedDRA preferred terms and CTCAE grade) will be listed individually by patient. The number of patients experiencing each Adverse Event will be summarized by treatment arm and CTCAE grade
approximately 5 years
To assess pharmacokinetics of Durvalumab and Tremelimumab
Time Frame: approximately 5 years
Serum concentrations of Durvalumab and Tremelimumab
approximately 5 years
To assess immunogenicity of Durvalumab and Tremelimumab
Time Frame: approximately 5 years
Presence of anti-drug antibodies for Durvalumab and Tremelimumab
approximately 5 years

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

September 27, 2018

Primary Completion (Estimated)

June 1, 2026

Study Completion (Estimated)

June 1, 2027

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 6, 2018

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 21, 2018

First Posted (Actual)

September 24, 2018

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

May 28, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 27, 2026

Last Verified

May 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

YES

IPD Plan Description

Qualified researchers can request access to anonymized individual patient-level data from AstraZeneca group of companies sponsored clinical trials via the request portal. All request will be evaluated as per the AZ disclosure commitment: https://astrazenecagrouptrials.pharmacm.com/ST/Submission/Disclosure.

IPD Sharing Time Frame

AstraZeneca will meet or exceed data availability as per the commitments made to the EFPIA Pharma Data Sharing Principles. For details of our timelines, please rerefer to our disclosure commitment at https://astrazenecagrouptrials.pharmacm.com/ST/Submission/Disclosure.

IPD Sharing Access Criteria

When a request has been approved AstraZeneca will provide access to the de-identified individual patient-level data in an approved sponsored tool . Signed Data Sharing Agreement (non-negotiable contract for data accessors) must be in place before accessing requested information. Additionally, all users will need to accept the terms and conditions of the SAS MSE to gain access. For additional details, please review the Disclosure Statements at https://astrazenecagrouptrials.pharmacm.com/ST/Submission/Disclosure.

IPD Sharing Supporting Information Type

  • STUDY_PROTOCOL
  • SAP

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

Yes

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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