Phase 2 study for people with Bladder Cancer

Recruiting Phase 2

Sources: ClinicalTrials.gov Checked: 11 October 2026 Not medical advice

This trial at a glance

Status Recruiting
Phase Phase 2
Sponsor Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Registry number NCT06833073
Started 11 March 2025 Today 16 October 2026 Estimated completion 3 September 2031

Where this trial is running

Trial sites and the status recorded for each
SiteCityState or countryStatus at this site
Macquarie University ( Site 1801) Macquarie University NSW Recruiting
Fiona Stanley Hospital ( Site 1803) Perth WA Recruiting

voxsanity.com.au · trial sites from public registries · registry record synced 11 October 2026 · not medical advice

Who can join

Age 18 Years and over
Sex Anyone, regardless of sex
Healthy volunteers Not accepted
Enrolment target 308

The official eligibility criteria

Registry text, reproduced exactly. These are the words the trial's sponsor published on ClinicalTrials.gov. They have not been edited, shortened or rewritten, and they are written for researchers rather than for patients.

Inclusion Criteria:

The main inclusion criteria include but are not limited to the following:

\- Is an individual whose most recent TURBT was performed within 12 weeks before randomization/allocation and showed BICR-confirmed high-risk NMIBC histology

Cohort A:

* Has high-risk non-muscle invasive (HG Ta, T1, and/or CIS) UC of the bladder

* Is BCG-naïve defined as either having never received BCG or having received BCG more than 2 years before high-risk NMIBC recurrence. Recurrence must be at least 24 months from the last exposure to BCG with evidence of complete response during the 2-year period post BCG

Cohort B:

* Has CIS +/-papillary non-muscle invasive UC of the bladder

* Is ineligible for, or refusing, any IVESIC therapy

* Is either BCG-naïve (as defined above) or BCG-exposed but did not receive protocol-specified minimum dosing of BCG and experienced recurrence of high-risk NMIBC within 2 years of the last dose of BCG

* Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected individuals must have well controlled HIV on antiretroviral therapy (ART)

Exclusion Criteria:

The main exclusion criteria include but are not limited to the following:

* Has a history of or concurrent locally-advanced (ie, T2, T3, T4) or metastatic UC

* Has concurrent extravesical (ie, urethra, ureter, renal pelvis) non-muscle invasive UC or a history of extravesical non-muscle invasive UC that recurred within the last 2 years, with certain exceptions

* Has a known additional malignancy that is progressing or has required active treatment within the last 3 years

* Has had a myocardial infarction within 6 months of randomization/allocation

* Has received any systemic anticancer therapy including investigational agents within 4 weeks before randomization/allocation

* Has received prior treatment with a cancer vaccine

* Has immunodeficiency or is receiving chronic systemic steroid therapy

* Has active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in the last 2 years

* Has any contraindication to IV contrast and gadolinium or is otherwise unable to have imaging with either computerized tomography urogram (CTU) or Magnetic resonance urography (MRU)

Cohort A:

* Has current active tuberculosis

* Has a known history of HIV infection

Cohort B:

\- HIV-infected individuals with a history of Kaposi's sarcoma and/or Multicentric Castleman's Disease

Dates on the record

Started 11 March 2025
Estimated completion 3 September 2031
Registry last updated 1 October 2026
Checked by Voxsanity 11 October 2026

Results, publications and the official record

Sources and dates

  • ClinicalTrials.gov – the record this page reformats
  • ClinicalTrials.gov processing date: 1 October 2026.
  • This page last checked by Voxsanity: 11 October 2026.

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Letter for your doctor

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