372 Background: For patients with advanced TCC who have progressed on a platinum-based regimen, no widely accepted standard second line therapy currently exists. A 2-stage phase II study was conducted to assess the activity and toxicity profile of the microtubule inhibitor cabazitaxel (Jevtana; FDA-approved in hormone-refractory metastatic prostate cancer previously treated with a docetaxel-containing regimen) in patients with metastatic TCC after failure of prior platinum-based chemotherapy. ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01600339. Methods: Patients with one prior platinum based systemic therapy for metastatic TCC received cabazitaxel at a dose of 25 mg\m2every 21 days with prophylactic GCSF support, until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. The primary endpoint was objective tumor response rate (ORR). Secondary endpoints included safety, time to progression (TTP), and overall survival (OS). Results: Twenty-three patients were enrolled to the study, 19 of whom received treatment. Male\female ratio was 15\4 and the median age was 67 (range, 56-81) years. Partial response (PR) was observed in 1 patient (5.3%), 10 patients (52.6%) achieved stable disease (SD), including 8 (42.1%) that had prolonged SD (≥16 weeks).Furthermore, the disease control rate (PR or prolonged SD) was 47.4%. The median TTP and OS were 4.2 (95% CI, 2.0-6.0) months and 9.9 (95% CI 5.6-13.2) months, respectively. The median number of treatment cycles was 5 (range 1-10). One patient experienced Grade 5 toxicity. Neutropenic fever occurred in 10.6% of patients. Most common toxicities were anemia and diarrhea. Conclusions: Cabazitaxel had modest efficacy in the treatment of advanced TCC, and there was no evidence of a significant response. Toxicity profile was considerable. The role of Cabazitaxel in urothelial carcinoma may need further evaluation in rational combination strategies, but not as a single agent. Clinical trial information: NCT01600339.
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