Clinical trial · Interventional
Phase 2 Study of Docetaxel +/- OGX-427 in Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Metastatic Bladder Cancer
The Borealis-2 Clinical Trial: A Randomized Phase 2 Study Comparing Docetaxel Alone to Docetaxel in Combination With OGX-427 in Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma After Receiving a Platinum-containing Regimen: Hoosier Cancer Research Network GU12-160
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
This is a randomized, open-label Phase 2 clinical trial to evaluate whether suppression of Hsp27 (Heat shock protein 27) production using OGX-427, a second-generation antisense oligonucleotide (ASO), in combination with docetaxel can prolong survival time compared to docetaxel alone in participants with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma (UC) that are relapsed or refractory after receiving a platinum-containing regimen.
Conditions
Conditions (2)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bladder Cancer | Malignant Bladder Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
| Urothelial Carcinoma | Urothelial Carcinoma | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Docetaxel | Drug | Docetaxel | ALIAS |
| OGX-427 | Drug | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Experimental Arm: Arm A
- description
- Three doses of 600 mg OGX-427 will be administered IV during the loading dose period (days -9 to -1). Following completion of the loading dose period, 600 mg OGX-427 will be given IV weekly on days 1, 8, and 15 of each 21-day cycle.
- interventionNames
- Drug: OGX-427
- Drug: Docetaxel
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Control Arm: Arm B
- description
- Docetaxel (75 mg/M2) will be administered IV on day 1 of each 21 day cycle for a maximum of 10 cycles.
- interventionNames
- Drug: Docetaxel
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Overall Survival
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Participants must have histologically documented metastatic or locally inoperable advanced urothelial carcinoma (bladder, urethra, ureter and renal pelvis) (T4b, N2, N3, or M1 disease. NOTE: Aberrant differentiation such as squamous, glandular (adenocarcinoma), and micropapillary are eligible unless the tumor is considered a pure histological variant according to the pathology report. Participants with small cell histology are not eligible. * Participants must have measurable disease defined as at least one target lesion that has not been irradiated and can be accurately measured in at least one dimension by RECIST v1.1 criteria. * Participants must have received prior systemic chemotherapy treatment for metastatic urothelial carcinoma. NOTE: Up to 2 prior systemic chemotherapeutic regimens given in the metastatic disease setting for urothelial carcinoma are allowed. * Specifically, subjects must meet one or more of the following criteria: 1. Progression during or after treatment with a regimen that includes a platinum salt (e.g., carboplatin or cisplatin) OR 2. Disease recurrence within one year after neoadjuvant or adjuvant platinum-based systemic chemotherapy, measured from the date of last dose of chemotherapy or surgery until the day the informed consent is signed * Participants must be ≥18 years since no dosing or adverse event data are currently available on the use of OGX-427 in participants \<18 years of age. * Minimum of 21 days have elapsed since prior major surgery, with recovery from any adverse events. * Minimum of 14 days have elapsed since any prior radiation therapy, with recovery from any adverse events. * The effects of OGX-427 on the developing human fetus are unknown. For this reason, women of child-bearing potential and men must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) prior to study entry and for the duration of study participation. Should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while participating in this study, she should inform her treating physician immediately. * Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document. Exclusion Criteria: * History of treatment with docetaxel in any setting. Participants treated with prior paclitaxel are eligible. * Prior enrollment in the OncoGenex Phase 2 Study OGX-427-02. * Participants may not be receiving other investigational agents. * Participants with known brain or spinal cord metastases are excluded from this clinical trial because of their poor prognosis and because they often develop progressive neurologic dysfunction that would confound the evaluation of neurologic and other adverse events. NOTE: Brain imaging is not required unless the patient has symptoms or physical signs of central nervous system (CNS) disease. * History of allergic reactions or severe hypersensitivity reactions to drugs formulated with polysorbate 80 or antisense oligonucleotides. * Peripheral neuropathy ≥Grade 2. * Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to ongoing or active infection or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements. * Cerebrovascular accident or pulmonary embolus within 3 months of randomization. * Pregnant women and breast feeding women are excluded from this study because of the risk to a fetus due to docetaxel chemotherapy and OGX-427 systemic treatment (fertility toxicology studies have not been completed for OGX-427). * Active second malignancy (except non-melanomatous skin cancer or incidental prostate cancer found on cystectomy): active secondary malignancy is defined as a current need for cancer therapy or a high possibility (\>30%) of recurrence during the study.
References
Publications (3)
- BACKGROUNDJonathan E. Rosenberg, Noah M. Hahn, Meredith M. Regan, Cindy Jacobs, Patricia S. Stewart, Toni K. Choueiri. The Borealis-2 clinical trial: A randomized phase II study of OGX-427 plus docetaxel versus docetaxel alone in relapsed/refractory metastatic urothelial cancer. J Clin Oncol 31, 2013 (suppl; abstr TPS4588^) http://abstracts2.asco.org/AbstView_132_114639.html
- BACKGROUNDChoueiri TK, Hahn NM, Pal SK, Alva AS, Dreicer R, Starodub A, Sonpavde G, Hoffman-Censits JH, Picus J, Balar AV, Guancial EA, Regan MM, Jacobs C, Stewart PS, Rosenberg JE. The Borealis-2 clinical trial: A randomized phase 2 study of OGX-427 (apatorsen) plus docetaxel versus docetaxel alone in relapsed/refractory metastatic urothelial cancer. J Clin Oncol 32:5s, 2014 (suppl; abstr TPS4593^)
- BACKGROUNDChoueiri TK, Hahn NM, Alva AS, Lauer RC, Dreicer R, Picus J, Pili R, Balar AV, Sonpavde G, Hoffman-Censits JH, Guancial EA, Alter R, Regan MM, Jacobs C, Stewart PS, Pal SK, Rosenberg JE. The Borealis-2 clinical trial: A randomized phase 2 study of OGX-427 (Apatorsen) plus docetaxel versus docetaxel alone in relapsed/refractory metastatic urothelial cancer. J Clin Oncol 33:5s, 2015 (suppl; abstr TPS4577)