Tests TAR-210 against chemotherapy for bladder cancer with FGFR changes
Compares TAR-210 with intravesical chemotherapy in adults with high-risk bladder cancer after BCG.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC
- Where
- Cottingham, London, Skerray, Southampton, and Stevenage, United KingdomSee the 5 sitesAlso in 14 other countries, 116 sites
- Trial code
- Registry title
- A Study to Evaluate TAR-210 Versus Intravesical Chemotherapy Treatment in Participants With High Risk Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer
- Status
- Recruiting
- Phase
- Phase 3
- People taking part
- 220 people, planned
- Started
- 10 Sept 2025
- Expected to end
- 16 Mar 2032
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets an existing treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- TAR-210
- Mitomycin C
- Gemcitabine
- Record updated
- 3 November 2026
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for adults with high-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer that grows as papillary tumors only and has a certain FGFR gene change. They must have already had BCG treatment, or could not finish it.
- Age
- 18 years or older
- Sex
- All sexes can join
- Disease stage
- High-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer, papillary-only (high-grade Ta or any T1, no CIS). All visible tumor must be fully removed before randomization. Performance status ECOG 0, 1 or 2.
- Earlier treatment
- Must have had BCG treatment: enough doses and the cancer came back (high-grade Ta or any T1), or could not complete at least 5 doses because of toxicity of grade 2 or more. Must be unable to have, or refuse, radical cystectomy (removal of the bladder).
- Biomarker or test result
- A susceptible FGFR mutation or fusion, found by urine or tumor tissue testing
Main reasons for not taking part
- Carcinoma in situ (CIS) at any point from the recurrence diagnosis to randomization
- Muscle-invasive, locally advanced, non-resectable or metastatic bladder cancer
- Another active cancer that progressed or needed a treatment change in the last 24 months
- A bladder or urethra feature that may stop safe placement or removal of TAR-210
- Urine volume above 4,000 mL in 24 hours, or an indwelling catheter
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Histologically confirmed diagnosis by local pathology of papillary-only HR-NMIBC (defined as high-grade Ta or any T1, no CIS). Mixed histology tumors are allowed if urothelial differentiation is predominant. However, neuroendocrine, and small cell variants will be excluded
- Have a susceptible fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) mutation or fusion either by urine testing or tumor tissue testing (from TURBT tissue) as determined by central or local testing
- All visible tumor completely resected prior to randomization. Urine cytology must not be positive or suspicious for high grade UC before randomization. For participants with lamina propria invasion (T1) on the screening biopsy/TURBT, muscularis propria must be present to rule out MIBC
- Participants must have had either: a. Adequate Induction (5 of 6 doses) and either 2 of 3 doses of Maintenance or 2 of 6 doses of second Induction of BCG with high-grade T1 disease at first disease assessment after induction or high-grade Ta/any T1 disease within 6 months after last BCG (BCG-unresponsive population); b. had adequate induction (5 or 6 doses) with or without maintenance BCG with high-grade Ta/any T1 disease within 12 months after last BCG excluding BCG-unresponsive (BCG-experienced population); or c. been unable to complete an induction course of BCG with at least 5 doses due to grade >= 2 toxicity requiring BCG discontinuation (BCG intolerant population)
- Have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status Grade of 0, 1, or 2
- Must be ineligible for or refusing radical cystectomy (RC)
Who cannot take part
- Presence of CIS at any point from time of diagnosis of papillary-only HR-NMIBC recurrence to randomization. Additionally, presence or history of histologically confirmed, muscle-invasive, locally advanced, nonresectable, or metastatic urothelial carcinoma (that is [i.e.], T2, T3, T4, N+, and/or M+)
- Active malignancies (i.e., progressing or requiring treatment change in the last 24 months) other than the disease being treated under study. Allowed recent second or prior malignancies: a. Any malignancy that was not progressing nor requiring treatment change in the last 12 months; b. Malignancies treated within the last 12 months and considered at very low risk for recurrence for example (e.g.): non-melanoma skin cancers (treated with curative therapy or localized melanoma treated with curative surgical resection alone), non-invasive cervical cancer, breast cancer (adequately treated lobular CIS or ductal CIS, localized breast cancer and receiving antihormonal agents), localized prostate cancer ([N0, M0] with a Gleason score less than or equal to [<=] 7a, treated locally only [radical prostatectomy/radiation therapy/focal treatment]) and other malignancy that is considered at minimal risk of recurrence
- A history of clinically significant polyuria with recorded 24 hour urine volumes greater than (>) 4,000 milliliters (mL)
- Presence of any bladder or urethral anatomic feature that, in the opinion of the investigator, may prevent the safe placement, indwelling use, or removal of TAR 210
- Indwelling catheters are not permitted; however, intermittent catheterization is acceptable
Where in United Kingdom
Also in 14 other countries, 116 sites
- Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustCottingham, United KingdomTaking people
- St Bartholomews HospitalLondon, United KingdomTaking people
- Royal Marsden HospitalSkerray, United KingdomTaking people
- Southampton University HospitalSouthampton, United KingdomTaking people
- Lister HospitalStevenage, United KingdomTaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
The main purpose of this study is to compare the disease-free survival (the length of time after randomization that a participant survives without any signs or symptoms of the cancer returning, or progressing) between Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) treated participants receiving treatment with TAR-210 versus investigator's choice of intravesical chemotherapy for treatment of high-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (HR-NMIBC).
The 2 groups in the trial
- Group A: TAR-210Treatment being tested
Participants in Group A will have TAR-210 inserted in the bladder on Day 1. TAR-210 will be inserted over a treatment duration of approximately 2 years.
Treatment: TAR-210
- Group B: Mitomycin C (MMC) or GemcitabineExisting treatment, for comparison
Participants in Group B will receive intravesical mitomycin C (MMC) or gemcitabine (investigator's choice) once weekly for 4 to 6 induction doses followed by maintenance dosing once monthly for up to 1 year. An optional second year of additional maintenance can be added at the investigator's discretion.
Treatment: Mitomycin C and Gemcitabine
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov and on the EU's official list of trials (CTIS).
- Official title
- A Phase 3, Randomized, Open-label, Multicenter Study Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of TAR-210 Erdafitinib Intravesical Delivery System Versus Investigator's Choice of Intravesical Chemotherapy in Participants With High-risk Non-muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer With Susceptible FGFR Alterations Who Had Received Intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG)
- Plain-language title
- Tests TAR-210 against chemotherapy for bladder cancer with FGFR changesGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 12 November 2026.
- Record updated
- 3 November 2026