Pivotal Trial of Enfortumab Vedotin in Urothelial Carcinoma After Platinum and Anti-Programmed Death 1/Programmed Death Ligand 1 Therapy
METHODS: EV-201 is a global, phase II, single-arm study of enfortumab vedotin 1.25 mg/kg (intravenously on days 1, 8, and 15 of every 28-day cycle) in patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma who were previously treated with platinum chemotherapy and anti–PD-1/L1 therapy. The primary end point was objective response rate per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) version 1.1 by blinded independent central review. Key secondary end points were duration of response, progression-free survival, overall survival, safety, and tolerability.
RESULTS: Enfortumab vedotin was administered to 125 patients with metastatic urothelial carcinoma. Median follow-up was 10.2 months (range, 0.5 to 16.5 months). Confirmed objective response rate was 44% (95% CI, 35.1% to 53.2%), including 12% complete responses. Similar responses were observed in prespecified subgroups, such as those patients with liver metastases and those with no response to prior anti–PD-1/L1 therapy. Median duration of response was 7.6 months (range, 0.95 to 11.30+ months). The most common treatment-related adverse events were fatigue (50%), any peripheral neuropathy (50%), alopecia (49%), any rash (48%), decreased appetite (44%), and dysgeusia (40%). No single treatment-related adverse events grade 3 or greater occurred in 10% or more of patients.
CONCLUSION: Enfortumab vedotin demonstrated a clinically meaningful response rate with a manageable and tolerable safety profile in patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma who were previously treated with platinum and anti–PD-1/L1 therapies.
Jonathan E. Rosenberg, MD1,2 ; Peter H. O’Donnell, MD3; Arjun V. Balar, MD4; Bradley A. McGregor, MD5; Elisabeth I. Heath, MD6; Evan Y. Yu, MD7,8; Matthew D. Galsky, MD9; Noah M. Hahn, MD10; Elaina M. Gartner, MD11; Juan M. Pinelli, PA-C, MMSc11; Shang-Ying Liang, PhD11; Amal Melhem-Bertrandt, MD12; and Daniel P. Petrylak, MD13
1. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
2. Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
3. University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
4. New York University Langone Health, New York, NY
5. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
6. Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
7. Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
8. The University of Washington, Seattle, WA
9. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
10. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
11. Seattle Genetics, Bothell, WA
12. Astellas Pharma, Northbrook, IL
13. Yale Cancer Center, New Haven, CT
Rosenberg, J., O’Donnell, P., Balar, A., McGregor, B., Heath, E., & Yu, E. et al. (2019). Pivotal Trial of Enfortumab Vedotin in Urothelial Carcinoma After Platinum and Anti-Programmed Death 1/Programmed Death Ligand 1 Therapy. Journal Of Clinical Oncology, JCO.19.01140. doi: 10.1200/jco.19.01140 Published online July 29, 2019.
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