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- Ashish Kamat hosts a discussion with Roger Li and Trinity Bivalacqua on the CORE-001 study evaluating cretostimogene grenadenorepvec and pembrolizumab for BCG-unresponsive CIS. Dr. Li highlights the 83% complete response rate at any time, 57.1% at 12 months, and 54.3% at 24 months, noting the therapy's durability and lack of progression to muscle-invasive or metastatic disease. The combination the...
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- Sam Chang interviews Edward Messing about his research on using apalutamide for non-muscle invasive bladder cancer. Dr. Messing discusses a trial aiming to explore whether antiandrogens like apalutamide can prevent bladder cancer recurrence, given its higher prevalence in men. This molecular proof-of-principle study, sponsored by the National Cancer Institute, focuses on the role of androgen recep...
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- Sam Chang interviews Karim Chamie about pivotal clinical trials in urothelial carcinoma presented at AUA 2024. Dr. Chamie discusses the MoonRISe-1 trial, a Phase III study on TAR-210 (an erdafitinib intravesical delivery system) for intermediate-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer, highlighting its innovative approach and potential to change the treatment landscape. He also reviews the SunRISe...
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- Sam Chang interviews Neal Shore about the KEYNOTE-676 trial. This global study evaluates the efficacy of combining Pembrolizumab with BCG induction and maintenance in patients who had previously received an induction course of BCG without maintenance. Dr. Shore discusses the study’s aim to enhance the effectiveness of BCG therapy in non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) by adding a checkpoint...
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- Sam Chang interviews Woodson Smelser to discuss takeaways from the AUA Annual Meeting in urothelial carcinoma, highlighting the rapid advancements in non-muscle invasive bladder cancer therapies. He emphasizes the importance of new FDA-approved agents like Pembrolizumab, Nadofaragene, and Nogapendekin. Dr. Smelser also reviews clinical trials, such as the TAR-200 device and the CG0070 adenovirus....
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- Ashish Kamat hosts a discussion with Matt Galsky and Neal Shore on the latest advancements in bladder cancer treatment, focusing on immunotherapy for advanced bladder cancer and the associated survival benefits. He emphasizes the importance of recognizing and managing immune-related toxicities. Dr. Shore discusses the application of immunotherapy in earlier stages of disease, mentioning pembrolizu...
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- Sam Chang interviews Oscar Rodriguez-Faba about the SSANTROP trial. This phase II trial assesses the efficacy of combining sacituzumab govitecan, a monoclonal antibody targeting the Trop-2 receptor, with the PD-1 inhibitor sasanlimab in BCG-unresponsive non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer. The trial aims to provide a systemic therapy alternative to radical cystectomy, with a sample size goal of 120...
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- Ashish Kamat hosts Paolo Gontero and Michael Cookson to discuss managing high-risk bladder cancer with variant histology. They address the challenges of treating these cases, given the variability in pathology reports and treatment strategies. Dr. Cookson emphasizes treating these patients as high-risk and the importance of proper staging and patient counseling. Dr. Gontero highlights the increase...
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- Sam Chang speaks with Sandeep (Bobby) Reddy about the FDA-approved agent Anktiva combined with BCG for BCG-unresponsive non-muscle invasive bladder cancer. Dr. Reddy discusses the results from the QUILT 2.005 trial, showing high durability and response rates in patients. He explains the mechanism of Anktiva, which enhances immune response without increasing regulatory T cells, leading to significa...
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- Ashish Kamat and Patrick Soon-Shiong delve into the current status and future prospects of Anktiva for bladder cancer. Dr. Soon-Shiong addresses concerns about the BCG shortage and the steps taken to ensure its availability through a partnership with the Serum Institute of India, which will provide both traditional and next-generation recombinant BCG. He explains that Anktiva is designed to be use...
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