EV-103 dose escalation/cohort A: 5-year follow-up of enfortumab vedotin plus pembrolizumab in previously untreated locally advanced/metastatic urothelial carcinoma
<h3>Background</h3> Dose escalation/cohort A of the phase Ib/II EV-103/KEYNOTE-869 study (NCT03288545) assessed safety and efficacy of enfortumab vedotin (EV) plus pembrolizumab (P) in cisplatin-ineligible patients with previously untreated locally advanced/metastatic urothelial carcinoma (la/mUC). Here we report updated results after 5 years of follow-up. <h3>Methods</h3> Patients received EV 1.25 mg/kg intravenously on days 1 and 8, and pembrolizumab 200 mg on day 1 of every 3-week cycle. The primary endpoint was safety. Select secondary endpoints included objective response rate (ORR), duration of response (DOR), progression-free survival (PFS), and overall survival (OS). <h3>Results</h3> Forty-five patients were enrolled. Baseline characteristics were representative of a cisplatin-ineligible population; 84.4% had visceral disease and 55.6% had reduced renal function (creatine clearance <60 ml/min). The median follow-up time was 62.1 months [95% confidence interval (CI) 59.4-63.1]. There were no new safety signals, and safety was consistent with EV+P in other la/mUC studies. Confirmed ORR was 73.3%, median DOR was 22.1 months [95% CI 8.4-not estimable (NE)], median PFS was 12.7 months (95% CI 6.1-NE), and median OS was 26.1 months (95% CI 15.5-NE). The estimated 5-year survival rate was 41.5% (95% CI 26.5-56.0). <h3>Conclusion</h3> Along with results from EV-302/KEYNOTE-A39 (NCT04223856), the 5-year results further support the sustained benefit from EV+P and establish the combination as the standard of care for previously untreated la/mUC.
Institutions
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (United States) (US)
- Cleveland Clinic (US)
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (US)
- University of Miami (US)
- Emory University (US)
- Pfizer (United States) (US)
- University of California, Irvine (US)
- Cornell University (US)
- University Hospitals of Cleveland (US)
- The Medical Center of Aurora (US)
- Yale Cancer Center (US)
- University of California San Diego (US)
- University of Chicago (US)
- University of California San Francisco Medical Center (US)
- Aurora Medical Center (US)
- Duke Institute for Health Innovation (US)
- Stanford Medicine (US)
- University School (US)
- Astellas Pharma (United States) (US)
- Duke Cancer Institute
- Case Western Reserve University (US)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- ESMO Open
- Published
- 2026-05-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esmoop.2026.107700
- Primary Topic
- Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Astellas Pharma US
- Merck
- Seagen