Longitudinal tumor-informed ctDNA monitoring and clinical outcomes in advanced urothelial carcinoma treated with enfortumab vedotin ± pembrolizumab.

4569 Background: Enfortumab vedotin plus pembrolizumab (EV±P) is standard-of-care for patients (pts) with locally advanced/metastatic urothelial carcinoma (la/mUC), although not all pts experience durable benefit. Tumor-informed circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) assays enable a personalized, real-time assessment of disease kinetics, and early ctDNA dynamics (<12 weeks) have been linked to EV±P radiographic response and survival outcomes. However, the prognostic relevance of ctDNA dynamics relative to durable clinical benefit is not well defined. Methods: We conducted a multicenter, retrospective real-world analysis of pts with la/mUC who received ≥1 cycle of EV±P and ≥1 commercial plasma ctDNA test using a clinically validated, personalized, tumor-informed assay (Signatera, Natera, Inc.). Associations between ctDNA features and progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) were evaluated using Cox proportional hazards models. Results: A total of 110 pts with 545 plasma samples were analyzed. All pts had ≥1 ctDNA test (median: 4 tests/pt) immediately prior to and/or after EV±P initiation, with median time between serial ctDNA collections of 7.3 (IQR: 5.4-12.0) weeks. In this cohort, 69% (76/110) of pts had ≥1 ctDNA test (355 total) beyond 12 weeks post-EV±P initiation. Among these 76 pts, 31.5% (24/76) were persistently ctDNA negative (≥2 consecutively negative samples with no positives), while 65.8% (50/76) were anytime ctDNA-positive. Time-varying covariate analysis incorporating all serial results after 12-weeks reaffirmed that ctDNA-positivity was associated with worse PFS and OS (PFS: HR: 36.8, p<0.005; OS: HR: 17.7, p=0.01). Serial ctDNA negativity within 4-24 weeks (i.e. ≥2 consecutively negative samples with no positives) was strongly associated with durable OS/PFS beyond 24 weeks (PFS: HR=0.05, 95% CI: 0.01-0.42, p=0.005; OS: HR=0.046, 95% CI: 0.0004-0.33 [Firth], p=0.0002). Furthermore, single-timepoint ctDNA positivity evaluated at 12–24 weeks (HR: 11.8; 95% CI: 2.72–51.60; p=0.001) and >24 weeks (HR: 6.8; 95% CI: 2.5–18.6; p=0.0002) was strongly associated with inferior PFS. Findings were similar for OS (12-24wk: HR: 7.2, 95% CI: 1.7-31.3; p=0.008; >24wk: HR=3.8, CI: 1.2-12.3; p=0.03). Conclusions: Longitudinal ctDNA dynamics are strongly prognostic in pts with la/mUC treated with EV±P, even when assessed beyond 12 weeks from treatment start. Sustained ctDNA negativity further identifies pts with durable clinical benefit. These findings support ctDNA as a potentially complementary biomarker to standard imaging in this clinical context.

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Journal of Clinical Oncology
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2026-05-27
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Longitudinal tumor-informed ctDNA monitoring and clinical outcomes in advanced urothelial carcinoma treated with enfortumab vedotin ± pembrolizumab.

Vadim S. Koshkin, Sima P. Porten, Steven N. Seyedin, Terence W. Friedlander et al.
Journal of Clinical Oncology
Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
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Longitudinal tumor-informed ctDNA monitoring and clinical outcomes in advanced urothelial carcinoma treated with enfortumab vedotin ± pembrolizumab.

Vadim S. Koshkin, Sima P. Porten, Steven N. Seyedin, Terence W. Friedlander, Adanma Ayanambakkam, Sahar Balkhi, Carissa E. Chu, Jonathan Chou, Ashley Wray, Ryan Zhu, Xiaolin Zhu, Cameron Herberts, Punashi Dutta, Meenakshi Malhotra, Adam ElNaggar, Minetta C. Liu, Shruti Sharma, Beaux Mitchell, Kevin R. Reyes
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4569 Background: Enfortumab vedotin plus pembrolizumab (EV±P) is standard-of-care for patients (pts) with locally advanced/metastatic urothelial carcinoma (la/mUC), although not all pts experience durable benefit. Tumor-informed circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) assays enable a personalized, real-time assessment of disease kinetics, and early ctDNA dynamics (<12 weeks) have been linked to EV±P radiographic response and survival outcomes. However, the prognostic relevance of ctDNA dynamics relative to durable clinical benefit is not well defined. Methods: We conducted a multicenter, retrospective real-world analysis of pts with la/mUC who received ≥1 cycle of EV±P and ≥1 commercial plasma ctDNA test using a clinically validated, personalized, tumor-informed assay (Signatera, Natera, Inc.). Associations between ctDNA features and progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) were evaluated using Cox proportional hazards models. Results: A total of 110 pts with 545 plasma samples were analyzed. All pts had ≥1 ctDNA test (median: 4 tests/pt) immediately prior to and/or after EV±P initiation, with median time between serial ctDNA collections of 7.3 (IQR: 5.4-12.0) weeks. In this cohort, 69% (76/110) of pts had ≥1 ctDNA test (355 total) beyond 12 weeks post-EV±P initiation. Among these 76 pts, 31.5% (24/76) were persistently ctDNA negative (≥2 consecutively negative samples with no positives), while 65.8% (50/76) were anytime ctDNA-positive. Time-varying covariate analysis incorporating all serial results after 12-weeks reaffirmed that ctDNA-positivity was associated with worse PFS and OS (PFS: HR: 36.8, p<0.005; OS: HR: 17.7, p=0.01). Serial ctDNA negativity within 4-24 weeks (i.e. ≥2 consecutively negative samples with no positives) was strongly associated with durable OS/PFS beyond 24 weeks (PFS: HR=0.05, 95% CI: 0.01-0.42, p=0.005; OS: HR=0.046, 95% CI: 0.0004-0.33 [Firth], p=0.0002). Furthermore, single-timepoint ctDNA positivity evaluated at 12–24 weeks (HR: 11.8; 95% CI: 2.72–51.60; p=0.001) and >24 weeks (HR: 6.8; 95% CI: 2.5–18.6; p=0.0002) was strongly associated with inferior PFS. Findings were similar for OS (12-24wk: HR: 7.2, 95% CI: 1.7-31.3; p=0.008; >24wk: HR=3.8, CI: 1.2-12.3; p=0.03). Conclusions: Longitudinal ctDNA dynamics are strongly prognostic in pts with la/mUC treated with EV±P, even when assessed beyond 12 weeks from treatment start. Sustained ctDNA negativity further identifies pts with durable clinical benefit. These findings support ctDNA as a potentially complementary biomarker to standard imaging in this clinical context.

Journal of Clinical OncologyVol. 44(16_suppl)
University of California, San Francisco (US), Natera (United States) (US), University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (US)
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Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
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