Updates on advanced bladder cancer treatment
October 30th 2023"If a patient begins treatment with platinum-based chemotherapy and maintenance immune checkpoint inhibition, second-line options may involve evaluating erdafitinib, ADCs, or participation in clinical trials," says Adanma Ayanambakkam, MD.
FDA accepts resubmission of BLA for N-803 in NMIBC
October 26th 2023The FDA has accepted a resubmitted biologics license application for N-803 for use in combination with BCG for the treatment of patients with BCG-unresponsive non–muscle-invasive bladder cancer carcinoma in situ with or without Ta or T1 disease.
Adjuvant pembrolizumab improves DFS in certain patients with urothelial carcinoma
October 5th 2023Treatment with adjuvant pembrolizumab reduced the risk of disease recurrence or death versus observation in patients with localized muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma and locally advanced urothelial carcinoma.
Enfortumab vedotin plus pembrolizumab improves survival in frontline urothelial cancer
September 22nd 2023The EV-302 trial is the confirmatory trial for the FDA’s accelerated approval of pembrolizumab plus enfortumab vedotin for the first-line treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma.
Durvalumab shows promise as perioperative addition for muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma
September 5th 2023Adding perioperative durvalumab to standard care for patients with resectable muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma demonstrated promising event-free and overall survival rates in a phase 2 trial.
UGN-102 improves on current standard in low-grade intermediate-risk NMIBC
August 8th 2023The mitomycin-containing reverse thermal gel UGN-102 with or without TURBT reduced the risk of recurrence, progression, or death vs TURBT alone in patients with low-grade intermediate-risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer.