Treatment patterns and outcomes with second-line therapies in patients with advanced urothelial carcinoma previously treated with first-line enfortumab vedotin with pembrolizumab

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Authors: Georges Gebrael, Yeonjung Jo, Zeynep İrem Özay, Varun Nandakumar, Antonio Cigliola, Valentina Tateo, Edwin Lin, Micah Ostrowski, Nicolas Sayegh, Ethan G. Murdock, Vinay Mathew Thomas, Sumati Gupta
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Abstract

Enfortumab vedotin with pembrolizumab (EV + pembro) has transformed first-line treatment of advanced urothelial carcinoma (aUC). No prospective data are available evaluating outcomes of different therapies following progression on EV + pembro. Patients who received first-line EV + pembro and had second-line therapy data available were eligible and included. Second-line treatment types were categorized as cisplatin-based therapy, carboplatin-based therapy, EV rechallenge, or other. Outcomes assessed included real-world overall survival (rwOS) and real-world time to next therapy (rwTTNT). Among 15,236 pts with aUC, 757 received first-line EV + pembro, and 118 who went on to second-line therapy and had survival outcomes were included. Second-line treatments were carboplatin-based (35%), cisplatin-based (13%), other regimens (38%), and EV rechallenge (13%). The "Other" category included erdafitinib, trastuzumab deruxtecan, and sacituzumab govitecan. Median rwTTNT ranged from 3-4.7 months for platinum regimens to 8.5 months with EV rechallenge. Median rwOS ranged 7.1-8.5 months for platinum-base therapy or EV rechallenge and 14 months for other regimens. This is the largest real-world study to date evaluating real-world treatment patterns and outcomes with various second-line therapies after progression on first-line EV + pembro in aUC. Median rwOS and rwTTNT were modest across all treatment groups. These findings underscore the limited efficacy of current second-line options in the post EV + pembro setting.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Renal cell carcinoma treatment

Publication details

Journal / source
Bladder Cancer
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Volume
12
Issue
1
Pages
23523735261437911–23523735261437911
Publication date
1 January 2026
Language
EN