Abstract
Muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) is associated with high rates of recurrence and poor prognosis despite aggressive treatment. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy before radical cystectomy (RC) improves outcomes in cisplatin-eligible patients; however, the improvement in overall survival is modest. Standard of care for cisplatin-ineligible patients remains RC; more effective systemic therapies are needed. Recent Phase Ib/II studies suggest pembrolizumab monotherapy and combination therapy are effective neoadjuvant therapies for MIBC. The randomized Phase III KEYNOTE-866 and KEYNOTE-905/EV-303 studies are being conducted to evaluate efficacy and safety of perioperative pembrolizumab or placebo with chemotherapy in cisplatin-eligible patients with MIBC (KEYNOTE-866) and of pembrolizumab monotherapy versus pembrolizumab plus enfortumab vedotin versus RC plus pelvic lymph node dissection alone in cisplatin-ineligible patients with MIBC (KEYNOTE-905/EV-303). Clinical trial registration: NCT03924856 & NCT03924895 (ClinicalTrials.gov)</ext-link.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 3137-3150 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | Future Oncology |
Volume | 17 |
Issue number | 24 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 2021 |
Keywords
- Antibody-drug conjugate
- Immunotherapy
- Muscle-invasive bladder cancer
- Nectin-4
- Pembrolizumab
- Perioperative
- Programmed death 1
- Radical cystectomy