About this trial
This trial will evaluate the use of combination pembrolizumab and enfortumab vedotin for patients with high grade non-metastatic (cN0/NxMx, no measurable regional lymph nodes, no metastases) upper tract urothelial cancer (UTUC), preferring to forego standard of care radical nephroureterectomy (RNU) surgery. Currently these patients would not be suitable candidates for neoadjuvant trials, as the patients intention is to forego surgery. The patients are also not candidates for metastatic trials, as the patients have no measurable metastasis. The Investigators hypothesize the combination of pembrolizumab and enfortumab vedotin for patients with high grade cN0/NxMx UTUC deferring RNU will lead to event free survival outcomes similar to that achieved by RNU in a historic dataset.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Male/female participants who are at least 18 years of age on the day of signing informed consent with histologically confirmed diagnosis of histologically documented, high grade upper tract urothelial cancer, (UTUC can be diagnosed by direct visualization and biopsy, or by 3 dimensional imaging and positive urine cytology) will be enrolled in this study.
Patients must refuse definitive radical nephroureterectomy (RNU), or be medically ineligible for surgery. To be medically ineligible, patients must, in the opinion of the clinical team, be at high risk of complications intra or perioperative which would adversely impact morbidity and mortality, including risk of CKD and ESRD.
Subjects who received neoadjuvant chemotherapy with recurrence >12 months from completion of therapy are permitted
Subjects that received adjuvant chemotherapy following cystectomy with recurrence >12 months from completion of therapy are permitted
Disqualifiers
Subjects who have previously received enfortumab vedotin or other MMAE-based ADCs.
Subjects who have received prior treatment with a PD-(L)-1 inhibitor for any malignancy, including earlier stage UC, defined as a PD-1 inhibitor or PD-L1inhibitor (including, but not limited to, atezolizumab, pembrolizumab, nivolumab, durvalumab, or avelumab).
Subjects who have previously received any prior treatment with an agent directed to another stimulatory or co inhibitory T-cell receptor (including but not limited to CD137 agonists, CTLA-4 inhibitors, or OX-40 agonists).
Subjects who have received anti-cancer treatment with chemotherapy, biologics, or investigational agents not otherwise prohibited by exclusion criterion 1-3 that is not completed 4 weeks prior to first dose of study treatment (ongoing hormonal/anti hormonal treatment, e.g., for breast cancer, is allowed, provided that the subject is eligible per exclusion criteria 14).
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Enfortumab vedotin
- Pembrolizumab