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Seagen + Astellas announce Padcev pivotal EV 201 trial for previously treated advanced urothelial cancer for those ineligible for cisplatin chemotherapy.
Seagen Inc.and Astellas Pharma Inc announced results from the second cohort (cohort 2) of patients in the pivotal phase II single-arm EV-201 trial .
In the trial , 52 percent of patients who received Padcev (enfortumab vedotin-ejfv) had an objective response (95 percent Confidence Interval [CI]: 40.8, 62.4) and the median duration of response was 10.9 months (95 percent CI: 5.8, NR). Twenty percent of patients had a complete response, the absence of detectable cancer, after Padcev treatment, and 31 percent had a partial response. Adverse events were consistent with those observed in previous trial data, with the most common all-grade treatment-related adverse events (AEs) being alopecia (51 percent), peripheral sensory neuropathy (47 percent), and fatigue (34 percent).
Cohort 2 of the EV-201 trial evaluated Padcev in patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer who had been previously treated with a PD-1/L1 inhibitor, had not received a platinum-containing chemotherapy in this setting, and were ineligible for cisplatin. Urothelial cancer is the most common type of bladder cancer and can also be found in the renal pelvis, ureter and urethra.The findings were presented in an oral presentation as part of the virtual scientific program of the American Society of Clinical Oncology Genitourinary Cancers Symposium (ASCO GU) (Abstract 394).
EV-201 Cohort 2 Trial Results : In cohort 2 of the dual-cohort trial, 52 percent of patients who received Padcev had an objective response (46/89); (95 percent CI: 40.8, 62.4) per blinded independent central review (the primary endpoint), with 20 percent of patients (18/89) experiencing a complete response and 31 percent of patients experiencing a partial response (28/89). In the trial’s secondary endpoints, duration of response lasted a median of 10.9 months (95 percent CI: 5.8, NR). Patients lived a median of 5.8 months without cancer progression (progression-free survival) (95 percent CI: 5.0, 8.3), and had a median overall survival of 14.7 months (95 percent CI: 10.5,18.2).
Grade 3 or greater treatment-related AEs of interest included skin reactions (17 percent), peripheral neuropathy (8 percent) and hyperglycemia (6 percent). Four deaths were reported as treatment-related by investigators in patients age 75 years and older with and older with multiple comorbidities.
The EV-201 trial (NCT03219333) is a single-arm, pivotal phase II clinical trial of enfortumab vedotin for patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer who have been previously treated with a PD-1 or PD-L1 inhibitor, including those who have also been treated with a platinum-containing chemotherapy (cohort 1) and those who have not received a platinum-containing chemotherapy in this setting and who are ineligible for cisplatin (cohort 2). The trial enrolled 128 patients in cohort 1 and 91 patients in cohort 2 at multiple centers internationally. The primary endpoint is confirmed objective response rate per blinded independent central review. Secondary endpoints include assessments of duration of response, disease control rate, progression-free survival, overall survival, safety and tolerability.
The Phase II results are expected to be submitted to the FDA by the end of March 2021 as part of a supplemental biologics licensing application. EV-201 results will also be included in submissions to some global health authorities.
Condition: Bladder Cancer
Type: drug