A new era for bladder cancer: Enfortumab vedotin and pembrolizumab milestone approval.
Ushna ZameerWajiha ShaikhPublished in: Tumori (2023)
Cisplatin-based combos have become first-line treatment regimens in standard of care because of their high overall survival improvement. Despite being the first-line therapy, due to its side effects, roughly half of all patients suffering from Metastatic urothelial cancer are ineligible for it. To address this issue, scientists have been developing highly specific antibody-drug conjugates to address this issue. For locally advanced or metastatic bladder cancer, a combination of Padcev (enfortumab vedotin-ejfv) with pembrolizumab (Keytruda) has been authorized by the FDA as a first-line treatment and has shown promising outcomes in patients with metastatic urothelial carcinoma who are ineligible for cisplatin-based combinations.
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