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A Study to Find Out if Enfortumab Vedotin Given With Pembrolizumab Helps People With Muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer Keep Their Bladder

A Phase 2 interventional study of Enfortumab Vedotin and Pembrolizumab in Muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer, sponsored by Astellas Pharma Global Development, Inc.. Recruiting at 48 sites in 9 countries. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-09-24.

Sponsored by Astellas Pharma Global Development, Inc. · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
240
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

People with a type of bladder cancer called muscle-invasive bladder cancer have cancer that has spread into the muscle wall of the bladder. The standard treatment is to have chemotherapy, followed by surgery to completely remove the bladder. This has a significant impact on people with long-term life-altering changes. There are also limited options for people who cannot have chemotherapy or who do not want their bladder removed.

Studies show that enfortumab vedotin, when given with pembrolizumab, can help people with advanced bladder cancer. This treatment has also worked well for people with muscle-invasive bladder cancer who can't receive chemotherapy when it was given before and after bladder-removal surgery. However, some people can't have or won't have this surgery. There is still a need for new treatments that let people keep their bladder. This is especially important for people who respond well to the enfortumab vedotin, when given with pembrolizumab, and may benefit from continuing this study treatment instead of having surgery.

The main aims of this study are to check how many people continue to respond well to enfortumab vedotin with pembrolizumab and how many people have their bladder intact after 2 years.

People in this study will be adults who have muscle-invasive bladder cancer and are able to have surgery to remove the bladder.

People cannot take part if they have nerve damage (sensory or motor neuropathy), have had certain other cancers, have diabetes that is not under control, or have had a transplant.

People will receive infusions of enfortumab vedotin on the 1st and 8th day of 3-week (21-day) cycles. They will also receive pembrolizumab on the 1st day of every 3-week cycle. There will be safety checks at each visit with checks of the tumors at some visits. The doctors will continue to check for medical problems throughout the study.

People will continue to receive study treatment unless their cancer doesn't improve after 9 cycles of study treatment, or until their cancer gets worse, they can't tolerate the study treatment, they start other cancer treatment, they or the doctor decides the person should stop receiving study treatment, or sadly they pass away.

People's whose cancer gets worse or doesn't improve after 9 cycles may need bladder surgery, radiotherapy or chemotherapy. People will visit the clinic after they stop their study treatment, in which they will be asked about any medical problems and have a health check. After this, people will continue to have scans every 12 weeks (3 months) for the first 2 years until their cancer gets worse. After this, if their cancer doesn't get worse, they will continue to have scans every 24 weeks (6 months) for up to 5 years to check for any changes in their cancer. After people's cancer gets worse, they won't have any more scans but will have telephone health checks every 3 months.

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Conditions studied

  • Muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer

Keywords

  • ASG-22CE
  • Enfortumab Vedotin
  • Bladder Preservation
  • Pembrolizumab
  • PADCEV
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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Participant has histologically-confirmed MIBC, stage cT2-T4aN0M0 or T1-T4aN1M0. NOTE: urothelial carcinomas (UCs) not originating from the bladder (e.g., upper tract [ureters, renal pelvis], urethra) are not eligible. UCs invading into the prostatic stroma with no histologic muscle invasion is allowed, provided that the extent of disease is confirmed via imaging.
  • Participant has predominant UC histology (≥ 50%). NOTE: Participants with mixed histology are eligible provided the urothelial component is ≥ 50% (participants whose tumors contain predominant [≥ 50%] plasmacytoid variant are not eligible). Participants whose tumors contain any neuroendocrine histology are not eligible.
  • Participant is deemed eligible for radical cystectomy and pelvic lymph node dissection.
  • Participant has accessible archival tumor tissue from the primary tumor, for which source and availability have been confirmed prior to study intervention. If no archival tumor tissue is available, the participant will have a biopsy to obtain tumor tissue prior to study intervention.
  • Participant has Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 to 2.
  • Have a transurethral resection of a bladder tumor within 60 days (+14 days) prior to, or during screening (from the date of informed consent form signature).

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Participant has preexisting sensory or motor neuropathy Grade ≥ 2.
  • Participant has ≥ N2 disease or metastatic disease (M1) as identified by imaging
  • Participant has a history of uncontrolled diabetes mellitus within 3 months prior to screening. Uncontrolled diabetes (within 3 months before first dose) is defined as hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) ≥ 8% or HbA1c between 7% and \< 8% with associated diabetes symptoms (polyuria or polydipsia) that are not otherwise explained. The lowest HbA1c during the screening period will be used to determine eligibility.
  • Participant has a second malignancy diagnosed within 3 years before first dose of study intervention, or any evidence of residual disease from a previously diagnosed malignancy. Participant with non-melanoma skin cancer, localized prostate cancer treated with curative intent with no evidence of progression, low-risk or very low-risk (per standard guidelines) localized prostate cancer under active surveillance/watchful waiting without intent to treat, or carcinoma in situ of any type (if complete resection was performed) are allowed.
  • Participant has known active keratitis or corneal ulcerations. Participant with superficial punctate keratitis is allowed if the disorder is being adequately treated.
  • Participant has a history of (non-infectious) pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease (ILD) that required steroids or has current pneumonitis/ILD.
  • Participant has a history of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, organizing pneumonia, drug-induced pneumonitis, idiopathic pneumonitis, or evidence of active pneumonitis on screening chest computed tomography (CT) scan.
  • Participant has a diagnosis of immunodeficiency or is receiving chronic systemic steroid therapy (in dosing exceeding 10 mg daily of prednisone equivalent) or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior the first dose of study intervention. Inhaled or topical steroids are permitted in the absence of active autoimmune disease. Physiologic replacement doses of corticosteroids are permitted for participants with adrenal insufficiency.
  • Participant has active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in past 2 years (i.e., with use of disease modifying agents, corticosteroids or immunosuppressive drugs).

    • Replacement therapy (e.g., thyroxine, insulin, physiologic corticosteroid replacement therapy for adrenal or pituitary insufficiency) is not considered a form of systemic treatment and is allowed.
    • Brief (\< 7 days) use of systemic corticosteroids is allowed when use is considered standard of care.
    • Participant with vitiligo, psoriasis, type 1 diabetes mellitus, hypothyroidism, or resolved childhood asthma/atopy will not be excluded.
    • Participant requiring intermittent use of bronchodilators, inhaled steroids, or local steroid injections will not be excluded.
    • Participant with hypothyroidism that is stable with hormone replacement therapy or Sjögren's syndrome will not be excluded.
  • Participant has received prior therapy with an anti-programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1), anti-programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1), or anti-programmed death-ligand 2 agent or with an agent directed to another stimulatory or coinhibitory T-cell receptor (e.g., CTLA-4, OX-40, CD137).
  • Participant has received prior systemic anti-cancer therapy for MIBC/non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC), or received prior systemic anti-cancer therapy including investigational agents (including enfortumab vedotin or other monomethyl auristatin E-based antibody-drug conjugates) within 3 years prior to screening.

NOTE: Prior treatment for NMIBC with intravesical instillation therapy such as Bacillus Calmette-Guérin or intravesical chemotherapy is permitted. Prior systemic treatment (including, but not limited to, anti-PD-1/PD-L1 treatment with pembrolizumab, etc.) received for NMIBC is not permitted.

  • Participant has received a partial cystectomy of the bladder to remove any NMIBC or MIBC.
  • Participant has received any prior radiotherapy to the bladder.
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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
240 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Enfortumab Vedotin with Pembrolizumab

    Participants will receive enfortumab vedotin on days 1 and 8 of every 21-day cycle and pembrolizumab on day 1 of every 21-day cycle.

    Drug: Enfortumab Vedotin · Drug: Pembrolizumab

Interventions

  • DrugEnfortumab Vedotin

    Intravenous infusion (IV)

    Also known as: ASG-22CE, PADCEV

  • DrugPembrolizumab

    IV

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Overall clinical complete response (cCR) rate after treatment with enfortumab vedotin in combination with pembrolizumab as assessed by investigator

    cCR rate is defined as the proportion of participants having cCR after treatment with enfortumab vedotin in combination with pembrolizumab. cCR is defined as no visible tumor detected on cystoscopy or no residual tumor on transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT); no evidence of malignancy, except for the presence of Ta (low grade), and no radiographic evidence of residual or metastatic disease on imaging (magnetic resonance urogram \[MRU\] or computed tomography urogram \[CTU\] if contraindicated). Bladder wall thickening on imaging is acceptable if not associated with malignancy, except for the presence of Ta (low grade), and negative urine cytology.

    Time frame: Up to 27 weeks

  2. Bladder-intact event-free survival (BI-EFS) rate in participants who achieve cRC after 9 cycles of treatment with enfortumab vedotin in combination with pembrolizumab as assessed by investigator

    BI-EFS rate is defined as the proportion of participants who have not had an observed BI-EFS event 2 years after the first dose. BI-EFS is defined as the time from first dose to either histologically confirmed recurrent muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC), disease progression, cystectomy, or death from any cause.

    Time frame: 2 years

Secondary outcomes

  1. Overall cCR rate after 4 cycles of treatment with enfortumab vedotin in combination with pembrolizumab as assessed by investigator

    cCR rate is defined as the proportion of participants having cCR after completing 4 cycles of enfortumab vedotin and/or pembrolizumab. cCR is defined as no visible tumor detected on cystoscopy or no residual tumor on TURBT; no evidence of malignancy, except for the presence of Ta (low grade), and no radiographic evidence of residual or metastatic disease on imaging (MRU or CTU if contraindicated). Bladder wall thickening on imaging is acceptable if not associated with malignancy, except for the presence of Ta (low grade), and negative urine cytology.

    Time frame: Up to 12 weeks

  2. BI-EFS rate in participants who achieve cCR after 4 cycles of treatment with enfortumab vedotin in combination with pembrolizumab as assessed by investigator

    BI-EFS rate is defined as the proportion of participants who have not had an observed BI-EFS event 2 years after the first dose. BI-EFS is defined as the time from first dose to either histologically confirmed recurrent MIBC, disease progression, cystectomy, or death from any cause.

    Time frame: 2 years

  3. Overall Survival (OS)

    OS is defined as the time from first dose to death due to any cause in participants who achieve cCR after completing up to 9 cycles of enfortumab vedotin and/or pembrolizumab.

    Time frame: Up to 5 years

  4. Disease-Free Survival (DFS) as assessed by investigator

    DFS is defined as the time from cCR to the first occurrence of either radiologically or pathologically confirmed local or distant recurrence, or death from any cause in participants who achieve cCR after completing up to 9 cycles of enfortumab vedotin and/or pembrolizumab.

    Time frame: Up to 5 years

  5. Metastatic-free Survival (MFS) as assessed by investigator

    MFS is defined as the time from first dose to the first occurrence of either radiologically or pathologically confirmed distant metastasis, or death from any cause in participants who achieve cCR after completing up to 9 cycles of enfortumab vedotin and/or pembrolizumab.

    Time frame: Up to 5 years

  6. Number of participants with Adverse Events (AEs)

    AEs will be coded using the MedDRA. An AE is any untoward medical occurrence in a patient or clinical study participant, temporally associated with the use of study intervention, whether or not considered related to the study intervention.

    Time frame: Up to 12 months

  7. Number of participants with laboratory value abnormalities and/or adverse events (AEs)

    Number of participants with potentially clinically significant laboratory values.

    Time frame: Up 11.5 months

  8. Treatment discontinuation rate due to AEs

    Treatment discontinuation rate is defined as the number of participants discontinuing due to AEs.

    Time frame: Up 12 months

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Study locations

48 of 48 sites recruiting
  • Arkansas Urology Associates
    Little Rock, Arkansas 72211, United States
    Recruiting
  • University of Illinois College of Medicine - UIC Cancer Center
    Chicago, Illinois 60612, United States
    Recruiting
  • Accellacare of Duly
    Lisle, Illinois 60532, United States
    Recruiting
  • Indiana University School of Medicine - Simon Cancer Center
    Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, United States
    Recruiting
  • Profound Research LLC at Michigan Hematology and Oncology Consultants
    Royal Oak, Michigan 48073, United States
    Recruiting
  • Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center (SKCCC) Cherry Hill
    Cherry Hill, New Jersey 08002, United States
    Recruiting
  • Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center (SKCC) Washington Township
    Washington Township, New Jersey 08080, United States
    Recruiting
  • NYU Langone Urology Associates
    New York, New York 10017, United States
    Recruiting
  • Centers for Advanced Urology, LLP
    Bala-Cynwyd, Pennsylvania 19004, United States
    Recruiting
  • Thomas Jefferson University
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, United States
    Recruiting
  • Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer - Asplundh Cancer Pavilion
    Willow Grove, Pennsylvania 19090, United States
    Recruiting
  • Carolina Urologic Research Center
    Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 29572, United States
    Recruiting
  • Urology Austin, PLLC
    Round Rock, Texas 78681, United States
    Recruiting
  • Urology San Antonio
    San Antonio, Texas 78229, United States
    Recruiting
  • University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics
    Madison, Wisconsin 53792, United States
    Recruiting
  • Site AU61005
    Southport, Queensland, Australia
    Recruiting
  • Site FR33002
    Paris, France
    Recruiting
  • Site FR33013
    Rennes, France
    Recruiting
  • Site FR33009
    Strasbourg, France
    Recruiting
  • Site FR33012
    Strasbourg, France
    Recruiting
  • Site FR33011
    Suresnes, France
    Recruiting
  • Site FR33003
    Toulouse, France
    Recruiting
  • Site FR33010
    Villejuif, France
    Recruiting
  • Site DE49009
    Herne, Germany
    Recruiting
  • Gifu University Hospital
    Gifu, Gifu, Japan
    Recruiting
  • Kobe City Hospital Organization - Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital
    Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan
    Recruiting
  • University of Tsukuba Hospital
    Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
    Recruiting
  • St. Marianna University Hospital
    Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
    Recruiting
  • Institute of Science Tokyo Hospital
    Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
    Recruiting
  • Tokyo Metropolitan Hospital Organization-Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital
    Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
    Recruiting
  • The Cancer Institute Hospital-Japanese Foundation for Cancer
    Koto-ku, Tokyo, Japan
    Recruiting
  • Yamaguchi University Hospital - Center For Clinical Research
    Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan
    Recruiting
  • Kyoto University Hospital
    Kyoto, Japan
    Recruiting
  • Osaka Metropolitan University Hospital
    Osaka, Japan
    Recruiting
  • Site PL48007
    Opole, Poland
    Recruiting
  • Site PL48008
    Poznan, Poland
    Recruiting
  • Site PL48006
    Przemyśl, Poland
    Recruiting
  • Site KR82002
    Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
    Recruiting
  • Site KR82004
    Hwasun, Jeollanam-do, South Korea
    Recruiting
  • Site KR82007
    Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
    Recruiting
  • Site KR82001
    Seoul, South Korea
    Recruiting
  • Site KR82003
    Seoul, South Korea
    Recruiting
  • Site KR82005
    Seoul, South Korea
    Recruiting
  • Site KR82008
    Seoul, South Korea
    Recruiting
  • Site KR82010
    Seoul, South Korea
    Recruiting
  • Site ES34011
    Granada, Spain
    Recruiting
  • Site ES34002
    Ourense, Spain
    Recruiting
  • Site GB44005
    London, United Kingdom
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Yes — Access to anonymized individual participant level data collected during the study, in addition to study-related supporting documentation, is planned for studies conducted with approved product indications and formulations, as well as compounds terminated during development. Studies conducted with product indications or formulations that remain active in development are assessed after study completion to determine if Individual Participant Data can be shared. Further details on Astellas' data sharing policy can be found at https://www.clinicaltrials.astellas.com/transparency/.

Supporting information: Study protocol, Sap, Csr

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT07475806
Lead sponsor
Astellas Pharma Global Development, Inc.
Collaborators
Pfizer
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Mar 17, 2026
Start date
Mar 12, 2026
Primary completion
Nov 30, 2027 (estimated)
Completion
Apr 30, 2031 (estimated)
Last update
Sep 24, 2026

Study contacts

Astellas Pharma Global Development, Inc.
Contact
Astellas.registration@astellas.com
800-888-7704

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
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