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Enfortumab Vedotin and Pembrolizumab Induction with Pembrolizumab Maintenance for the Treatment of Locally Advanced Unresectable or Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma

Trial Status: active

This phase II trial tests enfortumab vedotin and pembrolizumab induction followed by pembrolizumab maintenance for the treatment of urothelial carcinoma that has spread to nearby tissue or lymph nodes (locally advanced) and cannot be removed by surgery (unresectable) or that has spread from where it first started (primary site) to other places in the body (metastatic). Enfortumab vedotin is a monoclonal antibody, enfortumab, linked to an anticancer drug called vedotin. It works by helping the immune system to slow or stop the growth of cancer cells. Enfortumab attaches to a protein called nectin-4 on cancer cells in a targeted way and delivers vedotin to kill them. It is a type of antibody-drug conjugate. Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as pembrolizumab, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Giving enfortumab vedotin and pembrolizumab induction followed by pembrolizumab maintenance may be effective for treating patients with locally advanced unresectable or metastatic urothelial carcinoma.