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N-803 in Combination with Pembrolizumab and Enfortumab Vedotin for the Treatment of Locally Advanced and Metastatic Urothelial Cancer

Trial Status: approved

This phase Ib trial tests the effect of N-803 in combination with pembrolizumab and enfortumab vedotin in treating patients with urothelial cancer that has spread to nearby tissue or lymph nodes (locally advanced) or that has spread from where it first started (primary site) to other places in the body (metastatic). Urothelial cancer arises from the urothelial lining of the bladder, ureters, renal pelvis, and urethra and is the most common type of tumor that starts in the bladder. N-803 binds to receptors for the protein interleukin-15 (IL-15), which is found on certain types of immune cells. This may help the immune cells kill tumor cells. N-803 is a type of IL-15 receptor agonist and a type of immunotherapy. Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as pembrolizumab, may help the body's immune system attack the tumor, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. 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 tumor cells. Enfortumab attaches to a protein called nectin-4 on tumor cells in a targeted way and delivers vedotin to kill them. It is a type of antibody-drug conjugate. Giving N-803 in combination with pembrolizumab and enfortumab vedotin may be safe, tolerable, and/or effective in treating patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer.