Treatment Patterns, Healthcare Resource Utilization, and Costs Among Patients Diagnosed With Locally Advanced/Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma Prior to Receiving Enfortumab Vedotin: A Real-World Evidence Study.

objectiveTo describe real-world patient characteristics, prior treatment patterns, and associated healthcare resource utilization (HRU) and costs among patients with locally advanced/metastatic urothelial carcinoma (la/mUC) treated with enfortumab vedotin (EV).

methodsThis retrospective study used the United States (US) Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 100% Medicare claims data from 2015 to 2020. Included patients had a diagnosis of la/mUC and received treatment with EV. The index date was the EV initiation date. Endpoints included HRU and costs 12 months before the index date (baseline period) and treatment patterns before EV initiation. Results were summarized descriptively using means and standard deviations for continuous variables, and frequency counts and percentages for categorical variables.

resultsAmong the 529 included patients, the mean age at the time of EV initiation was 76.5 years. Most patients were White (88.1%) and male (77.1%). Common comorbidities were hypertension (85.1%), renal disease (65.2%), and peripheral vascular disease (42.5%). Platinum-based chemotherapy was the most frequent therapy two lines before EV initiation (43.9%). The most frequent therapy in the line before EV initiation was PD-1/L1 inhibitors (61.4%). The median duration of EV therapy was 4.1 months. The mean all-cause healthcare cost during the baseline period was $106 258 per patient, and 86% had at least one outpatient visit.

conclusionsThis real-world study demonstrated that most US patients with la/mUC received platinum-based chemotherapy or a PD-1/L1 inhibitor prior to EV therapy from 2015 to 2020. HRU and costs 12 months before EV initiation suggest a substantial burden in this population. Long-term studies with more recent data are warranted.