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ArticleInternational cancer conference journal2025

A case of remarkable response to combined radiation therapy, enfortumab vedotin, and pembrolizumab in metastatic urothelial carcinoma.

Fumihiko Urabe, Keigo Sakanaka, Mana Nakata, Yuma Goto, Katsuki Muramoto, Soshi Kadena, Hajime Onuma, Kosuke Iwatani, Yu Imai, Kojiro Tashiro and 2 more

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Fumihiko UrabeDepartment of Urology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-2599-8183
Keigo SakanakaDepartment of Urology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Mana NakataDepartment of Urology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Yuma GotoDepartment of Urology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Katsuki MuramotoDepartment of Urology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Soshi KadenaDepartment of Urology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Hajime OnumaDepartment of Urology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Kosuke IwataniDepartment of Urology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Yu ImaiDepartment of Urology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Kojiro TashiroDepartment of Urology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Takahiro KimuraDepartment of Urology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Tatsuya ShimomuraDepartment of Urology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.

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Abstract

Enfortumab Vedotin (EV), an antibody-drug conjugate targeting Nectin-4, combined with pembrolizumab (Pem), has become a first-line therapy for locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma (la/mUC). However, the concurrent use of EV + Pem with radiotherapy (RT) remains underexplored. We report the case of a 74-year-old man with a history of robot-assisted radical cystectomy for muscle-invasive bladder cancer. Nine months post-cystectomy, the patient presented with a symptomatic calcified recurrence in the left obturator internus muscle, causing left leg numbness. The patient underwent concurrent EV + Pem therapy and RT (50 Gy in 25 fractions). Treatment was well-tolerated, with only grade 2 alopecia, grade 2 dysgeusia, and grade 1 pruritus observed. Notably, the leg numbness resolved completely by the end of RT, and imaging revealed substantial tumor shrinkage with residual calcification after two cycles of EV + Pem. This case demonstrates that concurrent administration of RT with EV + Pem can achieve significant tumor reduction and symptomatic relief without severe toxicities in la/mUC. This approach may provide a promising therapeutic strategy for managing symptomatic, radiotherapy-accessible lesions in la/mUC, warranting further investigation.

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Enfortumab vedotinEV-302 trialPembrolizumabRadiation therapyUrothelial carcinoma

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PMID40160871
PMCPMC11950523

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