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ArticleTranslational andrology and urology2025

Upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma patients show better overall response rate than bladder cancer patients during enfortumab vedotin treatment following pembrolizumab.

Mamoru Hashimoto, Ken Fukiage, Kosei Taniguchi, Takafumi Minami, Wataru Fukuokaya, Keiichiro Mori, Takafumi Yanagisawa, Takuya Tsujino, Ryoichi Maenosono, Masanobu Saruta and 8 more

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Mamoru HashimotoDepartment of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
Ken FukiageDepartment of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
Kosei TaniguchiDepartment of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
Takafumi MinamiDepartment of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
Wataru FukuokayaDepartment of Urology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Keiichiro MoriDepartment of Urology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Takafumi YanagisawaDepartment of Urology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Takuya TsujinoDepartment of Urology, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Osaka, Japan.
Ryoichi MaenosonoDepartment of Urology, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Osaka, Japan.
Masanobu SarutaDepartment of Urology, Fujita-Health University School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan.
Kiyoshi TakaharaDepartment of Urology, Fujita-Health University School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan.
Takeshi HashimotoDepartment of Urology, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
Yosuke HirasawaDepartment of Urology, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
Haruhito AzumaDepartment of Urology, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Osaka, Japan.
Yoshio OhnoDepartment of Urology, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
Ryoichi ShirokiDepartment of Urology, Fujita-Health University School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan.
Kazutoshi FujitaDepartment of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
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Abstract

Background: The treatment strategy for urothelial carcinoma has advanced with the development of enfortumab vedotin (EV); however, a comparative analysis of its therapeutic efficacy between upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) and bladder cancer (BCa) has yet to be established. We aimed to compare the effects of EV after pembrolizumab treatment between the patients with UTUC and BCa. Methods: We included the patients with advanced UC patients who received EV after pembrolizumab in this retrospective study. We investigated the impact of various clinical variables including age, primary site of disease (UTUC Results: A total of 63 male and 23 female patients were included in our study. The number of UTUC and BCa patients were 33 and 53, respectively. The UTUC cohort had a significantly older patient population and a greater incidence of lung metastases compared to the BCa group. The prognosis of UTUC patients were not significantly different from BCa patients. However, UTUC was determined as significant factor to predict better overall response rate than BCa in multiple logistic regression analysis. Conclusions: UTUC patients showed significantly better response to EV treatment than BCa patients.

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bladder cancer (BCa)enfortumab vedotin (EV)Upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC)

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PMCPMC12433179

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