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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2025

Case report series: Pembrolizumab and enfortumab vedotin in plasmacytoid urothelial carcinoma.

Susanna G Bowen, Derek B Allison, Patrick J Hensley, Zin W Myint

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Susanna G BowenCollege of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States.
Derek B AllisonDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States.
Patrick J HensleyDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States.
Zin W MyintMarkey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States.

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Abstract

Plasmacytoid urothelial carcinoma (PUC) is a rare and aggressive histologic subtype of urothelial carcinoma with no well-established treatment. Recently, the combination of pembrolizumab and enfortumab vedotin has become the standard of care for locally advanced and metastatic urothelial carcinoma due to improved survival outcomes in the EV-302 trial, but the number of histological subtypes in this trial is unknown. This case series presents three patients with Stage IV PUC who were treated with the combination of pembrolizumab and enfortumab vedotin. Two of the three patients demonstrated sustained stable disease after eight and ten months of treatment with this combination with manageable adverse effects including rash and colitis. The third patient experienced disease progression to leptomeningeal involvement eight months following initial diagnosis and subsequently succumbed to the disease. These observations support the potential efficacy of pembrolizumab in combination with enfortumab vedotin as a therapeutic option for this aggressive urothelial carcinoma subtype.

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antibody drug conjugateenfortumab vedotinimmune-checkpoint inhibitorspembrolizumabplasmacytoidurothelial carcinoma

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PMID40989700
PMCPMC12451449

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