The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted Seagen Inc. and Astellas Pharma Inc.’s Padcev (enfortumab vedotin-ejfv) regular approval in the United States, in addition to approving a new indication for adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer who are ineligible for cisplatin-containing chemotherapy and have previously received one or more prior lines of therapy.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval of Gilead Sciences Inc.’s Trodelvy (sacituzumab govitecan-hziy) for use in adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer who have previously received a platinum-containing chemotherapy and either a programmed death receptor-1 or a programmed death-ligand 1 inhibitor.
The bladder cancer drug Padcev, which was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in December, secured Breakthrough Therapy designation for the treatment of patients with another type of bladder cancer.
Seattle Genetics Inc. and Astellas Pharma Inc. announced completion of enrollment for the enfortumab vedotin EV-201 pivotal phase 2 clinical trial cohort of patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer who have been previously treated with both platinum chemotherapy and a checkpoint inhibitor (PD-L1 or PD-1).
Merck’s Keytruda (pembrolizumab) received FDA approval for two new indications for certain patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma, including first-line treatment in patients ineligible for cisplatin-containing chemotherapy.