This phase Ib/II trial studies the side effects, best dose, and effectiveness of enfortumab vedotin (EV) in combination with pembrolizumab and radiation therapy for treating patients with muscle invasive bladder cancer. Standard of care treatment for muscle invasive bladder cancer is chemotherapy, to shrink the tumor before the main treatment is given (neoadjuvant), followed by surgery to remove all of the bladder as well as nearby tissues and organs (radical cystectomy). In cases where patients are not candidates for the standard of care approach or prefer a bladder sparing option, tri-modality therapy with transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT) followed by combined chemotherapy and radiation therapy is used. Enfortumab vedotin is a monoclonal antibody, enfortumab, linked to an anticancer drug called vedotin. It works by helping the immune system to slow or stop the growth of tumor cells. Enfortumab attaches to a protein called nectin-4 on tumor cells in a targeted way and delivers vedotin to kill them. It is a type of antibody-drug conjugate. Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as pembrolizumab, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Intensity-modulated radiation therapy is a type of 3-dimensional radiation therapy that uses computer-generated images to show the size and shape of the tumor. Thin beams of radiation of different intensities are aimed at the tumor from many angles. This type of radiation therapy reduces the damage to healthy tissue near the tumor. Giving enfortumab vedotin with pembrolizumab and radiation therapy may work better in treating patients with muscle invasive bladder cancer.
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To determine the recommended phase II dose (RP2D) of enfortumab vedotin given in combination with pembrolizumab and concurrent radiation therapy (RT). (Phase Ib). II. To assess the toxicity and safety of enfortumab vedotin given in combination with pembrolizumab and concurrent radiation therapy (RT). (Phase Ib). III. To evaluate the rate of clinical complete response to treatment (cCR) at the RP2D based on 6-month post-treatment cystoscopy, TURBT, cytology, and cross sectional imaging. (Phase II). IV. To characterize the safety of enfortumab vedotin at the RP2D given in combination with pembrolizumab and concurrent radiation therapy (RT). (Phase II). SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. To evaluate the rate of cCR 6 months post-treatment start based on cystoscopy, TURBT, and cross sectional imaging. (Phase Ib) II. To evaluate the preliminary efficacy of enfortumab vedotin given in combination with pembrolizumab and concurrent radiation therapy (RT) as measured by 1-year recurrence free survival rate, 2-year cystectomy-free survival rate, 2-year overall survival rate, the median recurrence free survival (RFS) rate, median overall survival, and median cystectomy-free survival. (Phase Ib and Phase II) III. To assess the downstaging to ≤ pT1N0 pT1 or less following completion of treatment, based on 6-month post-treatment cystoscopy, for participants treated at RP2D of enfortumab vedotin (EV). (Phase Ib and Phase II) IV. To assess the downstaging to ≤ pT1N0 or less following completion of treatment, based on 6-month post-treatment cystoscopy, for participants across all EV dose levels. (Phase Ib and Phase II). EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES: I. Assessment of change in tumor gene expression signatures using single-cell ribonucleic acid (RNA) sequencing (scRNA-Seq) following initiation of combination treatment. II. Assessment of the change in the populations of tumor-infiltrating immune cells (TIICs) induced by initiation of the combination treatment. III. Determination of the impact of EV/pembrolizumab combination treatment on programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression in tumor cells and TIICs, as well as on other immunologic predictive markers. IV. Assessment of modulation of tumor microenvironment pre- and post-initiation of combination treatment using multiplex immunohistochemistry (IHC). V. Assessment of the modulation of circulating immune cells following initiation of combination treatment using mass cytometry (cytometry by time of flight, or CyTOF). VI. Assessment of the change in T-cell receptor repertoire by scRNA-Seq following initiation of combination treatment. VII. Change in tumor expression of nectin cell adhesion molecule 4 (Nectin-4) following combination treatment relative to baseline. VIII. Assessment in the change in CD3+ T cell density (T cell count/μm\^2) from baseline biopsy to post-RT biopsy in participants with residual tumor, across all EV dose levels and at RP2D. OUTLINE: This is a phase Ib, dose escalation study of enfortumab vedotin followed by a phase II study. Participants receive enfortumab vedotin and pembrolizumab for up to 5 cycle of enfortumab vedotin and up to 17 cycles of pembrolizumab in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Beginning on cycle 1 day 1, participants also undergo non-investigational, standard of care intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) over 6.5-8 weeks. After completion of study treatment, participants are followed up at 90 days and then every 12 weeks for up to 5 years.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
47
Given intravenously (IV)
Given IV
Undergo standard of care, IMRT
Undergo TURBT
Undergo cystoscopy
Undergo CT imaging
Undergo MRI imaging
Undergo PET Scan, may be combined with CT (PET/CT)
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California, United States
RECRUITINGRecommended phase II dose (RP2D) (Phase Ib)
The RP2D is the last dose cohort at which no more than one instance of a dose limiting toxicity (DLT) is observed among 6 participants treated. If the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) cannot be determined due to lack of DLT during the DLT window, the maximum dose level of enfortumab vedotin administered during the study will be declared the RP2D. For the purposes of this study, the RP2D is the MTD.
Time frame: Up to 72 days
Proportion of participants reporting dose limiting toxicities (DLTs) (Phase Ib)
The DLT evaluation period will be within the first three cycles (e.g., 56 days or eight weeks, and not to exceed 72 days) of treatment start with enfortumab-vedotin, pembrolizumab, and standard of care fractionation radiation therapy. Participants who receive \> 75% of intended enfortumab vedotin, pembrolizumab, and standard of care radiation doses will be considered DLT evaluable (DE).
Time frame: Up to 72 days
Frequency of treatment-emergent adverse events
The frequency of adverse events by highest grade and overall attribution to study drugs, according to the NCI Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 5.0
Time frame: Up to 14 months
Percentage of participants with Clinical complete response (cCR) (Phase II)
The rate of clinical complete response to treatment (cCR) will be measured as the percentage of participants with cCR based on cystoscopy and TURBT done at 6 months from treatment start. cCR is defined as no visual tumor AND no histological presence of tumor (i.e., ypT0).
Time frame: Up to 6 months
Proportion of participants with Clinical Complete Response (cCR) (Phase Ib)
cCR is defined as no visual tumor AND no histological presence of tumor (i.e., ypT0). The point estimate of the clinical complete response (CR) rate will be obtained with 95% confidence interval by Wilson Score confidence interval method
Time frame: Up to 6 months
Median Recurrence Free Survival Rate (RFS) at 1 year
The median 1-year RFS is defined as the time of treatment start until evidence of disease recurrence, time of death, or until the participants completes study follow up participation, or is documented as lost to follow up per institutional standard (whichever is sooner) at 1 year determined by Kaplan Meier method.
Time frame: Up to 1 year
Median Cystectomy Free Survival rate (CFS) at 2 years
The median 2-year CFS is defined as the time of treatment start until time of cystectomy, time of death, or until the participant completes study follow up participation, or is documented as lost to follow up per institutional standard (whichever is sooner) at 2 years determined by Kaplan Meier method.
Time frame: Up to 2 years
Median Overall Survival (OS) at 2 years
The median 2-year OS is defined as the time from start of treatment, across all EV dose levels and at RP2D until time of death, or until the participant is documented as lost to follow up per institutional standard at 2 years determined by Kaplan Meier method.
Time frame: Up to 2 years
Median Overall OS
The median overall OS is defined as the time from treatment start until evidence of disease recurrence, time of death, or until the participant completes study follow up participation, or is documented as lost to follow up per institutional standard (whichever is sooner) will be reported.
Time frame: Up to 5 years
Median Overall RFS
The median overall RFS is defined as the time from treatment start until evidence of disease recurrence, time of death, or until the participant completes study follow up participation, or is documented as lost to follow up per institutional standard (whichever is sooner) will be reported.
Time frame: Up to 5 years
Median Overall CFS
The median overall CFS is defined as the time from treatment start until time of cystectomy, time of death, or until the participant completes study follow up participation, or is documented as lost to follow up per institutional standard (whichever is sooner) will be reported
Time frame: Up to 5 years
Proportion of participants who have been downstaged to <= pT1N0, pT1 or less
The point estimate of the proportion of the participants with downstaging to \<= pT1N0, pT1, or less at 6 months following the start of treatment will be obtained with 95% confidence interval by Wilson Score confidence interval method.
Time frame: Up to 6 months
Proportion of participants who have been downstaged to <= pT1N0
The point estimate of the proportion of the participants with downstaging to \<= pT1N0 at 6 months following the start of treatment will be obtained with 95% confidence interval by Wilson Score confidence interval method.
Time frame: Up to 6 months
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