A Study to Find Out if Enfortumab Vedotin Given With Pembrolizumab Helps People With Muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer Keep Their Bladder
An Open-label, Single-Arm, Phase 2 Study to Evaluate Enfortumab Vedotin Plus Pembrolizumab for Bladder Preservation in Participants With Muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer (EV-209)
- Muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer
At a glance
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Study type
- Interventional
- Sponsor
- Astellas Pharma Global Development, Inc.
- Enrolment target
- 240
- Started
- 12 March 2026
- Main results due
- 30 November 2027
- Study sites
- 48
- Registry updated
- 24 September 2026
Can you take part?
- Aged 18 years and over.
- Open to any sex.
- You need the condition being studied — healthy volunteers are not accepted.
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Read the full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Participant has histologically-confirmed MIBC, stage cT2-T4aN0M0 or T1-T4aN1M0. NOTE: urothelial carcinomas (UCs) not originating from the bladder (e.g., upper tract \[ureters, renal pelvis\], urethra) are not eligible. UCs invading into the prostatic stroma with no histologic muscle invasion is allowed, provided that the extent of disease is confirmed via imaging. * Participant has predominant UC histology (≥ 50%). NOTE: Participants with mixed histology are eligible provided the urothelial component is ≥ 50% (participants whose tumors contain predominant \[≥ 50%\] plasmacytoid variant are not eligible). Participants whose tumors contain any neuroendocrine histology are not eligible. * Participant is deemed eligible for radical cystectomy and pelvic lymph node dissection. * Participant has accessible archival tumor tissue from the primary tumor, for which source and availability have been confirmed prior to study intervention. If no archival tumor tissue is available, the participant will have a biopsy to obtain tumor tissue prior to study intervention. * Participant has Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 to 2. * Have a transurethral resection of a bladder tumor within 60 days (+14 days) prior to, or during screening (from the date of informed consent form signature). Exclusion Criteria: * Participant has preexisting sensory or motor neuropathy Grade ≥ 2. * Participant has ≥ N2 disease or metastatic disease (M1) as identified by imaging * Participant has a history of uncontrolled diabetes mellitus within 3 months prior to screening. Uncontrolled diabetes (within 3 months before first dose) is defined as hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) ≥ 8% or HbA1c between 7% and \< 8% with associated diabetes symptoms (polyuria or polydipsia) that are not otherwise explained. The lowest HbA1c during the screening period will be used to determine eligibility. * Participant has a second malignancy diagnosed within 3 years before first dose of study intervention, or any evidence of residual disease from a previously diagnosed malignancy. Participant with non-melanoma skin cancer, localized prostate cancer treated with curative intent with no evidence of progression, low-risk or very low-risk (per standard guidelines) localized prostate cancer under active surveillance/watchful waiting without intent to treat, or carcinoma in situ of any type (if complete resection was performed) are allowed. * Participant has known active keratitis or corneal ulcerations. Participant with superficial punctate keratitis is allowed if the disorder is being adequately treated. * Participant has a history of (non-infectious) pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease (ILD) that required steroids or has current pneumonitis/ILD. * Participant has a history of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, organizing pneumonia, drug-induced pneumonitis, idiopathic pneumonitis, or evidence of active pneumonitis on screening chest computed tomography (CT) scan. * Participant has a diagnosis of immunodeficiency or is receiving chronic systemic steroid therapy (in dosing exceeding 10 mg daily of prednisone equivalent) or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior the first dose of study intervention. Inhaled or topical steroids are permitted in the absence of active autoimmune disease. Physiologic replacement doses of corticosteroids are permitted for participants with adrenal insufficiency. * Participant has active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in past 2 years (i.e., with use of disease modifying agents, corticosteroids or immunosuppressive drugs). * Replacement therapy (e.g., thyroxine, insulin, physiologic corticosteroid replacement therapy for adrenal or pituitary insufficiency) is not considered a form of systemic treatment and is allowed. * Brief (\< 7 days) use of systemic corticosteroids is allowed when use is considered standard of care. * Participant with vitiligo, psoriasis, type 1 diabetes mellitus, hypothyroidism, or resolved childhood asthma/atopy will not be excluded. * Participant requiring intermittent use of bronchodilators, inhaled steroids, or local steroid injections will not be excluded. * Participant with hypothyroidism that is stable with hormone replacement therapy or Sjögren's syndrome will not be excluded. * Participant has received prior therapy with an anti-programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1), anti-programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1), or anti-programmed death-ligand 2 agent or with an agent directed to another stimulatory or coinhibitory T-cell receptor (e.g., CTLA-4, OX-40, CD137). * Participant has received prior systemic anti-cancer therapy for MIBC/non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC), or received prior systemic anti-cancer therapy including investigational agents (including enfortumab vedotin or other monomethyl auristatin E-based antibody-drug conjugates) within 3 years prior to screening. NOTE: Prior treatment for NMIBC with intravesical instillation therapy such as Bacillus Calmette-Guérin or intravesical chemotherapy is permitted. Prior systemic treatment (including, but not limited to, anti-PD-1/PD-L1 treatment with pembrolizumab, etc.) received for NMIBC is not permitted. * Participant has received a partial cystectomy of the bladder to remove any NMIBC or MIBC. * Participant has received any prior radiotherapy to the bladder.
What this study is about
In the sponsor’s own words, from the registry.
People with a type of bladder cancer called muscle-invasive bladder cancer have cancer that has spread into the muscle wall of the bladder. The standard treatment is to have chemotherapy, followed by surgery to completely remove the bladder. This has a significant impact on people with long-term life-altering changes. There are also limited options for people who cannot have chemotherapy or who do not want their bladder removed.
Studies show that enfortumab vedotin, when given with pembrolizumab, can help people with advanced bladder cancer. This treatment has also worked well for people with muscle-invasive bladder cancer who can't receive chemotherapy when it was given before and after bladder-removal surgery. However, some people can't have or won't have this surgery. There is still a need for new treatments that let people keep their bladder. This is especially important for people who respond well to the enfortumab vedotin, when given with pembrolizumab, and may benefit from continuing this study treatment instead of having surgery.
The main aims of this study are to check how many people continue to respond well to enfortumab vedotin with pembrolizumab and how many people have their bladder intact after 2 years.
People in this study will be adults who have muscle-invasive bladder cancer and are able to have surgery to remove the bladder.
People cannot take part if they have nerve damage (sensory or motor neuropathy), have had certain other cancers, have diabetes that is not under control, or have had a transplant.
People will receive infusions of enfortumab vedotin on the 1st and 8th day of 3-week (21-day) cycles. They will also receive pembrolizumab on the 1st day of every 3-week cycle. There will be safety checks at each visit with checks of the tumors at some visits. The doctors will continue to check for medical problems throughout the study.
People will continue to receive study treatment unless their cancer doesn't improve after 9 cycles of study treatment, or until their cancer gets worse, they can't tolerate the study treatment, they start other cancer treatment, they or the doctor decides the person should stop receiving study treatment, or sadly they pass away.
People's whose cancer gets worse or doesn't improve after 9 cycles may need bladder surgery, radiotherapy or chemotherapy. People will visit the clinic after they stop their study treatment, in which they will be asked about any medical problems and have a health check. After this, people will continue to have scans every 12 weeks (3 months) for the first 2 years until their cancer gets worse. After this, if their cancer doesn't get worse, they will continue to have scans every 24 weeks (6 months) for up to 5 years to check for any changes in their cancer. After people's cancer gets worse, they won't have any more scans but will have telephone health checks every 3 months.
Study sites(48)
Arkansas Urology Associates
Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
Recruiting
University of Illinois College of Medicine - UIC Cancer Center
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Recruiting
Accellacare of Duly
Lisle, Illinois, United States
Recruiting
Indiana University School of Medicine - Simon Cancer Center
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Recruiting
Profound Research LLC at Michigan Hematology and Oncology Consultants
Royal Oak, Michigan, United States
Recruiting
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center (SKCCC) Cherry Hill
Cherry Hill, New Jersey, United States
Recruiting
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center (SKCC) Washington Township
Washington Township, New Jersey, United States
Recruiting
NYU Langone Urology Associates
New York, New York, United States
Recruiting
Centers for Advanced Urology, LLP
Bala-Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, United States
Recruiting
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Recruiting
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer - Asplundh Cancer Pavilion
Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, United States
Recruiting
Carolina Urologic Research Center
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States
Recruiting
Urology Austin, PLLC
Round Rock, Texas, United States
Recruiting
Urology San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas, United States
Recruiting
University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Recruiting
Site AU61005
Southport, Queensland, Australia
Recruiting
Site FR33002
Paris, France
Recruiting
Site FR33013
Rennes, France
Recruiting
Site FR33009
Strasbourg, France
Recruiting
Site FR33012
Strasbourg, France
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Site FR33011
Suresnes, France
Recruiting
Site FR33003
Toulouse, France
Recruiting
Site FR33010
Villejuif, France
Recruiting
Site DE49009
Herne, Germany
Recruiting
Gifu University Hospital
Gifu, Gifu, Japan
Recruiting
Kobe City Hospital Organization - Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital
Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan
Recruiting
University of Tsukuba Hospital
Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
Recruiting
St. Marianna University Hospital
Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
Recruiting
Institute of Science Tokyo Hospital
Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Recruiting
Tokyo Metropolitan Hospital Organization-Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital
Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Recruiting
The Cancer Institute Hospital-Japanese Foundation for Cancer
Koto-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Recruiting
Yamaguchi University Hospital - Center For Clinical Research
Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan
Recruiting
Kyoto University Hospital
Kyoto, Japan
Recruiting
Osaka Metropolitan University Hospital
Osaka, Japan
Recruiting
Site PL48007
Opole, Poland
Recruiting
Site PL48008
Poznan, Poland
Recruiting
Site PL48006
Przemyśl, Poland
Recruiting
Site KR82002
Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Recruiting
Site KR82004
Hwasun, Jeollanam-do, South Korea
Recruiting
Site KR82007
Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Recruiting
Site KR82001
Seoul, South Korea
Recruiting
Site KR82003
Seoul, South Korea
Recruiting
Site KR82005
Seoul, South Korea
Recruiting
Site KR82008
Seoul, South Korea
Recruiting
Site KR82010
Seoul, South Korea
Recruiting
Site ES34011
Granada, Spain
Recruiting
Site ES34002
Ourense, Spain
Recruiting
Site GB44005
London, United Kingdom
Recruiting
Showing 48 of 48 sites. 48 of the 48 sites on this study are recruiting right now — a site can stop enrolling while the study as a whole is still open.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT07475806. Trialion does not run this study, is not paid to refer anyone to it, and cannot enrol you. Eligibility is always decided by the research team at the site.
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