NCT04879329 · Seagen, a wholly owned subsidiary of Pfizer
A Study of Disitamab Vedotin Alone or With Pembrolizumab in Urothelial Cancer That Expresses HER2
What this study is about
This study is being done to see if a drug called disitamab vedotin, alone or with pembrolizumab, works to treat HER2 expressing urothelial cancer. It will also test how safe the drug is for participants. Participants will have cancer that has spread in the body near where it started (locally advanced) and cannot be removed (unresectable) or has spread through the body (metastatic).
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This study is being done to see if a drug called disitamab vedotin, alone or with pembrolizumab, works to treat HER2 expressing urothelial cancer. It will also test how safe the drug is for participants. Participants will have cancer that has spread in the body near where it started (locally advanced) and cannot be removed (unresectable) or has spread through the body (metastatic). It will also study what side effects happen when participants get the drug.
Interventions
DRUG
disitamab vedotin
Given into the vein (IV; intravenous) every 2 weeks.
DRUG
pembrolizumab
Given by IV on Day 1 of each 6-week cycle.
Primary outcome measures
Confirmed Objective Response Rate (cORR) per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) version 1.1 (v1.1) by blinded independent central review (BICR) (Cohorts A, B, C, and G)
Time frame: Duration of treatment; approximately 2 years
The proportion of participants with confirmed complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) according to RECIST v1.1
Incidence of adverse events (AEs) (Cohorts D and E)
Time frame: Approximately 2 years
Any untoward medical occurrence in a clinical investigational participant administered a medicinal product and which does not necessarily have a causal relationship with this treatment.
Incidence of dose alterations (Cohorts D and E)
Time frame: Approximately 2 years
Incidence of laboratory abnormalities (Cohorts D and E)
Time frame: Approximately 2 years
To be summarized using descriptive statistics.
Incidence of electrocardiogram (ECG) abnormalities (Cohorts D and E)
Time frame: Approximately 2 years
Change from baseline of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) (Cohorts D and E)
Time frame: Approximately 2 years
Pharmacokinetic (PK) parameter - Area under the curve (AUC) (Cohorts D and E)
Time frame: Through 30-37 days following the last dose of DV; up to approximately 2 years
To be summarized using descriptive statistics.
PK parameter - Maximum concentration (Cmax) (Cohorts D and E)
Time frame: Through 30-37 days following the last dose of DV; up to approximately 2 years
To be summarized using descriptive statistics.
PK parameter - Time to maximum concentration (Tmax) (Cohorts D and E)
Time frame: Through 30-37 days following the last dose of DV; up to approximately 2 years
To be summarized using descriptive statistics.
PK parameter - Trough concentration (Ctrough) (Cohorts D and E)
Time frame: Through 30-37 days following the last dose of DV; up to approximately 2 years
To be summarized using descriptive statistics.
Who can participate
This study lists these criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov. A study coordinator reviews eligibility during screening — this page does not determine whether you qualify.
Inclusion criteria
- Cohorts A and B
- Histopathologically-confirmed, locally-advanced, unresectable or metastatic urothelial cancer (LA/mUC), including UC originating from the renal pelvis, ureters, bladder, or urethra
- Participants must have received only 1 or 2 lines of prior systemic treatment for LA/mUC, including 1 line of platinum-containing chemotherapy
- At least one measurable lesion by investigator assessment based on RECIST version 1.1.
- HER2-expression status determined by the central laboratory to be IHC 1+, 2+ or 3+, in the provided tumor sample
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status score of 0 or 1 Cohort C
- Histopathologically-confirmed LA/mUC, including UC originating from the renal pelvis, ureters, bladder, or urethra
- No prior systemic therapy for LA/mUC
- Neoadjuvant or adjuvant therapy, including PD-(L)1 inhibitors, is acceptable, if disease recurrence/progression occurred more than 12 months after the last dose of systemic therapy
- At least one measurable lesion by investigator assessment based on RECIST v1.1.
- Participant is eligible to receive cisplatin- or carboplatin- containing chemotherapy per investigator evaluation
- HER2-expression status determined by the central laboratory to be IHC 1+, 2+ or 3+, on the provided tumor tissue sample
- ECOG performance status of 0, 1, or 2 Cohort D
- Histopathologically-confirmed LA/mUC, including UC originating from the renal pelvis, ureters, bladder, or urethra
- Based on a participant's eligibility to receive treatment with standard of care therapies in Japan, participants must have received all of the following lines of therapy for LA/mUC:
- a. One prior line of platinum-containing chemotherapy.
- b. Prior therapy with PD-(L)1 inhibitors as (neo)adjuvant therapy, first-line maintenance therapy or as second line treatment.
- c. Prior enfortumab vedotin therapy.
- At least one measurable lesion by investigator assessment based on RECIST v1.1.
- ECOG performance status of 0 or 1 Cohort E
- Histopathologically-confirmed LA/mUC, including UC originating from the renal pelvis, ureters, bladder, or urethra
- No prior systemic therapy for LA/mUC
- Neoadjuvant or adjuvant therapy, including PD-(L)1 inhibitors, is acceptable, if disease recurrence/progression occurred more than 12 months after the last dose of systemic therapy.
- At least one measurable lesion by investigator assessment based on RECIST v1.1.
- Participant is eligible to receive cisplatin- or carboplatin- containing chemotherapy per investigator evaluation
- HER2-expression status determined by the central laboratory to be IHC 1+, 2+ or 3+, in the provided tumor sample
- ECOG performance status of 0 or 1 Cohort G
- Histopathologically-confirmed, locally-advanced, unresectable or metastatic urothelial cancer (LA/mUC), including UC originating from the renal pelvis, ureters, bladder, or urethra
- Participants must have received only 1 or 2 lines of prior systemic treatment for LA/mUC, including 1 line of therapy containing enfortumab vedotin as monotherapy or in combination with pembrolizumab
- The last administration of enfortumab vedotin must be 90 days from the start of study treatment. Intervening therapies are allowed between the final dose of enfortumab vedotin and the start of disitamab vedotin.
- At least one measurable lesion by investigator assessment based on RECIST version 1.1.
- HER2-expression status determined by the central laboratory to be IHC 1+, 2+ or 3+, in the provided tumor sample
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status score of 0 or 1
Exclusion criteria
- Cohorts A and B
- Known hypersensitivity to disitamab vedotin or any of their components
- Prior antitumor treatment (including chemotherapy, radiotherapy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy etc.) within 2 weeks of start of study (defined as Cycle 1 Day 1 for Cohorts A and B)
- Toxicity from a previous treatment has not returned to Grades 0 or 1 (except for Grade 2 alopecia)
- Prior MMAE-based ADCs (eg, enfortumab vedotin) or HER2-directed therapy
- Major surgery that has not fully recovered within 4 weeks prior to dose administration
- Peripheral sensory or motor neuropathy ≥ Grade 2 at baseline Cohort C
- Known hypersensitivity to disitamab vedotin, pembrolizumab, or any of their components
- Prior antitumor treatment (including chemotherapy, radiotherapy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy etc.) within 2 weeks of start of study defined as Cycle 1 Day 1 for the single-arm part of Cohort C and as randomization date for the randomized part of Cohort C)
- Toxicity from a previous treatment has not returned to Grades 0 or 1 (except for Grade 2 alopecia)
- Prior MMAE-based ADCs (eg, enfortumab vedotin) or HER2-directed therapy
- Major surgery that has not fully recovered within 4 weeks prior to dose administration
- Peripheral sensory or motor neuropathy ≥ Grade 2 at baseline
- 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 drug
- Participants who have previously received any prior treatment with an agent directed to another stimulatory or co-inhibitory T cell receptor (including but not limited to CD137 agonists, CAR-T cell therapy, CTLA-4 inhibitors, or OX-40 agonists) are excluded. Cohort D
- Known hypersensitivity to disitamab vedotin or any of their components
- Prior antitumor treatment (including chemotherapy, radiotherapy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy etc.) within 2 weeks of start of study (defined as Cycle 1 Day 1 for Cohort D)
- Toxicity from a previous treatment has not returned to Grades 0 or 1 (except for Grade 2 alopecia)
- Prior HER2-directed therapy
- Any prior history of ≥ Grade 3 non-hematological AEs related to prior therapy
- Major surgery that has not fully recovered within 4 weeks prior to dose administration
- Peripheral sensory or motor neuropathy ≥ Grade 1 at baseline Cohort E
- Known hypersensitivity to disitamab vedotin, pembrolizumab, or any of their components
- Prior antitumor treatment (including chemotherapy, radiotherapy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy etc.) within 2 weeks of start of study (defined as Cycle 1 Day 1 for Cohort E)
- Toxicity from a previous treatment has not returned to Grades 0 or 1 (except for Grade 2 alopecia)
- Any prior history of ≥ Grade 3 non-hematological AEs related to prior therapy
- Prior MMAE-based ADCs (eg, enfortumab vedotin) or HER2-directed therapy
- Major surgery that has not fully recovered within 4 weeks prior to dose administration
- Peripheral sensory or motor neuropathy ≥ Grade 1 at baseline
- 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 drug Cohort G
- Known hypersensitivity to disitamab vedotin or any of their components
- Prior antitumor treatment (including chemotherapy, radiotherapy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy etc.) within 2 weeks of start of study (defined as Cycle 1 Day 1 for Cohort G)
- Toxicity from a previous treatment has not returned to Grades 0 or 1 (except for Grade 2 alopecia)
- Prior HER2-directed therapy
- Major surgery that has not fully recovered within 4 weeks prior to dose administration
- Peripheral sensory or motor neuropathy ≥ Grade 2 at baseline There are additional inclusion and exclusion criteria. The study center will determine if criteria for participation are met.
Where
- Gilbert, Arizona
- Anaheim, California
- Arcadia, California
- Baldwin Park, California
- Bellflower, California
- Beverly Hills, California
- Burbank, California
- Duarte, California
- Encino, California
- Fontana, California
- Glendora, California
- Harbor City, California
And 87 more locations — see the full list below.
Collaborators
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
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Data: ClinicalTrials.gov · synced Jul 22, 2026 · Source of record for eligibility and locations