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Background

Antibody-drug conjugates are a mainstay in treatment of mUC. Given different targets, payloads with non-overlapping toxicities and preclinical synergy of SG with anti-microtubule agents, we evaluated the safety and efficacy of SG+EV in a phase I trial (NCT04724018).

Methods

Patients (pts) with mUC and ECOG ≤1 who progressed on platinum and immunotherapy or were cisplatin ineligible and received one line of therapy were enrolled. SG+EV were dosed D1,8 of a 21-day cycle until progression of unacceptable toxicity. To assess the feasibility and safety of combining SG+EV, doses were adjusted based on the incidence of dose-limiting toxicities (DLTs) during cycle(C) 1 and the total number of pts treated at four pre-specified dose levels (DL) using a Bayesian Optimal Interval design (Table). Adverse events (AE) were assessed using CTCAE 5.0.

Results

24 pts were enrolled (9 DL1, 9 DL2, 6 DL3) from 5/2021 to 4/2023. At data cutoff on May 1, 2023, 23 pts were evaluable for DLT assessment; one pt in DL3 never started therapy. Median age was 69 years (range 41-88); 22 received ≥ 2 lines of therapy. After 2 pts in DL1 experienced febrile neutropenia (FN) prophylactic granulocyte stimulating factor (GCSF) was permitted; 18 pts received GCSF. 70% pts experienced ≥ grade 3 AE at any DLs with one grade 5 AE (pneumonitis possibly related to EV) during C2 (pt in DL3.)

https://clin.larvol.com/abstract-detail/SABCS 2022/60536722