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Enfortumab vedotin with pembrolizumab versus chemoradiotherapy for muscle-invasive bladder cancer

Compares two drugs with chemoradiotherapy in adults with bladder cancer who keep their bladder.

Key facts

Who runs it
Astellas Pharma Global Development, Inc.
Where
Lecce, Macerata, Meldola, Milan, Naples, Orbassano, Padova, Pisa, Rome, Rozzano, and Verona, ItalySee the 13 sitesAlso in 7 other countries, 53 sites
Registry title
Enfortumab Vedotin in Combination With Pembrolizumab vs. Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy (cCRT) in People With Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer (EV-309)
Status
Recruiting
Phase
Phase 3
People taking part
390 people, planned
Started
11 May 2026
Expected to end
29 Feb 2032
Type of study
Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets an existing treatment, for comparison.
Treatments tested
  • Enfortumab vedotin
  • Conventional Radiotherapy
  • Hypofractionated Radiotherapy
  • Cisplatin
  • Fluorouracil
  • Mitomycin C
  • Gemcitabine
  • Pembrolizumab
Record updated
28 October 2026

Who can take part

AI summary

From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.

The trial is looking for adults with muscle-invasive bladder cancer that has not spread outside the bladder, who want to keep their bladder and will have chemoradiotherapy.

Age
18 years or older
Sex
All sexes can join
Disease stage
Muscle-invasive bladder cancer, mostly urothelial type, staged cT2-T4aN0M0. The cancer has not spread outside the bladder.
Earlier treatment
Must not have had any earlier systemic treatment, chemoradiation or radiation for bladder cancer. Must not have had pelvic radiation. Must not have had enfortumab vedotin or a PD-1 or PD-L1 inhibitor.

Main reasons for not taking part

  • Cancer that has spread to lymph nodes or other organs
  • Known active hepatitis B, active hepatitis C or HIV infection
  • Uncontrolled diabetes
  • Past autoimmune disease needing systemic treatment in the last 2 years, or lung inflammation or fibrosis
  • Earlier stem cell or solid organ transplant

The registry criteria, word for word

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Who can take part

  • Has histologically confirmed initial diagnosis of muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) with predominant urothelial histology staged cT2-T4aN0M0
  • Tissue comprising muscle-invasive urothelial cancer must be submitted for clinical staging at baseline
  • Eligible for and agree to receive chemoradiotherapy and one of the protocol-specified radiosensitizing chemotherapy regimens
  • Fit for systemic therapy and elect bladder preservation, including participants who are ineligible for or have elected not to undergo cystectomy
  • Has Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0, 1, or 2

Who cannot take part

  • Advanced or metastatic disease (N+, M1), non-urothelial carcinoma, diffuse or multifocal CIS, urothelial carcinoma or histological variant at any site outside the urinary bladder within previous 24 months prior to randomization except Ta/T1/CIS of the upper urinary tract including renal pelvis and ureter if the participant had undergone complete nephrectomy
  • Has received any prior systemic treatment, chemoradiation, and/or radiation for MIBC or NMIBC
  • Prior pelvic radiation for any reason
  • Other active malignancies within 3 years prior to randomization
  • Previously treated with enfortumab vedotin or other MMAE-based antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs)
  • Previously treated with a PD(L)-1 inhibitor, defined as a PD-1 inhibitor or PD-L1 inhibitor
  • Currently receiving systemic antimicrobial treatment for active infection (viral, bacterial, or fungal) at the time of randomization. Routine antimicrobial prophylaxis is permitted
  • Received major surgery (defined as requiring general anesthesia and >24 hour inpatient hospitalization) within 4 weeks prior to randomization
  • Prior allogeneic stem cell or solid organ transplant
  • Received a live attenuated vaccine within 30 days prior to randomization
  • Uncontrolled diabetes
  • Known active hepatitis B, active hepatitis C, or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection
  • Known severe (≥ Grade 3) hypersensitivity to any enfortumab vedotin excipient contained in the drug formulation of enfortumab vedotin
  • Known genetic disorders associated with radiosensitivity (eg, ataxia telangiectasia, Nijmegen breakage syndrome, Fanconi syndrome)
  • History of autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in the past 2 years
  • History of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, organizing pneumonia, drug induced pneumonitis, idiopathic pneumonitis, or evidence of active pneumonitis on screening chest computed tomography (CT) scan
  • Inadequate bladder function
  • Active keratitis or corneal ulcerations

Where in Italy

Also in 7 other countries, 53 sites

  • Ospedale Vito Fazzi LecceLecce, ItalyNot yet recruiting
  • Ospedale Generale Provinciale Di MacerataMacerata, ItalyNot yet recruiting
  • Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori "Dino Amadori" - IRST S.r.lMeldola, ItalyNot yet recruiting
  • Fondazione IRCCS - Istituto Nazionale dei TumoriMilan, ItalyNot yet recruiting
  • Istituto Europeo di Oncologia s.r.lMilan, ItalyNot yet recruiting
  • IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori Fondazione PascaleNaples, ItalyNot yet recruiting
  • Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria San Luigi GonzagaOrbassano, ItalyNot yet recruiting
  • Istituto Oncologico VenetoPadova, ItalyNot yet recruiting
  • Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria PisanaPisa, ItalyNot yet recruiting
  • Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCSRome, ItalyNot yet recruiting
  • I.F.O. Istituti Fisioterapici OspitalieriRome, ItalyNot yet recruiting
  • Humanitas Mirasole S.p.A.Rozzano, ItalyNot yet recruiting
  • Centro Ricerche Cliniche di Verona s.r.l.Verona, ItalyNot yet recruiting

About the trial

What the trial wants to find out

This study is being done to see how well two drugs (enfortumab vedotin and pembrolizumab) work together as a bladder preservation approach to treat patients with muscle invasive bladder cancer. The study will compare these drugs to concurrent chemoradiotherapy that is usually used to treat this cancer (standard of care). The study will enroll patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) who have cancer that has not spread outside the bladder.

The 2 groups in the trial

  • Arm ATreatment being tested

    Enfortumab vedotin + pembrolizumab (EV + P)

    Treatment: Enfortumab vedotin and Pembrolizumab

  • Arm BExisting treatment, for comparison

    Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy (cCRT)

    Treatment: Conventional Radiotherapy, Hypofractionated Radiotherapy, Cisplatin, Fluorouracil, Mitomycin C, and Gemcitabine

Questions to ask the study team

  1. How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
  2. Are travel costs paid?
  3. Can I keep my own doctor?
  4. What happens if I want to stop?

Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations

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Data and sources

Registry record
Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov and on the EU's official list of trials (CTIS).
Official title
A PHASE 3, OPEN-LABEL, RANDOMIZED STUDY TO EVALUATE ENFORTUMAB VEDOTIN IN COMBINATION WITH PEMBROLIZUMAB IN ADULT PARTICIPANTS WITH MUSCLE-INVASIVE BLADDER CANCER WHO ARE INELIGIBLE FOR OR HAVE ELECTED NOT TO UNDERGO CYSTECTOMY
Plain-language title
Enfortumab vedotin with pembrolizumab versus chemoradiotherapy for muscle-invasive bladder cancerGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 14 November 2026.
Record updated
28 October 2026