Abstract:
Objective Patients with metastatic urothelial carcinoma (mUC) usually receive platinum-based chemotherapy as the first-line treatment. Recently, antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) combined with programmed death-1 antibody (PD-1 antibody) have shown promising efficacy and safety in the treatment of mUC. HER2 positivity is associated with poor prognosis, patients can benefit from anti-HER2 ADC therapy such as disitamab vedotin (RC48-ADC). This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of RC48-ADC combined with tislelizumab in treatment-naïve patients with mUC.
Methods A retrospective analysis was performed on 70 mUC patients treated between July 2022 and December 2023, including 30 patients receiving RC48-ADC combined with tislelizumab (DT group) and 40 patients receiving gemcitabine plus cisplatin (GC group). Primary endpoints included objective response rate (ORR), disease control rate (DCR), progression-free survival (PFS), overall survival (OS), and treatment-related adverse events (TRAEs).
Results The ORR (73.3% vs. 47.5%) and DCR (86.7% vs. 62.5%) were significantly higher in the DT group compared to the GC group (P<0.05). The DT group also demonstrated longer PFS (10.98 months vs. 7.67 months, P<0.005) and prolonged OS (median OS: not reached vs. 11.34 months). The most common TRAEs included myelosuppression, gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary toxicities, fatigue, alopecia, and rash. No grade ≥3 TRAEs or treatment-related deaths were reported.
Conclusions RC48-ADC combined with tislelizumab demonstrated superior efficacy and favorable safety in treatment-naïve patients with mUC, supporting its potential as a first-line therapeutic option.