Can less be more? new study tests a gentler dosing schedule for advanced bladder cancer drug

NCT ID NCT05923190

First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This pilot study is testing whether a less frequent dosing schedule of the drug enfortumab vedotin (EV), given alone or with pembrolizumab, can still control advanced bladder cancer. About 60 adults with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma will receive EV on a modified schedule. The goal is to see if the reduced dosing maintains clinical benefit while potentially lowering side effects.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance

enfortumab vedotin (with or without pembrolizumab)

What this could lead to

If successful, this could show that a less frequent dosing schedule of enfortumab vedotin still controls advanced bladder cancer while reducing side effects.

What could go wrong

This is a small, early-phase pilot study with only 60 participants. The reduced schedule may not control the cancer as well as the standard schedule, and side effects remain possible.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

bladder transitional cell carcinoma infiltrating bladder urothelial carcinoma transitional cell carcinoma urothelial carcinoma

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Fox Chase Cancer Center - Philadelphia

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19111-2497, United States