Review Article

Update on the Treatment of Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma

Table 2

Immunotherapy trials [11].

SettingDrugStudy No. of patientsORR %ORR (%) by PD-L1
Subgroup (high/low)
PD-L1 High +ve
Prevalence (%)

Post platinumAtezolizumabIMvigor2103101526 (IC 2/3) 3232
9 (IC 0/1)
NivolumabCheckmate 27527019.628.4 (TC ≥ 5%)30
16.1 (TC< 1%)
PembrolizumabKEYNOTE 0455422121.6 (CPS ≥ 10%)30
NR
DurvalumabStudy 11081032031 (TC or IC ≥ 25%)59
5 (TC and IC< 25%)
AvelumabJAVELIN441853.8 (TC ≥ 5%)35
4.2 (TC < 5%)

Cisplatin ineligibleAtezolizumabIMvigor2101192328 (IC 2/3)27
21 (IC 0/1)
PembrolizumabKEYNOTE 0523702439 (CPS ≥ 10%)35

Abbreviations. CPS: combined positive score (assesses PD-L1 expression as a composite of both IC and TC expression); IC: immune cell; NR: not reported; ORR: objective response rate by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) version 1.1; PD-L1: programmed death receptor ligand-1; TC: tumor cell. CPS ≥ 10% as an expression cutoff was defined in the first 100 patients; the ORR of 39% is reported for the validation set of the remaining 270 patients enrolled.