The 2023 ESMO Congress took place October 20 to 24 in Madrid, Spain, with global perspectives on groundbreaking data. We break down some of the key highlights from the annual meeting that oncology fellows should absorb, and apply to practice, as soon as possible.
Findings from the EV-302 trial presented at the 2023 ESMO Congress revealed that the combination of enfortumab vedotin and pembrolizumab may become the preferred frontline standard of care for patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer regardless of cisplatin eligibility.
For the first time, a drug combination (Padcev plus Keytruda) outperformed frontline chemotherapy for patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma.
Frontline treatment with the combination of enfortumab vedotin-ejfv and pembrolizumab led to a statistically significant improvement in overall survival vs chemotherapy in patients with previously untreated locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma.