February 18, 2026 · The New England journal of medicine · DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2511674

Perioperative Enfortumab Vedotin and Pembrolizumab in Bladder Cancer

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This study investigates whether the combination of perioperative enfortumab vedotin and pembrolizumab improves outcomes in patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer who are ineligible for cisplatin-based chemotherapy compared to surgery alone. The results indicate that the combination therapy significantly enhances event-free survival, overall survival, and the rate of pathological complete response. The findings suggest that this treatment approach may offer a beneficial alternative for this patient population.

Christof Vulsteke, Nabil Adra, Pongwut Danchaivijitr, Maksym Sabadash, Alejo Rodriguez-Vida, Zhentao Zhang, Vagif Atduev, Y Emre Göger, Steffen Rausch, Seok-Ho Kang, Yohann Loriot, Jens Bedke, Matthew D Galsky, Peter H O'Donnell, Gunhild von Amsberg, Nimira Alimohamed, Grzegorz Sulimka, Shilpa Gupta, Viktor Paramonov, Keita Nakane, Michael Mihm, Changting Meng, Caizhi David Huang, Chethan Ramamurthy, Blanca Homet Moreno, Anders Ullén, KEYNOTE-905/EV-303 Investigators

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