Merck KGaA and Pfizer’s Bavencio (avelumab) Receive the US FDA’s Approval as a 1L Treatment for Locally Advanced or Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma

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• The approval is based on P-III JAVELIN Bladder 100 study assessing Bavencio (10 mg/kg, IV infusion, q2w) + BSC vs BSC as monothx. in 700 patients with LA/ m-UC whose disease had not progressed after 1L platinum-based induction CT as per RECIST v1.1
• Results: median OS (7.1 vs 21.4mos.); improvement in OS represents a 31% reduction in the risk of death in the overall population, in PD-L1+ patients (44% reduction in risk of death), in an exploratory analysis of patients with PD L1 negative tumors, OS hazard ratio (0.85)
• Priority review of the therapy was completed under FDA’s Real-Time Oncology Review (RTOR) pilot program, following the receipt of BT designation. In 2017, the US FDA approved the therapy under the accelerated approval program and now converted it to a full approval

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