American Urological Association Annual Meeting | Conference

Quality of Life Is Maintained With Mitomycin Gel in Low-Grade Non–Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer

May 16th 2022

Patients with low-grade non-muscle invasive bladder cancer who received the chemoablative reverse thermal gel UGN-102 were found to have maintained health-related quality-of-life outcomes.

Dr. Mitra on Nadofaragene Firadenovec Plus Anti–PD-1 Therapy in BCG-Unresponsive NMIBC

May 16th 2022

Anirban P. Mitra, MD, PhD, discusses data from an assessment of PD-1 and PD-L1 status on transurethral resection specimens collected from patients with non–muscle-invasive bladder cancer who received nadofaragene firadenovec as part of a phase 3 trial.

Neoadjuvant Axitinib Effective in Subgroup of Patients with Renal Cell Carcinoma

May 16th 2022

Neoadjuvant axitinib facilitated partial nephrectomy in patients with clear cell renal cell carcinoma and complex masses with an imperative indication for nephron-sparing surgery but no viable pathway to receive the procedure.

Darolutamide Added to ADT/Docetaxel Shows No Increased Toxicity in mHSPC

May 16th 2022

The combination of darolutamide plus androgen deprivation therapy and docetaxel presents adverse effects that are similar to those experienced with ADT plus docetaxel alone in patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer.

Positive Harm-Benefit Data Found in PSA Screening for Black Patients With Prostate Cancer

May 15th 2022

Complementary approaches to quantifying overdiagnosis generated a more beneficial harm-benefit tradeoff of prostate-specific antigen screening, compared with previous estimates that used shorter follow-up from the introduction of screening.

Co-Treatment With Vitamin C Increases Therapeutic Effect of Chemotherapy in Cisplatin-Ineligible MIBC

May 15th 2022

Cisplatin-ineligible patients with locally advanced muscle invasive bladder cancer undergoing chemotherapy may benefit from simultaneous treatment with intravenous vitamin C.

Dr. Spiess on Key Updates in the Management of Penile Cancer

May 15th 2022

Philippe E. Spiess, MD, MS, FACS, shares key updates in the management of patients with penile cancer.

Dr. Galsky on Updated CheckMate 274 Data With Adjuvant Nivolumab in Urothelial Carcinoma

May 15th 2022

Matthew Galsky, MD, discusses long-term data from the phase 3 CheckMate 274 trial evaluating adjuvant nivolumab vs placebo in patients with high-risk, muscle-invasive urothelial cancer.

Up-Front Avelumab Maintenance Improves OS in Urothelial Carcinoma

May 14th 2022

Avelumab plus best supportive care produced a benefit in overall survival in patients with advanced urothelial carcinoma that had not progressed with first-line platinum-based chemotherapy.

Darolutamide Maintains OS Benefit in Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer

May 14th 2022

Darolutamide elicited consistent benefits in overall survival and prostate-specific antigen outcomes, irrespective of prior local therapy with radiotherapy or radical prostatectomy, in patients with nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Relugolix Shows Acceptable Safety in Patients With Advanced Prostate Cancer Enrolled to HERO Trial

May 14th 2022

Results from a detailed safety analysis of the pivotal phase 3 HERO trial showed that relugolix, an oral gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor antagonist, had an acceptable toxicity profile with favorable tolerability in patients with advanced prostate cancer.

Enzalutamide/ADT Shows Long-Term Survival Benefit in mHSPC Regardless of Prior Local Treatment

May 14th 2022

Enzalutamide added to androgen deprivation therapy demonstrated a benefit in overall survival, radiographic progression-free survival, undetectable prostate-specific antigen rates, objective response rates, and other end points vs placebo/ADT in patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer regardless of whether or not they received prior local therapy.

ARAFOR Data Reveal Favorable Safety, Tolerability With Long-Term Darolutamide Exposure in mCRPC

May 14th 2022

Darolutamide was found to have a favorable safety and tolerability profile in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer who were enrolled to the phase 1 ARAFOR study and received extended treatment with the agent for more than 4 years.

Dr. Markowski on the Efficacy of Sabizabulin in Prostate Cancer

May 14th 2022

Mark C. Markowski, MD, PhD, discusses the safety and efficacy of sabizabulin in a phase 1b/2 trial in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Dr. Khetrapal on Intracorporeal Robotic vs Open Cystectomy in MIBC

May 14th 2022

Pramit Khetrapal, MD, discusses the results of evaluating intracorporeal robotic vs open cystectomy in a multicenter, randomized trial in patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer.

Niraparib Plus Abiraterone Acetate/Prednisone Achieves Responses in HRR Gene–Altered mCRPC

May 14th 2022

The addition of niraparib to abiraterone acetate and prednisone achieved for promising response rates in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer and homologous recombination repair gene alterations who had progressed on prior treatment with an androgen receptor–targeted therapy.

Nivolumab Offers Long-Term DFS Benefits in Urothelial Carcinoma

May 14th 2022

According to longer follow-up data from the phase 3 CheckMate 274 trial, patients with high-risk, muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma continued to experience clinically meaningful improvements in disease-free survival when treated with adjuvant nivolumab vs placebo.

18F-rhPSMA-7.3 Increases Upstaging of Disease in Recurrent Prostate Cancer

May 13th 2022

PET/CT scans conducted with 18F-rhPSMA-7.3 frequently resulted in post-scan disease upstaging compared with baseline conventional imaging in patients with prostate cancer recurrence.

Dr. Fleming on the Rationale of the SPOTLIGHT Trial in Prostate Cancer

May 13th 2022

Mark T. Fleming, MD, discusses the rationale and results from the phase 3 SPOTLIGHT trial in prostate cancer.

N-803 Plus BCG Produces Clinically Meaningful Benefit in BCG-Unresponsive Bladder Cancer

May 13th 2022

The addition of the IL15RaFc superagonist N-803 to Bacillus Calmette–Guérin led to prolonged complete responses and disease-free survival (DFS) in patients with BCG-unresponsive non–muscle invasive bladder cancer with carcinoma in situ and papillary histology, respectively.