TROPION-Urothelial03: A phase 2/3 study of datopotamab deruxtecan (Dato-DXd) + platinum chemotherapy (CT) vs gemcitabine + platinum CT in participants with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma (la/mUC) with progression on or after enfortumab vedotin (EV) + pembrolizumab.

M Matthew D. Galsky (Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai) A Alexandra Drakaki A Arnab Basu (Division of Hematology and Oncology, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL) B Bradley Alexander McGregor (Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA) J Jens Bedke (Eva Mayr-Stihl Cancer Center, Klinikum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany) Y Yohann Loriot (Université Paris-Saclay, Gustave Roussy, INSERM Unité Mixte de Recherche 981 — Prédicteurs Moléculaires et Nouvelles Cibles en Oncologie, Villejuif, France) E Eiji Kikuchi J Jun Guo B Benjamin Garmezy (Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Nashville, TN) S Srikala S. Sridhar (Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto) G Gunnar Klauss (Daiichi Sankyo, Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ) D Daisy Lin (Daiichi Sankyo, Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ) C Chelsea Liu (Daiichi Sankyo, Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ) A Andrea B. Apolo (From the Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda (A.B.A., N.S., S.N., L.L., L.C.), the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore (J.H.-C.), and the Investigational Drug Branch, Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville (H.S., E.S.) — all in Maryland; the Alliance Statistics and Data Management Center, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (K.V.B., M.O., C.M., G.P.B.); AdventHealth Cancer Institute and the University of Central Florida, Orlando (G.S.); Dana–Farber/Harvard Cancer Center, Boston (S.B., B.M.); UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill (W.Y.K.), and Duke University Medical Center and Duke Cancer Institute, Durham (J.H., S.H.) — both in North Carolina; the University of Kansas Cancer Center, Westwood (R.P.); Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York (M.Y.T., M.J.M., J.E.R.), and Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo (G.C.) — both in...) T Thomas Powles (Department of Medical Oncology Barts Cancer Institute Queen Mary University of London London UK)

Abstract

TPS4642 Background: Although first-line (1L) EV + pembrolizumab has improved outcomes for patients with la/mUC, most experience disease progression, highlighting an unmet need for novel therapies. TROP2 is a glycoprotein highly expressed in several epithelial tumors, including UC. Dato-DXd is a TROP2-directed antibody–drug conjugate comprising an anti-TROP2 monoclonal antibody, a tetrapeptide-based cleavable linker, and a topoisomerase I inhibitor payload (DXd), designed to induce selective tumor-cell death and reduce systemic exposure to the payload. Dato-DXd has demonstrated durable efficacy and a manageable safety profile in patients with la/mUC both as monotherapy (TROPION-PanTumor01 [NCT03401385]) and in combination with immunotherapy (TROPION-PanTumor03 [NCT05489211]). We describe a Phase 2/3 trial comparing the efficacy and safety of Dato-DXd + platinum CT (carboplatin or cisplatin) vs gemcitabine + platinum CT in participants with la/mUC with disease progression on or after EV + pembrolizumab. Methods: TROPION-Urothelial03 (NCT07129993) is a global, multicenter, randomized, open-label, Phase 2/3 trial. In Part A (Phase 2), ~60 participants will be randomized 1:1 to receive Dato-DXd 4 or 6 mg/kg + platinum CT. In Part B (Phase 3), ~570 participants will be randomized 1:1 to receive Dato-DXd at the recommended Phase 3 dose (determined using Part A data) + platinum CT vs gemcitabine + platinum CT. Randomization in Part A is stratified by assignment of platinum CT (carboplatin vs cisplatin), and in Part B, by assignment of platinum CT, presence vs absence of liver metastasis at screening, and time to progression on 1L EV + pembrolizumab (<6 vs ≥6 months). Study treatment continues until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, withdrawal of consent, death, loss to follow-up, or other reasons per protocol. Radiographic tumor assessments occur every 6 weeks for 54 weeks, then every 12 weeks. The primary endpoint of Part A is objective response rate (ORR) by investigator per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumours, version 1.1 (RECIST 1.1). The dual primary endpoints of Part B are progression-free survival (PFS) by blinded independent central review (BICR) per RECIST 1.1 and overall survival (OS). Secondary endpoints include duration of response by investigator per RECIST 1.1 (Part A), and PFS by investigator per RECIST 1.1 and ORR by BICR and investigator per RECIST 1.1 (Part B). In Part A, ORR will be summarized with 2-sided 95% exact confidence intervals using the Clopper–Pearson method by trial group. In Part B, PFS and OS will be compared between trial groups using a log-rank test stratified by randomization stratification factors, with hazard ratios from the stratified Cox regression model. Clinical trial information: NCT07129993 .

Article Details

Volume / Issue Vol. 44, Issue 16_suppl
Published June 01, 2026
ISSN 0732-183X
Publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Journal Info

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

ISSN: 0732-183X Health Sciences

Authors (15)

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Matthew D. Galsky

Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

A

Alexandra Drakaki

A

Arnab Basu

Division of Hematology and Oncology, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL

B

Bradley Alexander McGregor

Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

J

Jens Bedke

Eva Mayr-Stihl Cancer Center, Klinikum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany

Y

Yohann Loriot

Université Paris-Saclay, Gustave Roussy, INSERM Unité Mixte de Recherche 981 — Prédicteurs Moléculaires et Nouvelles Cibles en Oncologie, Villejuif, France

E

Eiji Kikuchi

J

Jun Guo

B

Benjamin Garmezy

Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Nashville, TN

S

Srikala S. Sridhar

Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto

G

Gunnar Klauss

Daiichi Sankyo, Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ

D

Daisy Lin

Daiichi Sankyo, Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ

C

Chelsea Liu

Daiichi Sankyo, Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ

A

Andrea B. Apolo

From the Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda (A.B.A., N.S., S.N., L.L., L.C.), the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore (J.H.-C.), and the Investigational Drug Branch, Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville (H.S., E.S.) — all in Maryland; the Alliance Statistics and Data Management Center, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (K.V.B., M.O., C.M., G.P.B.); AdventHealth Cancer Institute and the University of Central Florida, Orlando (G.S.); Dana–Farber/Harvard Cancer Center, Boston (S.B., B.M.); UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill (W.Y.K.), and Duke University Medical Center and Duke Cancer Institute, Durham (J.H., S.H.) — both in North Carolina; the University of Kansas Cancer Center, Westwood (R.P.); Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York (M.Y.T., M.J.M., J.E.R.), and Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo (G.C.) — both in...

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Thomas Powles

Department of Medical Oncology Barts Cancer Institute Queen Mary University of London London UK