Case Report
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2022.
World J Clin Cases. Mar 16, 2022; 10(8): 2497-2503
Published online Mar 16, 2022. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v10.i8.2497
Table 1 United States Food and Drug Administration approval of immune checkpoint inhibitors in urothelial carcinoma
Anti-PD-L1 antibodies
Approvals of FDA
Clinical trials
US FDA approval of anti-PD-L1 antibodies in UC
AtezolizumabMay 18, 2016: As second-line monotherapy for patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma (UC) who have disease progression during or following platinum-containing chemotherapy or have disease progression within 12 mo of neoadjuvant or adjuvant treatment with platinum-containing chemotherapyIMvigor 210
Initial approval April 2017 and modified June 19, 2018 (restricted to PD-L1+): as first-line monotherapy for patients with locally advanced or metastatic UC who: 1) are not eligible for cisplatin-containing chemotherapy and whose tumors express PD-L1 (PD-L1 stained tumor-infiltrating immune cells covering ≥ 5% of the tumor area), as determined by an FDA-approved test, or 2) are not eligible for any platinum-containing chemotherapy regardless of PD-L1 statusIMvigor 210, IMvigor130
AvelumabMay 9, 2017: As second-line monotherapy for patients with locally advanced or metastatic UC whose disease progressed during or following platinum-containing chemotherapy or within 12 months of neoadjuvant or adjuvant platinum-containing chemotherapyJAVELIN1b
June 30, 2020: As maintenance treatment for patients with locally advanced or metastatic UC that has not progressed with first-line platinum-containing chemotherapyJAVELIN Bladder 100
DurvalumabMay 1, 2017: As second-line monotherapy for patients with locally advanced or metastatic UC who have disease progression during or following platinum-containing chemotherapy or who have disease progression within 12 mo of neoadjuvant or adjuvant treatment with platinum-containing chemotherapyNCT01693562
US FDA approval of anti-PD-1 antibodies in UC
Anti-PD-1 antibodiesApprovals of FDAClinical trials
NivolumabFebruary 2, 2017: As second-line monotherapy for patients with locally advanced or metastatic UC who have disease progression during or following platinum-containing chemotherapy or have disease progression within 12 months of neoadjuvant or adjuvant treatment with a platinum-containing chemotherapy.Checkmate 275
PembrolizumabMay 18, 2017: As second-line monotherapy for patients with locally advanced or metastatic UC who have disease progression during or following platinum-containing chemotherapy or within 12 mo of neoadjuvant or adjuvant treatment with platinum-containing chemotherapyKeynote-045
May 18, 2017: As first-line monotherapy for patients with locally advanced or metastatic UC who are not eligible for cisplatin-containing chemotherapy.Keynote-052