A case report of a patient with plasmacytoid urothelial cancer with significant response to HER2-targeting therapy and enfortumab vedotin.
Overview
abstract
In this case report, we present a patient with the rare plasmacytoid variant of urothelial cancer. Notable elements of his course include: complete response to neoadjuvant paclitaxel, gemcitabine, cisplatin, development of metastatic disease to the rectum, sustained disease control with dual HER2 targeting therapy, and subsequent complete response to enfortumab vedotin. Plasmacytoid urothelial cancer accounts for just 1-3% of all urothelial cancer cases and is associated with more aggressive disease, with a propensity for intra-abdominal spread and poor response to neoadjuvant therapy. Preliminary data indicate that the variant may generally have high levels of HER2 expression. We review the history of HER2 targeting in metastatic urothelial cancer, which has included single-agent as well as combination with chemotherapy; there are ongoing biomarker-based clinical trials. Furthermore, we highlight the complete response to enfortumab vedotin. To date, this is the first report of efficacy for enfortumab vedotin in the plasmacytoid variant.
