JAVEMACS-D: claims database analysis of avelumab maintenance therapy for advanced urothelial carcinoma in Japan.

ABSTRACT: JAVEMACS-D was an observational, retrospective study describing real-world characteristics, treatment patterns, and outcomes in patients with advanced urothelial carcinoma (aUC) treated with avelumab maintenance after first-line platinum-based chemotherapy (PBC) in Japan using a large claims database (Medical Data Vision). Between February 2021 and April 2023, 773 patients received avelumab maintenance; median age was 74 years, primary tumor site was bladder in 59.9% and renal pelvis/ureter in 42.7%, and first-line PBC was cisplatin-gemcitabine in 61.3% and carboplatin-gemcitabine in 36.4%. Avelumab maintenance started in 2021 in 289 patients (37.4%) and in 2022 or later in 484 (62.6%). At data cutoff (October 2023), median follow-up was 19.3 months, and 22.0% of patients were still receiv

SUBMITTER: Kobayashi T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12647644 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature