UroGen Announces 24-Month Duration of Response of 72.2% from the Pivotal Phase 3 ENVISION Trial of ZUSDURI, the First and Only FDA-Approved Medicine for Recurrent Low-Grade Intermediate-Risk Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer

On August 5, 2025 UroGen Pharma Ltd. (Nasdaq: URGN), a biotech company dedicated to developing and commercializing innovative solutions that treat urothelial and specialty cancers, reported the 24-month DOR of 72.2% (95% CI 64.1%, 78.8%) by Kaplan-Meier estimate in patients who achieved CR at three months from the Phase 3 ENVISION trial of ZUSDURI (mitomycin) for intravesical solution, a treatment for adults with recurrent low-grade intermediate-risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (LG-IR-NMIBC) (Press release, UroGen Pharma, AUG 5, 2025, View Source [SID1234654802]). The median follow-up time after a three-month CR in this analysis was 23.7 months. The median DOR has not been reached.

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"This latest update from the pivotal ENVISION trial of ZUSDURI showed that, among patients who achieved a complete response at three months, the probability of remaining event-free 24 months after CR was 72.2%," said Sandip Prasad, M.D., M.Phil., Director of Genitourinary Surgical Oncology and Vice Chair of Urology at Morristown Medical Center/Atlantic Health System, NJ, and Principal Investigator of the ENVISION trial. "Among patients who achieved a complete response, the event rate over time has remained stable. This DOR result highlights the sustained efficacy of the therapy and reinforces its potential as a durable treatment option. For the first time, adult patients with recurrent LG-IR-NMIBC have an FDA-approved therapy. This marks a potentially transformative step forward in how we manage this chronic, highly recurrent, and disruptive cancer. ZUSDURI is a new, outpatient treatment option for patients that can help provide a clinically meaningful recurrence-free interval, which is compelling given the highly recurrent nature of LG-IR-NMIBC."

The existing standard of care for LG-IR-NMIBC is a surgical procedure typically conducted under general anesthesia called transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT). Repeated TURBT procedures can impact patients’ physical health and quality of life and can even be associated with an increased risk in mortality. Due to high recurrence rates, LG-IR-NMIBC patients, who are typically elderly with comorbidities, will likely need multiple TURBTs under general anesthesia over the course of their lifetime. An estimated 59,000 patients with LG-IR-NMIBC recur annually.

According to Mark Schoenberg, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, UroGen, "The 24-month duration of response data from the ENVISION trial underscore the transformative potential of ZUSDURI (formerly known as UGN-102) for adult patients with recurrent LG-IR-NMIBC. This is a population that has long endured a cycle of recurrence and repeat surgeries, a burden that weighs heavily, particularly on older adults. With ZUSDURI now approved, we have a new treatment option that can help deliver durable complete responses and meaningfully extend event-free intervals. This represents a major advance in the way we care for these patients."

The most common (≥ 10%) adverse reactions (ARs), including laboratory abnormalities, that occurred in patients were dysuria, increased potassium, increased creatinine, decreased hemoglobin, increased eosinophils, increased aspartate aminotransferase, increased alanine aminotransferase, decreased lymphocytes, urinary tract infection, decreased neutrophils, and hematuria. ARs were mainly mild to moderate. Serious ARs occurred in 12% of patients, including urinary retention (0.8%) and urethral stenosis (0.4%).

About ZUSDURI

ZUSDURI (mitomycin) for intravesical solution is an innovative drug formulation of mitomycin, approved for the treatment of adults with recurrent LG-IR-NMIBC. Utilizing UroGen’s proprietary RTGel technology (a sustained release, hydrogel-based formulation), ZUSDURI is delivered directly into the bladder by a trained healthcare professional using a urinary catheter in an outpatient setting, thereby enabling the treatment of tumors by non-surgical means.

About Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer (NMIBC)
LG-IR-NMIBC affects around 82,000 people in the U.S. every year and of those, an estimated 59,000 are recurrent. Bladder cancer primarily affects older populations with increased risk of comorbidities, with the median age of diagnosis being 73 years. Guideline recommendations for the management of NMIBC include TURBT as the standard of care. Up to 70 percent of NMIBC patients experience at least one recurrence, and LG-IR-NMIBC patients are even more likely to recur and face repeated TURBT procedures. Learn more about non-muscle invasive bladder cancer at www.BladderCancerAnswers.com.

About ENVISION
The Phase 3 ENVISION trial is a single-arm, multinational, multicenter pivotal study evaluating the efficacy and safety of ZUSDURI (mitomycin) for intravesical solution as a chemoablative therapy in adult patients with recurrent LG-IR-NMIBC. The Phase 3 ENVISION trial completed target enrollment with 240 patients across 56 sites. Study participants received six once-weekly intravesical instillations of ZUSDURI. The primary endpoint evaluated the CR rate at three months after the first instillation, and the key secondary endpoint evaluates durability over time in patients who achieved a CR at the three-month assessment. Learn more about the Phase 3 ENVISION trial at www.clinicaltrials.gov (NCT05243550).