A multicenter phase II study of avelumab in patients with locally advanced or metastatic penile cancer (PC) who are unfit for, or have progressed on or after platinum-based chemotherapy: (ALPACA).

TPS7 Background: Squamous cell carcinoma of the penis is a rare and highly aggressive malignancy. Combination platinum-based chemotherapy is the standard of care in the metastatic setting. However, it is poorly tolerated and outcomes are dismal, underscoring an urgent unmet need for novel strategies. Since, penile cancers are often HPV-mediated and frequently overexpress PDL1, there is strong rationale to test the PDL1 …