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Reference excerpt

Nogapendekin alfa inbakicept, sold under the brand name Anktiva, is a fixed-dose combination medication used for the treatment of bladder cancer. It is an interleukin-15 receptor agonist. It is given in combination with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) via intravesical drug delivery. It contains nogapendekin alfa, a human IL-15(N72D) variant, which is more potent than regular IL-15; and inbakicept, an interleukin 15 receptor subunit alpha agonist. The most common adverse reactions include increased creatinine, dysuria, hematuria, urinary frequency, micturition urgency, urinary tract infection, increased potassium, musculoskeletal pain, chills, and pyrexia. Nogapendekin alfa inbakicept was approved for medical use in the United States in April 2024. The US Food and Drug Administration considers it to be a first-in-class medication.

Medical uses Nogapendekin alfa inbakicept is indicated with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin for adults with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin-unresponsive non-muscle invasive bladder cancer with carcinoma in situ with or without papillary tumors.

History Efficacy was evaluated in QUILT-3.032 (NCT0302285), a single-arm, multicenter trial of 77 participants with BCG-unresponsive, high-risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer with carcinoma in situ with or without Ta/T1 papillary disease following transurethral resection. Participants received nogapendekin alfa inbakicept induction via intravesical instillation with BCG followed by maintenance therapy for up to 37 months. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted the application for nogapendekin alfa inbakicept breakthrough therapy designation.

Society and culture

Legal status Nogapendekin alfa inbakicept was approved for medical use in the United States in April 2024. In December 2025, the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use of the European Medicines Agency adopted a positive opinion, recommending the granting of a conditional marketing authorization for the medicinal product Anktiva (nogapendekin alfa inbakicept) to treat adults with a type of bladder cancer that affects the lining of the bladder (non-muscle invasive bladder cancer) and that is at high risk of growing and spreading (carcinoma in situ, with or without papillary tumors). The applicant for this medicinal product is Serum Life Science Europe GmbH. Nogapendekin alfa inbakicept was authoried for medical use in the European Union in February 2026.

References

Further reading Chamie K, Chang SS, Kramolowsky E, Gonzalgo ML, Agarwal PK, Bassett JC, et al. (January 2023). "IL-15 Superagonist NAI in BCG-Unresponsive Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer". NEJM Evidence. 2 (1) EVIDoa2200167. doi:10.1056/EVIDoa2200167. PMID 38320011.

External links Clinical trial number NCT0302285 for "QUILT-3.032: A Multicenter Clinical Trial of Intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) in Combination With ALT-803 (N-803) in Patients With BCG Unresponsive High Grade Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer" at ClinicalTrials.gov

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