Biomarker modulation in patients treated with TRC105 in combination with anti-VEGF therapy.

Authors

Yingmiao Liu

Yingmiao Liu

Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

Yingmiao Liu , Zhenhua Yuan , Dadong Zhang , Mark D. Starr , John C. Brady , Manoj A. Jivani , Bonne J. Adams , Delia Alvarez , Steven Attia , Toni K. Choueiri , Charles P. Theuer , Kouros Owzar , Herbert Hurwitz , Andrew B. Nixon

Organizations

Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, Duke University, Durham, NC, TRACON Pharmaceuticals, Inc., San Diego, CA, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, Alliance Statistics and Data Center, Durham, NC

Research Funding

Pharmaceutical/Biotech Company

Background: TRC105, an endoglin-targeting monoclonal antibody with anti-angiogenic and anti-tumor activity, is being evaluated in multiple diseases. Here we report on pharmacodynamic and prognostic biomarkers in patients (pts) treated with both TRC105 and anti-VEGF agents. Methods: Plasma samples were collected from pts on three phase 2 trials combining TRC105 with an anti-VEGF agent: axitinib in metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC), pazopanib in advanced soft tissue sarcoma, and bevacizumab in glioblastoma (GBM). Baseline and on-treatment levels of 22 soluble protein biomarkers were assessed. Results: Soluble endoglin markedly increased after TRC105 treatment in all pts (p< 0.001) as previously reported. BMP9 (a ligand for endoglin) and TGFβR3 (a type III TGFβ receptor) decreased in sarcoma pts at Cycle 2 Day 1 (C2D1) and generally remained below baseline throughout the course of treatment (BMP9, p= 0.004; TGFβR3, p= 0.003). Although TGFβR3 was decreased at C2D1 in mRCC (p = 0.030), no clear patterns were observed over time. Overall BMP9 levels did not change in response to therapy in either mRCC or GBM. Osteopontin (OPN) levels, a downstream effector of TGFβ signaling, were increased in sarcoma pts [p= 0.002 at C2D15, p< 0.001 at C4D1 and end of study (EOS)]; however, in mRCC (p= 0.010) and GBM (p= 0.003), OPN was only elevated at EOS. Increases in PlGF and VEGFD, and decreases in VEGFR2 were observed across all studies, as previously noted for VEGF inhibitors. In the mRCC trial, 5 of 18 pts exhibited a ≥30% tumor reduction. Lower OPN (p= 0.026) and higher TGFβR3 (p= 0.003) levels at baseline correlated with radiographic response to treatment. In the sarcoma trial, 6 of 19 pts responded (CHOI criteria) in which lower baseline levels of ICAM1 (p= 0.018) and TSP2 (p= 0.042) correlated with stable disease. Conclusions: In these trials, increases of soluble endoglin in response to TRC105 were observed, independent of the presence of any specific VEGF inhibitor. Differential regulation of BMP9, TGFβR3, and OPN suggests potential disease-specific modulation of key TGFβ signaling molecules in response to dual therapy. Baseline levels of OPN and TGFβR3 showed potential prognostic value in mRCC. Confirmation in larger trials is needed.

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2017 ASCO Annual Meeting

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Tumor Biology

Track

Tumor Biology

Sub Track

Circulating Biomarkers

Citation

J Clin Oncol 35, 2017 (suppl; abstr 11546)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2017.35.15_suppl.11546

Abstract #

11546

Poster Bd #

246

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