Safety and efficacy of durvalumab in combination with tremelimumab, durvalumab monotherapy, and tremelimumab monotherapy in patients with advanced gastric cancer.

Authors

Ronan Kelly

Ronan Joseph Kelly

Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD

Ronan Joseph Kelly , Jeeyun Lee , Yung-Jue Bang , Khaldoun Almhanna , Mariela A. Blum Murphy , Daniel V.T. Catenacci , Hyun Cheol Chung , Zev A. Wainberg , Michael Gibson , Keun Wook Lee , Johanna C. Bendell , Crystal S. Denlinger , Philip Z. Brohawn , Peng He , Jennifer McDevitt , Judson Englert , Geoffrey Yuyat Ku

Organizations

Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South), Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South), Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chicago, IL, Yonsei Cancer Center, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South), Department of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seongnam, Republic of Korea, Sarah Cannon Research Institute/Tennessee Oncology, Nashville, TN, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, MedImmune, Gaithersburg, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY

Research Funding

Pharmaceutical/Biotech Company

Background: The combination of durvalumab (D; anti–PD-L1) and tremelimumab (T; anti–CTLA-4) has the potential to amplify T-cell responses against tumors through immune checkpoint blockade, resulting in antitumor activity. Methods: This is an ongoing Phase Ib/II study in patients (pts) with metastatic or recurrent gastric or gastroesophageal junction carcinoma. An initial safety run-in was conducted in 6 pts who received D 20 mg/kg and T 1 mg/kg IV Q4W for 4 cycles followed by D 10 mg/kg Q2W for ≤12 mo. For Phase II expansion, all pts were immunotherapy naive and had progressed after systemic platinum- or fluoropyrimidine-based chemotherapy. Second-line (2L) pts were randomized 2:2:1 to D+T, D 10 mg/kg Q2W up to 12 mo, or T 10 mg/kg Q4W for 7 doses then Q12W for 2 doses. Third-line (3L) pts received D+T. Tumor cell PD-L1 expression was assessed by IHC (Ventana SP263). Results: As of Sept 13, 2017, 58 pts received D+T (35% PD-L1 > 1%), 24 pts received D (38% PD-L1 > 1%), and 12 pts received T (50% PD-L1 > 1%); median duration of follow-up was 9.2, 3.5, and 9.2 mo, respectively. Drug-related grade 3/4 adverse events (AEs) occurred in 17 pts (29%) who received D+T; most frequent was colitis (5%). Six (50%) and 4 (17%) pts had grade 3/4 AEs related to T or D alone, respectively. Ten pts (17%) who received D+T discontinued due to drug-related AEs; most frequent was colitis (5%). One pt (4%) with D and 4 pts (33%) with T discontinued due to drug-related AEs. There were no drug-related deaths. In the T cohort, 1 pt (8%) had a confirmed PR; progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) rates are not presented due to small sample size. Clinical activity in the other cohorts is shown below. Conclusions: D+T has a manageable safety profile in 2L and 3L advanced gastric cancer, with encouraging OS versus D monotherapy. Clinical trial information: NCT02340975

2L D+T
n = 27
3L D+T
n = 25
2L D
n = 24
Confirmed + unconfirmed ORR, n (%)
95% CI
3 (11.1)
2.4‒30.2
3 (12.0)
3.0‒36.3
2 (8.3)
1.5‒36.4
DCR—8 wk, n (%)
95% CI
12 (44.4)
25.5–64.7
11 (44.0)
24.4–65.1
3 (12.5)
2.7–32.4
Median PFS (95% CI), mo1.8 (1.6–3.3)1.8 (1.6–3.5)1.6 (1.0–1.8)
Median OS (95% CI), mo9.2 (4.2–12.8)10.6 (4.8–17.0)3.2 (1.7–4.4)

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2018 ASCO Annual Meeting

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Gastrointestinal (Noncolorectal) Cancer

Track

Gastrointestinal Cancer—Gastroesophageal, Pancreatic, and Hepatobiliary

Sub Track

Esophageal or Gastric Cancer

Clinical Trial Registration Number

NCT02340975

Citation

J Clin Oncol 36, 2018 (suppl; abstr 4031)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2018.36.15_suppl.4031

Abstract #

4031

Poster Bd #

220

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