Phase II study assessing tolerability, efficacy, and biomarkers for durvalumab (D) ± tremelimumab (T) and gemcitabine/cisplatin (GemCis) in chemo-naïve advanced biliary tract cancer (aBTC).

Authors

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Do-Youn Oh

Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea

Do-Youn Oh , Kyung-Hun Lee , Dae-Won Lee , Tae Yong Kim , Ju-Hee Bang , Ah-Rong Nam , Young Lee , Qu Zhang , Marlon Rebelatto , Weimin Li , Jin Won Kim

Organizations

Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul, South Korea, Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea, MedImmune, Gaithersburg, MD, Astrazeneca, Gaithersburg, MD, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD, Astrazeneca, Gaithersburd, MD, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seognnam, South Korea

Research Funding

Pharmaceutical/Biotech Company
AstraZeneca

Background: In aBTC, GemCis is the standard of care as 1st-line treatment. Immunotherapies have shown early promising efficacy in some BTC patients (pts). We assessed D (anti-PD-L1) ± T (anti-CTLA-4) and GemCis in 1L BTC pts, including an extensive biomarker analysis (NCT03046862). Methods: Pts were first enrolled in the biomarker cohort (BMC) to receive 1 cycle of Gem 1000 mg/m2 + Cis 25 mg/m2 on D1 & D8, followed by GemCis + D 1120 mg and T 75 mg, Q3W until disease progression (PD). Subsequent pts were allocated to GemCis + D (3 combo cohort [3C]) or GemCis + D+T (4 combo cohort [4C]) until PD. In all cohorts, tumor biopsies were obtained pre-treatment, after 1 cycle, and at PD. Blood samples for ctDNA were obtained every cycle. Results: 121 pts were enrolled. Median follow-up durations were 28.5 months (m; 95% CI, 26.5-30.5), 11.3 m (95% CI, 9.1-13.5), and 11.9m (95% CI, 8.4-15.4) in the BMC, 3C, and 4C arms, respectively. Efficacy data are shown (Table). The most common adverse events (AEs, any grade) were neutropenia (54.5%), nausea (59.5%), and pruritus (55.44%). The most common grade 3/4 AEs were neutropenia (50.4%), anemia (35.5%), and thrombocytopenia (16.5%). In the BMC cohort, frequent mutations were found in DNA damage repair, cell cycle regulation, and genome instability genes (eg, ATM, BRCA2, POLE, MSH2, CDKN2A). Distinct somatic variants were detected in responders vs non-responders. Baseline tissue TMB did not correlate with PFS or OS. Reductions in ctDNA variant allele frequency (VAF) were more prominent among responders during early D+T cycles. ctDNA VAF on C3, D1 was significantly correlated with ORR (P< 0.015). Pretreatment PD-L1 expression was not associated with efficacy, but PD-L1 expression after 1st GemCis cycle trended with improved PFS. Conclusions: These are the first clinical data of D±T plus chemotherapy in chemo-naïve aBTC pts. The addition of immunotherapy to chemotherapy was tolerable and showed very promising efficacy. Biomarker analyses show early signs of markers associated with response. The combination of GemCis + D is being investigated in the Phase 3 TOPAZ-1 trial (NCT03875235). Clinical trial information: NCT03046862.

BMC
(n = 30)
3C
(n = 45)
4C
(n = 46)
ORR (95% CI), %50.0 (32.1-67.9)73.4 (60.5-86.3)73.3 (60.4-86.2)
DCR (95% CI), %96.7 (90.3-100)100 (100-100)97.8 (93.5-100)
mDOR (95% CI), m11.0 (3.9-11.8)9.8 (8.1-11.4)9.1 (4.5-15.0)
mPFS (95% CI), m13.0 (10.1-15.9)11.0 (7.0-15.0)11.9 (10.1-13.7)
mOS (95% CI), m15.0 (10.7-19.3)18.1 (11.3-24.9)20.7 (13.8-27.6)

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2020 ASCO Virtual Scientific Program

Session Type

Poster Discussion Session

Session Title

Gastrointestinal Cancer—Gastroesophageal, Pancreatic, and Hepatobiliary

Track

Gastrointestinal Cancer—Gastroesophageal, Pancreatic, and Hepatobiliary

Sub Track

Hepatobiliary Cancer

Clinical Trial Registration Number

NCT03046862

Citation

J Clin Oncol 38: 2020 (suppl; abstr 4520)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2020.38.15_suppl.4520

Abstract #

4520

Poster Bd #

128

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