Preliminary results of a phase II study of alrizomadlin (APG-115), a novel, small-molecule MDM2 inhibitor, in combination with pembrolizumab in patients (pts) with unresectable or metastatic melanoma or advanced solid tumors that have failed immuno-oncologic (I-O) drugs.

Authors

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Anthony W. Tolcher

Texas Oncology-San Antonio Babcock, San Antonio, TX

Anthony W. Tolcher , James Andrew Reeves Jr., Meredith McKean , Bartosz Chmielowski , Joseph Thaddeus Beck , Montaser F. Shaheen , Neeta Somaiah , Melissa Wilson , Alexander I. Spira , Joseph J. Drabick , Yuefen Tang , Robert Winkler , Mingyu Li , Mohammad Ahmad , Ming Lu , ZHIYAN LIANG , Dajun Yang , Yifan Zhai

Organizations

Texas Oncology-San Antonio Babcock, San Antonio, TX, Florida Cancer Specialists South/Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Fort Myers, FL, Sarah Cannon Research Institute and Tennessee Oncology, PLLC, Nashville, TN, Division of Hematology-Oncology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, Highlands Oncology Group, Springdale, AR, University of Arizona Cancer Center, Tucson, AZ, Department of Sarcoma Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, US Oncology Research/Virginia Cancer Specialists, Fairfax, VA, Department of Medicine, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, Ascentage Pharma Group Inc., Rockville, MD, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China

Research Funding

Pharmaceutical/Biotech Company
Ascentage Pharma Group Corp Ltd (Hong Kong)

Background: Alrizomadlin (APG-115) restores TP53 function, activating p53-mediated apoptosis in tumor cells with wild-type TP53 and/or MDM2 amplification. Alrizomadlin also functions as a host immunomodulator and hence may restore antitumor activity in pts with cancers failing PD-1/PD-L1 blockade. Methods: This US multicenter trial assessed alrizomadlin combined with pembrolizumab in pts with unresectable/metastatic melanoma or advanced solid tumors that had failed I-O drugs; or pts with malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST), liposarcoma, or ATM mutant solid tumors that had failed any standard therapy. Eligible pts had ECOG performance status of 0-2 and no CNS metastases. The phase II study cohorts included pts with melanoma, NSCLC, solid tumor with ATM mutation, well-differentiated/dedifferentiated liposarcoma, urothelial carcinoma, and MPNST. Alrizomadlin was administered orally at 150 mg once every other day for 2 consecutive weeks with 1 week off and pembrolizumab at 200 mg via IV infusion for 30 minutes on Day 1 of a 21-day cycle. Results: As of December 25, 2020, 84 pts had been treated in 6 cohorts: melanoma (n = 26), NSCLC (n = 23), ATM mutation (n = 9), liposarcoma (n = 14), urothelial (n = 9), and MPNST (n = 3). In the PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitor-failed melanoma cohort, there was 1 confirmed partial response (PR) out of 5 pts with uveal melanoma, 2 PR (1 confirmed and 1 unconfirmed) of 5 pts with mucosal melanoma, and 1 confirmed PR of 11 pts with cutaneous melanoma. ORR in the melanoma cohort was 17.4% (4/23 evaluable pts), and the disease control rate was 60.9% (14/23). In the MPNST cohort, 1 of 3 pts had an unconfirmed ongoing PR. In I-O drug-failed NSCLC (n = 14 evaluable) and urothelial (n = 5 evaluable) cohorts, each reported 1 confirmed PR. Common treatment (alrizomadlin or pembrolizumab)-related adverse events (TRAEs) (≥ 10%) were nausea (63.1%), thrombocytopenia (36.9%), vomiting (33.3%), fatigue (31.0%), decreased appetite (27.4%), diarrhea (21.4%), neutropenia (15.4%), and anemia (11.9%). Grade ≥ 3 TRAEs (≥ 5%) included thrombocytopenia (20.2%), neutropenia (14.2%), and anemia (8.3%). Eleven pts discontinued treatment due to AEs: 5 were treatment related, including 2 grade 4 thrombocytopenia, and 1 each of grade 2 vomiting, grade 2 fatigue, and grade 2 posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES). Three treatment-related SAEs were PRES, pyrexia, and asthenia. Conclusions: Alrizomadlin combined with pembrolizumab is well tolerated and may restore antitumor effects in pts with cancer resistant to or intolerant of I-O drugs, as suggested by preliminary antitumor activities in multiple tumor types. Internal study identifiers: APG-115-US-002; Keynote MK-3475-B66. Clinical trial information: NCT03611868

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2021 ASCO Annual Meeting

Session Type

Oral Abstract Session

Session Title

Developmental Therapeutics—Immunotherapy

Track

Developmental Therapeutics—Immunotherapy

Sub Track

PD1/PD-L1 Inhibitor Combinations

Clinical Trial Registration Number

NCT03611868

Citation

J Clin Oncol 39, 2021 (suppl 15; abstr 2506)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2021.39.15_suppl.2506

Abstract #

2506

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