DNA-damage response-umbrella study of the combination of ceralasertib and olaparib, or ceralasertib and durvalumab in advanced biliary tract cancer: A phase 2 trial-in-progress.

Authors

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Jee Sun Yoon

Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

Jee Sun Yoon , Jin Won Kim , Ji-Won Kim , Tae-Yong Kim , Ah-Rong Nam , Ju-Hee Bang , Hye-Rim Seo , Jae-Min Kim , Kyoung Seok Oh , Peter G. Mortimer , Simon Smith , Do-Youn Oh

Organizations

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 National University College of Medicine, Seongnam, South Korea, Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea, Early Oncology Clinical Science, R&D Oncology, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Research Funding

No funding received
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Background: Ceralasertib (AZD6738) is a selective ATR inhibitor that causes stalled replication forks to collapse, leading to accumulation of double-strand DNA breaks, which is expected to have synergistic anti-tumor effects with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) or PARP inhibitors. First, accumulation of DNA damage by ceralasertib induces tumor cell death, leads to the release of tumor-specific antigen, changing the tumor microenvironment to promote antigen presentation and enhances the anti-tumor effect of ICI. Second, by simultaneously inhibiting two DNA-damage response (DDR) pathways downstream of PARP and ATR, cancer cells are unable to repair damaged DNA, leading to cell death. Ceralasertib has demonstrated promising anti-tumor activity and manageable toxicity in combination with durvalumab or olaparib in solid tumors in a phase 1 study (NCT02264678). In preclinical studies, ceralasertib has shown potent anti-tumor effects in biliary tract cancer (BTC) as a monotherapy and in combination with chemotherapy (Nam, et al, 2019). Methods: This is an open-label, phase 2 umbrella study assessing the efficacy of ceralasertib in combination with durvalumab or olaparib in patients with advanced BTC. Eligible patients have histologically confirmed BTC (including intrahepatic or extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, gallbladder cancer, or ampullary cancer), have failed at least one chemotherapy and have ECOG performance status of 0-1. Patients who have received prior ICI, ATR or PARP inhibitor are excluded. Each cycle consists of 4 weeks. In ceralasertib /durvalumab cohort, 37 patients will receive durvalumab 1.5g on day 1 and ceralasertib 240mg twice daily on days 15-28. In ceralasertib /olaparib cohort, 37 patients receive ceralasertib 160mg once daily on days 1-7 and olaparib 300mg twice daily on days 1-28. The primary endpoint is disease control rate, with key secondary endpoints including overall response rate, progression-free survival, overall survival, and safety. Tissue and blood samples are being collected for translational biomarker studies. Clinical trial information: NCT04298021

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2021 ASCO Annual Meeting

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Gastrointestinal Cancer—Gastroesophageal, Pancreatic, and Hepatobiliary

Track

Gastrointestinal Cancer—Gastroesophageal, Pancreatic, and Hepatobiliary

Sub Track

Hepatobiliary Cancer

Clinical Trial Registration Number

NCT04298021

Citation

J Clin Oncol 39, 2021 (suppl 15; abstr TPS4166)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2021.39.15_suppl.TPS4166

Abstract #

TPS4166

Poster Bd #

Online Only

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