Presence and impact of antidrug antibodies (ADAs) to tremelimumab (T) or durvalumab (D) in the phase 3 HIMALAYA study of unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (uHCC).

Authors

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Oxana V. Crysler

Rogel Cancer Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI;

Oxana V. Crysler , Mark Yarchoan , Junji Furuse , Peter R. Galle , Wattana Sukeepaisarnjaroen , Nguyen Tien Thinh , Gianluca Masi , Ho Yeong Lim , Maria Varela , Charu Gupta , Mallory Makowsky , Alejandra Negro , Ghassan K. Abou-Alfa

Organizations

Rogel Cancer Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; , Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD; , Department of Gastroenterology, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Yokohama, Japan; , Department of Internal Medicine, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany; , Department of Medicine, Srinagarind Hospital, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand; , Department of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary disease, 108 Central Military Hospital, Hanoi, Viet Nam; , Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy; , Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South Korea; , Liver Unit, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Universidad de Oviedo, IUOPA, ISPA, FINBA, Oviedo, Spain; , Oncology Biometrics, Late Oncology Statistics, AstraZeneca, Wilmington, DE; , Oncology R&D, Late-Stage Development, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD; , Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Medical College, Cornell University, New York, NY;

Research Funding

Pharmaceutical/Biotech Company
AstraZeneca

Background: ADAs to immune checkpoint inhibitors may decrease antitumor activity in HCC. Reported rates of treatment-emergent ADAs (TE-ADAs) vary from 1.5% for pembrolizumab and 8.6% for nivolumab to 54.1% for atezolizumab across indications (Enrico et al. Clin Cancer Res 2020). In the global, Phase 3 HIMALAYA study (NCT03298451) in uHCC, the STRIDE regimen (Single T Regular Interval D) significantly improved overall survival vs sorafenib (S); D monotherapy was noninferior to S (Abou-Alfa et al. NEJM Evid 2022). Here, we analyzed ADAs to T and D in HIMALAYA. Methods: Prespecified secondary analyses assessed the presence of ADAs to D and T before the first study dose (baseline), once during treatment and once after treatment discontinuation. For participants (pts) who were ADA-positive at any visit (ADA+), presence of neutralizing antibodies (nAbs) was also assessed. TE-ADA+ was defined as pts with a positive post-baseline sample only or pts with an ADA titer that increased ≥4-fold following treatment. ADA negative (ADA-) was defined as pts with no positive sample at any visit, at baseline or post-baseline. Objective response rate (ORR; RECIST v1.1, inc. unconfirmed), overall survival (OS) and treatment-related adverse events (TRAEs) were evaluated in ADA subgroups. Results: The frequency of ADAs to D was similar in the STRIDE (T+D) and D arms: 8.2% (24/294) and 7.1% (20/282) of pts, respectively, were ADA+ to D; 3.1% (9/294) and 2.8% (8/282) of pts, respectively, were TE-ADA+ to D; and 1.7% (5/294) and 0.7% (2/282) of pts, respectively, had nAbs to D. In the STRIDE arm, 15.9% (29/182) of pts were ADA+ to T, 11.0% (20/182) of pts were TE-ADA+ to T, and 4.4% (8/182) of pts had nAbs to T. Although the number of pts was small, in the STRIDE arm, ORR was 11.1% (1/9) in pts TE-ADA+ to D, 35.0% (7/20) in pts TE-ADA+ to T and 23.9% (94/393) in the full analysis set (FAS). In the D arm, ORR was 25.0% (2/8) in pts TE-ADA+ to D and 18.5% (72/389) in the FAS. OS for pts TE-ADA+/nAb+ to D or T in the D and STRIDE arms was consistent with the FAS. In both arms, TRAE and Grade 3/4 TRAE rates were not increased in the ADA+ vs ADA- groups (Table) and were generally consistent with the overall population. Conclusions: In HIMALAYA, the rates of TE-ADAs and nAbs to D and T were low (≤11%). The presence of ADAs did not appear to impact clinical efficacy or safety of STRIDE or D monotherapy in the small number of ADA+ pts. These results support a low risk of ADAs for STRIDE or D in uHCC. Clinical trial information: NCT03298451.

ADA toDDDDTT
ADA status+-+-+-
Treatment armSTRIDESTRIDEDDSTRIDESTRIDE
n242702026229153
TRAEs, n (%)17 (70.8)213 (78.9)9 (45.0)148 (56.5)23 (79.3)120 (78.4)
Grade 3/4 TRAEs, n (%)5 (20.8)66 (24.4)2 (10.0)32 (12.2)7 (24.1)37 (24.2)
Serious TRAEs, n (%)1 (4.2)43 (15.9)017 (6.5)7 (24.1)25 (16.3)
TRAEs leading to discontinuation, n (%)1 (4.2)16 (5.9)06 (2.3)3 (10.3)11 (7.2)
Infusion reaction AEs, n (%)016 (5.9)05 (1.9)2 (6.9)10 (6.5)

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2023 ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Poster Session B: Cancers of the Pancreas, Small Bowel, and Hepatobiliary Tract

Track

Pancreatic Cancer,Hepatobiliary Cancer,Neuroendocrine/Carcinoid,Small Bowel Cancer

Sub Track

Therapeutics

Clinical Trial Registration Number

NCT03298451

Citation

J Clin Oncol 41, 2023 (suppl 4; abstr 551)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2023.41.4_suppl.551

Abstract #

551

Poster Bd #

D3

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