Final results of a phase 1b/2 study of tivozanib in combination with durvalumab in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma in both previously untreated patients and patients progressing on atezolizumab and bevacizumab.

Authors

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Daneng Li

City of Hope National Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, CA;

Daneng Li , Farshid Dayyani , Devalingam Mahalingam , Julie Haewon Rowe , Thomas Adam Abrams , Vijay Kasturi , Renuka V. Iyer

Organizations

City of Hope National Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, CA; , University of California Irvine Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, Orange, CA; , Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; , University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UT Health) McGovern Medical school, Houston, TX; , Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; , AVEO Oncology, Boston, MA; , Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY;

Research Funding

Pharmaceutical/Biotech Company
AVEO Oncology and AstraZeneca

Background: The approval of atezolizumab + bevacizumab for untreated advanced HCC was a significant benefit for patients, but with an increased risk of potentially severe bleeding complications. Tivozanib (a selective VEGFR 1, 2, & 3 tyrosine kinase inhibitor [TKI]) has been combined with durvalumab in the DEDUCTIVE study; preliminary results presented in January 2022 showed that this combination was well tolerated with comparable efficacy to other immune checkpoint and VEGF containing regimens in patients with previously untreated HCC (J Clin Oncol 40, no. 4 suppl 462-462). We now report the final results of this cohort (cohort A) of patients as well as those with previously treated HCC, including safety results for all the patients. Methods: Major eligibility criteria included age >18 yrs with documented advanced HCC, Child-Pugh Class A, ECOG 0 or 1, and creatinine clearance >40 ml/min. Major exclusion criteria included co-infection with HBV and HCV and significant organ dysfunction. Patients were treated with 0.89 mg tivozanib p.o., 21 days on followed by 7 days off and 1500 mg durvalumab i.v. every 28 days. The primary objective was to determine the safety and tolerability of this combination in patients with advanced HCC; secondary objectives included assessing objective response rate (ORR), progression free survival, and overall survival (OS). The study was amended in 2021 to include a cohort of patients previously treated with atezolizumab and bevacizumab (cohort B). Results: 21 patients were enrolled in cohort A and 6 in cohort B; the median age was 67, 88% of patients were male, and 24% were Asian. The median follow-up time was 13.2 mos and 3.4 mos for cohorts A and B, respectively. Data were available for 25 of the 27 patients enrolled. For cohort A, the ORR was 25% (5/20) and 1-year OS was 76%. For safety analysis, 24 (96%) patients had at least 1 treatment-emergent adverse event (TEAE); 92% were attributed possibly to either tivozanib or durvalumab; 32% were serious TEAEs and there was 1 TEAE leading to death (unrelated). Of the 8 (32%) serious TEAE, 2 were coronavirus infection. 2 patients had serious (grade 3) treatment-related AEs: 1 pneumonitis and 1 with gastrointestinal hemorrhage and anemia. There were no grade 4 or 5 treatment-related AEs. Conclusions: Treatment with the combination of tivozanib and durvalumab in patients with either untreated advanced HCC or those previously treated with atezolizumab and bevacizumab was well tolerated; no severe bleeding events occurred in this study. Efficacy outcomes were comparable to other IO-TKI combinations in HCC. Data for PDL1 status, HBV/HCV status was collected and will be presented along with final safety and efficacy results for both cohorts. Clinical trial information: NCT03970616.

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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

NCT03970616

Citation

J Clin Oncol 41, 2023 (suppl 4; abstr 585)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2023.41.4_suppl.585

Abstract #

585

Poster Bd #

E17

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