Efficacy and safety of brigimadlin (BI 907828), an MDM2–p53 antagonist, in patients (pts) with advanced biliary tract cancer: Data from two phase Ia/Ib dose-escalation/expansion trials.

Authors

Teresa Macarulla

Teresa Macarulla

Gastrointestinal and Endocrine Tumor Unit Vall d'Hebron University Hospital and Vall d'Hebrón Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Barcelona, Spain

Teresa Macarulla , Noboru Yamamoto , Anthony W. Tolcher , Navid Hafez , Iwona Lugowska , Rodryg Ramlau , Junxian Geng , Jian Li , Michael Teufel , Angela Maerten , Patricia LoRusso

Organizations

Gastrointestinal and Endocrine Tumor Unit Vall d'Hebron University Hospital and Vall d'Hebrón Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Barcelona, Spain, Department of Experimental Therapeutics, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, NEXT Oncology, San Antonio, TX, Yale Comprehensive Cancer Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, Early Phase Clinical Trials Unit, Maria Skłodowska Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland, Institute of Oncology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Ridgefield, CT, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc., Ridgefield, CT, Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, Ingelheim Am Rhein, Germany, Yale University School of Medicine, Yale Cancer Center, New Haven, CT

Research Funding

Boehringer Ingelheim

Background: Outcomes remain poor for pts treated with standard-of-care chemotherapy for advanced biliary tract cancer (BTC). Hence, there is a clinical need for novel therapeutic strategies. One such emerging strategy is antagonism of mouse double minute 2 (MDM2), which is amplified in 5–8% of cases of BTC. Brigimadlin (BI 907828) is a MDM2–p53 antagonist that blocks the MDM2–p53 interaction, thereby restoring p53 activity and leading to cell-cycle arrest and apoptosis in TP53 wild-type tumors. Brigimadlin is currently being assessed in two Phase Ia/Ib dose-escalation/expansion trials in pts with advanced/metastatic solid tumors as monotherapy (NCT03449381) and in combination with an anti-PD-1 antibody, ezabenlimab (NCT03964233). Here, we present data in pts with advanced BTCs treated in these trials. Methods: Pts in the monotherapy trial received escalating doses of brigimadlin on day 1 of 21-day cycles (Q3W). Pts in the combination trial received escalating doses of brigimadlin and 240 mg ezabenlimab on day 1 Q3W (doublet); one pt also received the anti-LAG-3 antibody BI 754111 (which has since been discontinued; triplet). Results: At data cut-off (June 2023), a total of 16 pts with BTC have been enrolled (10 in the monotherapy and 6 in the combination trial). In the monotherapy trial, 9 pts received brigimadlin 45 mg Q3W and 1 received 80 mg Q3W. In the combination trial, 5 pts received 30 mg/45 mg brigimadlin doublet and 1 received 45 mg triplet. Across both trials, 7 pts with MDM2-amplified tumors achieved partial response (PR), 3 in the monotherapy trial and 4 in the combination trial. In the monotherapy trial, the responding pts had intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (iCC; 80 mg, 73% tumor shrinkage, progression-free survival [PFS] 13.3 months), ampullary adenocarcinoma (45 mg, 72% tumor shrinkage, PFS censored at 666 days), and extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (45 mg, 68% tumor shrinkage, PFS censored at 164 days). In the combination trial, 3 responding pts had iCC (pt 1, 30 mg doublet, 54% tumor shrinkage, PFS 9.6 months; pt 2, 45 mg doublet, 49% tumor shrinkage, PFS 7.5 months; pt 3, 45 mg doublet, 39% tumor shrinkage, PFS censored at 5.5 months) and 1 had gallbladder cancer (45 mg doublet, 50% tumor shrinkage, PFS 7.9 months). A further 7 pts (5 in the monotherapy trial and 2 in the combination trial) achieved stable disease (SD). In both trials, the most common any-grade treatment-related AE (TRAE) was nausea; the most common grade ≥3 TRAEs were thrombocytopenia and neutropenia. Conclusions: Brigimadlin showed a manageable safety profile and encouraging preliminary efficacy in pts with BTC, with 7 PRs and 7 SDs in 16 pts. A Phase IIa/IIb trial of brigimadlin in patients with MDM2-amplified, TP53 wild-type BTC and other solid tumors is ongoing (Brightline-2). Clinical trial information: NCT03449381 and NCT03964233.

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2024 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

NCT03449381 and NCT03964233

Citation

J Clin Oncol 42, 2024 (suppl 3; abstr 487)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2024.42.3_suppl.487

Abstract #

487

Poster Bd #

C12

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