Phase II study of ceralasertib (AZD6738) in combination with durvalumab in patients with advanced gastric cancer

Autor: Simon Smith, Woong-Yang Park, Kyoung-Mee Kim, Jeeyun Lee, Jung Yong Hong, Seung Tae Kim, Won Ki Kang, Emma Dean, Minsuk Kwon, Gahyun Kim, Ryul Kim, Kyu-Tae Kim, Peter G S Mortimer, Arsene-Bienvenu Loembé, Itziar Irurzun-Arana, Loumpiana Koulai
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer, Vol 10, Iss 7 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2051-1426
DOI: 10.1136/jitc-2022-005041
Popis: Background Targeting the DNA damage repair (DDR) pathways is an attractive strategy for boosting cancer immunotherapy. Ceralasertib (AZD6738) is an oral kinase inhibitor of ataxia telangiectasia and Rad3 related protein, which is a master regulator of DDR. We conducted a phase II trial of ceralasertib plus durvalumab in patients with previously treated advanced gastric cancer (AGC) to demonstrate the safety, tolerability, and clinical activity of the combination.Methods This phase II, open-label, single-center, non-randomized study was designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of ceralasertib in combination with durvalumab in patients with AGC. The study drug regimen was ceralasertib (240 mg two times a day) days 15–28 in a 28-day cycle in combination with durvalumab (1500 mg) at day 1 every 4 weeks. The primary end point was overall response rate (ORR) by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (V.1.1). Exploratory biomarker analysis was performed using fresh tumor biopsies in all enrolled patients.Results Among 31 patients, the ORR, disease control rate, median progression-free survival (PFS), and overall survival were 22.6% (95% CI 9.6% to 41.1%), 58.1% (95% CI 39.1% to 75.5%), 3.0 (95% CI 2.1 to 3.9) months, and 6.7 (95% CI 3.8 to 9.6) months, respectively. Common adverse events were manageable with dose modification. A subgroup of patients with a loss of ataxia telangiectasia mutated (ATM) expression and/or high proportion of mutational signature attributable to homologous repair deficiency (sig. HRD) demonstrated a significantly longer PFS than those with intact ATM and low sig. HRD (5.60 vs 1.65 months; HR 0.13, 95% CI 0.045 to 0.39; long-rank p
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