Barts Cancer Institute, QMUL, Barts Cancer Centre, London, UK.
AstraZeneca IMED Biotech Unit, Cambridge, UK.
Nat Med. 2021 May;27(5):793-801. doi: 10.1038/s41591-021-01317-6. Epub 2021 May 3.
Durvalumab is a programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) inhibitor with clinical activity in advanced urothelial cancer (AUC). AUC is characterized by several recurrent targetable genomic alterations. This study ( NCT02546661 , BISCAY) combined durvalumab with relevant targeted therapies in biomarker-selected chemotherapy-refractory AUC populations including: (1) fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) inhibitors in tumors with FGFR DNA alterations (FGFRm); (2) pharmacological inhibitor of the enzyme poly-ADP ribose polymerase (PARP) in tumors with and without DNA homologous recombination repair deficiency (HRRm); and (3) TORC1/2 inhibitors in tumors with DNA alteration to the mTOR/PI3K pathway.This trial adopted a new, biomarker-driven, multiarm adaptive design. Safety, efficacy and relevant biomarkers were evaluated. Overall, 391 patients were screened of whom 135 were allocated to one of six study arms. Response rates (RRs) ranged 9-36% across the study arms, which did not meet efficacy criteria for further development. Overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) were similar in the combination arms and durvalumab monotherapy arm. Biomarker analysis showed a correlation between circulating plasma-based DNA (ctDNA) and tissue for FGFRm. Sequential circulating tumor DNA analysis showed that changes to FGFRm correlated with clinical outcome. Our data support the clinical activity of FGFR inhibition and durvalumab monotherapy but do not show increased activity for any of the combinations. These findings question the targeted/immune therapy approach in AUC.
度伐利尤单抗是一种程序性死亡配体 1(PD-L1)抑制剂,在晚期尿路上皮癌(AUC)中具有临床活性。AUC 的特征是存在几种复发性可靶向的基因组改变。这项研究(NCT02546661,BISCAY)在生物标志物选择的化疗耐药性 AUC 人群中联合使用度伐利尤单抗和相关的靶向治疗,包括:(1)在存在 FGFR DNA 改变(FGFRm)的肿瘤中使用成纤维细胞生长因子受体(FGFR)抑制剂;(2)在存在和不存在 DNA 同源重组修复缺陷(HRRm)的肿瘤中使用聚 ADP 核糖聚合酶(PARP)的药理抑制剂;(3)在存在 mTOR/PI3K 通路 DNA 改变的肿瘤中使用 TORC1/2 抑制剂。该试验采用了一种新的、基于生物标志物的、多臂自适应设计。评估了安全性、疗效和相关的生物标志物。总共筛选了 391 名患者,其中 135 名患者被分配到六个研究组中的一个。整个研究中,各个研究组的缓解率(RR)范围为 9-36%,没有达到进一步开发的疗效标准。联合治疗组和度伐利尤单抗单药组的总生存期(OS)和无进展生存期(PFS)相似。生物标志物分析显示循环血浆 DNA(ctDNA)与 FGFRm 组织之间存在相关性。连续循环肿瘤 DNA 分析显示 FGFRm 的变化与临床结果相关。我们的数据支持 FGFR 抑制和度伐利尤单抗单药治疗的临床活性,但没有显示任何联合治疗的活性增加。这些发现质疑了 AUC 中靶向/免疫治疗方法的有效性。