Abstract PS16-02: Efficacy and safety of first-line atezolizumab + bevacizumab + paclitaxel in patients with advanced triple-negative breast cancer: the ATRACTIB phase 2 trial
Authors: Gion Maria , Cortez-Castedo Patricia , Blancas Isabel , Cortés Alfonso , Marmé Frederik , Blanch Salvador , Murillo Serafin Morales , Díaz Nieves , Calvo-Plaza Isabel , Recalde Sabela , Martínez-Bueno Alejandro , Ruiz-Borrego Manuel , Llabres Elisenda , Taberner María Teresa , de Laurentiis Michelino , García-Sáenz José Ángel , Repkova Jana , Antón Antonio , Gligorov Joseph , Cruz Susana de la , Hoffmann Oliver , Medioni Jacques , Phillips Melissa , Sampayo-Cordero Miguel , Alcalá-López Daniel , Pérez-García José Manuel , Llombart-Cussac Antonio , Cortés Javier 
Published: May 2024

BACKGROUND

Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is an aggressive tumor characterized by poor outcomes and new treatment strategies are urgently required. The programmed cell death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) antibody (Ab) atezolizumab (ATZ) combined with first-line (1L) nab-paclitaxel (nab-PTX) is approved in multiple countries for the treatment of PD-L1-positive patients (pts) with advanced TNBC (aTNBC) based on a significant improvement in progression-free survival (PFS) and a numerically higher and clinically meaningful median overall survival (OS). A synergism between antiangiogenic therapy and immunotherapy (IO)-based strategies has been observed preclinically and in different tumor types, but data in aTNBC is lacking.

METHODS

ATRACTIB (NCT04408118) is an international, open-label, single-arm, phase 2 trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of 1L ATZ + BVZ + PTX for pts with aTNBC, regardless of their tumors’ PD-L1 status.

Adult pts with untreated, unresectable locally advanced/metastatic TNBC were included. Pts who had received (neo)adjuvant taxane-based chemotherapy (CT) and/or IO and/or an antiangiogenic agent had to have had a relapse with a disease-free interval beyond 12 months (mo).

Pts received intravenous ATZ 840 mg + BVZ 10 mg/kg on days (D)1 and D15 + PTX 90 mg/m2 on D1, 8, and 15 of every 28-day cycle until disease progression, intolerable toxicity, death, or patient withdrawal. Tumor assessments were performed every 8 weeks for the first 12 mo and every 12 weeks thereafter.

Baseline PD-L1 expression was centrally assessed using 22C3 (combined positive score [CPS]) and SP142 (expression on tumor-infiltrating immune cells [ICs]) Abs.

The primary endpoint was investigator-assessed PFS by RECIST v.1.1. Key secondary endpoints included OS, objective response rate (ORR), clinical benefit rate (CBR), duration of response (DoR), and safety. Median PFS was analyzed with exponential maximum likelihood estimation (H0: ≤7.0 mo; HA: ≥9.5 mo). We estimated that enrolling 100 pts would provide 80% power at one-sided α nominal level of 5%, assuming a 10% drop-out rate.

RESULTS

Between October 2020 and May 2022, 100 female pts from 28 centers across 5 European countries were included. Median age was 55.0 years (32.0 - 84.0), 57.0% of pts had visceral disease, 46.0% had ≥3 metastatic sites, and 70.0% had received prior treatment for early BC (taxane-based CT in 87.1% of them). A total of 82 and 85 tumor samples out of 100 pts were available for PD-L1 assessment using 22C3 and SP142 assays, respectively. Most pts had PD-L1-negative tumors (87.8% with 22C3 [CPS &lt; 10] and 97.6% with SP142 [expression on &lt; 1% positive of ICs]).

At data cutoff (15th September 2023), 23 pts were still on therapy. With a median follow-up of 16.7 mo (1.1 - 34.1), median PFS was 11.0 mo (95% CI, 9.0 - 13.2). OS data were immature at data cutoff, with 30 events. Estimated 18-month OS was 69.4% (95% CI, 58.4% - 78.1%). ORR was 63.0% (95% CI, 52.8% - 72.4%), CBR was 79.0% (95% CI, 69.7% - 86.5%), and median DoR was 10.0 mo (95% CI, 7.2 - 13.8).

Regarding safety, the most common treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs) were peripheral neuropathy (68.0%) and fatigue (62.0%). Grade (G) 3/4 treatment-related TEAEs occurred in 47.0% of pts, mainly peripheral neuropathy (13.0%) and neutropenia (12.0%). Any-grade immune-related TEAEs, thrombosis or embolism, and bleeding occurred in 13.0% (5.0%; G≥3), 4.0% (1.0%; G≥3), and 10.0% (0.0%; G≥3) of pts, respectively. There were no drug-related deaths.

CONCLUSIONS

1L ATZ + BVZ + PTX demonstrated encouraging anti-tumor activity in aTNBC pts, most of them presenting with PD-L1-negative tumors. Median PFS seems to be much higher compared with that previously reported with other IO-based regimens in a similar patient population. The safety profile was consistent with the known safety data of ATZ and BVZ combined with CT, without significant added toxicity. These results merit further research of this combination for PD-L1-negative aTNBC.

Citation Format: Maria Gion, Patricia Cortez-Castedo, Isabel Blancas, Alfonso Cortés, Frederik Marmé, Salvador Blanch, Serafin Morales Murillo, Nieves Díaz, Isabel Calvo-Plaza, Sabela Recalde, Alejandro Martínez-Bueno, Manuel Ruiz-Borrego, Elisenda Llabres, María Teresa Taberner, Michelino de Laurentiis, José Ángel García-Sáenz, Jana Repkova, Antonio Antón, Joseph Gligorov, Susana de la Cruz, Oliver Hoffmann, Jacques Medioni, Melissa Phillips, Miguel Sampayo-Cordero, Daniel Alcalá-López, José Manuel Pérez-García, Antonio Llombart-Cussac, Javier Cortés. Efficacy and safety of first-line atezolizumab + bevacizumab + paclitaxel in patients with advanced triple-negative breast cancer: the ATRACTIB phase 2 trial [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 2023 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium; 2023 Dec 5-9; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2024;84(9 Suppl):Abstract nr PS16-02.