1. Durvalumab compared to maintenance chemotherapy in metastatic breast cancer: the randomized phase II SAFIR02-BREAST IMMUNO trial
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Tifenn Lharidon, J C Théry, Marie-Ange Mouret Reynier, Philippe Barthélémy, Thomas Filleron, Francesco Del Piano, Marc Debled, Christelle Levy, Monica Arnedos, Alexandra Jacquet, Xavier Tchiknavorian, Florence Dalenc, Alicia Tran-Dien, Anthony Gonçalves, Jean-Marc Ferrero, Fabrice Andre, Mario Campone, Ivan Bièche, Benjamin Verret, Ingrid Garberis, Amélie Lusque, Florence Coussy, Etienne Rouleau, C. Lefeuvre-Plesse, Marie-Paule Sablin, Alice Mege, Marta Jimenez, William Jacot, Benoit You, Thomas Bachelot, Nicolas Isambert, and Julien Adam
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0301 basic medicine ,Oncology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,education.field_of_study ,Durvalumab ,business.industry ,BRCA mutation ,Population ,Cancer ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Metastatic breast cancer ,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology ,03 medical and health sciences ,030104 developmental biology ,0302 clinical medicine ,Breast cancer ,Maintenance therapy ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Internal medicine ,Medicine ,Progression-free survival ,business ,education - Abstract
The impact of single-agent antibodies against programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) as maintenance therapy is unknown in patients with metastatic breast cancer. The SAFIR02-BREAST IMMUNO substudy included patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor type 2 (Her2)-negative metastatic breast cancer whose disease did not progress after six to eight cycles of chemotherapy. Patients (n = 199) were randomized to either durvalumab (10 mg kg−1 every 2 weeks) or maintenance chemotherapy. In the overall population, durvalumab did not improve progression-free survival (adjusted hazard ratio (HR): 1.40, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.00–1.96; P = 0.047) or overall survival (OS; adjusted HR: 0.84, 95% CI: 0.54–1.29; P = 0.423). In an exploratory subgroup analysis, durvalumab improved OS in patients with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC; n = 82; HR: 0.54, 95% CI: 0.30–0.97, P = 0.0377). Exploratory analysis showed that the HR of death was 0.37 (95% CI: 0.12–1.13) for patients with PD-L1+ TNBC (n = 32) and 0.49 (95% CI: 0.18–1.34) for those with PD-L1− TNBC (n = 29). In patients with TNBC, exploratory analyses showed that the HR for durvalumab efficacy (OS) was 0.18 (95% CI: 0.05–0.71; log-rank test, P = 0.0059) in patients with CD274 gain/amplification (n = 23) and 1.12 (95% CI: 0.42–2.99; log-rank test, P = 0.8139) in patients with CD274 normal/loss (n = 32). Tumor infiltration by lymphocytes (CD8, FoxP3 and CD103 expressions) and homologous recombination deficiency did not predict sensitivity to durvalumab in exploratory analyses. This latter finding should be interpreted with caution since only one patient presented a germline BRCA mutation. The present study provides a rationale to evaluate single-agent durvalumab in maintenance therapy in patients with TNBC. Exploratory analyses identified CD274 amplification as a potential biomarker of sensitivity. Maintenance chemotherapy was more effective than durvalumab in patients with hormone receptor-positive and Her2-negative disease. Exploratory analyses from the phase 2 randomized SAFIR02-IMMUNO trial identify biomarkers associated with improved outcomes to durvalumab as compared to maintenance chemotherapy in patients with triple-negative breast cancer.
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- 2021