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Background: Oleclumab is a human mAb that binds to CD73 and inhibits production of immunosuppressive adenosine. This is a first-in-human study to investigate the safety, efficacy, and pharmacodynamics of oleclumab alone or in combination with durvalumab in patients (pts) with advanced panc or MSS-CRC. Methods: A 3+3 dose-escalation design was followed in which pts received one of 4 escalating doses of oleclumab IV with or without durvalumab 10 mg/kg IV Q2W until disease progression, followed by study expansion with high dose of oleclumab plus durvalumab 10 mg/kg Q2W. AEs and tumor response (RECIST v1.1) were assessed. Free soluble CD73 and cell surface CD73 on lymphocytes were measured by ELISA and flow cytometry, respectively. Tumoral CD73 was centrally assessed by an in situ enzyme assay and IHC. Results: The initial dose-escalation and PD exploration enrolled 42 monotherapy and 24 combination pts with no reported DLTs. The minimum target serum concentration was exceeded at the top 2 doses. Sustained decrease in free soluble CD73 and CD73 on peripheral T cells was demonstrated across all doses and pts. Decreased CD73 enzymatic activity was observed in all evaluable frozen tumor biopsy samples (n = 4) 20 days after treatment with the top 2 doses of oleclumab. Treatment with oleclumab alone decreased tumoral CD73 expression (5/9) while increasing CD8+ TILs in all 5 samples. Subsequently, durva + oleclumab highest dose was selected for expansion in 2-5L CRC (21 pts) and 2-3L panc (20 pts). The most commonly reported TRAEs in combo expansion were diarrhea (8.7%), pyrexia (8.7%), fatigue (6.5%), and increases in ALT (6.5%), AST (6.5%), and ALP (6.5%). PR was observed for 1/21 CRC (5L) and 2/20 panc (2 and 3L) pts; SD was observed in 2/21 CRC and 3/20 panc pts. Duration of treatment for subjects with disease control was 84-322 days (CRC) and 28-232 days (panc). Treatment is ongoing for 1 CRC (322 days) and 2 panc pts (140 and 182 days). Conclusions: Treatment with olecl

Triple‐negative breast cancer (TNBC) is an aggressive breast cancer subtype with poor survival outcomes. Currently, there are no targeted therapies available for TNBCs despite remarkable progress in targeted and immune‐directed therapies for other solid organ malignancies. Poly (ADP‐ribose) polymerase inhibitors (PARPi) are effective anticancer drugs that produce good initial clinical responses, especially in homologous recombination DNA repair‐deficient cancers. However, resistance is the rule rather than the exception, and recurrent tumors tend to have an aggressive phenotype associated with poor survival. Many efforts have been made to overcome PARPi resistance, mostly by targeting genes and effector proteins participating in homologous recombination that are overexpressed during PARPi therapy. Due to many known and unknown compensatory pathways, genes, and effector proteins, overlap and shared resistance are common. Overexpression of programmed cell death‐ligand 1 (PD‐L1) and cancer stem cell (CSC) sparing are novel PARPi resistance hypotheses. Although adding programmed cell death‐1 (PD‐1)/PD‐L1 inhibitors to PARPi might improve immunogenic cell death and be crucial for durable responses, they are less likely to target the CSC population that drives recurrent tumor growth. Lysine‐specific histone demethylase‐1A and histone deacetylase inhibitors have shown promising activity against CSCs. Combining epigenetic drugs such as lysine‐specific histone demethylase‐1A inhibitors or histone deacetylase inhibitors with PARPi/anti‐PD‐1/PD‐L1 is a novel, potentially synergistic strategy for priming tumors and overcoming resistance. Furthermore, such an approach could pave the way for the identification of new upstream epigenetic and genetic signatures.

Background: Pattern of spread in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) is variable and may reflect different biology in subsets of patients. This is a retrospective study to explore the outcome of patients with mCRC based on their site of metastasis at diagnosis and to explore the association between tumor characteristics [KRAS/RAS, BRAF, mismatch repair (MMR) status, site of primary] and the site of metastasis. Methods: Patients from two Australian databases were divided into six groups based on site of metastasis at time of diagnosis of metastatic disease; lung-only, liver-only, lymph node-only or any patients with brain, bone or peritoneal metastases. Primary endpoint was overall survival (OS) of each cohort compared with the rest of the population. A Mantel–Haenszel chi-squared test used to explore the association between site of metastasis and selected tumor characteristics. Results: Five thousand nine hundred and sixty-seven patients were included. In a univariate analysis, median OS was significantly higher when metastases were limited to lung or liver and shorter for those with brain, bone or peritoneal metastases (p < .001) in both datasets. BRAF mutation was strongly associated with peritoneal metastases (relative risk = 1.8, p < .001) with lower incidence of lung (RR = 0.3, p = .004) and liver (RR = 0.7, p = .005) limited metastases. Lung-only metastases were more frequent with KRAS/RAS mutation (RR = 1.4, p = .007). Left colon tumors were associated with bone (RR = 1.6, p < .001) and lung-only metastases (RR = 2.3, p = .001) while peritoneal spread was less frequent compared with right colon tumors (RR = 0.6, p < .001). Rectal cancer was associated with brain, bone and lung metastases (RR = 1.7; p = .002, 1.7; p < .001, 2.0; p < .001). Liver-only metastases were less frequent in deficient MMR tumors (RR = 0.7, p = .01). Conclusion: Survival duration with mCRC is related to the site of metastases with lung limited disease showing a more favora