Sacituzumab Govitecan and Atezolizumab for the Prevention of Triple Negative Breast Cancer Recurrence
This phase II trial investigates how well sacituzumab govitecan and atezolizumab work in preventing triple negative breast cancer from coming back (recurrence). Atezolizumab is a protein that affects the immune system by blocking the PD-L1 pathway. The PD-L1 pathway controls the body’s natural immune response, but for some types of cancer the immune system does not work as it should and is prevented from attacking tumors. Atezolizumab works by blocking the PD-L1 pathway, which may help the immune system identify and catch tumor cells. Sacituzumab govitecan is a monoclonal antibody, called sacituzumab, linked to a chemotherapy drug, called SN-38. Sacituzumab is a form of targeted therapy because it attaches to specific molecules (receptors) on the surface of cancer cells, known as TROP2 receptors, and delivers SN-38 to kill them. Giving sacituzumab govitecan and atezolizumab may work as a treatment for residual cancer in the breast or lymph nodes.
Inclusion Criteria
- Pathologically confirmed residual invasive breast cancer, in the breast and/or lymph node(s), following neoadjuvant chemotherapy. In the absence of residual invasive disease in the breast, lymph node must contain at least 2 mm of invasive disease
- HER2 negative in primary tumor pre-treatment by local pathology assessed according to current American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)/College of American Pathologists (CAP) guidelines: * In situ hybridization non-amplified (ratio of HER2 to CEP17 < 2.0 or single probe average HER2 gene copy number < 4 signals/cell), OR * Immunohistochemistry (IHC) 0 or IHC 1+ ** NOTE: If more than one test result is available and not all results meet the inclusion criterion definition, all results should be discussed with the principal investigator to establish eligibility
- Estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR) negative in primary tumor pre-treatment defined as < 10% of cells expressing hormonal receptors via IHC analysis by local laboratory assessment
- Patients must have received neoadjuvant chemotherapy prior to breast surgery
- Patients must be within 4 months of completion of all locoregional therapy (either last surgery or last dose of radiation, whichever is later). Definitive breast surgery must have been performed and includes lumpectomy or mastectomy with pathologically clear margins (i.e. no ink on tumor). For patients undergoing lumpectomy, this must be followed by whole breast irradiation. Definitive surgery also includes axillary surgery, either sentinel lymph node biopsy or axillary lymph node dissection at the discretion of the attending surgeon
- Evidence of ctDNA in blood sample collected after completion of all local and systemic neoadjuvant therapy (preoperative chemotherapy) surgery and radiation, confirmed by central testing. Detection of any tumor specific mutations (TSMs) within the sample will be considered positive for purposes of study eligibility
- Concurrent receipt of bone modifying agents (bisphosphonates or rank-ligand inhibitors) is allowed
- Prior treatment with an immune checkpoint inhibitor in the neoadjuvant setting is permitted
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1
- Men and women, age >= 18 years
- Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >= 1.5 x 10^9/L (1500/uL) without granulocyte colony-stimulating factor support
- White blood cell (WBC) count >= 2.5 x 10^9/L (2500/uL)
- Absolute lymphocyte count >= 0.5 x 10^9/L (500/uL)
- Platelet count >= 100 x 10^9/L (100,000/uL)
- Hemoglobin >= 90 g/L (9.0 g/dL), with or without transfusion
- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) =< 2.5 x institutional upper limit of normal (ULN)
- Serum bilirubin =< 1.5 x institutional ULN with the following exception: * Patients with known Gilbert syndrome: serum bilirubin level =< 3 x institutional ULN
- Serum creatinine =< 1.5 x institutional ULN
- Creatinine clearance >= 30 mL/min as assessed by the Cockcroft-Gault equation
- Serum albumin >= 25 g/L (2.5 g/dL)
- For patients not receiving therapeutic anticoagulation: International normalized ratio (INR) or activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) =< 1.5 x institutional ULN
- For patients receiving therapeutic anticoagulation: stable anticoagulant regimen
- Women of childbearing potential (pre-menopausal) must have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test within 7 days prior to start of therapy. A woman is defined as pre-menopausal if she is less than 12 months from last menstrual period with no identified cause other than menopause (medication induced amenorrhea is not acceptable). Pregnancy test is not required in women who are surgically sterile via bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy or hysterectomy
- Women of childbearing potential and men must agree to use adequate contraception for the duration of protocol treatment and for 6 months after last dose of atezolizumab and 6 months after last dose of sacituzumab govitecan, whichever is later. Hormonal contraceptives are not acceptable
- Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document. Non-English speakers are eligible to participate but will be excluded from surveys/questionnaires unless the participant has a proxy available for translation
Exclusion Criteria
- Prior therapy with sacituzumab govitecan, irinotecan, or any topoisomerase I-containing antibody-drug conjugates at any time for early stage disease
- Receipt of adjuvant chemotherapy (all chemotherapy prior to registration must have occurred in the preoperative setting); adjuvant pembrolizumab is allowed and can continue during the screening period
- Prior hypersensitivity to atezolizumab or the excipients of atezolizumab or sacituzumab govitecan
- Clinical or radiographic evidence of metastatic disease
- Residual ductal breast carcinoma in situ (DCIS) or lobular breast carcinoma in situ (LCIS) alone without invasive cancer OR pT0N0i and pT0N1mic residual disease
- Concurrent enrollment on another investigational therapy trial
- Prior treatment-related toxicity must be resolved to =< grade 1, prior to study enrollment, with the exception of alopecia and peripheral neuropathy
- Major surgical procedure, other than for diagnosis, within 4 weeks prior to initiation of study treatment, or anticipation of need for a major surgical procedure during the study
- Treatment with therapeutic oral or IV antibiotics within 2 weeks prior to initiation of study treatment. Patients receiving prophylactic antibiotics (e.g., to prevent a urinary tract infection or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation) are eligible for the study
- Intercurrent illness including, but not limited to: ongoing or active infection requiring systemic therapy, active tuberculosis, serious liver disease such as cirrhosis, active bleeding diathesis, uncontrolled type I or type II diabetes mellitus, grade >= 2 uncontrolled or untreated hypercholesterolemia, hypertriglyceremia or hypercalcemia
- Cardiovascular disease including: congestive heart failure of New York Heart Association class II or higher, myocardial infarction (< 6 months prior to enrollment) unstable angina pectoris, serious uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmia or any other clinically significant cardiac disease, in the opinion of the investigator
- History of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, organizing pneumonia (e.g., bronchiolitis obliterans), drug-induced pneumonitis, or idiopathic pneumonitis, or evidence of active pneumonitis on screening chest computed tomography scan. History of radiation pneumonitis in the radiation field (fibrosis) is permitted
- Active (acute or chronic) autoimmune disease of any type except hypothyroidism on a thyroid-replacement hormone, celiac disease, or well-controlled psoriasis, eczema, lichen simplex chronicus or vitiligo
- Congenital long QT syndrome or screening QT interval corrected through use of Fridericia’s formula > 480 ms
- Participants known to be positive for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B surface antigen (HepBsAg), or hepatitis C virus (HCV) ribonucleic acid (RNA) are ineligible
- History of prior invasive breast cancer in either breast
- Participants with history of prior malignancy other than breast cancer are eligible if they have been disease-free for at least 5 years prior to enrollment with the exception of patients with thyroid cancer that has been definitively treated without spread to regional lymph nodes
- Treatment with strong UGT1A1 inhibitor or inducer within 4 weeks or 5 drug-elimination half-lives, whichever is longer, prior to initiation of study drug
- Treatment with a live, attenuated vaccine within 4 weeks prior to initiation of study treatment, or anticipation of need for such a vaccine while on protocol treatment
- Known allergy or hypersensitivity to any of the study drugs or any of their excipients, including chimeric or humanized antibodies or fusion proteins and Chinese hamster ovary cell products or recombinant human antibodies
- Treatment with systemic immunosuppressive medication (including, but not limited to, corticosteroids, cyclophosphamide, azathioprine, methotrexate, thalidomide, and anti−tumor necrosis factor alpha agents) within 2 weeks prior to initiation of study treatment, or anticipation of need for systemic immunosuppressive medication during the course of the study, with the following exceptions: * Patients who received acute, low-dose systemic immunosuppressant medication or a one-time pulse dose of systemic immunosuppressant medication (e.g., 48 hours of corticosteroids for a contrast allergy) are eligible * Patients who received mineralocorticoids (e.g., fludrocortisone), corticosteroids for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or asthma, or low-dose corticosteroids for orthostatic hypotension or adrenal insufficiency are eligible for the study
- Pregnant women are excluded from this study because the effects of sacituzumab govitecan and atezolizumab on a developing fetus are unknown. Breastfeeding should be discontinued prior to entry onto the study and for one month following the last dose of sacituzumab govitecan
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PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:
I. To determine the reduction in detection rates of circulating tumor deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) (ctDNA) after 6 cycles of sacituzumab govitecan and atezolizumab in patients with residual breast and/or axillary triple negative breast cancer after neoadjuvant therapy and completion of all locoregional and/or systemic adjuvant therapy.
SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To determine the prevalence of detectable ctDNA in eligible patients
II. To evaluate the efficacy of sacituzumab govitecan and atezolizumab in reducing the number of patients with detectable ctDNA (as a surrogate for micro-metastatic disease) after completing 1 and 3 cycles of therapy.
III. To determine risk of recurrence after treatment with sacituzumab govitecan and atezolizumab.
IV. Safety and tolerability of the combination of sacituzumab govitecan and atezolizumab.
CORRELATIVE OBJECTIVES:
I. To characterize baseline Trop-2 expression by histological assessment of residual disease and whether Trop-2 expression on the tumor cells assessed in the patients’ primary tumor and/or residual disease is associated with therapeutic response.
II. To assess changes in Trop-2 staining, from baseline archival core biopsy to residual disease and to progression (if occurs).
III. To determine whether PD-L1 expression on the tumor cells or infiltrating immune cells assessed in the patients' primary tumor and/or residual disease is associated with therapeutic response.
IV. To determine whether temporal changes in ctDNA levels over course of therapy and during follow-up correlate with relapse and survival.
V. To assess patient attitudes and experience surrounding testing for ctDNA and, for those testing positive, participation in trial targeting ctDNA.
OUTLINE:
Patients receive sacituzumab govitecan intravenously (IV) over 1-3 hours on days 1 and 8 of each cycle and atezolizumab IV over 30-60 minutes on days 1 of each cycle. Treatment repeats every 21 days for up to 6 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients undergo blood sample collection throughout the study.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 30 days and then every 6 months for 3 years.
Trial PhasePhase II
Trial Typetreatment
Lead OrganizationDana-Farber Harvard Cancer Center
Principal InvestigatorElizabeth A. Mittendorf
- Primary ID20-028
- Secondary IDsNCI-2020-06549
- ClinicalTrials.gov IDNCT04434040