Trial in progress: Phase II study of niraparib and dostarlimab for the treatment of germline or somatic homologous recombination repair mutated metastatic pancreatic cancer

• Published in: Journal of clinical oncology Vol. 41; no. 4_suppl; p. TPS780
• Main Authors: McWilliams, Robert R., Kasi, Pashtoon Murtaza, Foster, Nathan R., Zhu, Mojun, Carr, Ryan Michael, Ma, Wen Wee, Hartgers, Mindy L., Jones, Kayla M., Bartusiewicz, Jacqueline M., Dong, Haidong, Markovic, Svetomir, Alberts, Steven R, Ahn, Daniel H., Babiker, Hani M., Bekaii-Saab, Tanios S., Couch, Fergus
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01-02-2023
• DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2023.41.4_suppl.TPS780
• EISSN: 1527-7755
• ISSN: 0732-183X

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Background: Pancreatic adenocarcinoma is an aggressive malignancy with a limited number of therapeutic options. One subset of patients (up to 15%) carries germline and/or somatic mutations in homologous recombination repair genes, most notably BRCA1, BRCA2 and PALB2 amongst others, that confer sensitivity to PARP inhibition. Combinations of PARP inhibitors with anti-PD1 immunotherapy have shown activity in breast and ovarian cancer and have not yet been thoroughly studied in pancreatic cancer. Methods: We designed a single-arm phase 2 investigator-initiated study utilizing the combination of niraparib, a highly selective PARP inhibitor and a dostarlimab, an anti PD1 antibody, in the subset of pancreatic cancer patients with germline or somatic mutations in BRCA1/2, PALB2, BARD1, RAD51C, or RAD51D. Additional inclusion criteria include metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma, receipt of a platinum agent in 1st or 2nd line unless contraindicated, and at least 1 but not more than 2 prior lines of systemic therapy not including maintenance. Prior PARP inhibition is allowed, but not immediately prior to enrollment. Exclusion criteria include active unstable autoimmune disease or prior malignancy requiring active treatment within 2 years. Patients are treated with niraparib 200 mg orally once daily on days 1 through 21 of a 21 day cycle. Dostarlimab is administered IV 500 mg every 3 weeks for the 1st 4 cycles and then 1000 mg IV every 6 weeks subsequently. The primary endpoint of the study is the disease control rate at 12 weeks using standard iRECIST criteria. Twenty patients will be enrolled to ensure 19 evaluable. The design has 80% power to detected improvement in disease control rate from 25-50% with significance level of 0.10. Descriptive factors include gene mutated for inclusion, germline/somatic, and platinum refractoriness. Given the size of the study along with genetic heterogeneity there will be no interim analysis. Patients are being enrolled at 3 Mayo clinic sites in Rochester Minnesota, Phoenix Arizona, Jacksonville Florida. To date, 13 patients have been enrolled across all 3 sites. Full accrual is anticipated by early 2023. Correlative studies include genomic characterization of baseline tumors, assessment of immune infiltration of tumor microenvironment, tumor collection for organoid/xenograft, and serial circulating cell-free DNA and immune biomarkers. Trial Identifiers: NCT04493060, Mayo: MC1841. Supported by Glaxo Smith Kline. Clinical trial information: NCT04493060 .