Atezolizumab and nab-Paclitaxel in Advanced Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: Biomarker Evaluation of the IMpassion130 Study

Abstract Background Understanding the impact of the tumor immune microenvironment and BRCA1/2-related DNA repair deficiencies on the clinical activity of immune checkpoint inhibitors may help optimize both patient and treatment selection in metastatic triple-negative breast cancer. In this substudy...

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Published in:JNCI : Journal of the National Cancer Institute Vol. 113; no. 8; pp. 1005 - 1016
Main Authors: Emens, Leisha A, Molinero, Luciana, Loi, Sherene, Rugo, Hope S, Schneeweiss, Andreas, Diéras, Véronique, Iwata, Hiroji, Barrios, Carlos H, Nechaeva, Marina, Nguyen-Duc, Anh, Chui, Stephen Y, Husain, Amreen, Winer, Eric P, Adams, Sylvia, Schmid, Peter
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States Oxford University Press 02.08.2021
Subjects:
Albumins
Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols - therapeutic use
B7-H1 Antigen - metabolism
Biomarkers
Humans
Lymphocytes, Tumor-Infiltrating - pathology
Paclitaxel
Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms - pathology
Tumor Microenvironment
ISSN:0027-8874, 1460-2105, 1460-2105
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Summary:Abstract Background Understanding the impact of the tumor immune microenvironment and BRCA1/2-related DNA repair deficiencies on the clinical activity of immune checkpoint inhibitors may help optimize both patient and treatment selection in metastatic triple-negative breast cancer. In this substudy from the phase 3 IMpassion130 trial, immune biomarkers and BRCA1/2 alterations were evaluated for association with clinical benefit with atezolizumab and nab-paclitaxel (A+nP) vs placebo and nP in unresectable (P+nP) locally advanced or metastatic triple-negative breast cancer. Methods Patients were randomly assigned 1:1 to nab-paclitaxel 100 mg/m2 (days 1, 8, and 15 of a 28-day cycle) and atezolizumab 840 mg every 2 weeks or placebo until progression or toxicity. Progression-free survival and overall survival were evaluated based on programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression on immune cells (IC) and tumor cells, intratumoral CD8, stromal tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes, and BRCA1/2 mutations. Results PD-L1 IC+ in either primary or metastatic tumor tissue was linked to progression-free survival and overall survival benefit with A+nP. PD-L1 IC+ low (26.9%; 243 of 902 patients) and high (13.9%; 125 of 902 patients) populations had improved outcomes that were comparable. Intratumoral CD8 and stromal tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes positivity (sTIL+) were associated with PD-L1 IC+ status; improved outcomes were observed with A+nP vs P+nP only in CD8+ and sTIL+ patients who were also PD-L1 IC+. BRCA1/2 mutations (occurring in 14.5% [89 of 612 patients]) were not associated with PD-L1 IC status, and PD-L1 IC+ patients benefited from A+nP regardless of BRCA1/2 mutation status. Conclusions Although A+nP was more efficacious in patients with richer tumor immune microenvironment, clinical benefit was only observed in patients whose tumors were PD-L1 IC+.
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ISSN:0027-8874
1460-2105
1460-2105
DOI:10.1093/jnci/djab004