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Phase II study to determine the anti-tumor activity and safety of simlukafusp alfa (FAP-IL2v) combined with atezolizumab in esophageal cancer

06-may-2024 | Revista: Clinical Cancer Research

Hans Prenen  1 , Sanjeev Deva  2 , Bhumsuk Keam  3 , Colin R Lindsay  4 , Iwona Lugowska  5 , James C Yang  6 , Federico Longo  7 , Maria de Miguel  8 , Mariano Ponz-Sarvise  9 , Myung-Ju Ahn  10 , Mahmut Gumus  11 , Stephane Champiat  12 , Antoine Italiano  13 , Sebastien Salas  14 , Ruth Perets  15 , Cagatay Arslan  16 , Byoung C Cho  17 , Stefan Evers  18 , Christophe Boetsch  19 , Daniel Marbach  20 , David Dejardin  19 , Nassim Sleiman  21 , Caroline Ardeshir  22 , Muriel Richard  23 , Jehad Charo  24 , Anton Kraxner  19 , Nino Keshelava  25 , Volker Teichgräber  19 , Victor Moreno  26


Purpose: Reported here are results from the esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) cohort of a Phase II, non-comparative, basket study, evaluating the anti-tumor activity and safety of FAP-IL2v plus atezolizumab in patients with advanced/metastatic solid tumors (NCT03386721).

Experimental design: Eligible patients had an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status of 0-1; measurable metastatic, persistent, or recurrent esophageal SCC; progression on ≥1 prior therapy; and were checkpoint inhibitor naive. Patients received FAP-IL2v 10 mg plus atezolizumab 1200 mg intravenously every 3 weeks, or FAP-IL2v weekly for 4 weeks, then every 2 weeks, plus atezolizumab 840 mg intravenously every 2 weeks. Primary endpoint was investigator-assessed objective response rate (ORR).

Results: In the response-evaluable population (N=34), best confirmed ORR was 20.6% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 10.4-36.8) with a complete response (CR) seen in one patient and partial responses (PR) in six patients. Disease control rate was 44.1% (CR=2.9%; PR=17.6%; stable disease [SD]=23.5%) and median duration of response was 10.1 months (95% CI: 5.6-26.7). Median progression-free survival was 1.9 months (95% CI: 1.8-3.7). Analysis of response by PD-L1 expression (Ventana SP263) resulted in an ORR of 26.7 % for patients with PD-L1-positive tumors (tumor area positivity [TAP] cut-off ≥1%; n=15) and 7.1% for patients with PD-L1-negative tumors (TAP cut-off <1%; n=14). Overall, the treatment combination was tolerable and adverse events were consistent with the known safety profiles of each drug.

Conclusions: FAP-IL2v plus atezolizumab demonstrated clinical activity and was tolerable in patients with previously treated esophageal SCC.

CITA DEL ARTÍCULO  Clin Cancer Res. 2024 May 6. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-23-2677