Durvalumab with olaparib and paclitaxel for high-risk HER2-negative stage II/III breast cancer: Results from the adaptively randomized I-SPY2 trial

Lajos Pusztai*, Christina Yau, Denise M. Wolf, Hyo S. Han, Lili Du, Anne M. Wallace, Erica String-Reasor, Judy C. Boughey, A. Jo Chien, Anthony D. Elias, Heather Beckwith, Rita Nanda, Kathy S. Albain, Amy S. Clark, Kathleen Kemmer, Kevin Kalinsky, Claudine Isaacs, Alexandra Thomas, Rebecca Shatsky, Theresa L. HelstenAndres Forero-Torres, Minetta C. Liu, Lamorna Brown-Swigart, Emmanuel F. Petricoin, Julia D. Wulfkuhle, Smita M. Asare, Amy Wilson, Ruby Singhrao, Laura Sit, Gillian L. Hirst, Scott Berry, Ashish Sanil, Adam L. Asare, Jeffrey B. Matthews, Jane Perlmutter, Michelle Melisko, Hope S. Rugo, Richard B. Schwab, W. Fraser Symmans, Doug Yee, Laura J. van't Veer, Nola M. Hylton, Angela M. DeMichele, Donald A. Berry, Laura J. Esserman

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Abstract

The combination of PD-L1 inhibitor durvalumab and PARP inhibitor olaparib added to standard paclitaxel neoadjuvant chemotherapy (durvalumab/olaparib/paclitaxel [DOP]) was investigated in the phase II I-SPY2 trial of stage II/III HER2-negative breast cancer. Seventy-three participants were randomized to DOP and 299 to standard of care (paclitaxel) control. DOP increased pathologic complete response (pCR) rates in all HER2-negative (20%–37%), hormone receptor (HR)-positive/HER2-negative (14%–28%), and triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) (27%–47%). In HR-positive/HER2-negative cancers, MammaPrint ultra-high (MP2) cases benefited selectively from DOP (pCR 64% versus 22%), no benefit was seen in MP1 cancers (pCR 9% versus 10%). Overall, 12.3% of patients in the DOP arm experienced immune-related grade 3 adverse events versus 1.3% in control. Gene expression signatures associated with immune response were positively associated with pCR in both arms, while a mast cell signature was associated with non-pCR. DOP has superior efficacy over standard neoadjuvant chemotherapy in HER2-negative breast cancer, particularly in a highly sensitive subset of high-risk HR-positive/HER2-negative patients.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)989-998.e5
JournalCancer Cell
Volume39
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - 12 Jul 2021
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • DNA repair inhibitor
  • breast cancer
  • clinical trial
  • immunotherapy

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