Cabozantinib (CABO) plus durvalumab (DURVA) in patients with advanced and chemotherapy-treated bladder carcinoma of urothelial and non-urothelial histology: An open-label, single-arm, phase 2 trial.
TPS536 Background: DURVA and CABO have shown single-agent activity in patients (pts) with urothelial carcinoma (UC). Their combination may result in prolonging overall survival (OS) in pts who have failed prior platinum-based chemotherapy (CT). Additionally, DURVA+CABO may be an effective combination for treating subgroup of pts like those with bone metastases only (not having RECIST-measurable disease) or with non-UC histology. Methods: In an open-label, single-arm, multicenter, phase 2 trial, pts will assume CABO 40 mg daily, orally, and will be administered DURVA 1500 mg, intravenously, q28 days, until disease progression (PD, RECIST 1.1) or onset of unacceptable toxicity. Treatment beyond PD is not allowed. Key inclusion criteria: ECOG-PS 0-1, bladder or upper tract primary tumor, UC and non-UC histology, failure of 1 or 2 platinum-based CT for metastatic disease (2nd-to-3rd line only). Neoadjuvant/adjuvant CT is counted if relapse occurred ≤6 months (m) of the last CT cycle. Response is evaluated by RECIST criteria v.1.1 q2 cycles. The primary endpoint of the study is OS. The target is to detect an improvement in median OS from ≤6m (H0) to ≥9m(H1). To achieve 90% power with a one-sided non-parametric test at 5% significance, 122 pts must will be accrued over 36m and follow-up may be closed 12m after the end of accrual. PD-L1 expression will be assessed using with the Ventana SP142 assay, and categorized as high (≥25% of tumor cells [TC] or immune cells [IC]) or low/negative ( < 25% TC or IC). The decision on whether or not to undertake PD-L1+ cohort expansion will be based on predictive power (PP) calculation: a PP ≥30% will be regarded as promising and necessary to continue. An interim analysis is planned after 24m (50% expected events). This analysis will be based on PP. The criterion for stopping the trial because of futility will be a PP < 20%. Analyses on tissue/blood samples will include immune-cell profiling, cytokine assessment, gene expression analyses and next-generation sequencing (FoundationOne). FDG-PET response in bone metastases will represent another translational endpoint (EudraCT number 2017-000580-32). Clinical trial information: 2017-000580-32.