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Interim results from the Phase 1b combination cohort demonstrate encouraging clinical activity in heavily pre-treated patients with a median of four lines of therapy across disease settings with locally advanced or metastatic ER positive/human epidermal growth factor 2 (HER2) negative (ER+/HER2-) breast cancer. These data will be presented in a spotlight presentation at the 2023 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.
'We are thrilled to see this level of clinical activity in such a heavily pre-treated patient population,' said
Vepdegestrant is a PROTAC ER degrader designed to directly harness one of the cell's natural protein disposal processes to specifically target and degrade the estrogen receptor. Vepdegestrant is being co-developed by
'Our goal is to develop a novel, tolerable next-generation estrogen-targeting agent that can help patients with ER+/HER2- breast cancer address disease progression,' said
Pending additional data and agreement with regulatory authorities,
Vepdegestrant + Palbociclib Phase 1b Study
In a spotlight presentation, interim data from the Phase 1b cohort of the first-in-human (FIH) ARV-471-mBC-101 study evaluating vepdegestrant in combination with palbociclib (NCT04072952) assessed the safety, tolerability and anti-tumor activity of the combination among 46 patients with heavily pre-treated locally advanced or metastatic ER+/HER2- breast cancer. At the time of data cutoff (
Patients were treated once daily with oral doses of vepdegestrant at 180 mg (n=2), the recommended Phase 3 dose (RP3D) of 200 mg (n=21), 400 mg (n=3) or 500 mg (n=20), plus 125 mg of palbociclib given orally once daily for 21 days, followed by seven days off treatment in 28-day cycles.
Vepdegestrant in combination with palbociclib demonstrated
A clinical benefit rate (CBR, defined as the rate of confirmed complete response, partial response, or stable disease 24 weeks) of 63% (95% CI: 47.5-76.8), or 29/46 patients; at the RP3D of 200 mg (n=21), the CBR was 67% (95% CI: 43.0 - 85.4), or 14/21 patients
CBR in patients with mutant ESR1: 72% (95% CI: 52.8-87.3), or 21/29 patients; at the RP3D of 200 mg (n=14), the CBR was 79% (95% CI: 49.2 - 95.3), or 11/14 patients
CBR in patients with wild-type ESR1: 53% (95% CI: 26.6-78.7), or 8/15 patients; at the RP3D of 200 mg (n=7), the CBR was 43% (95% CI: 9.9 - 81.6), or 3/7 patients
An objective response rate (ORR) in evaluable patients with measurable disease at baseline (n=31) of 42% (95% CI: 24.5-60.9), or 13/31 patients; at the RP3D of 200 mg (n=15), the ORR was 53% (95% CI: 26.6 - 78.7)
ORR in patients with mutant ESR1: 47% (95% CI: 23.0-72.2), or 8/17 patients
ORR at the RP3D of 200 mg (n=10): 60% (95% CI: 26.2 - 87.8)
ORR in patients with wild-type ESR1: 42% (95% CI: 15.2-72.3), or 5/12 patients
ORR at the RP3D of 200 mg (n=5): 40% (95% CI: 26.6 - 78.7)
Median progression free survival (PFS) of 11.1 months (95% CI: 8.2 - NE); 22 of 46 patients across all doses had progression events by time of data cutoff
PFS in patients with mutant ESR1: 11.0 months (95% CI: 8.2-NE), 13 of 29 patients had progression events by data cutoff
PFS in patients with wild-type ESR1: 11.1 months (95% CI: 2.8-NE), 8 of 15 patients had progression events by data cutoff
In an assay of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA), patients with ESR1 mutations (n=22 evaluable for ctDNA analysis after 1 cycle of treatment) demonstrated a -96.8% mean decrease (range: -75.6% to -100%) in ESR1 mutant allele fraction after 1 cycle of treatment.
The safety profile of vepdegestrant plus palbociclib was manageable with palbociclib dose reductions and/or interruptions per protocol which are consistent with those described in the prescribing label. The primary toxicity associated with the vepdegestrant plus palbociclib combination was neutropenia. Grade 4 neutropenia occurred in 8 of 21 patients (38%) treated at the RP3D of vepdegestrant (200 mg) plus palbociclib 125 mg. Grade 3/4 neutropenia occurred in 89% of all patients. There was a higher occurrence of Grade 4 neutropenia, although discontinuation rates of palbociclib and rates of infection were in line with historical palbociclib data.
No cases of febrile neutropenia were reported in any of the 46 patients treated with the combination. Three of 46 patients discontinued palbociclib due to neutropenia including one out of 21 treated with the RP3D of vepdegestrant (200 mg) plus palbociclib 125 mg.
The majority of Grade 4 neutropenia events occurred in the first cycle of treatment and occurrences of Grade 3/4 neutropenia decreased with palbociclib dose reductions as described in the prescribing label. The safety profile was otherwise consistent with the profile of palbociclib and what has been observed in other clinical trials for vepdegestrant.
An increase in palbociclib exposure (46% - 58%) was observed compared to historical pharmacokinetic (PK) data, with similar increases observed with vepdegestrant 200 mg and 500 mg QD.
'While many patients I treat with ER+/HER2- breast cancer respond well to current therapies, disease progression is still an unfortunate reality and there is a significant need for additional therapies to help us treat ER+/HER2- breast cancer that has spread to other parts of the body, or metastasized,' said
Additional Abstracts Presented at SABCS
Together,
The VERITAC Phase 2 monotherapy dose expansion of the ARV-471-mBC-101 study analyzed the safety, efficacy, and tolerability of vepdegestrant amongst 35 heavily pre-treated patients with locally advanced or metastatic ER+/HER2- breast cancer. This update includes 12 months of additional follow-up data, and the tolerability and efficacy profile remained largely consistent with previous data disclosures.
In the PK/PD model simulation, a 100 mg dose of palbociclib in combination with vepdegestrant produced similar incidence of Grade 4 neutropenia and comparable average palbociclib exposure compared to historical reference.
About vepdegestrant (ARV-471)
Vepdegestrant is an investigational, orally bioavailable PROTAC protein degrader designed to specifically target and degrade the estrogen receptor (ER) for the treatment of patients with ER positive (ER+)/human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) negative (ER+/HER2-) breast cancer.
In preclinical studies, vepdegestrant demonstrated up to 97% ER degradation in tumor cells, induced robust tumor shrinkage when dosed as a single agent in multiple ER-driven xenograft models, and showed increased anti-tumor activity when compared to a standard of care agent, fulvestrant, both as a single agent and in combination with a CDK4/6 inhibitor. In
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