The data were presented on behalf of the Toca 5 clinical investigators by
Trial design and demographics
Toca 5 was a Phase 3 randomized trial of Toca 511 & Toca FC in patients with recurrent HGG, undergoing resection. The trial involved 67 sites globally and enrolled 403 patients. Patients were randomized 1:1 prior to surgical resection to receive either the Toca 511 & Toca FC regimen or standard of care (SOC) treatment (lomustine, temozolomide or bevacizumab). The primary endpoint of the trial was overall survival (OS) and secondary endpoints included durable response rate, durable clinical benefit rate, duration of durable response and overall survival at 12 months. Patients were stratified based on IDH1 mutation status, KPS and geographic region. The baseline demographics and disease characteristics of the study were well balanced in the intent to treat populations and the 26 pre-specified subgroups.
Results
As previously announced, the trial did not meet the primary or secondary endpoints. The safety, tolerability and adverse event profile of Toca 511 & Toca FC was as expected for this patient population. In the ITT population, the median number of cycles of Toca FC was two and the median number of cycles across the SOC options ranged from two to four.
In a pre-planned subgroup analysis, subjects with second recurrence (N=60) showed a 57% risk reduction for death when treated with Toca 511 and Toca FC (21.82 months median OS compared to 11.14 months, HR=0.43, p=0.0162) representing an approximate doubling of survival. Further analysis of the second recurrence subgroup showed that patients with IDH1 mutations and anaplastic astrocytoma (AA), had the greatest survival benefit (HR=0.102, p=0.009). Second recurrence patients with IDH1 mutations and AA received a median of six cycles of Toca FC compared to a median of three cycles across the SOC options.
'The positive outcome for patients at second recurrence in the Toca 5 trial are compelling, despite the disappointment of the overall trial results,' said
In addition, molecular data from the Toca 5 trial were presented by
'We have conducted a thorough analysis of the Toca 5 data and a subgroup of patients appear to benefit from treatment with Toca 511 & Toca FC,' said
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