Additional safety and efficacy data, including the primary endpoint of progression free survival (PFS), are anticipated in the middle of 2023.
Initial Phase 2 Results
The confirmed objective response rate (ORR) per RECIST v1.1 was comparable between arms; ORR was 40.0% (n=18/45) and 46.7% (n=21/45) among evaluable patients in the trilaciclib and control arms, respectively. Longer-term follow-up is required to characterize additional anti-tumor endpoints including median duration of confirmed objective response and PFS, which is the primary endpoint of the study.
Safety is reviewed by the data monitoring committee (DMC) on an ongoing basis, and it has recommended that the study continue as planned. Though early, the safety and tolerability profile of trilaciclib administered prior to chemotherapy is generally consistent with that expected in patients treated with gemcitabine plus cisplatin/carboplatin and avelumab maintenance for previously untreated advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma.
The immunomodulatory mechanism of action of trilaciclib lends itself to longer term anti-tumor efficacy endpoints like PFS, as opposed to shorter term response rate endpoints, as was noted in the Phase 2 trial in triple negative breast cancer (TNBC),' said
Trilaciclib, an IV-administered transient CDK4/6 inhibitor, is a first-in-class therapy designed to preserve bone marrow and immune system function during chemotherapy to improve patient outcomes. Depending on the tumor type and the chemotherapy backbone, this mechanistic profile can drive patient benefits of myeloprotection and/or anti-tumor efficacy. Its mechanism of action of improving overall immune response by improving long term immune surveillance lends itself to longer term endpoints, such as progression free survival.
Phase 2 Trial Design
In this Phase 2 randomized, open-label study, 94 patients with mUC were randomized (1:1) to receive either gemcitabine/platinum chemotherapy (induction phase) followed by avelumab (checkpoint inhibitor) maintenance therapy (maintenance phase) or trilaciclib prior to gemcitabine/platinum chemotherapy followed by trilaciclib plus avelumab maintenance therapy.
The primary endpoint is to evaluate the anti-tumor efficacy of trilaciclib when combined with platinum-based chemotherapy and the checkpoint inhibitor avelumab maintenance therapy as measured by PFS during the overall study. Key secondary endpoints include evaluation of the anti-tumor efficacy of trilaciclib as measured by ORR, duration of objective response, PFS in the maintenance period, overall survival, and probability of survival at Month 16, and evaluation of the myeloprotective effects of trilaciclib on chemotherapy-induced myelosuppression.
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