Assessment of the Feasibility and Safety of Durvalumab for Treatment of Solid Tumors in Patients With HIV-1 Infection: The Phase 2 DURVAST Study.


Por: Gonzalez-Cao M, Morán T, Dalmau J, Garcia-Corbacho J, Bracht JWP, Bernabe R, Juan O, de Castro J, Blanco R, Drozdowskyj A, Argilaguet J, Meyerhans A, Blanco J, Prado JG, Carrillo J, Clotet B, Massuti B, Provencio M, Molina-Vila MA, Mayo de Las Casa C, Garzon M, Cao P, Huang CY, Martinez-Picado J and Rosell R

Publicada: 1 jul 2020
Resumen:
IMPORTANCE: Therapies targeting the programmed cell death 1 (PD-1) receptor or its ligand (PD-L1), such as the humanized monoclonal antibody durvalumab, have shown durable clinical responses in several tumor types. However, concerns about the safety and feasibility of PD-1/PD-L1 blockade in HIV-1-infected individuals have led to the exclusion of these patients from clinical trials on cancer immunotherapies. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the feasibility and safety of durvalumab treatment in patients with advanced cancer and virologically controlled HIV-1 infection. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: The DURVAST study was a nonrandomized, open-label, phase 2 clinical trial in patients with any solid tumor type in which anti-PD-1 or anti-PD-L1 antibodies have approved indications or for which there are data of antitumoral activity with no other available curative therapy. All patients had basal undetectable plasma viremia while undergoing combination antiretroviral therapy. INTERVENTIONS: Treatment consisted of intravenous infusion of durvalumab (1500 mg every 4 weeks) until disease progression or unacceptable toxic effects. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES: Adverse events were graded with the use of the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events, version 4.03. Tumor response was evaluated using the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors version 1.1. RESULTS: A total of 20 HIV-1-infected patients with advanced cancer were enrolled; 16 (80%) were male, the median (range) age was 54 (30-73) years, and 12 (60%) had progressed with previous cancer treatment lines. A median (range) of 4 (1-16) cycles of durvalumab were administered. Drug-related adverse events were observed in 50% of patients, and all were grade 1 and 2 (mainly diarrhea, asthenia, and arthromyalgia). Four of 16 response-evaluable patients (25%) had a partial response. Five patients (31%) had stable disease, including 4 with durable stable disease (disease control rate of 50%). CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell counts and plasma HIV-1 viremia remained stable throughout the study. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: Durvalumab treatment was feasible and safe in HIV-1-infected patients with cancer receiving combination antiretroviral therapy. HIV-1-infected patients on suppressive antiretroviral therapy with advanced cancer should have access to cancer immunotherapy treatments. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03094286.

Filiaciones:
Gonzalez-Cao M:
 Translational Cancer Research Unit, Instituto Oncológico Dr Rosell, Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain

Morán T:
 Medical Oncology Department, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital, Badalona, Spain

Dalmau J:
 IrsiCaixa AIDS Research Institute, University Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain

Garcia-Corbacho J:
 ICMHO, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain

Bracht JWP:
 Translational Cancer Research Unit, Instituto Oncológico Dr Rosell, Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain

Bernabe R:
 Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, Spain

Juan O:
 Hospital Universitario la Fe de Valencia, Valencia, Spain

de Castro J:
 Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain

Blanco R:
 Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain

Drozdowskyj A:
 Translational Cancer Research Unit, Instituto Oncológico Dr Rosell, Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain

Argilaguet J:
 Infection Biology Laboratory, University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain

Meyerhans A:
 Infection Biology Laboratory, University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain

 Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain

Blanco J:
 IrsiCaixa AIDS Research Institute, University Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain

 University of Vic-Central University of Catalonia (UVic-UCC), Vic, Spain

 Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute and Hospital (IGTP), Badalona, Spain

Prado JG:
 IrsiCaixa AIDS Research Institute, University Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain

 Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute and Hospital (IGTP), Badalona, Spain

Carrillo J:
 IrsiCaixa AIDS Research Institute, University Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain

Clotet B:
 IrsiCaixa AIDS Research Institute, University Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain

 University of Vic-Central University of Catalonia (UVic-UCC), Vic, Spain

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 Alicante University Hospital, Alicante, Spain

Provencio M:
 Puerta de Hierro Hospital, Madrid, Spain

Molina-Vila MA:
 Translational Cancer Research Unit, Instituto Oncológico Dr Rosell, Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain

Mayo de Las Casa C:
 Translational Cancer Research Unit, Instituto Oncológico Dr Rosell, Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain

Garzon M:
 Translational Cancer Research Unit, Instituto Oncológico Dr Rosell, Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain

Cao P:
 Affiliated Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China

 Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China

Huang CY:
 NanoString Technologies, Seattle, Washington

Martinez-Picado J:
 IrsiCaixa AIDS Research Institute, University Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain

 Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain

 Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute and Hospital (IGTP), Badalona, Spain

Rosell R:
 Translational Cancer Research Unit, Instituto Oncológico Dr Rosell, Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain

 Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute and Hospital (IGTP), Badalona, Spain
ISSN: 23742437





JAMA Oncology
Editorial
American Medical Association, 330 N WABASH AVE, STE 39300, CHICAGO, IL 60611-5885 USA, Estados Unidos America
Tipo de documento: Article
Volumen: 6 Número: 7
Páginas: 1063-1067
WOS Id: 000552068600017
ID de PubMed: 32271353
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