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Niraparib in Combination With Pembrolizumab in Patients With Triple-negative Breast Cancer or Ovarian Cancer

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Phase
PHASE1, PHASE2
Status at capture
COMPLETED
Registry last update
2022-12-01

This Phase 1/2 study will evaluate the safety and efficacy of combination treatment with niraparib and pembrolizumab (MK-3475) in patients with advanced or metastatic triple-negative breast cancer or recurrent ovarian cancer. (KEYNOTE-162)

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What did the study report?

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baseline

Baseline characteristics

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Phase 1: Number of Participants Reporting Dose-Limiting Toxicities (DLTs)

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Phase 2: Objective Response Rate (ORR) as Measured by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) Version (v) 1.1

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Phase 1: Number of Participants With Treatment Emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs)

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Phase 2: Number of Participants With TEAEs

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Phase 2: Overall Response Rate (ORR) as Measured by Immune-related RECIST (irRECIST)

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Phase 2: Duration of Response (DOR) as Measured by RECIST v1.1

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Phase 2: DOR as Measured by irRECIST

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Phase 2: Disease Control Rate (DCR) as Measured by RECIST v1.1

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Phase 2: DCR as Measured by irRECIST

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Phase 2: Progression Free Survival (PFS) as Measured by RECIST v1.1

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Phase 2: PFS as Measured by irRECIST

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Phase 2: Overall Survival (OS)

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Phase 1: Area Under the Plasma Concentration-time Curve From Time 0 (Predose) to 24 Hours Post Dose (AUC [0-24]) of Niraparib

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Phase 1: AUC (0-24) of Major Metabolite of Niraparib (M1)

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Phase 1: Minimum Observed Plasma Concentration (Cmin) and Maximum Observed Plasma Concentration (Cmax) of Niraparib

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Phase 1: Cmin and Cmax of Major Metabolite of Niraparib (M1)

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Phase 1: Apparent Oral Clearance (CL/F) of Niraparib

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Phase 1: Apparent Oral Clearance (CL/F) of Major Metabolite of Niraparib (M1)

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Phase 1: Volume of Distribution (Vz/F) of Niraparib

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Phase 1: Volume of Distribution (Vz/F) of Major Metabolite of Niraparib (M1)

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Phase 1: AUC at Steady State (AUC,ss) of Niraparib

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Phase 1: AUC,ss of Major Metabolite of Niraparib (M1)

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Phase 1: Minimum Observed Plasma Concentration at Steady State (Cmin,ss) and Maximum Observed Plasma Concentration at Steady State (Cmax,ss) of Niraparib

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Phase 1: Cmin,ss and Cmax,ss of Major Metabolite of Niraparib (M1)

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Phase 2: Plasma Concentrations of Niraparib

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Phase 2: Plasma Concentrations of Major Metabolite of Niraparib (M1)

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Who could take part
eligibility Criteria
Main Inclusion Criteria: * Patient has histologically proven advanced (unresectable) or metastatic cancer as outlined below according to study phase and disease type: 1. Phase 1 patients (breast or ovarian cancer) * Patients with advanced or metastatic breast cancer must have disease that is HER2-negative, estrogen receptor-negative, and progesterone receptor-negative (ie, TNBC). Patients with advanced or metastatic disease may have up to 4 lines of cytotoxic therapy. Neoadjuvant and adjuvant therapies are not counted towards lines of therapy. * Patients must have any epithelial (ie, serous, endometroid, mucinous, clear cell) ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer. Patients must have experienced a response lasting at least 6 months to first-line platinum-based therapy but currently considered to have platinum-resistant disease per investigator's assessment (e.g, patient is not eligible for further platinum containing treatment). Patients may have received up to 5 lines of cytotoxic therapy for advanced or metastatic cancer. Neoadjuvant and adjuvant therapies are not counted towards lines of therapy. 2. Phase 2 patients (breast or ovarian cancer) * Patients with advanced or metastatic breast cancer must have TNBC. Patients with advanced or metastatic disease may have received up to 2 lines of cytotoxic therapy. Adjuvant and/or neoadjuvant therapies are not counted in the number of lines of therapy. TNBC patients who have previously received platinum chemotherapy in the metastatic setting are allowed to enroll in the study as long as they did not progress while on or within 8 weeks from the day of the last platinum administration. * Patients must have with high-grade serous or endometroid ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer. Patients must have experienced a response lasting at least 6 months to first-line platinum-based therapy but currently considered to have platinum-resistant disease per investigator's assessment (e.g, patient is not eligible for further platinum containing treatment). Patients may have had up to 4 lines of cytotoxic therapy for advanced or metastatic cancer. Neoadjuvant, adjuvant, and the combination of both will be considered as one line of therapy. * Archival tumor tissue available or a fresh biopsy must be obtained prior to study treatment initiation * Measurable lesions by RECIST v1.1 * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) 0 or 1 * Adequate organ function * Able to take oral medications * Female patient, if of childbearing potential, has a negative serum pregnancy test within 72 hours of taking study medication and agrees to abstain from activities that could result in pregnancy from enrollment through 120 days after the last dose of study treatment * Male patient agrees to use an adequate method of contraception Main Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with primary platinum refractory ovarian cancer (ie, progressive disease on or within 6 months of first-line platinum therapy) * Known active central nervous system (CNS) metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis Note: Patients previously treated for brain metastases may be able to participate provided they are stable * Patient has a known additional malignancy that progressed or required active treatment within the last 2 years. Exceptions include basal cell carcinoma of the skin, squamous cell carcinoma of the skin that has undergone potentially curative therapy, or in situ cervical cancer * Poor medical risk * Condition (such as transfusion dependent anemia or thrombocytopenia), therapy, or laboratory abnormality that might confound the study results, or interfere with the patient's participation for the full duration of the study treatment. * Pregnant or breastfeeding, or expecting to conceive children within the projected duration of the study * Immunodeficiency or is receiving systemic steroid therapy or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior to the first dose of study treatment * Known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (HIV 1/2 antibodies) * Known active hepatitis B or hepatitis C * Active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in the past 2 years (ie, with use of disease-modifying agents, corticosteroids, or immunosuppressive drugs). Replacement therapy (eg, thyroxine, insulin, or physiologic corticosteroid replacement therapy for adrenal or pituitary insufficiency, etc.) is not considered a form of systemic treatment * Prior treatment with an anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, or anti-PD-L2 agent * Prior treatment with a known poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitor * Heart-rate corrected QT interval (QTc) prolongation \> 470 msec at screening * Known history or current diagnosis of myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) or acute myeloid leukemia (AML)
healthy Volunteers
false
minimum Age
18 Years
sex
ALL
std Ages
  1. ADULT
  2. OLDER_ADULT
Treatment arms and interventions
arm Groups
  1. description
    Phase 1: Dose-escalation: ascending doses of niraparib up to 300mg/day orally (PO) on Days 1-21 and pembrolizumab 200mg intravenously (IV) on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle Phase 2: niraparib (recommended Phase 2 dose) in combination with pembrolizumab 200mg IV on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle
    intervention Names
    1. Drug: niraparib
    2. Biological: pembrolizumab
    label
    niraparib plus pembrolizumab
    type
    EXPERIMENTAL
interventions
  1. arm Group Labels
    1. niraparib plus pembrolizumab
    name
    niraparib
    type
    DRUG
  2. arm Group Labels
    1. niraparib plus pembrolizumab
    name
    pembrolizumab
    type
    BIOLOGICAL
Study design
allocation
NA
intervention Model
SINGLE_GROUP
masking Info
masking
NONE
primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Enrollment
count
122
type
ACTUAL
Registered outcome plans (not posted results)
primary Outcomes
  1. description
    DLTs are defined as: Any treatment-related Grade \>=3 non-hematologic clinical (non-laboratory) adverse event (AE); Any treatment-related Grade 3 or Grade 4 non-hematologic laboratory (lab) abnormality if Medical intervention is required to treat the participant or the abnormality leads to hospitalization or the abnormality persists for \>=7 days; Any treatment-related hematologic toxicity specifically defined as: Thrombocytopenia Grade 4 for \>=7 days, or Grade 3 or 4 associated with bleeding or requiring platelet transfusion, Neutropenia Grade 4 for \>=7 days, or Grade 3 or 4 associated with infection or febrile neutropenia, Anemia Grade 4, or Grade 3 or 4 requiring blood transfusion; Any treatment-related AE leading to niraparib dose interruption per the following criteria: A dose interruption for a non-DLT lab abnormality lasting \>=14 days, A dose in interruption per dose modification rules for non-hematologic AE leading to \<80 percent (%) of an intended dose being administered.
    measure
    Phase 1: Number of Participants Reporting Dose-Limiting Toxicities (DLTs)
    time Frame
    During Cycle 1, ie, during the first 21 days of treatment
  2. description
    ORR is defined as the percentage of participants with a confirmed best overall response of Complete Response (CR) or Partial Response (PR), RECIST v1.1 for target lesions as assessed by the Investigator. CR is defined as disappearance of all target lesions, Any pathological lymph nodes must be \<10 millimeters (mm) in the short axis; PR is defined as at least a 30% decrease in the sum of the diameters of target lesions, taking as reference the Baseline sum diameters.
    measure
    Phase 2: Objective Response Rate (ORR) as Measured by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) Version (v) 1.1
    time Frame
    Up to 40 weeks
secondary Outcomes
  1. description
    An adverse event was any untoward medical occurrence that occurs in a participant or clinical investigation participant administered a pharmaceutical product, and which does not necessarily have to have a causal relationship with this treatment. TEAEs were any new AE that begins, or any pre-existing condition that worsens in severity, after at least 1 dose of study treatment has been administered.
    measure
    Phase 1: Number of Participants With Treatment Emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs)
    time Frame
    Up to a maximum of 22 months
  2. description
    An adverse event was any untoward medical occurrence that occurs in a participant or clinical investigation participant administered a pharmaceutical product, and which does not necessarily have to have a causal relationship with this treatment. TEAEs were any new AE that begins, or any pre-existing condition that worsens in severity, after at least 1 dose of study treatment has been administered.
    measure
    Phase 2: Number of Participants With TEAEs
    time Frame
    Up to a maximum of 54 months
  3. description
    ORR by irRECIST is defined as the percentage of participants with a confirmed best overall response of CR or PR using irRECIST. Immune related complete response (irCR) is defined as at least two radiographic determinations of CR, at least 4 weeks apart and before Immune related progressive disease (irPD - defined as at least two consecutive radiographic determinations of progressive disease \[PD\] at least 4 weeks apart) at least 4 weeks apart. Immune related partial response (irPR) defined as at least two radiographic determinations of PR or better at least 4 weeks apart and before irPD (and not qualifying for an irCR).
    measure
    Phase 2: Overall Response Rate (ORR) as Measured by Immune-related RECIST (irRECIST)
    time Frame
    Up to a maximum of 54 months
  4. description
    DoR per RECIST v1.1 was defined as the time from first documented evidence of CR or PR until first documented disease progression per RECIST v1.1 based upon investigator assessment or death due to any cause, whichever occurs first, among participants who demonstrated CR or PR as the best overall response per RECIST v1.1. CR is defined as disappearance of all target lesions. Any pathological lymph nodes must be \<10 millimeters (mm) in the short axis. PR is defined as at least a 30% decrease in the sum of the diameters of target lesions, taking as reference the Baseline sum diameters.
    measure
    Phase 2: Duration of Response (DOR) as Measured by RECIST v1.1
    time Frame
    Up to a maximum of 54 months
  5. description
    DOR was defined as the time from the initial response (irCR, irPR or irSD) to progression or death, whichever occurs first. Response was to be assessed using the irRECIST. Immune related complete response (irCR) is at least two radiographic determinations of CR at least 4 weeks apart and before Immune related progressive disease (irPD - defined as at least two consecutive radiographic determinations of PD at least 4 weeks apart) at least 4 weeks apart. Immune related partial response (irPR) defined as at least two radiographic determinations of PR or better at least 4 weeks apart and before irPD (and not qualifying for an irCR).
    measure
    Phase 2: DOR as Measured by irRECIST
    time Frame
    Up to a maximum of 54 months
  6. description
    DCR is defined as the percentage of participants who achieved a CR or PR or stable disease (SD) using RECIST (v1.1) as assessed by the investigator.
    measure
    Phase 2: Disease Control Rate (DCR) as Measured by RECIST v1.1
    time Frame
    Up to 40 weeks
  7. description
    DCR is percentage of participants achieving best overall response of confirmed irCR, irPR, or immune-related stable disease (irSD) (lasting at least 5 weeks), according to irRECIST from the first dose date until disease progression/recurrence.
    measure
    Phase 2: DCR as Measured by irRECIST
    time Frame
    Up to a maximum of 54 months
  8. description
    PFS is defined as the time from first dose of study treatment to the earlier date of assessment of progression or death by any cause in the absence of progression based on the time of first documentation of disease progression per RECIST v1.1. Progression is defined using RECIST v1.1 as a 20% increase in the sum of the diameter of target lesions or unequivocal progression of existing non-target lesions or the appearance of one or more new lesions.
    measure
    Phase 2: Progression Free Survival (PFS) as Measured by RECIST v1.1
    time Frame
    Up to a maximum of 54 months
  9. description
    Progression free survival is defined as the duration of time from the date of study enrollment until time of disease relapse, disease progression, or death, whichever comes first. Progression was to be assessed using the Immune Related Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (irRECIST). Immune related progressive disease (irPD) is defined as at least two consecutive radiographic determinations of progressive disease (PD - e.g., appearance of one or more new lesions) at least 4 weeks apart).
    measure
    Phase 2: PFS as Measured by irRECIST
    time Frame
    Up to a maximum of 54 months
  10. description
    OS is defined as the time from date of first dose of study treatment to the date of death by any cause.
    measure
    Phase 2: Overall Survival (OS)
    time Frame
    Up to a maximum of 54 months
  11. description
    Blood samples were collected at indicated time points. Pharmacokinetic (PK) analysis of Niraparib was conducted using standard non-compartmental analysis.
    measure
    Phase 1: Area Under the Plasma Concentration-time Curve From Time 0 (Predose) to 24 Hours Post Dose (AUC [0-24]) of Niraparib
    time Frame
    Pre-dose and 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 24 Hours post-dose on Cycle 1 Day 1 (each cycle of 21 days)
  12. description
    Blood samples were collected at indicated time points. Pharmacokinetic analysis of major metabolite of Niraparib (M1) was conducted using standard non-compartmental analysis.
    measure
    Phase 1: AUC (0-24) of Major Metabolite of Niraparib (M1)
    time Frame
    Pre-dose and 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 24 Hours post-dose on Cycle 1 Day 1 (each cycle of 21 days)
Full study description
brief Summary
This Phase 1/2 study will evaluate the safety and efficacy of combination treatment with niraparib and pembrolizumab (MK-3475) in patients with advanced or metastatic triple-negative breast cancer or recurrent ovarian cancer. (KEYNOTE-162)
Source references
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  1. citation
    Farkkila A, Gulhan DC, Casado J, Jacobson CA, Nguyen H, Kochupurakkal B, Maliga Z, Yapp C, Chen YA, Schapiro D, Zhou Y, Graham JR, Dezube BJ, Munster P, Santagata S, Garcia E, Rodig S, Lako A, Chowdhury D, Shapiro GI, Matulonis UA, Park PJ, Hautaniemi S, Sorger PK, Swisher EM, D'Andrea AD, Konstantinopoulos PA. Immunogenomic profiling determines responses to combined PARP and PD-1 inhibition in ovarian cancer. Nat Commun. 2020 Mar 19;11(1):1459. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-15315-8.
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    Vinayak S, Tolaney SM, Schwartzberg L, Mita M, McCann G, Tan AR, Wahner-Hendrickson AE, Forero A, Anders C, Wulf GM, Dillon P, Lynce F, Zarwan C, Erban JK, Zhou Y, Buerstatte N, Graham JR, Arora S, Dezube BJ, Telli ML. Open-label Clinical Trial of Niraparib Combined With Pembrolizumab for Treatment of Advanced or Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. JAMA Oncol. 2019 Aug 1;5(8):1132-1140. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2019.1029.
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