Avelumab With Binimetinib, Sacituzumab Govitecan, or Liposomal Doxorubicin in Treating Stage IV or Unresectable, Recurrent Triple Negative Breast Cancer

Description

This phase II trial studies how well the combination of avelumab with liposomal doxorubicin with or without binimetinib, or the combination of avelumab with sacituzumab govitecan works in treating patients with triple negative breast cancer that is stage IV or is not able to be removed by surgery (unresectable) and has come back (recurrent). Immunotherapy with checkpoint inhibitors like avelumab require activation of the patient's immune system. This trial includes a two week induction or lead-in of medications that can stimulate the immune system. It is our hope that this induction will improve the response to immunotherapy with avelumab. One treatment, sacituzumab Govitecan, is a monoclonal antibody called sacituzumab linked to a chemotherapy drug called SN-38. Sacituzumab govitecan is a form of targeted therapy because it attaches to specific molecules (receptors) on the surface of tumor cells, known as Tumor-associated calcium signal transducer 2 (TROP2) receptors, and delivers SN-38 to kill them. Another treatment, liposomal doxorubicin, is a form of the anticancer drug doxorubicin that is contained in very tiny, fat-like particles. It may have fewer side effects and work better than doxorubicin, and may enhance factors associated with immune response. The third medication is called binimetinib, which may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth, and may help activate the immune system. It is not yet known whether giving avelumab in combination with liposomal doxorubicin with or without binimetinib, or the combination of avelumab with sacituzumab govitecan will work better in treating patients with triple negative breast cancer.

Conditions

Stage III Breast Cancer, Stage IIIA Breast Cancer, Stage IIIB Breast Cancer, Stage IIIC Breast Cancer, Stage IV Breast Cancer, Invasive Breast Carcinoma, Recurrent Breast Carcinoma, Triple-Negative Breast Carcinoma, Unresectable Breast Carcinoma

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

This phase II trial studies how well the combination of avelumab with liposomal doxorubicin with or without binimetinib, or the combination of avelumab with sacituzumab govitecan works in treating patients with triple negative breast cancer that is stage IV or is not able to be removed by surgery (unresectable) and has come back (recurrent). Immunotherapy with checkpoint inhibitors like avelumab require activation of the patient's immune system. This trial includes a two week induction or lead-in of medications that can stimulate the immune system. It is our hope that this induction will improve the response to immunotherapy with avelumab. One treatment, sacituzumab Govitecan, is a monoclonal antibody called sacituzumab linked to a chemotherapy drug called SN-38. Sacituzumab govitecan is a form of targeted therapy because it attaches to specific molecules (receptors) on the surface of tumor cells, known as Tumor-associated calcium signal transducer 2 (TROP2) receptors, and delivers SN-38 to kill them. Another treatment, liposomal doxorubicin, is a form of the anticancer drug doxorubicin that is contained in very tiny, fat-like particles. It may have fewer side effects and work better than doxorubicin, and may enhance factors associated with immune response. The third medication is called binimetinib, which may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth, and may help activate the immune system. It is not yet known whether giving avelumab in combination with liposomal doxorubicin with or without binimetinib, or the combination of avelumab with sacituzumab govitecan will work better in treating patients with triple negative breast cancer.

Innovative Combination Immunotherapy for Metastatic Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC): A Multicenter, Multi-Arm Translational Breast Cancer Research Consortium Study

Avelumab With Binimetinib, Sacituzumab Govitecan, or Liposomal Doxorubicin in Treating Stage IV or Unresectable, Recurrent Triple Negative Breast Cancer

Condition
Stage III Breast Cancer
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Birmingham

O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center, Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35294

San Francisco

University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States, 94143

Washington

Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 20057

Evergreen Park

University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center, Evergreen Park, Illinois, United States, 60805

Baltimore

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21218

Boston

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02215

Rochester

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905

Chapel Hill

UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, 27599

Durham

Duke Cancer Institute, Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27710

Philadelphia

Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • 1. Signed and dated written informed consent
  • 2. Subjects \>= 18 years of age
  • 3. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0 or 1
  • 4. Clinical stage IV invasive breast cancer or unresectable locoregional recurrence of invasive breast cancer meeting the following criteria:
  • * Estrogen receptor (ER)/progesterone receptor (PR)-negative (=\< 5% cells) by immunohistochemistry (IHC) and human epidermal grow (HER2) negative (by IHC or fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH))
  • * Measurable disease as defined by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) version 1.1 criteria and which can be followed by computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). A measurable lytic bone lesion(s) and/or skin lesion(s) are allowed. Skin lesions must also be followed by photography with measuring tools within the photograph at each tumor evaluation time point. Ultrasound may be used to follow breast lesions not visible by CT following discussion with Study Chair
  • * Amenable to biopsy at the time of study entry
  • * Known tumor/immune cell PD-L1 status by any assay
  • 5. Adequate organ function including:
  • * Cardiac ejection fraction at or above the institutional lower limit of normal, as assessed by either echocardiogram or multigated acquisition (MUGA) scan
  • * Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) \>= 1.0 x 10\^9/L (may have received growth factor)
  • * Platelets \>= 100 x 10\^9/L
  • * Hemoglobin \>= 9 g/dL (may have been transfused)
  • * Total serum bilirubin =\< 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • * Aspartate aminotransferase (AST/serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT)) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT/serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase (SGPT)) =\< 2.5 x ULN (or =\< 5 x ULN if liver metastases are present)
  • * Serum creatinine =\< 1.5 x ULN or estimated creatinine clearance \>= 50 mL/min as calculated using the Cockcroft-Gault (CG) equation
  • * Prothrombin time (PT)/international normalized ratio (INR) =\< 1.5 x ULN
  • * Amylase =\< 1 x ULN testing is only required in patients with a history of pancreatic disorders (Abnormality not of pancreatic origin is allowed)
  • * Participants with treated and controlled hypo or hyperthyroidism are eligible.
  • 6. Male and female patients of childbearing potential must agree to use at least two methods of acceptable contraception from 15 days prior to first trial treatment administration until at least 30 days after study participant's final dose of study drug(s)
  • 7. Patients unable to read/write in English are eligible to participate in the overall study but will not participate in the Patient-Reported Outcome questionnaires throughout the trial.
  • 8. Re-enrollment of a subject that has discontinued the study as a pre-randomization screen failure (i.e., a consented patient who was not randomized and did not receive any study treatment) is permitted. If re-enrolled, the subject must be re-consented. Only the screening procedures performed outside of protocol-specified timing must be repeated; if biopsies and correlative blood samples were already obtained, and patient has not received any systemic anti-cancer therapy since they were obtained, they do not need to be repeated.
  • 1. More than 2 lines of chemotherapy in the metastatic setting
  • 2. More than 1 prior line of checkpoint inhibitor therapy in the metastatic setting
  • 3. Prior treatment with sacituzumab, govitecan
  • 4. Concurrent anticancer therapy. Required washout from prior therapies are as follows:
  • * Chemotherapy: \>= 14 days: antibody drug conjugants administered every 3 weeks require a 3-week washout.
  • * Major surgery: \>=14 days (provided wound healing is adequate)
  • * Radiation: \>= 7 days
  • * Investigational/biologic therapy (half-life =\< 40 hours): \>= 14 days
  • * Investigational/biologic therapy (half-life \> 40 hours): \>= 28 days
  • * Use of corticosteroids or immunosuppressive medication is exclusionary, except the following in the absence of active autoimmune disease:
  • * Subjects are permitted the use of corticosteroids with minimal systemic absorption (e.g. topical, ocular, intra-articular, intranasal, and inhaled)
  • * Systemic corticosteroids at physiologic doses =\< 10 mg/day of prednisone or equivalent are permitted
  • * Adrenal replacement steroid doses including doses \> 10 mg daily prednisone are permitted
  • * A brief (less than 3 weeks) course of corticosteroids for prophylaxis (e.g. CT scan premedication against contrast dye allergy) or for treatment of nonautoimmune conditions (e.g. delayed-type hypersensitivity reaction caused by a contact allergen) is permitted
  • 5. Previous malignant disease other than breast cancer within the last 5 years, with the exception of basal or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, cervical carcinoma in situ, or low-risk cancers considered curatively treated (i.e. complete remission achieved at least 2 years prior to first dose of study drugs AND additional therapy not required while receiving study treatment)
  • 6. All subjects with central nervous system metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis, except those meeting the following criteria::
  • * Brain metastases that have been treated locally and are clinically stable for at least 2 weeks prior to enrollment
  • * No ongoing neurological symptoms that are related to the brain localization of the disease (sequelae that are a consequence of the treatment of the brain metastases are acceptable)
  • * Subjects must be either off steroids or on a stable or decreasing dose of =\< 10 mg daily prednisone (or equivalent)
  • 7. Receipt of any organ transplantation including allogeneic stem-cell transplantation
  • 8. Significant acute or chronic infections including, among others:
  • * Known history of testing positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS); testing is not required for this protocol.
  • * A history of a positive test for hepatitis B virus (HBV) surface antigen (and/or core antibody) and/or confirmatory hepatitis C virus (HCV) ribonucleic acid (RNA) (if anti-HCV antibody tested positive); testing is not required for this protocol
  • 9. Active autoimmune disease with reasonable possibility of clinically significant deterioration when receiving an immunostimulatory agent, per investigator discretion:
  • * Subjects requiring hormone replacement with corticosteroids are eligible if the steroids are administered only for the purpose of hormonal replacement and at doses =\< 10 mg or 10 mg equivalent prednisone per day
  • * Administration of steroids through a route known to result in a minimal systemic exposure (topical, intranasal, intro-ocular, or inhalation) is acceptable
  • 10. History of interstitial lung disease that is symptomatic or which may interfere with the detection or management of suspected drug-related pulmonary toxicity
  • 11. Uncontrolled asthma (defined as having 3 or more of the following features of partially controlled asthma within 28 days prior to starting study treatment: Daytime symptoms more than twice per week, any limitation of activities, any nocturnal symptoms/awaking, need for reliever/rescue inhaler more than twice per week, or known lung function \[peak expiratory flow (PEF) or forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1)\] without administration of a bronchodilator that is \< 80% predicted or personal best \[if known\])
  • 12. Current symptomatic congestive heart failure (New York Heart Association \> class II), unstable cardiac arrhythmia requiring therapy (e.g. medication or pacemaker), unstable angina (e.g. new, worsening or persistent chest discomfort), uncontrolled hypertension (systolic \> 160 mmHg or diastolic \> 100mmHg), or known cardiac ejection fraction below the lower limit of institutional normal. Or any of the following occurring within 6 months (180 days) prior to first dose of avelumab: Myocardial infarction, coronary/peripheral artery bypass graft, cerebrovascular accident or transient ischemic attack. (Use of antihypertensive medication to control blood pressure is allowed.)
  • 13. Patients who have neuromuscular disorders that are associated with elevated creatine kinase (CK)
  • 14. History of acute or chronic pancreatitis
  • 15. History or current evidence of retinal vein occlusion (RVO), or current risk factors for RVO including uncontrolled glaucoma, ocular hypertension, history of hyperviscosity, or hypercoagulability syndromes (patients with a history of pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis (DVT) are allowed on study if they are also on anticoagulation as noted in (16) below) ; history of retinal degenerative disease.
  • 16. Requirement of anticoagulant therapy with oral vitamin K antagonists such as Coumadin (warfarin). Low-dose anticoagulants for the maintenance of patency in a central venous access device or the prevention of deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism is allowed. Therapeutic use of low molecular weight heparin or factor Xa inhibitors are allowed provided patients are safely able to interrupt it prior to biopsy procedures.
  • 17. Persisting toxicity related to prior therapy that has not reduced to grade 1 (National Cancer Institute Common Toxicity Criteria for Adverse Events (NCI CTCAE) version 5.0); however, alopecia and sensory neuropathy grade =\< 2 is acceptable
  • 18. Known severe (grade \>= 3 NCI-CTCAE v5.0) hypersensitivity reactions to monoclonal antibodies, or history of anaphylaxis
  • 19. Vaccination within 28 days of the first dose of study drugs and while on trial is prohibited, except for administration of inactivated vaccines (for example, inactivated influenza vaccine)
  • 20. Pregnant or breastfeeding females
  • 21. Known current alcohol or drug abuse
  • 22. Prisoners or subjects who are involuntarily incarcerated
  • 23. Known psychiatric condition, social circumstance, or other medical condition reasonably judged by the patient's study physician to unacceptably increase the risk of study participation; or to prohibit the understanding or rendering of informed consent or anticipated compliance with scheduled visits, treatment schedule, laboratory tests and other study requirements.

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Hope Rugo, MD,

Hope Rugo, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of California, San Francisco

Study Record Dates

2025-06-30