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Abstract
Introduction/Background Primary results from the ANITA (NCT03598270) phase 3 trial in patients with late-relapsing recurrent ovarian cancer showed no progression-free survival (PFS) improvement with the addition of atezolizumab to platinum-based chemotherapy and maintenance niraparib in the intent-to-treat population [González-Martín ESMO 2023]. Subgroup analyses of PFS suggested divergent effects according to BRCA mutation status.
Methodology Patients with measurable high-grade serous, endometrioid or undifferentiated recurrent ovarian cancer, 1–2 prior chemotherapy lines and a platinum-free interval (TFIp) >6 months were randomised 1:1 to a carboplatin doublet plus either atezolizumab (1200 mg every 3 weeks or equivalent) or placebo for 6 cycles, followed (in patients without progression) by maintenance niraparib with continued atezolizumab or placebo until disease progression. Stratification factors were investigator-selected carboplatin doublet, TFIp, BRCA status and PD-L1 status. Efficacy according to BRCA mutation status was a secondary endpoint.
Results BRCA mutations were detected in 63 (15%; germline 10%, somatic 5%) of 417 randomised patients, with some imbalances in baseline characteristics between treatment arms (table 1). Compared with the BRCA-non-mutated population, the BRCA-mutated population included more patients with prior PARP inhibitor (PARPi) exposure and/or TFIp >12 months. In the BRCA-mutated subgroup, median PFS, objective response rate (ORR) and median maintenance PFS numerically favoured atezolizumab-containing therapy, whereas hazard ratios favoured the standard arm.
Conclusion The BRCA-mutated subgroup showed a higher ORR and longer median PFS and maintenance PFS with atezolizumab-containing therapy versus chemotherapy and niraparib alone, but with unfavourable hazard ratios. The small patient numbers in this subgroup limit interpretation and may contribute to the apparent discordance.
Disclosures Study drug and funding for this investigator-initiated study are provided by F. Hoffmann-La Roche and GSK.
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Baseline characteristics and outcomes according to BRCA mutation status and treatment