PHOENIX Trial: A pre-surgical window of opportunity and post-surgical adjuvant biomarker study of DNA damage response inhibition and/or anti-PD-L1 immunotherapy in patients with neoadjuvant chemotherapy resistant residual triple negative breast cancer

Study ID: 40609
Short Title: PHOENIX
Trust Name: UHD
Recruitment Site: Royal Bournemouth Hospital
Disease Area: Breast cancer
Phase: II
Expected End Date: 31/03/2024
Postcode: BH15 2JB
Contact Name: Amanda Pattie
Contact Email: studysupport1and3.crnwessex@nihr.ac.uk
Active: Yes

Inclusion criteria, exclusion criteria and study summary

INCLUSION CRITERIA FOR TRIAL REGISTRATION: 1. Signed Informed Consent Form (ICF) for Trial Registration; 2. Aged > = 18 years old; 3. Histologically confirmed invasive triple negative breast cancer (TNBC). TNBC defined as ER negative, PgR negative (ER and PgR negative as defined by Allred score 0/8, 1/8 or 2/8 or stain in < 1% of cancer cells) or PgR unavailable, and HER2 negative (immunohistochemistry 0/1+ or negative in situ hybridization) as determined by local laboratory and recorded in the patients notes; 4. Planned definitive surgical treatment after at least 6 cycles of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT); 5. Radiographically measurable tumour mass assessable for new distinct radio-opaque marker insertion and repeated biopsies on the NACT mid-assessment standard of care imaging modality; 6. Eastern Oncology Cooperative Group (ECOG) performance status 0-1; 7. Considered fit enough to have breast cancer surgery with curative intent; 8. Considered fit to complete at least 2 weeks of pre-operative trial treatment in the WOP; 9. Patients must be suitable for a mandatory pre-treatment baseline biopsy performed Day -1 or 1 of the window of opportunity (WOP) and a post-treatment biopsy performed on Day 14 of the WOP. Registered patients who are approached for Trial Entry will be required to consent to the pre- and post- WOP treatment biopsy. If it is deemed unsafe to proceed with biopsy upon Trial Entry the patient will not be eligible for participation in the trial. 10. Patients with clinical stage II disease or clinical suspicion of metastatic disease must have staging studies as per standard of care to exclude metastatic disease (axillary lymph nodes or internal mammary node involvement will not be regarded as evidence of metastatic disease); 11. Patients with stage III disease must have staging studies as per standard of care at any point after diagnosis but before Trial Registration, to exclude metastatic disease (axillary lymph nodes or internal mammary node involvement will not be regarded as evidence of metastatic disease), even if asymptomatic. 12. Patients with previous invasive cancers (including breast cancer) are eligible if the treatment was completed > 5 years prior to Trial Registration, and there is no evidence of recurrent disease; 13. Absence of any psychological, familial, sociological or geographical condition potentially hampering compliance with the trial protocol and follow-up schedule; those conditions should be discussed with the patient before Trial Registration; 14. Patients must be: a) surgically sterile (i.e. if female have undergone a hysterectomy, bilateral salpingectomy or bilateral oophorectomy; if male have undergone a bilateral orchidectomy); b) have a sterilised sole partner; or c) be post-menopausal; or d) must agree to practice total/true abstinence; or e) use a condom and one highly effective form of contraception in combination during the period of trial treatment and be willing to do so for a period of at least 6 months following the end of trial treatment. Post-menopausal is defined in Protocol Section 6.3.1. INCLUSION CRITERIA FOR TRIAL ENTRY: 1. Signed Informed Consent Form (ICF) for Trial Entry; 2. Residual disease is confirmed as at least one viable disease focus > = 1cm on trial-specific imaging performed at least 1 week following day 1 of the final cycle of NACT. 3. Recovery from all acute adverse events of prior NACT to baseline or NCI CTCAE Grade < = 1, except for alopecia. Patients with irreversible toxicity not reasonably expected to be exacerbated by trial treatment may be included only after consultation with the CI or Coordinating Investigator. 4. Patients must have adequate haematological, renal and hepatic function as defined in Protocol Section 9.1.1. 5. Women of childbearing potential must have a confirmed menstrual period and a negative urinary or serum pregnancy test prior to Trial Entry. This should be repeated as applicable to ensure a negative pregnancy test is performed within 3 days prior to commencing trial treatment (or on the day of planned trial treatment for Cohort C) 6. Confirmation that all Trial Registration inclusion criteria listed in Section 6.3.1 remain satisfied.

EXCLUSION CRITERIA FOR TRIAL REGISTRATION: 1. Definitive evidence of metastatic disease (axillary lymph nodes or internal mammary node involvement will not be regarded as evidence of metastatic disease); 2. Patients with bilateral tumours; 3. History of another primary malignancy within the last 5 years prior to Trial Registration, except for: a. Adequately treated non-melanoma skin cancer or lentigo maligna without evidence of disease; b. Adequately treated carcinoma in situ without evidence of disease; 4. Patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)/acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) or with features suggestive of MDS/AML; 5. Severe concurrent disease, infection or co-morbidity that, in the judgment of the local Investigator, would make the patient inappropriate for Trial Registration; 6. Resting ECG with QTc > 470msec for females and > 450 msec for men on 2 or more time points within a 24 hour period, factors which increase the risk of QTc prolongation or family history of long QT syndrome; 7. A diagnosis of ataxia telangiectasia; 8. Patients unable to swallow orally administered medication; 9. Patients receiving formal anti-coagulation treatment; 10. Patients with gastrointestinal disorder affecting absorption; 11. History of seizure or any condition that may predispose to seizure; 12. Other non-malignant systemic disease that would preclude trial treatment or would prevent required follow-up; 13. Pregnant or breast-feeding; 14. Prior exposure to ATR inhibitor (including AZD6738), PARP inhibitor (including olaparib), anti-PD-1 or anti-PDL1 immunotherapy (including durvalumab); 15. Any other disease(s), psychiatric condition, metabolic dysfunction, or findings from a physical examination or clinical laboratory test result that in the investigators opinion would cause reasonable suspicion of a disease or condition, that contraindicates the use of trial treatment, that may increase the risk associated with trial participation, that may affect the interpretation of the results, or that would make this trial inappropriate for the patient; 16. Patients with a known hypersensitivity to the trial treatments or any excipients of the products; 17. Previous allogenic bone marrow transplant or double umbilical cord blood transplantation (dUCBT); 18. Active or prior documented autoimmune or inflammatory disorders (examples & exceptions are listed in Protocol Section 6.3.1). 19. Active infection including tuberculosis (TB), hepatitis B, hepatitis C (HCV), or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) as described in Protocol Section 6.3.1. EXCLUSION CRITERIA FOR TRIAL ENTRY: 1. History of clinically significant or uncontrolled cardiovascular disease as described in Protocol Section 9.1.2; 2. History of loss of consciousness or transient ischemic attack within 12 months prior to Trial Entry; 3. Patients with Grade > = 2 neuropathy, as defined by NCI CTCAE v5.0 will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis after consultation with the CI or Coordinating Investigator; 4. Major surgery (excluding minor procedures, e.g. placement of vascular access) within 2 weeks prior to Trial Entry. Patients must have recovered from any effects of any major surgery prior to commencing trial treatment. 5.Use of any investigational agent within 30 days prior to commencing trial treatment. 6. Concomitant use of known strong CYP3A inhibitors. 7. Concomitant use of known strong CYP3A inducers. The required washout period prior to commencing trial treatment is 5 weeks; 8. Whole blood infusion or erythropoietin within 28 days prior to trial entry (packed red blood cells and platelet transfusions are acceptable); 9. Current or prior use of immunosuppressive medication within 14 days prior to commencing trial treatment, with the exception of intranasal and inhaled corticosteroids or systemic corticosteroids at physiological doses, which are not to exceed 10 mg/day of prednisolone, or an equivalent corticosteroid. 10. Receipt of live attenuated vaccine within 30 days prior to commencing trial treatment. 11. Confirmation that none of the Trial Registration exclusion criteria listed in Section 6.3.2 are met.

Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) can have a high/moderate risk of returning (relapsing) after standard treatment; usually within the first 2 years after finishing treatment. In some patients with TNBC who receive chemotherapy before surgery, if there is cancer remaining after chemotherapy (called residual disease) that risk of relapse is higher. PHOENIX aims to investigate the biology of this residual disease in the 2-week time window between completing chemotherapy and surgery to see if giving trial treatment in this window changes the biology of the cancer. TNBC patients who have cancer remaining at their mid-point assessment during chemotherapy will be invited to register for PHOENIX. After registration, a post-chemotherapy MRI scan will confirm presence of residual disease and eligible patients will be randomly allocated into a cohort: Cohort A: standard care (no trial treatment) Cohort B: AZD6738 Cohort C: olaparib Cohort D: durvalumab A pre-treatment research biopsy and blood sample will be collected, followed by trial treatment before surgery. After trial treatment, a second research biopsy and blood sample will be collected. Pre- and post-treatment samples will be compared to see if there is a difference that may provide an early signal that warrants further investigation of the trial treatment. Patients may resume trial treatment after surgery for a period of 12 months (adjuvant treatment) to investigate whether any signals seen in the tumour/blood after short exposure to trial treatment prior to surgery are also seen after longer exposure to trial treatment in the adjuvant setting.

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