PHOENIX DDR/Anti-PD-L1 Trial: A Pre-surgical Window of Opportunity and Post-surgical Adjuvant Biomarker Study of DNA Damage Response Inhibition With or Without Anti-PD-L1 Immunotherapy in Patients With Neoadjuvant Treatment Resistant Residual Triple Negative Breast Cancer

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 2
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorInstitute of Cancer Research, United Kingdom

About this trial

PHOENIX is a window of opportunity (WOP), open-label, multi-centre, phase IIa trial comprising multiple non-comparative treatment cohorts with patient allocation via minimisation (cohorts A-D) or allocation according to HRD and germline BRCA1/2 mutation status (cohorts E-G). The trial consists of two parts: a post-neoadjuvant treatment preoperative WOP component (PART 1); and a post-operative component (PART 2).

Cohorts A-D: To assess whether short exposure to a DDR inhibitor or anti-PD-L1 immunotherapy in a preoperative WOP in patients with post-NACT high risk residual disease, generates a signal of anti-tumour biological activity within residual disease tissue.

Cohort E: To assess whether short exposure to a DDR inhibitor with or without anti-PD-1 immunotherapy in a preoperative WOP in patients with non-HRD associated TNBC and post-neoadjuvant treatment high risk residual disease, generates a signal of anti-tumour biological activity within residual disease tissue.

Cohorts F \& G: To assess whether short exposure to the DDR inhibitor olaparib with or without anti-PD-1 immunotherapy in a preoperative WOP in patients with HRD associated TNBC and post-neoadjuvant treatment high risk residual disease, generates a signal of anti-tumour biological activity within residual disease tissue.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Signed Informed Consent Form (ICF) for Trial Registration;

Aged ≥18 years old;

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;

Planned definitive surgical treatment after at least 6 cycles of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) Patients currently receiving SOC pembrolizumab, or having previously received SOC pembrolizumab but subsequently discontinued treatment, in combination with NACT are eligible for Trial Registration;

Disqualifiers

Definitive evidence of metastatic disease (axillary lymph nodes or internal mammary node involvement will not be regarded as evidence of metastatic disease) ;

Patients with bilateral tumours.

Adequately treated non-melanoma skin cancer or lentigo maligna without evidence of disease;

Adequately treated carcinoma in situ without evidence of disease;

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • AZD6738
  • Olaparib
  • Durvalumab

Treatment groups

119 Participants
are divided into 7 treatment groups

7

Treatment groups

See each treatment group below.

Locations

6
Royal Bournemouth HospitalBH7 7DW, BournemouthDorset, United Kingdom
King's College HospitalSE5 9RS, LondonEngland, United Kingdom
Christie Hospital NHS TrustM20 4BX, ManchesterEngland, United Kingdom
Velindre Cancer Center at Velinde HospitalCF14 2TL, CardiffWales, United Kingdom

Sponsors and collaborators

Institute of Cancer Research, United Kingdom

Lead sponsor

AstraZeneca

Collaborator