Safety, clinical activity and biomarker assessments of atezolizumab from a Phase I study in advanced/recurrent ovarian and uterine cancers

Objective. Patients with advanced/recurrent epithelial ovarian and uterine cancers have limited treatment options beyond platinum chemotherapy. Both tumor types can express programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1), providing a potential therapeutic target for these patients. Here we present data from the ovarian and uterine cancer cohorts of the Phase I atezolizumab monotherapy study (PCD4989g). Methods. This Phase I, multi-center, first-in-human, open-label, dose-escalation/expansion clinical trial investigated single-agent atezolizumab in cohorts of patients with recurrent epithelial ovarian or uterine cancer. The primary objective was to evaluate the safety and tolerability of single-agent atezolizumab. Anti-tumor activity and preliminary assessment of potential biomarkers were evaluated as secondary and exploratory objectives, respectively. Results. The ovarian and uterine cancer cohorts enrolled 12 and 15 patients, respectively (10 183%] and 5 133%], respectively, had PD-L1 >= 5% on tumor-infiltrating immune cells). Atezolizumab was generally well tolerated with no new safety signals identified. The safety profiles in both cohorts were consistent with the known profile of atezolizumab monotherapy. Treatment-related adverse events (AEs) were mostly Grade 2, with no treatment-related Grade >= 4 AEs reported. Preliminary anti-tumor activity, with long durations of response, was observed in <= 2 patients from each cohort (ovarian cancer, 8.1 and 30.6+ months: uterine cancer, 7.3 and 16.6+ months). High microsatellite instability and tumor mutational burden were noted in the responders from the uterine cancer cohort. Conclusions. Atezolizumab monotherapy was well tolerated in patients with epithelial ovarian or uterine cancer and may have clinical activity warranting further investigation. (C) 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.