Overview
This is a single center non-blinded randomized multi-cohort non-comparative phase II trial with a Simon's two-stage design.
Description
In the first stage, 13 evaluable patients will be accrued per cohort. Evaluable is defined as: at least one administration of nivolumab and availability of paired biopsies for immunohistochemistry (for induction treatment cohorts pre-induction and pre-nivolumab biopsies).
If there are 1 or no responses observed in these 13 patients, the cohort will be stopped. Otherwise, 21 additional patients will be accrued for a total of 34.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Metastatic or incurable locally advanced triple negative breast cancer (ER < 10%, HER2 IHC 0,1+ or 2+ with no amplification)
- Metastatic lesion accessible for histological biopsy
- 18 years or older
- Maximum of three lines of chemotherapy for metastatic disease and with evidence of progression of disease. Treatment with low-dose doxorubicin in the palliative setting is not allowed.
- WHO performance status of 0 or 1
- Measurable or evaluable disease according to RECIST 1.1
- Disease Free Interval (defined as time between first diagnosis or locoregional recurrence and first metastasis) longer than 1 year
- Subjects with brain metastases are eligible if these are not symptomatic and free of progression of at least 4 weeks
- A maximum dosage of 360 mg/m2 of anthracyclines and no previous anthracycline-related cardiac toxicity. In case of radiation in the cardiac area, hypertension, diabetes mellitus or hypercholesterolemia, the left ventricular ejection fraction must be 50% or higher.
- Adequate bone marrow, kidney and liver function
Exclusion Criteria:
- uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris
- known history of leptomeningeal disease localization
- history of having received other anticancer therapies within 2 weeks of start of the study drug
- history of immunodeficiency, autoimmune disease, conditions requiring immunosuppression (>10 mgl daily prednisone equivalents) or chronic infections.
- prior treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitors.
- active other cancer
- history of uncontrolled serious medical or psychiatric illness
- current pregnancy or breastfeeding