Comparing Durvalumab, Olaparib, and Cediranib Monotherapy, Combination Therapy, or Chemotherapy in Patients with Platinum-Resistant Ovarian Cancer with Prior Bevacizumab: The Phase II NRG-GY023 Trial.

PURPOSE: We assessed the efficacy of anti-PD-L1 durvalumab in combination with olaparib and cediranib (DOC), compared with the standard-of-care chemotherapy (SOC) in patients with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer (PROC), who had prior bevacizumab.

PATIENTS AND

METHODS

NRG-GY023 was the first randomized four-arm superiority phase II trial enrolling patients with high-grade serous/endometrioid or clear-cell PROC with prior bevacizumab exposure. Patients were randomized 1:2:2:2 to SOC (weekly paclitaxel, topotecan, or pegylated liposomal doxorubicin), DOC, durvalumab + cediranib (DC), or olaparib + cediranib (OC). The primary endpoint was progression-free survival (PFS). The secondary endpoints included overall survival, overall response rate, and safety. The design had 80% power to detect an HR of 0.5 using a one-sided, α = 0.1-level test for each comparison with the SOC with a preplanned interim analysis. Experimental arms with HR estimates (vs. SOC) >0.87 could be discontinued.

RESULTS

A total of 153 patients were enrolled between April 4, 2021, and February 1, 2023. Accrual was permanently closed on February 1, 2023, due to futility. With a data cutoff of September 9, 2024, the median PFS was 3.4, 2.9, 2.5, and 2.8 months, and median overall survival was 7.5, 8.3, 5.7, and 10.2 months for SOC, DOC, DC, and OC, respectively. The overall response rate was 4.3% [95% confidence interval (CI), 0.00-0.19], 15.9% (95% CI, 0.07-0.29), 11.9% (95% CI, 0.05-0.24), and 9.1% (95% CI, 0.03-0.20) for SOC, DOC, DC, and OC, respectively. Compared with SOC, the PFS HR estimates were 1.003 (95% CI, 0.56-1.80), 1.108 (95% CI, 0.63-1.96), and 1.021 (95% CI, 0.57-1.82) for DOC, DC, and OC, respectively. No new safety signals were observed.

CONCLUSIONS

In patients with PROC with prior bevacizumab, all experimental arms failed to reach the primary objective of improving PFS compared with SOC.