G1 Therapeutics Initiates Phase 2 Trial to Support the Antitumor Mechanism of Action (MOA) of Trilaciclib in the Tumor Microenvironment
“Data from our Phase 2 TNBC trial of trilaciclib in combination with chemotherapy showed clinically meaningful and substantial improvements in overall survival as well as enhanced measures of immune system function compared to chemotherapy alone,” said
Patient recruitment in this trial is now underway. Approximately 30 patients will be enrolled in this Phase 2 multicenter, open-label, single-arm, neoadjuvant study. Up to three tumor tissue samples will be collected for assessment. Tumor tissue will be obtained at baseline prior to study drug administration. Patients will receive a single dose of monotherapy trilaciclib, followed by a tumor biopsy approximately one week later. Following the biopsy, patients will enter the treatment phase in which trilaciclib will be administered on Day 1 of each cycle of anthracycline/cyclophosphamide for four cycles followed by trilaciclib administered on Day 1 of each weekly cycle of taxane chemotherapy for 12 cycles. Immune checkpoint inhibitor and/or carboplatin may be added to therapy at the discretion of the investigator. Three to five weeks after the last dose of chemotherapy, patients will proceed to surgery at which time a third tumor tissue sample will be collected if the patient has residual disease.
Study treatment will continue as per protocol to completion or early discontinuation of chemotherapy, until unacceptable toxicity, Investigator’s decision to withdraw the patient from study treatment, consent withdrawal, or the end of the study, whichever occurs first.
The primary objective is to evaluate the immune-based mechanism of action of trilaciclib after a single-dose as measured by the change in the ratio of CD8+ tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) to regulatory T cell (Tregs) in the tumor microenvironment. Key secondary and exploratory endpoints include:
- Assessment of pathologic complete response (pCR) rate at the time of definitive surgery.
- Evaluation of the safety and tolerability of trilaciclib in combination with standard neoadjuvant systemic therapies.
- Tumor mRNA analyses and immunohistochemistry and peripheral blood immune profiling following trilaciclib.
- Identification of molecular and cellular biomarkers in tumor or blood samples that may be indicative of clinical response/resistance, pharmacodynamic activity, and/or the mechanism of action of trilaciclib and other systemic treatments.
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