Protocol of DREAM3R: DuRvalumab with chEmotherapy as first-line treAtment in advanced pleural Mesothelioma-a phase 3 randomised trial

Abstract

Introduction: There is a strong theoretical rationale for combining checkpoint blockade with cytotoxic chemotherapy in pleural mesothelioma and other cancers. Two recent single-arm, phase 2 trials [DuRvalumab with chEmotherapy as first-line treAtment in advanced pleural Mesothelioma (DREAM) and Phase II multicenter study of anti-PD-L1, durvalumab, in combination with cisplatin and pemetrexed for the first-line treatment of unresectable malignant pleural mesothelioma (PrE0505)] combining the programmed death ligand-1 (PD-L1) inhibitor durvalumab with standard first-line chemotherapy exceeded prespecified safety and activity criteria to proceed to a phase 3 confirmatory trial to assess this combination. We present the protocol of the DREAM3R trial.

Methods and analysis: This multicentre open-label randomised trial will recruit 480 treatment-naïve adults with advanced pleural mesothelioma, randomised (2:1) to either 3-weekly durvalumab 1500 mg plus 3-weekly doublet chemotherapy (cisplatin 75 mg/m2 or carboplatin, Area Under the Curve,AUC 5 and pemetrexed 500 mg/m2) 4-6 cycles, followed by 4-weekly durvalumab 1500 mg until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity or patient withdrawal; OR doublet chemotherapy alone for 4-6 cycles, followed by observation. The target accrual time is 27 months, with follow-up for an additional 24 months. This provides over 85% power if the true HR for overall survival (OS) is 0.70, with two-sided alpha of 0.05, assuming a median OS of 15 months in the control group. Randomisation is stratified by age (18-70 years vs >70), sex, histology (epithelioid vs non-epithelioid), platinum agent (cisplatin vs carboplatin) and region (USA vs Australia/New Zealand vs Other). The primary endpoint is OS. Secondary endpoints include progression-free survival, objective tumour response (by mRECIST V.1.1 and iRECIST), adverse events, health-related quality of life and healthcare resource use. Tertiary correlative objectives are to explore and validate potential prognostic and/or predictive biomarkers (including features identified in the DuRvalumab with chEmotherapy as first-line treAtment in advanced pleural Mesothelioma (DREAM) and PrE0505 studies, PD-L1 expression, tumour mutational burden, genomic characteristics and human leukocyte antigen subtypes) in tissue and serial blood samples. An imaging databank will be assembled for validation of radiological measures of response, and studies of possible radiomic biomarkers in mesothelioma.

Ethics and dissemination: The protocol was approved by human research ethics review committees for all participating sites. Results will be disseminated in peer-reviewed journals and at scientific conferences.

Drug supply: AstraZeneca.

Protocol version: CTC 0231 / TOGA 18/001 / PrE0506 3.0, 29 July 2021.

Trial registration number: ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04334759 ACTRN 12620001199909.

Keywords: chemotherapy; immunology; oncology; respiratory tract tumours.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: ZS, CB, AC, SY, KaF, KarF, AB, MMC have nothing to disclose. PSK reports grants and fees from AstraZeneca and Pfizer, she is a consultant/ advisory board member of MSD, outside the submitted work; PMF reports grants and fees from AstraZeneca, BMS, Corvus, Novartis, Kyowa; he is a consultant/ advisory board member of Amgen, AstraZeneca, BMS, Novartis, Janssen, Iteos, Mirati, Sanofi; he is a Data Safety Monitoring Board member of Polaris, Flame, outside the submitted work; BH is a consultant/ advisory board member of MSD, BMS, Roche, Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Eisai, Takeda; his institution received grants from Amgen, outside the submitted work; SR reports grants and fees from Amgen, AstraZeneca, Genmab, Eisai, Lilly, Roche, Merck, Takeda and GSK; he is a Data Safety Monitoring Board member of Jansen; a member of Board for Gergia Society of Oncology and IASLC; his institution received grants from AstraZenca, Amgen, BMS, Merck, Genmab, Takeda, Advaxis and Pfizer, outside the submitted work; WJL reports grants and fees from Douglas Pharmaceuticals, and patents relating to immune checkpoint therapy, unrelated to this study, outside the submitted work; KO'B has received advisory board and/or speaker bureau and/or meeting travel/registration support from BMS, MSD, LillyOncology, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Pfizer, Novartis, Roche-Genentech,Teva, Mundipharma, Astrazeneca, Janssen, Natera and TriStar. He is a board member and stock holder for Carpe Vitae Pharmaceuticals and a stock holder for RepLuca Pharmaceuticals and DGC Diagnostics and holds patents for novel therapeutics and diagnostic tests, outside the submitted work; NP reports grants and fees from Boehringer Ingelheim, Bayer, Novartis, Pfizer, Roche, Takeda and Ipsen; he is an advisory board member of Boehringer Ingelheim, MSD, Merck, BMS, Astra Zeneca, Takeda, Pfizer and Roche; his institution received grants from Bayer, Pfizer and Roche, outside the submitted work; JB reports grants and fees from AstraZeneca, BMS, Genentech/Roche, Merck, RAPT Therapeutics, Revolution Medicines, Amgen, Eli Lilly, GlaxoSmithKline, Sanofi, Regeneron; she is a Data Safety Monitoring Board member of GlaxoSmithKline, Sanofi, Janssen; she is an advisory board member of IASLC; outside the submitted work; VA institution received grants from BMS and AstraZeneca; outside the submitted work; MS institution received grants from the following competitive funding bodies: Australian National Health and Medical Research Council, Canadian Cancer Trials Group, Cancer Australia, Medical Research Future Fund of Australia; and the following pharmaceutical companies: Astellas, Amgen, Astra Zeneca, Bayer, Beigene, Bionomics, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Celgene, Medivation, Merck, Merck Sharp & Dohme, Pfizer, Roche, Sanofi, Tilray, outside the submitted work; AKN reports grants and fees from Bayer Pharmaceuticals; Roche Pharmaceuticals; Boehringer Ingelheim; Merck Sharpe Dohme; Douglas Pharmaceuticals, Atara Biotherapeutics, Astra Zeneca (payment to institution); Pharmabcine; Trizell Ltd; Seagen; honoraria from Bristol Myers Squibb and her institution received grants from AstraZeneca and Douglas Pharmaceuticals, outside the submitted work.

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Figure 1

Schema for DREAM3R. AEs, adverse events, DREAM3R, DuRvalumab with chEmotherapy as first-line treAtment in advanced pleural Mesothelioma—phase 3 randomised trial; ECOG, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; HRQoL, health-related quality of life, HLA, human leukocyte antigen; OS, overall survival; OTRR, objective tumour response rate; PD-L1, programmed death ligand-1; PFS, progression-free survival.