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A Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Trastuzumab Emtansine in Combination With Atezolizumab or Atezolizumab-Placebo in Participants With Human Epidermal Growth Factor-2 (HER2) Positive Locally Advanced or Metastatic Breast Cancer (BC) Who Received Prior Trastuzumab and Taxane Based Therapy

A Randomized, Multicenter, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Phase II Study of the Efficacy and Safety of Trastuzumab Emtansine in Combination With Atezolizumab or Atezolizumab-Placebo in Patients With HER2-Positive Locally Advanced or Metastatic Breast Cancer Who Have Received Prior Trastuzumab and Taxane Based Therapy

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT02924883
Acronym
KATE2
Enrollment
202
Registered
2016-10-05
Start date
2016-09-26
Completion date
2020-02-06
Last updated
2021-02-17

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Conditions

Metastatic Breast Cancer

Brief summary

This Phase II, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled multicenter study will investigate the efficacy and safety of trastuzumab emtansine in combination with atezolizumab or atezolizumab-placebo in participants with HER2-positive locally advanced or metastatic BC who have received prior trastuzumab and taxane based therapy, either alone or in combination, and/or who have progressed within 6 months after completing adjuvant therapy.

Interventions

DRUGAtezolizumab

Atezolizumab 1200 mg IV infusion

DRUGTrastuzumab emtansine

Trastuzumab emtansine 3.6 mg/kg IV infusion

OTHERPlacebo

Placebo matched to atezolizumab

Sponsors

Hoffmann-La Roche
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Investigator)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Archival tumor samples must be obtained from primary and/or metastatic sites * Able to submit tumor tissue that is evaluable for programmed death- ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression * HER-2 positive BC as defined by an immunohistochemistry score of 3 or gene amplified by in-situ hybridization as defined by a ratio of greater than or equal to (\>=) 2.0 for the number of HER2 gene copies to the number of chromosome 17 copies * Histologically or cytologically confirmed invasive BC: incurable, unresectable, locally advanced BC previously treated with multimodality therapy or metastatic BC * Prior treatment for BC in the: adjuvant; unresectable locally advanced; or metastatic settings; which must include both, a taxane and trastuzumab (alone or in combination with another agent) * Progression must have occurred during or after most recent treatment for locally advanced/metastatic BC or within 6 months after completing adjuvant therapy * Participants must have measurable disease that is evaluable as per RECIST v1.1 * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status of 0 or 1 * Negative serum pregnancy test within 7 days of enrollment for pre-menopausal women and for women less than 12 months after the onset of menopause * Use of highly effective method of contraception as defined by the protocol

Exclusion criteria

* Prior treatment with trastuzumab emtansine, cluster of differentiation 137 agonists, anti-programmed death-1, or anti-PD-L1 therapeutic antibody or pathway-targeting agents * Receipt of any anti-cancer drug/biologic or investigational treatment within 21 days prior to Cycle 1 Day 1 except hormone therapy, which can be given up to 7 days prior to Cycle 1 Day 1; recovery of treatment related toxicity consistent with other eligibility criteria * Radiation therapy within 2 weeks prior to Cycle 1, Day 1 * History of exposure to the cumulative doses of anthracyclines * History of other malignancy within the previous 5 years, except for appropriately treated carcinoma in situ of the cervix, non-melanoma skin carcinoma, Stage I uterine cancer, or participants who have undergone potentially curative therapy with no evidence of disease and are deemed by the treating physician to be at low risk for recurrence * Cardiopulmonary dysfunction, symptomatic pleural effusion, pericardial effusion, or ascites * Participants with severe infection within 4 weeks prior to randomization, including but not limited to hospitalization for complications of infection, bacteremia, or severe pneumonia * Current severe, uncontrolled systemic disease * Major surgical procedure or significant traumatic injury within 28 days prior to randomization or anticipation of the need for major surgery during the course of study treatment * Clinically significant history of liver disease, including cirrhosis, current alcohol abuse, autoimmune hepatic disorders, sclerosis cholangitis or active infection with human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B virus, or hepatitis C virus * Need for current chronic corticosteroid therapy (\>=10 mg of prednisone per day or an equivalent dose of other anti-inflammatory corticosteroids) * Spinal cord compression not definitively treated with surgery and/or radiation, or previously diagnosed and treated spinal cord compression without evidence that disease has been clinically stable for greater than (\>) 2 weeks prior to randomization * Participants with known central nervous system disease * Leptomeningeal disease * History of autoimmune disease * Prior allogeneic stem cell or solid organ transplantation * Active tuberculosis * Receipt of a live, attenuated vaccine within 4 weeks prior to randomization or anticipation that such a live, attenuated vaccine will be required during the study * Treatment with systemic immunostimulatory agents within 4 weeks or five half-lives of the drug (whichever is shorter) prior to randomization * Treatment with systemic corticosteroids or other systemic immunosuppressive medications within 2 weeks prior to randomization, or anticipated requirement for systemic immunosuppressive medications during the trial * Participants who are breastfeeding, or intending to become pregnant during the study

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Progression-Free Survival (PFS) as Determined by Investigator's Tumor Assessment Using Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) Version 1.1 (v1.1)Baseline up to approximately 15 monthsPFS was defined as the time from randomization to the first occurrence of disease progression or death from any cause, whichever occurred first, on the basis of investigator assessments. Progression was defined as at least a 20% increase in the sum of diameters of target lesions with an absolute increase of at least 5 millimeter (mm) or the appearance of one or more new lesions.
Percentage of Participants With Adverse EventsBaseline up to study completion, approximately 40 monthsAn adverse event is any untoward medical occurrence in a participant administered a pharmaceutical product and which does not necessarily have to have a causal relationship with the treatment. An adverse event can therefore be any unfavorable and unintended sign (including an abnormal laboratory finding, for example), symptom, or disease temporally associated with the use of a pharmaceutical product, whether or not considered related to the pharmaceutical product. Preexisting conditions which worsen during a study are also considered as adverse events.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Duration of OR as Determined by Investigator's Tumor Assessment Using RECIST v1.1Baseline up to approximately 15 monthsDuration of OR was defined as the time from the first tumor assessment that was judged to indicate that the patient had an objective response to the time of first documented disease progression using RECIST v1.1 per investigator assessment or death from any cause, whichever occurred first.
Maximum Serum Concentration (Cmax) of Trastuzumab EmtansinePre-infusion (0 hour [h]), 30 minutes (min) after end of infusion (EOI) (over 90 min) on Day 1 Cycles 1 and 4; pre-infusion (0 h) on Day 1 Cycle 2 (each cycle = 21 days); at any time during study treatment/early discontinuation visit (approx. 40 months)Average post infusion Trastuzumab Emtansine concentration
Cmax of Deacetyl Mercapto 1-Oxopropyl Maytansine (DM1)Pre-infusion (0 h) on Day 1 Cycle 1 and 30 min after EOI (over 90 min) on Day 1 Cycles 1 and 4 (each cycle = 21 days)Average post infusion Deacetyl Mercapto 1-Oxopropyl Maytansine concentration of trastuzumab emtansine infusion
Overall Survival (OS)Baseline up to study completion or death, whichever occurs first, approximately 40 monthsOS was defined as the time from randomization to death from any cause.
Cmax of AtezolizumabPre-infusion (0 h), 30 min after EOI (over 60 min) on Day 1 Cycles 1 and 4; pre-infusion (0 h) on Day 1 Cycles 2, 3, 8, and every 8 cycles thereafter (each cycle=21 days) up to 120 days after treatment completion/early discontinuation (approx. 40 months)Average post infusion atezolizumab concentration
Percentage of Participants With Anti-therapeutic Antibodies (ATAs) to AtezolizumabPre-infusion (0 h) on Day 1 Cycles 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, and every 8 cycles thereafter (each cycle = 21 days) up to 120 days after treatment completion or early discontinuation (approximately 40 months)ATAs are antibodies that inactivate the therapeutic effects of Atezolizumab. Patients are considered to be ATA positive if they are ATA negative at baseline but develop an ATA response following study drug administration (treatment-induced ATA response), or if they are ATA positive at baseline and the titer of one or more post-baseline samples is at least 4-fold greater (i.e., ≥ 0.60 titer units) than the titer of the baseline sample (treatment-enhanced ATA response).
Percentage of Participants With ATAs to Trastuzumab EmtansinePre-infusion (0 h) on Day 1 Cycles 1 and 4 (each cycle = 21 days); and at any time during study treatment/early discontinuation visit (approximately 40 months)ATAs are antibodies that inactivate the therapeutic effects of Trastuzumab Emtansine. Patients are considered to be ATA positive if they are ATA negative at baseline but develop an ATA response following study drug administration (treatment-induced ATA response), or if they are ATA positive at baseline and the titer of one or more post-baseline samples is at least 4-fold greater (i.e., ≥ 0.60 titer units) than the titer of the baseline sample (treatment-enhanced ATA response).
Cmax of Total TrastuzumabPre-infusion (0 h), 30 min after EOI (over 90 min) on Day 1 Cycles 1 and 4; pre-infusion (0 h) on Day 1 Cycle 2 (each cycle = 21 days)
Percentage of Participants With Objective Response (OR) as Determined by Investigator's Tumor Assessment Using RECIST v1.1Baseline up to approximately 15 monthsAn OR was defined as a complete or partial response determined on 2 consecutive occasions ≥ 4 weeks apart using Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) v1.1. Complete response was defined as the disappearance of all target and non-target lesions. Any pathological lymph nodes (whether target or non-target) must be \< 10 mm on the short axis. Partial response was defined as at least a 30% decrease in the sum of diameters of target lesions, taking as reference the baseline sum. Participants who had no post-baseline tumor assessment were counted as non-responders.

Countries

Australia, Canada, Germany, Italy, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States

Participant flow

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Trastuzumab Emtansine + Atezolizumab
Atezolizumab 1200 milligrams (mg) intravenous (IV) infusion followed by trastuzumab emtansine 3.6 milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg) IV infusion on Day 1 Cycle 1 and thereafter on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle until disease progression, unmanageable toxicity, or study termination by the Sponsor (up to study duration of approximately 40 months)
133
Trastuzumab Emtansine + Placebo
Placebo matched to atezolizumab followed by trastuzumab emtansine 3.6 mg/kg IV infusion on Day 1 Cycle 1 and thereafter on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle until disease progression, unmanageable toxicity, or study termination by the sponsor (up to study duration of approximately 40 months)
69
Total202

Withdrawals & dropouts

PeriodReasonFG000FG001
Overall StudyDeath3920
Overall StudyLost to Follow-up10
Overall StudyProgressive Disease10
Overall StudyProtocol Violation10
Overall StudyStudy Terminated by Sponsor6932
Overall StudySymptomatic Deterioration/ Clinical Progression01
Overall StudyWithdrawal by Subject2216

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicTrastuzumab Emtansine + PlaceboTotalTrastuzumab Emtansine + Atezolizumab
Age, Continuous54.4 Years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 10.9
53.9 Years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 10.3
53.7 Years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 9.9
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Hispanic or Latino
1 Participants11 Participants10 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Not Hispanic or Latino
66 Participants180 Participants114 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
2 Participants11 Participants9 Participants
Programmed Cell-Death Ligand 1 Immunohistochemistry status
PD-L1 negative
42 Number of Participants118 Number of Participants76 Number of Participants
Programmed Cell-Death Ligand 1 Immunohistochemistry status
PD-L1 positive
27 Number of Participants84 Number of Participants57 Number of Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
American Indian or Alaska Native
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Asian
23 Participants72 Participants49 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Black or African American
1 Participants6 Participants5 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
More than one race
0 Participants1 Participants1 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
0 Participants1 Participants1 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
1 Participants6 Participants5 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
White
44 Participants116 Participants72 Participants
Region
Rest of the World
32 Number of Participants94 Number of Participants62 Number of Participants
Region
USA
11 Number of Participants32 Number of Participants21 Number of Participants
Region
Western Europe
26 Number of Participants76 Number of Participants50 Number of Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
69 Participants200 Participants131 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
0 Participants2 Participants2 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
EG001
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
42 / 13322 / 67
other
Total, other adverse events
130 / 13362 / 67
serious
Total, serious adverse events
52 / 13316 / 67

Outcome results

Primary

Percentage of Participants With Adverse Events

An adverse event is any untoward medical occurrence in a participant administered a pharmaceutical product and which does not necessarily have to have a causal relationship with the treatment. An adverse event can therefore be any unfavorable and unintended sign (including an abnormal laboratory finding, for example), symptom, or disease temporally associated with the use of a pharmaceutical product, whether or not considered related to the pharmaceutical product. Preexisting conditions which worsen during a study are also considered as adverse events.

Time frame: Baseline up to study completion, approximately 40 months

Population: The safety analysis population consisted of all participants who received at least one dose of study drug. Safety analyses were based on the treatment that participants actually received.

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Trastuzumab Emtansine + PlaceboPercentage of Participants With Adverse Events97.0 percentage of participants
Trastuzumab Emtansine + AtezolizumabPercentage of Participants With Adverse Events99.2 percentage of participants
Primary

Progression-Free Survival (PFS) as Determined by Investigator's Tumor Assessment Using Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) Version 1.1 (v1.1)

PFS was defined as the time from randomization to the first occurrence of disease progression or death from any cause, whichever occurred first, on the basis of investigator assessments. Progression was defined as at least a 20% increase in the sum of diameters of target lesions with an absolute increase of at least 5 millimeter (mm) or the appearance of one or more new lesions.

Time frame: Baseline up to approximately 15 months

Population: The intent-to-treat (ITT) population included all randomized participants grouped according to the treatment assigned at randomization.

ArmMeasureValue (MEDIAN)
Trastuzumab Emtansine + PlaceboProgression-Free Survival (PFS) as Determined by Investigator's Tumor Assessment Using Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) Version 1.1 (v1.1)6.8 months
Trastuzumab Emtansine + AtezolizumabProgression-Free Survival (PFS) as Determined by Investigator's Tumor Assessment Using Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) Version 1.1 (v1.1)8.2 months
p-value: 0.333295% CI: [0.55, 1.23]Log Rank
Secondary

Cmax of Atezolizumab

Average post infusion atezolizumab concentration

Time frame: Pre-infusion (0 h), 30 min after EOI (over 60 min) on Day 1 Cycles 1 and 4; pre-infusion (0 h) on Day 1 Cycles 2, 3, 8, and every 8 cycles thereafter (each cycle=21 days) up to 120 days after treatment completion/early discontinuation (approx. 40 months)

Population: PK population included all participants who received at least one dose of trastuzumab emtansine with at least one post-dose concentration data point.

ArmMeasureValue (GEOMETRIC_MEAN)Dispersion
Trastuzumab Emtansine + PlaceboCmax of Atezolizumab626 ug/mLGeometric Coefficient of Variation 23
Secondary

Cmax of Deacetyl Mercapto 1-Oxopropyl Maytansine (DM1)

Average post infusion Deacetyl Mercapto 1-Oxopropyl Maytansine concentration of trastuzumab emtansine infusion

Time frame: Pre-infusion (0 h) on Day 1 Cycle 1 and 30 min after EOI (over 90 min) on Day 1 Cycles 1 and 4 (each cycle = 21 days)

Population: PK population included all participants who received at least one dose of trastuzumab emtansine with at least one post-dose concentration data point.

ArmMeasureValue (GEOMETRIC_MEAN)Dispersion
Trastuzumab Emtansine + PlaceboCmax of Deacetyl Mercapto 1-Oxopropyl Maytansine (DM1)3.19 ng/mLGeometric Coefficient of Variation 84.7
Trastuzumab Emtansine + AtezolizumabCmax of Deacetyl Mercapto 1-Oxopropyl Maytansine (DM1)4.21 ng/mLGeometric Coefficient of Variation 89.5
Secondary

Cmax of Total Trastuzumab

Time frame: Pre-infusion (0 h), 30 min after EOI (over 90 min) on Day 1 Cycles 1 and 4; pre-infusion (0 h) on Day 1 Cycle 2 (each cycle = 21 days)

Population: PK population included all participants who received at least one dose of trastuzumab emtansine with at least one post-dose concentration data point.

ArmMeasureValue (GEOMETRIC_MEAN)Dispersion
Trastuzumab Emtansine + PlaceboCmax of Total Trastuzumab86.5 ug/mLGeometric Coefficient of Variation 26.4
Trastuzumab Emtansine + AtezolizumabCmax of Total Trastuzumab79.5 ug/mLGeometric Coefficient of Variation 58.3
Secondary

Duration of OR as Determined by Investigator's Tumor Assessment Using RECIST v1.1

Duration of OR was defined as the time from the first tumor assessment that was judged to indicate that the patient had an objective response to the time of first documented disease progression using RECIST v1.1 per investigator assessment or death from any cause, whichever occurred first.

Time frame: Baseline up to approximately 15 months

Population: The ITT population included all randomized participants grouped according to the treatment assigned at randomization. Participants with OR were considered for duration of OR.

ArmMeasureValue (MEDIAN)
Trastuzumab Emtansine + PlaceboDuration of OR as Determined by Investigator's Tumor Assessment Using RECIST v1.1NA Months
Trastuzumab Emtansine + AtezolizumabDuration of OR as Determined by Investigator's Tumor Assessment Using RECIST v1.1NA Months
p-value: 0.609995% CI: [0.52, 3.03]Log Rank
Secondary

Maximum Serum Concentration (Cmax) of Trastuzumab Emtansine

Average post infusion Trastuzumab Emtansine concentration

Time frame: Pre-infusion (0 hour [h]), 30 minutes (min) after end of infusion (EOI) (over 90 min) on Day 1 Cycles 1 and 4; pre-infusion (0 h) on Day 1 Cycle 2 (each cycle = 21 days); at any time during study treatment/early discontinuation visit (approx. 40 months)

Population: PK population included all participants who received at least one dose of trastuzumab emtansine with at least one post-dose concentration data point.

ArmMeasureValue (GEOMETRIC_MEAN)Dispersion
Trastuzumab Emtansine + PlaceboMaximum Serum Concentration (Cmax) of Trastuzumab Emtansine63.9 ug/mLGeometric Coefficient of Variation 116.9
Trastuzumab Emtansine + AtezolizumabMaximum Serum Concentration (Cmax) of Trastuzumab Emtansine73.2 ug/mLGeometric Coefficient of Variation 47.5
Secondary

Overall Survival (OS)

OS was defined as the time from randomization to death from any cause.

Time frame: Baseline up to study completion or death, whichever occurs first, approximately 40 months

Population: The ITT population included all randomized participants grouped according to the treatment assigned at randomization.

ArmMeasureValue (MEDIAN)
Trastuzumab Emtansine + PlaceboOverall Survival (OS)NA Months
Trastuzumab Emtansine + AtezolizumabOverall Survival (OS)NA Months
p-value: 0.293495% CI: [0.42, 1.3]Log Rank
Secondary

Percentage of Participants With Anti-therapeutic Antibodies (ATAs) to Atezolizumab

ATAs are antibodies that inactivate the therapeutic effects of Atezolizumab. Patients are considered to be ATA positive if they are ATA negative at baseline but develop an ATA response following study drug administration (treatment-induced ATA response), or if they are ATA positive at baseline and the titer of one or more post-baseline samples is at least 4-fold greater (i.e., ≥ 0.60 titer units) than the titer of the baseline sample (treatment-enhanced ATA response).

Time frame: Pre-infusion (0 h) on Day 1 Cycles 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, and every 8 cycles thereafter (each cycle = 21 days) up to 120 days after treatment completion or early discontinuation (approximately 40 months)

Population: The analysis population included a patient with an ATA assay result from at least one post-baseline sample.

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Trastuzumab Emtansine + PlaceboPercentage of Participants With Anti-therapeutic Antibodies (ATAs) to Atezolizumab18.3 Percentage of participants
Secondary

Percentage of Participants With ATAs to Trastuzumab Emtansine

ATAs are antibodies that inactivate the therapeutic effects of Trastuzumab Emtansine. Patients are considered to be ATA positive if they are ATA negative at baseline but develop an ATA response following study drug administration (treatment-induced ATA response), or if they are ATA positive at baseline and the titer of one or more post-baseline samples is at least 4-fold greater (i.e., ≥ 0.60 titer units) than the titer of the baseline sample (treatment-enhanced ATA response).

Time frame: Pre-infusion (0 h) on Day 1 Cycles 1 and 4 (each cycle = 21 days); and at any time during study treatment/early discontinuation visit (approximately 40 months)

Population: The analysis population included a patient with an ATA assay result from at least one post-baseline sample

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Trastuzumab Emtansine + PlaceboPercentage of Participants With ATAs to Trastuzumab Emtansine0 Percentage of Participants
Trastuzumab Emtansine + AtezolizumabPercentage of Participants With ATAs to Trastuzumab Emtansine2.3 Percentage of Participants
Secondary

Percentage of Participants With Objective Response (OR) as Determined by Investigator's Tumor Assessment Using RECIST v1.1

An OR was defined as a complete or partial response determined on 2 consecutive occasions ≥ 4 weeks apart using Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) v1.1. Complete response was defined as the disappearance of all target and non-target lesions. Any pathological lymph nodes (whether target or non-target) must be \< 10 mm on the short axis. Partial response was defined as at least a 30% decrease in the sum of diameters of target lesions, taking as reference the baseline sum. Participants who had no post-baseline tumor assessment were counted as non-responders.

Time frame: Baseline up to approximately 15 months

Population: The ITT population included all randomized participants grouped according to the treatment assigned at randomization. In Participants with baseline measurable disease were considered for OR. In the atezolizumab arm, one patient was not ORR evaluable.

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Trastuzumab Emtansine + PlaceboPercentage of Participants With Objective Response (OR) as Determined by Investigator's Tumor Assessment Using RECIST v1.143.5 Percentage of participants
Trastuzumab Emtansine + AtezolizumabPercentage of Participants With Objective Response (OR) as Determined by Investigator's Tumor Assessment Using RECIST v1.145.5 Percentage of participants

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 1, 2026