Glembatumumab vedotin for patients with metastatic, gpNMB overexpressing, triple-negative breast cancer (“METRIC”): a randomized multicenter study

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[Vahdat LT] Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA. [Schmid P] Center for Experimental Cancer Medicine, Barts Cancer Institute, London, UK. [Forero-Torres A] University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, USA. [Blackwell K] Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA. [Telli ML] Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA. [Melisko M] University of California, San Francisco Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, CA, USA. [Cortes J] IOB Institute of Oncology, Quironsalud Group, Madrid & Barcelona. Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Barcelona, Spain

Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus

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2022-02-22T11:26:34Z

2022-02-22T11:26:34Z

2021-05-20



Abstract

Breast cancer; Cancer


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Cáncer de mama; Cáncer


The METRIC study (NCT#0199733) explored a novel antibody–drug conjugate, glembatumumab vedotin (GV), targeting gpNMB that is overexpressed in ~40% of patients with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) and associated with poor prognosis. The study was a randomized, open-label, phase 2b study that evaluated progression-free survival (PFS) of GV compared with capecitabine in gpNMB-overexpressing TNBC. Patients who had previously received anthracycline and taxane-based therapy were randomized 2:1 to receive, GV (1.88 mg/kg IV q21 days) or capecitabine (2500 mg/m2 PO daily d1–14 q21 days). The primary endpoint was RECIST 1.1 PFS per independent, blinded central review. In all, 327 patients were randomized to GV (213 treated) or capecitabine (92 treated). Median PFS was 2.9 months for GV vs. 2.8 months for capecitabine. The most common grade ≥3 toxicities for GV were neutropenia, rash, and leukopenia, and for capecitabine were fatigue, diarrhea, and palmar-plantar erythrodysesthesia. The study did not meet the primary endpoint of improved PFS over capecitabine or demonstrate a relative risk/benefit improvement over capecitabine.


Funding provided by Celldex Therapeutics, Inc.

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English

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Nature Research

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