- Pusztai, Lajos;
- Yau, Christina;
- Han, Hyo;
- Du, Lili;
- Wallace, Anne;
- String-Reasor, Erica;
- Boughey, Judy;
- Chien, A;
- Elias, Anthony;
- Beckwith, Heather;
- Nanda, Rita;
- Albain, Kathy;
- Clark, Amy;
- Kemmer, Kathleen;
- Kalinsky, Kevin;
- Isaacs, Claudine;
- Thomas, Alexandra;
- Helsten, Theresa;
- Forero-Torres, Andres;
- Liu, Minetta;
- Brown-Swigart, Lamorna;
- Petricoin, Emmanuel;
- Wulfkuhle, Julia;
- Asare, Smita;
- Wilson, Amy;
- Singhrao, Ruby;
- Sit, Laura;
- Berry, Scott;
- Sanil, Ashish;
- Asare, Adam;
- Matthews, Jeffrey;
- Perlmutter, Jane;
- Melisko, Michelle;
- Rugo, Hope;
- Schwab, Richard;
- Symmans, W;
- Yee, Doug;
- Vant Veer, Laura;
- DeMichele, Angela;
- Berry, Donald;
- Esserman, Laura;
- Hylton, Nola;
- Wolf, Denise;
- Shatsky, Rebecca;
- Hirst, Gillian
The combination of PD-L1 inhibitor durvalumab and PARP inhibitor olaparib added to standard paclitaxel neoadjuvant chemotherapy (durvalumab/olaparib/paclitaxel [DOP]) was investigated in the phase II I-SPY2 trial of stage II/III HER2-negative breast cancer. Seventy-three participants were randomized to DOP and 299 to standard of care (paclitaxel) control. DOP increased pathologic complete response (pCR) rates in all HER2-negative (20%-37%), hormone receptor (HR)-positive/HER2-negative (14%-28%), and triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) (27%-47%). In HR-positive/HER2-negative cancers, MammaPrint ultra-high (MP2) cases benefited selectively from DOP (pCR 64% versus 22%), no benefit was seen in MP1 cancers (pCR 9% versus 10%). Overall, 12.3% of patients in the DOP arm experienced immune-related grade 3 adverse events versus 1.3% in control. Gene expression signatures associated with immune response were positively associated with pCR in both arms, while a mast cell signature was associated with non-pCR. DOP has superior efficacy over standard neoadjuvant chemotherapy in HER2-negative breast cancer, particularly in a highly sensitive subset of high-risk HR-positive/HER2-negative patients.