The investigators hypothesize that the administration of pembrolizumab combined to metronomic cyclophosphamide may be an interesting therapeutic option for female patients breast cancer with lymphopenia. Include only patients with breast cancer with lymphopenia is based on the particularly poor prognosis of these patients. The approach suggested here is to deplete and active the immune response of these immunosuppressed patients. The combination of pembrolizumab and cyclophosphamide would provide a higher gain in anti-tumor response in these patients than in those without lymphopenia and in chemotherapy alone. The investigators proposal is to conduct a multicentric, non-comparative, single arm, two-stage, Phase II trial in lymphopenic patients with metastatic breast cancer. The study is divided in 2 parts: * a safety run-in Phase aiming to evaluate the safety of the combination therapy pembrolizumab + metronomic cyclophosphamide based on the occurrence of severe toxicities. * a two-stage Phase II aiming to evaluate the clinical activity of the combination therapy pembrolizumab + metronomic cyclophosphamide. In both parts of the study, patients will receive cyclophosphamide (50 mg/day, daily, per os) and pembrolizumab (200 mg every 3 weeks, intravenously \[IV\]). The adverse events of the two drugs are well known.
The initiation of different stage of the study depend on the occurrences of severe toxicities in safety run-in phase and Clinical Benefit rate after 24 weeks in the two-stage Phase II of the study. Both study drugs will continue to be administered as long as patient experience clinical benefit in the opinion of the investigator or symptomatic deterioration attributed to disease progression as determined by the investigator after an integrated assessment of radiographic data and clinical status or withdrawal of consent.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
36
One tablet per day. Cyclophosphamide will continue to be administered as long as patient experiences clinical benefit in the opinion of the investigator or symptomatic deterioration attributed to disease progression as determined by the investigator after an integrated assessment of radiographic data and clinical status or withdrawal of consent.
IV infusion every 3 weeks. Pembrolizumab will continue to be administered as long as patient experiences clinical benefit in the opinion of the investigator or symptomatic deterioration attributed to disease progression as determined by the investigator after an integrated assessment of radiographic data and clinical status or withdrawal of consent.
ICO - Paul Papin
Angers, France
Centre Léon Bérard
Lyon, France
Hôpital Privé Jean Mermoz
Lyon, France
ICO - René Gauducheau
Saint-Herblain, France
Institut de cancérologie Lucien Neuwirth
Saint-Priest-en-Jarez, France
Severe Toxicities (ST) in Run-In Phase Part
Number of severe toxicities occurring during the first 6 weeks of treatment and defined as following events evaluated as related to study drugs, using National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) V4.03: * any Grade ≥ 3 non hematological toxicity including in particular events of special interest * any Grade ≥4 hematological and non-hematological Adverse Event (AE) including.
Time frame: First 6 weeks of treatment
24-week Clinical Benefit Rate (CBR24w) in Phase II part
CBR24w, defined as the percentage of Complete Response (CR), (Partial Response) PR or prolonged Stable Disease (SD) i.e. SD lasting ≥ 24 weeks (pSD) within the evaluable population of patient. Response will be evaluated by Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors (RECIST) V1.1 and the CBR24w will be summarized by a proportion together with its 95% confidence interval.
Time frame: 24 weeks of treatment
Overall response Rate (ORR) at 24 weeks
The objective response rate (ORR) will be defined as the proportion of patients (described on the efficacy-evaluable population) who achieve complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) as best overall response at 24 weeks of treatment. ORR is based on tumor assessments. Response will be evaluated by Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors (RECIST) V1.1
Time frame: 24 weeks of treatment
Duration of response (DoR)
Calculated from date of first documented objective response (i.e., CR or PR) until date of first documented progression disease.
Time frame: 15 months
Progression-Free Survival (PFS)
Measured from the date of study drugs start to the date of the first objective disease progression or death.
Time frame: 15 months
Overall Survival (OS)
Defined as the duration of time from start of treatment to time of death.
Time frame: 15 months
Adverse events reporting
Adverse Events (AE), vital signs, ECG, physical examination, laboratory safety assessments (hematological and biochemical parameters).
Time frame: 15 months
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