Ombipepimut dosing emulsion (ODE) + bevacizumab (bev) vs bev alone in patients (pts) with recurrent or progressive glioblastoma (rGBM).

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2022 Background: ODE is an investigational cancer vaccine derived from Wilms tumor 1. WIZARD was a randomized, adaptive, phase 3 study to test ODE + bev vs bev in rGBM pts (NCT03149003). Patients were stratified prior to randomization based upon KPS [60 or 70] vs [80 to 100] and extent of resection at initial diagnosis. Patients with low KPS (e.g., 60) are generally underrepresented in clinical trials. Methods: Pts ≥18 years with GBM at first recurrence were enrolled. Overall survival (OS) was the primary endpoint; the key secondary endpoint was the 12-month OS rate. The primary and the key secondary endpoints were tested using 1-sided test with an overall significance level 2.5%. The Lan-DeMets error spending function based upon O’Brien-Fleming stopping boundaries was used to adjust the significance level for the interim and final analyses. Results: From April 2018 to Aug 2021, 217 pts were randomized 1:1; 109 to ODE + bev and 108 to bev. OS was analyzed after 185 events with a median follow-up of 31.8 months (mo). Pts at baseline had a median age of 60 years, 45.2% reported corticosteroid use, 29% had KPS 60 or 70, 7.8% had tumors that harbored IDH1 or 2 mutations, and the median tumor volume was 10,532 mm3. Baseline characteristics between treatment arms were balanced in the ITT and KPS subgroups. Pts with KPS 60 or 70 had more corticosteroid use, worse NANO scores, and larger tumor burden than those with KPS 80-100. The study did not meet its primary endpoint of OS by ITT (ODE + bev: 10.2 mo vs bev: 9.4 mo, 1-sided p-value: 0.2159). Pts with KPS 60 or 70 had longer OS when treated with ODE + bev (8.2 vs 6.3 mo, 45% death risk reduction, 1-side p value: 0.0119). Grade 1 or 2 injection site reaction was the most common TEAE in the ODE + bev arm. No clinically significant difference in safety was noted between KPS subgroups. Conclusions: The data in pts with KPS 60 or 70 suggested benefit with ODE + bev that was consistent across different endpoints and that warrants further validation. Clinical trial information: NCT03149003 . [Table: see text]