A Study of Atezolizumab in Combination With Nab-Paclitaxel Compared With Placebo With Nab-Paclitaxel for Participants With Previously Untreated Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer (IMpassion130)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02425891 |
Recruitment Status :
Active, not recruiting
First Posted : April 24, 2015
Last Update Posted : February 11, 2021
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Triple Negative Breast Cancer | Drug: Atezolizumab (MPDL3280A), an engineered anti-PDL1 antibody Drug: Nab-Paclitaxel Drug: Placebo | Phase 3 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 900 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Double (Participant, Investigator) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Phase III, Multicenter, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study of Atezolizumab (Anti-PD-L1 Antibody) in Combination With Nab-Paclitaxel Compared With Placebo With Nab-Paclitaxel for Patients With Previously Untreated Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer |
Actual Study Start Date : | June 23, 2015 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | April 14, 2020 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | July 30, 2021 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Atezolizumab Plus Nab-Paclitaxel
Participants assigned to atezolizumab plus nab-paclitaxel will receive both agents until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
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Drug: Atezolizumab (MPDL3280A), an engineered anti-PDL1 antibody
Atezolizumab at a fixed dose of 840 milligrams via intravenous (IV) infusion on Days 1 and 15 of each 28-day cycle until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Other Name: Tecentriq, MPDL3280A Drug: Nab-Paclitaxel Nab-Paclitaxel at a starting dose of 100 milligrams per square meter via IV infusion on Days 1, 8, and 15 of each 28-day cycle. Nab-Paclitaxel will be administered for a target of at least 6 cycles, with no maximum in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Other Name: Abraxane® |
Placebo Comparator: Placebo Plus Nab-Paclitaxel
Participants assigned to placebo plus nab-paclitaxel will receive both agents until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
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Drug: Nab-Paclitaxel
Nab-Paclitaxel at a starting dose of 100 milligrams per square meter via IV infusion on Days 1, 8, and 15 of each 28-day cycle. Nab-Paclitaxel will be administered for a target of at least 6 cycles, with no maximum in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Other Name: Abraxane® Drug: Placebo Placebo administered via IV infusion on Days 1 and 15 of each 28-day cycle until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. |
- Progression Free Survival (PFS) According to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) Version 1.1 (v1.1) in all Randomized Participants [ Time Frame: Baseline up to 53 months (assessed at Screening, every 8 weeks for the first 12 months, thereafter every 12 weeks until disease progression or death, whichever occurs first) ]
- PFS According to RECIST v1.1 in Participants with Detectable Programmed Death-Ligand 1 (PD-L1) [ Time Frame: Baseline up to 53 months (assessed at Screening, every 8 weeks for the first 12 months, thereafter every 12 weeks until disease progression or death, whichever occurs first) ]
- Overall Survival (OS) in all Randomized Participants [ Time Frame: Baseline until death due to any cause (up to 53 months) ]
- OS in Participants with Detectable PD-L1 [ Time Frame: Baseline until death due to any cause (up to 53 months) ]
- Percentage of Participants With an Objective Response of Complete Response (CR) or Partial Response (PR) According to RECIST v1.1 in all Randomized Participants [ Time Frame: Baseline up to 53 months (assessed at Screening, every 8 weeks for the first 12 months, thereafter every 12 weeks until disease progression or death, whichever occurs first) ]
- Percentage of Participants With an Objective Response of CR or PR According to RECIST v1.1 in Participants with Detectable PD-L1 [ Time Frame: Baseline up to 53 months (assessed at Screening, every 8 weeks for the first 12 months, thereafter every 12 weeks until disease progression or death, whichever occurs first) ]
- Duration of Response (DOR) According to RECIST v1.1 in all Randomized Participants [ Time Frame: Baseline up to 53 months (assessed at Screening, every 8 weeks for the first 12 months, thereafter every 12 weeks until disease progression or death, whichever occurs first) ]
- DOR Acccording to RECIST v1.1 in Participants with Detectable PD-L1 [ Time Frame: Baseline up to 53 months (assessed at Screening, every 8 weeks for the first 12 months, thereafter every 12 weeks until disease progression or death, whichever occurs first) ]
- Time to Deterioration (TTD) in Global Health Status/Health Related Quality of Life According to European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Quality-of-Life Questionnaire Core 30 (QLQ-C30) v3.0 in all Randomized Participants [ Time Frame: Baseline up to 53 months (assessed at Day 1 of each cycle up to treatment discontinuation [approximately 53 months], every 28 days after treatment discontinuation for 1 year [overall approximately 53 months]) (cycle = 28 days) ]
- TTD in Global Health Status/Health Related Quality of Life According to EORTC QLQ-C30 v3.0 in Participants with Detectable PD-L1 [ Time Frame: Baseline up to 53 months (assessed at Day 1 of each cycle up to treatment discontinuation [approximately 53 months], every 28 days after treatment discontinuation for 1 year [overall approximately 53 months]) (cycle = 28 days) ]
- Percentage of Participants with Adverse Events (AEs) or Serious AEs (SAEs) [ Time Frame: Baseline up to 53 months ]
- Percentage of Participants with Anti-Therapeutic Antibodies (ATAs) Against Atezolizumab [ Time Frame: Baseline up to 53 months (assessed at pre-dose [Hour 0] on Day 1 of Cycles 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 16, and every 8 cycles thereafter up to treatment discontinuation [approximately 53 months], 120 days after last dose [approximately 53 months]) (Cycle = 28 days) ]
- Maximum Serum Concentration (Cmax) for Atezolizumab [ Time Frame: Pre-dose (Hour 0) on Cycle 1 Day 1 up to 53 months (detailed timeframe is provided in outcome description section) ]Pre-dose (Hour 0), 30 minutes after end of atezolizumab infusion (infusion duration = 60 minutes) on Cycle 1 Day 1; pre-dose (Hour 0) on Day 1 of Cycles 2, 3, 4, 8, 16, and every 8 cycles thereafter up to treatment discontinuation (approximately 53 months), 120 days after last dose (approximately 53 months) (Cycle = 28 days)
- Minimum Serum Concentration (Cmin) for Atezolizumab [ Time Frame: Pre-dose (Hour 0) on Cycle 1 Day 1 up to 53 months (detailed timeframe is provided in outcome description section) ]Pre-dose (Hour 0), 30 minutes after end of atezolizumab infusion (infusion duration = 60 minutes) on Cycle 1 Day 1; pre-dose (Hour 0) on Day 1 of Cycles 2, 3, 4, 8, 16, and every 8 cycles thereafter up to treatment discontinuation (approximately 53 months), 120 days after last dose (approximately 53 months) (Cycle = 28 days)
- Plasma Concentrations of Total Paclitaxel [ Time Frame: Pre-dose (Hour 0) on Cycle 1 Day 1, pre-dose (Hour 0), 5-10 minutes before end of nab-paclitaxel infusion, 1 hour after end of nab-paclitaxel infusion (infusion duration = 30 minutes) on Cycle 3 Day 1 (Cycle = 28 days) ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Metastatic or locally advanced, histologically documented TNBC characterized by absence of human epidermal growth factor 2 (HER2), estrogen receptor (ER), and progesterone receptor (PR) expression
- No prior chemotherapy or targeted systemic therapy for inoperable locally advanced or metastatic TNBC
- Eligible for taxane monotherapy (i.e., absence of rapid clinical progression, life-threatening visceral metastases, or the need for rapid symptom and/or disease control)
- A representative formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tumor specimen in paraffin blocks, or at least 20 unstained slides with an associated pathology report documenting ER, PR, and HER2 negativity. Participants with fewer than 20 unstained slides available at baseline, and not fewer than 12 unstained slides will be eligible upon discussion with Medical Monitor
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status of 0 or 1
- Measurable disease as defined by RECIST v1.1
- Adequate hematologic and end-organ function
Exclusion Criteria:
- Known central nervous system (CNS) disease, except for treated asymptomatic CNS metastases
- Leptomeningeal disease
- Pregnancy or lactation
- History of autoimmune disease
- Prior allogeneic stem cell or solid organ transplantation
- Positive test for human immunodeficiency virus
- Active hepatitis B or hepatitis C
- Receipt of a live, attenuated vaccine within 4 weeks prior to randomization, during treatment, or within 5 months following the last dose of atezolizumab/placebo

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT02425891

Study Director: | Clinical Trials | Hoffmann-La Roche |
Responsible Party: | Hoffmann-La Roche |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT02425891 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
WO29522 2014-005490-37 ( EudraCT Number ) |
First Posted: | April 24, 2015 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | February 11, 2021 |
Last Verified: | February 2021 |
Breast Neoplasms Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Neoplasms Breast Diseases Skin Diseases Paclitaxel Atezolizumab Antibodies |
Antibodies, Monoclonal Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic Antineoplastic Agents Tubulin Modulators Antimitotic Agents Mitosis Modulators Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Immunologic Factors Physiological Effects of Drugs |