ECX + Panitumumab vs. ECX Alone in Locally Advanced Gastric Cancer or Cancer of the Gastroesophageal Junction

Summary

That panitumumab in combination with Epirubicin, Cisplatin and Capecitabine (ECX) will safely decrease the frequency of pT3/T4 below that of ECX alone in subjects with locally advanced adenocarcinoma of the stomach and gastroesophageal junction.

Timeline

Start

2010-10

Primary completion

2016-08

Completion

2017-08

Outcome

Missed primary endpoint

paper Rate of R0-resection, percentage of patients with downstaging to ypT0-2 at pathohistological evaluation, and rate of major histological response was equal in both arms. PMID 29501977 ↗

Publications

• Background Becker K, Mueller JD, Schulmacher C, Ott K, Fink U, Busch R, Bottcher K, Siewert JR, Hofler H. Histomorphology and grading of regression in gastric carcinoma treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Cancer. 2003 Oct 1;98(7):1521-30. doi: 10.1002/cncr.11660.
• Background Cunningham D, Allum WH, Stenning SP, Thompson JN, Van de Velde CJ, Nicolson M, Scarffe JH, Lofts FJ, Falk SJ, Iveson TJ, Smith DB, Langley RE, Verma M, Weeden S, Chua YJ, MAGIC Trial Participants. Perioperative chemotherapy versus surgery alone for resectable gastroesophageal cancer. N Engl J Med. 2006 Jul 6;355(1):11-20. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa055531.
• Background Cunningham D, Humblet Y, Siena S, Khayat D, Bleiberg H, Santoro A, Bets D, Mueser M, Harstrick A, Verslype C, Chau I, Van Cutsem E. Cetuximab monotherapy and cetuximab plus irinotecan in irinotecan-refractory metastatic colorectal cancer. N Engl J Med. 2004 Jul 22;351(4):337-45. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa033025.
• Background Garcia I, del Casar JM, Corte MD, Allende MT, Garcia-Muniz JL, Vizoso F. Epidermal growth factor receptor and c-erbB-2 contents in unresectable (UICC R1 or R2) gastric cancer. Int J Biol Markers. 2003 Jul-Sep;18(3):200-6. doi: 10.1177/172460080301800308.
• Background Greenlee RT, Murray T, Bolden S, Wingo PA. Cancer statistics, 2000. CA Cancer J Clin. 2000 Jan-Feb;50(1):7-33. doi: 10.3322/canjclin.50.1.7.
• Stahl M, Maderer A, Lordick F, Mihaljevic AL, Kanzler S, Hoehler T, Thuss-Patience P, Monig S, Kunzmann V, Schroll S, Sandermann A, Tannapfel A, Meyer HJ, Schuhmacher C, Wilke H, Moehler M; Arbeitsgemeinschaft Internistische Onkologie (AIO) Oesophageal and Gastric Cancer Working Group and the Chirurgische Arbeitsgemeinschaft Onkologie (CAOGI/DGAV) of the German Cancer Society. Perioperative chemotherapy with or without epidermal growth factor receptor blockade in unselected patients with locally advanced oesophagogastric adenocarcinoma: Randomized phase II study with advanced biomarker program of the German Cancer Society (AIO/CAO STO-0801). Eur J Cancer. 2018 Apr;93:119-126. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2018.01.079. Epub 2018 Mar 20.

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