Chemotherapy and Immune Checkpoint Blockade for Gastric and Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma

Importance: Combining immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) with chemotherapy improves outcomes in patients with metastatic gastric and gastroesophageal junction (G/GEJ) adenocarcinoma; however, whether this combination has activity in the perioperative setting remains unknown.

Objective: To evaluate the safety and preliminary activity of perioperative chemotherapy and ICB followed by maintenance ICB in resectable G/GEJ adenocarcinoma.

Design, Setting, and Participants: This investigator-initiated, multicenter, open-label, single-stage, phase 2 nonrandomized controlled trial screened 49 patients and enrolled 36 patients with resectable G/GEJ adenocarcinoma from February 10, 2017, to June 17, 2021, with a median (range) follow-up of 35.2 (17.4-73.0) months. Thirty-four patients were deemed evaluable for efficacy analysis, with 28 (82.4%) undergoing curative resection. This study was performed at 4 referral institutions in the US.

Interventions: Patients received 3 cycles of capecitabine, 625 mg/m2, orally twice daily for 21 days; oxaliplatin, 130 mg/m2, intravenously and pembrolizumab, 200 mg, intravenously with optional epirubicin, 50 mg/m2, every 3 weeks before and after surgery with an additional cycle of pembrolizumab before surgery. Patients received 14 additional doses of maintenance pembrolizumab.

Main Outcomes and Measures: The primary end point was pathologic complete response (pCR) rate. Secondary end points included overall response rate, disease-free survival (DFS), overall survival (OS), and safety.

Results: A total of 34 patients (median [range] age, 65.5 [25-90] years; 23 [67.6%] male) were evaluable for efficacy. Of these patients, 28 (82.4%) underwent curative resection, 7 (20.6%; 95% CI, 10.1%-100%) achieved pCR, and 6 (17.6%) achieved a pathologic near-complete response. Of the 28 patients who underwent resection, 4 (14.3%) experienced disease recurrence. The median DFS and OS were not reached. The 2-year DFS was 67.8% (95% CI, 0.53%-0.87%) and the OS was 80.6% (95% CI, 0.68%-0.96%). Treatment-related grade 3 or higher adverse events for evaluable patients occurred in 20 patients (57.1%), and 12 (34.3%) experienced immune-related grade 3 or higher adverse events.

Conclusion and Relevance: In this trial of unselected patients with resectable G/GEJ adenocarcinoma, capecitabine, oxaliplatin, and pembrolizumab resulted in a pCR rate of 20.6% and was well tolerated. This trial met its primary end point and supports the development of checkpoint inhibition in combination with perioperative chemotherapy in locally advanced G/GEJ adenocarcinoma.

Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02918162.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

Enthalten in:

JAMA oncology - 9(2023), 12 vom: 01. Dez., Seite 1702-1707

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Manji, Gulam A [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Shing [VerfasserIn]
Del Portillo, Armando [VerfasserIn]
May, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Ana, Sarah Sta [VerfasserIn]
Alouani, Emily [VerfasserIn]
Sender, Naomi [VerfasserIn]
Negri, Tiffany [VerfasserIn]
Gautier, Katarzyna [VerfasserIn]
Ge, Liner [VerfasserIn]
Fan, Weijia [VerfasserIn]
Xie, Mengyu [VerfasserIn]
Sethi, Amrita [VerfasserIn]
Schrope, Beth [VerfasserIn]
Tan, Aik Choon [VerfasserIn]
Park, Haeseong [VerfasserIn]
Oberstein, Paul E [VerfasserIn]
Shah, Manish A [VerfasserIn]
Raufi, Alexander G [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

04ZR38536J
6804DJ8Z9U
Capecitabine
Controlled Clinical Trial
Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Oxaliplatin

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 22.12.2023

Date Revised 06.03.2024

published: Print

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02918162

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1001/jamaoncol.2023.4423

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM363485813