Rivoceranib, a VEGFR-2 inhibitor, monotherapy in previously treated patients with advanced or metastatic gastric or gastroesophageal junction cancer (ANGEL study): an international, randomized, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial

Background Rivoceranib is an oral, selective tyrosine kinase inhibitor of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2. ANGEL (NCT03042611) was a global, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled, phase 3 study evaluating rivoceranib as 3rd-line or ≥4th-line therapy in patients with advanced/metastatic gastric or gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) cancer. Methods Patients had failed ≥2 lines of chemotherapy and were randomized 2:1 to rivoceranib 700 mg once daily or placebo with best supportive care. Primary endpoint: overall survival (OS) in the intention-to-treat population. Secondary endpoints: progression-free survival (PFS), objective response rate (ORR), and disease control rate (DCR) by blinded independent central review (BICR). Results In total, 460 patients (rivoceranib n = 308, placebo n = 152) were enrolled. OS was not statistically different for rivoceranib versus placebo (median 5.78 vs. 5.13 months; hazard ratio [HR] 0.93, 95% CI 0.74–1.15; p = 0.4724). PFS by BICR (median 2.83 vs. 1.77 months; HR 0.58, 95% CI 0.47–0.71; p < 0.0001), ORR (6.5% vs. 1.3%; p = 0.0119), and DCR (40.3 vs. 13.2%; p < 0.0001) were improved with rivoceranib versus placebo. In patients receiving ≥4th-line therapy, OS (median 6.34 vs. 4.73 months; p = 0.0192) and PFS by BICR (median 3.52 vs. 1.71 months; p < 0.0001) were improved with rivoceranib versus placebo. The most common grade ≥ 3 treatment-emergent adverse events with rivoceranib were hypertension (17.9%), anemia (10.4%), aspartate aminotransferase increased (9.4%), asthenia (8.5%), and proteinuria (7.5%). Conclusions This study did not meet its primary OS endpoint. Compared to placebo, rivoceranib improved PFS, ORR, and DCR. Rivoceranib also improved OS in a prespecified patient subgroup receiving ≥4th-line therapy..

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:27

Enthalten in:

Gastric Cancer - 27(2024), 2 vom: 28. Jan., Seite 375-386

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kang, Yoon-Koo [VerfasserIn]
Ryu, Min-Hee [VerfasserIn]
Di Bartolomeo, Maria [VerfasserIn]
Chau, Ian [VerfasserIn]
Yoon, Harry [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Jong Gwang [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Keun-Wook [VerfasserIn]
Oh, Sang Chul [VerfasserIn]
Takashima, Atsuo [VerfasserIn]
Kryzhanivska, Anna [VerfasserIn]
Chao, Yee [VerfasserIn]
Evesque, Ludovic [VerfasserIn]
Schenker, Michael [VerfasserIn]
McGinn, Arlo [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Yufan [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Jennifer [VerfasserIn]
Wyrwicz, Lucjan [VerfasserIn]
Boku, Narikazu [VerfasserIn]

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Stomach neoplasms
Tyrosine protein kinase inhibitors
Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2

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doi:

10.1007/s10120-023-01455-5

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SPR054899516