Combination treatment for advanced gastric cancer

A Phase Ib/II Trial of Capeox Regimen Combined With Sintilimab and Bevacizumab in First-line Treatment for Recurrent or Metastatic Gastric and Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma

This study is testing a new combination of chemotherapy and targeted therapy to see if it can help people with advanced stomach cancer who haven't had treatment before.

Quick facts

• Phase: Phase1; Phase2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 57 (estimated)
• Ages: 18 Years to 70 Years
• Sex: All
• Sponsor: West China Hospital (Academic / other)
• Drugs / interventions: chemotherapy, immunotherapy, prednisone, Bevacizumab, daclizumab, sintilimab
• Locations: 1 site (Chengdu)
• Trial ID: NCT05640609 on ClinicalTrials.gov

What this trial studies

This clinical trial investigates the effectiveness of the Capeox regimen combined with Sintilimab and Bevacizumab in patients with advanced or metastatic adenocarcinoma of the stomach and gastroesophageal junction. It is a one-arm, open-label, prospective phase II study aimed at patients who have not received any prior systemic treatment. The study seeks to address the limitations of current first-line chemotherapy options and explore the potential benefits of combining chemotherapy with immunotherapy and targeted therapy.

Who should consider this trial

Good fit: Ideal candidates are adults aged 18 to 70 with unresectable recurrent or metastatic adenocarcinoma of the stomach or gastroesophageal junction who have not received prior systemic treatment.

Not a fit: Patients who have received prior systemic treatment for their advanced gastric cancer or those with a life expectancy of less than three months may not benefit from this study.

Why it matters

Potential benefit: If successful, this treatment could significantly improve survival rates and outcomes for patients with advanced gastric cancer.

How similar studies have performed: While the combination of chemotherapy with immunotherapy and targeted therapy is a novel approach in this specific context, similar strategies have shown promise in other cancer types.

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Histological or cytological diagnosis confirmed adenocarcinoma of stomach and gastroesophageal junction (including signet ring cell carcinoma, mucinous adenocarcinoma, hepatoid adenocarcinoma)
2. Imaging and surgical evaluation of unresectable recurrent or metastatic patients
3. The expected survival time was more than 3 months
4. The age is between 18 and 70 years old, both male and female
5. No systematic treatment has been given to patients with advanced or metastatic gastric and esophagogastric junction adenocarcinoma.If the patients who have received adjuvant or neoadjuvant therapy (including chemotherapy, radiotherapy and chemotherapy), the last treatment must be completed at least 6 months before randomization, and there is no recurrence or disease progression at the time of treatment.Palliative radiotherapy was allowed, but it must be completed at least 2 weeks before the first study treatment.Subjects were allowed to receive anti-tumor traditional Chinese medicine preparations in the past, but they must be discontinued at least 2 weeks before randomization
6. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group(ECoG) - 1 physical status
7. At least one lesion can be evaluated according to RECIST 1.1 criteria
8. It can provide pathological tissues or fresh pathological tissues that are filed within 6 months after the signature of informed consent for screening, and can obtain the test results. For the slices filed within 6 months before randomization, it should be confirmed that no systematic treatment (including adjuvant / neoadjuvant therapy) has been received after obtaining the samples
9. The function of the main organs is normal, that is to say, it meets the following standards:

   1. Blood routine examination (no blood transfusion within 14 days before screening)
   2. Hemoglobin ≥ 90 g / L;
   3. Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1.5×109/L;
   4. Platelet count ≥ 75×109/L; Blood biochemical test (albumin was not used within 14 days before screening)
   5. Albumin ≥ 28 g / L;
   6. Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5×Upper limit of normal value (ULN);
   7. Aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤ 3×ULN; If there is liver metastasis, aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤ 5×ULN
   8. Creatinine ≤ 1.5×ULN;Coagulation function:
   9. International normalized ratio (INR) or prothrombin time (PT) ≤ 1.5×ULN;
   10. Activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) ≤ 1.5×ULN
10. For sections filed in the first 6 months of randomization, it should be confirmed that no systematic treatment (including adjuvant / neoadjuvant therapy) has been received since sample acquisition
11. Acute toxicity caused by previous anti-tumor treatment or surgery was relieved to grade 0-1 (according to ncictcae 5.0) or to the level specified in the inclusion / exclusion criteria
12. Female subjects of childbearing age were required to conduct a serum pregnancy test within 3 days before the start of the study, and the results were negative, and they were willing to use a medically recognized high-efficiency contraceptive method (such as intrauterine device, contraceptive or condom) during the study period and within 3 months after the last administration of the study drug;For male subjects whose partners are women of childbearing age, they should be sterilized by surgery or agree to use effective contraceptive methods during the study and within 3 months after the last study administration
13. With my consent and signed the letter of understanding, I am willing and able to follow the planned visit, research treatment, laboratory examination and other test procedures

Exclusion Criteria:

1. HER2 + (or HER2 +) is known to be positive
2. Gastric cancer known as squamous cell carcinoma, undifferentiated or other tissue types, or adenocarcinoma mixed with other tissue types
3. There are uncontrolled or symptomatic active central nervous system (CNS) metastases, which can be characterized by clinical symptoms, brain edema, spinal cord compression, cancer metastasis, malignant meningitis, leptomeningeal disease, and / or progressive growth.Patients with CNS metastases can be enrolled in the study if they are adequately treated and their psychiatric symptoms can return to baseline level at least 2 weeks before randomization (except for residual signs or symptoms related to CNS treatment).In addition, subjects were required to discontinue corticosteroids or receive prednisone (or equivalent other corticosteroids) at least 2 weeks before randomization, or to receive a stable or gradually reduced dose of prednisone (or equivalent) at least 2 weeks before randomization
4. There were hydrothorax and ascites which could not be controlled by puncture and drainage within 14 days before the random;Pericardial effusion with clinical symptoms or moderate or above
5. The weight of the subjects decreased by more than 20% in the first two months of randomization
6. The following treatments or drugs were received before randomization: a) major surgery was performed within 28 days before randomization (tissue biopsy and peripherally inserted central catheter operation peripherally inserted central venous catheter （PICC） for diagnosis are allowed; b) immunosuppressive drugs were used within 7 days before randomization,Does not include nasal and inhaled corticosteroids or physiological doses of systemic hormones (i.e. no more than 10 mg / D of nisone or other corticosteroids with equivalent physiologic doses);c) Live attenuated vaccine was administered within 28 days before randomization or within 60 days after the end of drug treatment;d) Antineoplastic therapy (including chemotherapy, radiotherapy, immunotherapy, endocrine therapy, targeted therapy, biotherapy or tumor embolization) within 28 days before randomization
7. Any other malignant tumor was diagnosed within 3 years before entering the study, except basal cell carcinoma of skin or squamous or superficial bladder cancer, carcinoma in situ of cervix, intraductal carcinoma of breast and papillary thyroid carcinoma that can be treated locally and cured.
8. There is any active, known or suspected autoimmune disease.Subjects who were in a stable state and did not need systemic immunosuppressive therapy were allowed to be included, such as type I diabetes mellitus, hypothyroid diabetes mellitus requiring hormone replacement therapy only, and skin diseases without systemic treatment (e.g., vitiligo, psoriasis and alopecia)
9. Previously received anti-PD-1 / PD-L1 antibody, anti-CTLA-4 antibody or other drugs acting on T-cell co stimulation or examination cell co stimulation or checkpoint pathway
10. There were significant bleeding symptoms or bleeding tendency in 3 months before random;Gastrointestinal perforation and / or gastrointestinal fistula occurred within 6 months before randomization;Arteriovenous thrombosis events occurred in the first 6 months, such as cerebrovascular accident (including transient ischemic attack, cerebral hemorrhage, cerebral infarction), deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, etc
11. Major vascular disease (e.g. aortic aneurysm requiring surgical repair or recent peripheral artery thrombosis) within 6 months before the start of study treatment
12. Severe, unhealed or dehiscent wounds and active ulcers or untreated fractures
13. There were peripheral neuropathy \> 1 grade
14. If the symptoms of ileus (ileus) at the beginning of the study (with or without complete parenteral nutrition treatment) and symptoms of ileus were resolved at the time of initial diagnosis or complete parenteral nutrition treatment, or if the patient did not have the symptoms of ileus at the time of initial diagnosis / treatment, or had not received complete parenteral nutrition treatment,Patients may be admitted to the study
15. Interstitial lung disease, non infectious inflammation or uncontrollable systemic diseases (such as diabetes, hypertension, pulmonary fibrosis and acute pneumonia, etc.)
16. Known allergy to the study drug or any of its excipients, or severe allergic reactions to other monoclonal antibodies
17. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection or known acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
18. Untreated active hepatitis B was defined as HBV-DNA ≥ 500 IU / ml;Hepatitis C, defined as HCV-RNA higher than the detection limit of the analytical method;Or combined with hepatitis B and C co infection
19. In the first 6 months, the following conditions occurred: myocardial infarction, severe / unstable angina pectoris, New York Heart Association （NYHA ）grade 2 or above cardiac insufficiency, clinically significant supraventricular or ventricular arrhythmias, and symptomatic congestive heart failure
20. Hypertension was poorly controlled by drug therapy (systolic blood pressure \> 140 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure \> 90 mmHg)
21. Systemic use of antibiotics for more than 7 days in 4 weeks before randomization, or fever of unknown origin \> 38.5 ° C during screening period / before first administration (fever due to tumor can be included in the group according to the judgment of the researcher)
22. Known history of allogeneic organ transplantation or allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
23. Participated in any other drug clinical study within 4 weeks before randomization, or no more than 5 half-life from the last study
24. A history of psychotropic substance abuse or abuse is known
25. The presence of other laboratory abnormalities with severe physical or mental illness may increase the risk of participating in the study, or interfere with the results of the study and patients considered unsuitable for the study

Where this trial is running

Chengdu

• Liu Ming — Chengdu, China (Recruiting)

Study contacts

• Study coordinator: Liu Ming, Professor

Conditions Stomach Neoplasm