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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 May 11.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2019 Apr 11;125(12):1990–2001. doi: 10.1002/cncr.32066

TABLE 2.

Completed Immunotherapy Trials for Metastatic Esophagogastric Cancer

Trial: Phase (Reference) Treatment Prior Lines No. of Patientsa ORR, % Median PFS, mo Median OS, mo 1-Year OS, %
ATTRACTION-2 (Kang 201763)
Phase 3 Nivo 3 mg/kg ≥2 330 (9% GEJ) 11.2 1.6 5.3 26
KEYNOTE-059 (Fuchs 201864)
Phase 2 Pembro ≥2 259 (51% GEJ) 11.6 2.0 5.6 23
PD-L1–positive, 148 15.5 5.8
PD-L1–negative, 109 6.4 4.9
CheckMate-032 (Janjigian 201865)
Phase 1/2 Nivo 3 mg/kg ≥2 59 (53% GEJ) 12.0 1.4 6.2 39b
PD-L1–positive, 16 19.0
PD-L1–negative, 26 12.0
Nivo 1 mg/kg + Ipi 3 mg/kg ≥2 49 (39% GEJ) 24.0 1.4 6.9 35
PD-L1–positive, 10 40.0
PD-L1–negative, 32 22.0
Nivo 3 mg/kg + Ipi 1 mg/kg ≥2 52 (48% GEJ) 8.0 1.6 4.8 24
PD-L1–positive, 13 23.0
PD-L1–negative, 30 0.0
KEYNOTE-061: Phase 3
(Shitara 201866)
Pembro 1 296 (30% GEJ) 16.0 1.5 9.1 40
[PD-L1 CPS ≥1, 196]
Paclitaxel 296 (32% GEJ) 14.0 4.1 8.3 27
[PD-L1 CPS ≥1, 199]
JAVELIN Gastric 300: Phase 3
(Bang 201867)
Avelumab ≥2 185 (34% GEJ) 2.2 1.4 4.6 NR
PD-L1–positive, 46 4.3 1.4 4.0
PD-L1–negative, 111 1.8 1.4 4.6
Chemo ≥2 186 (26% GEJ) 4.3 2.7 5.0 NR
PD-L1–positive, 39 5.1 2.8 4.5
PD-L1–negative, 121 5.0 2.7 5.3
KEYNOTE-181: Phase 3
(Kojima 201968)c
Pembro 1 222 21.5 3.0 9.3 43
PD-L1 CPS ≥10, 107
Chemo PD-L1 CPS ≥10, 115 6.1 2.6 6.7 20

Abbreviations: Chemo, physician’s-choice chemotherapy; CPS, combined positive score; GEJ, gastroesophageal junction; Ipi, ipilimumab; Nivo, nivolumab; NR, not reported; ORR, overall response rate; PD-L1, programmed-death ligand 1; Pembro, pembrolizumab.

a

Percentages of patients who had GEJ tumors are highlighted in bold where values were available.

b

Seven patients had microsatellite instability-high tumors.

c

The trial included adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma.