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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Surg Oncol. 2022 Jun;125(7):1079–1095. doi: 10.1002/jso.26874

Table 1.

Completed clinical trials for the targetable pathways in gastric cancer.

Pathway Name Treatment Conclusions Reference
Angiogenesis REGARD Ramucirumab OS 5.2 mo vs. 3.8 mo Fuchs et al. 2014
RAINBOW Ramucirumab + Pacitaxel OS 9.6 mo vs. 7.4 mo Wilke et al. 2014
Apatinib Apatinib PFS 2.6 mo vs 1.8 mo
OS 6.5 mo vs. 4.7 mo
Li et al. 2016
INTEGRATE Regorafenib PFS 2.6 mo vs. 0.9 mo Pavlakis et al. 2016
AVAGAST Bevacizumab + Capecitabine/Cisplatin PFS 6.7 mo vs. 5.3 mo
OS 12.1 vs 10.1 mo
Ohtsu et al. 2011
AVATAR Bevacizumab + Capecitabine/Cisplatin PFS 6.3 mo vs. 6.0 mo
OS 10.5 mo vs 11.6 mo
Shen et al. 2013
Ma et al Bevacizumab + DOF OS 17.6 mo vs. 16.4 mo
DFS 15.2 mo vs. 12.3
TRR 65% vs 42.5%
Ma et al. 2015
Moy et al Regorafenib + mFOLFOX6 6 mo PFS 56% Moy et al. 2020
HER2 TRIO-013/LOGiC Lapatinib + Capecitabine/Oxaliplatin PFS 6.0 mo vs. 5.4 mo
OS 12.2 mo vs. 10.5 mo
Response rate 53% vs 39%
Hecht et al. 2016
Iqbal et al Lapatinib OS 4.8 mo
Well tolerated with minimal adverse effects
Iqbal et al. 2011
TyTAN Lapatinib + Pacitaxel OS 11 mo vs. 8.9 mo
PFS 5.4 mo vs 4.4 mo
Satoh et al. 2014
ToGA Trastuzumab + Capecitabine/Cisplatin or Fluorouracil/Cisplatin OS 13.8 mo vs. 11.1 mo Bang et al. 2010
T-ACT Trastuzumab + Pacitaxel PFS 3.2 mo vs. 3.7 mo
OS 10 mo vs. 10 mo
ORR 32% vs. 33%
Makiyama et al. 2020
GATSBY Trastuzumab + Pacitaxel/Docetaxel OS 7.9 mo vs. 8.6 mo Thuss-Patience et al. 2017
JACOB Pertuzumab + Trastuzumab + Capecitabine/Cisplatin or 5-fluorouracil OS 17.5 mo vs. 14.2 mo Tabernero et al. 2018
Shitara et al Trastuzumab + Chemotherapy OS 24.7 mo vs. 13.9 mo in HER2+ patients Shitara et al. 2013
Shitara et al Trastuzumab + Irinotectan/Pacitaxel OS 12.5 mo vs. 8.4 mo Shitara et al. 2020
Janjigian et al Trastuzumab + Pembrolizumab + Capecitabine/Cisplatin or Oxaliplatin 6 mo PFS 70%
Safe combination with minimal adverse effects
Janjigian et al. 2020
Bang et al Margetuximab Tumor reduction in 78% Well tolerated with only Grade 1/2 toxicities Bang et al. 2017
CP-MGAH22-05 Margetuximab + Pembrolizumab Well tolerated Catenacci et al 2020
RTK FOLFETUX Cetuximab + FOLFIRI ORR 44.1%
Well tolerated
Pinto et al. 2007
Han et al Cetuximab + FOLFOX6 50% response rate
OS 9.9 mo
Han et al. 2009
Moehler et al Cetuximab + Irinotecan and 5-fluouracil ORR 46%
Disease control 79%
PFS 9 mo
OS 16.5 mo
Moehler et al. 2011
Kim et al Cetuximab + Oxaliplatin/Capecitabine ORR 52.3%
PFS 6.5 mo
OS 11.8 mo
Well tolerated
Kim et al. 2011
EXPAND Cetuximab + Cisplatin/Capecitabine PFS 4.4 mo vs. 5.6 mo Lordick et al. 2013
Rojo et al Gefitinib Reduced pEGFR levels in tumors Rojo et al. 2006
MMP-9 Shah et al Adencalazimab + mFOLFOX6 ORR 47.5% Shah et al. 2018
DNA Damage Bang et al Olaparib + Paclitaxel PFS 3.91 mo vs. 3.55 mo
OS 13.1 mo vs. 8.3 mo
Bang et al 2015
GOLD Olaparib + Paclitaxel OS 8.8 mo vs. 6.9 mo Bang et al. 2017
Friedlander et al Tislelizumab + Pamiparib 49 patients achieved objective response Friedlander et al. 2019
Immunotherapy ATTRACTION-2 Nivolumab OS 5.26 mo vs. 4.14 mo
12 mo
ORR 26.2% vs. 10.9%
Kang et al. 2017
JAVELIN Gastric 300 Avelumab + Pacitaxel/Irinotecan OS 4.6 vs. 5.0 mo
PFS 1.4 vs. 2.7 mo
ORR 2.2% vs 4.3%
Bang et al. 2018
ATTRACTION-4 Nivolumab + SOX/CapeOX ORR 57.1% (SOX) 76.5% (CapeOX)
PFS 9.7 mo (SOX) 10.6 mo (CapeOX)
Boku et al. 2019
KEYNOTE-059 Pembrolizumab PD-L1+ ObRR 15.5%
Response duration 16.3 mo
PD-L1- ObRR 6.4%
Response duration 6.9 mo
Fuchs et al. 2018
KEYNOTE-061 Pembrolizumab + Pacitaxel OS 9.1 vs. 8.3 mo
PFS 1.5 mo vs 4.1 mo
Shitara et al. 2018
KEYNOTE-062 Pembrolizumab + Cisplatin/Fluoruracil/Capecitabine OS 17.4 mo vs. 10.8 mo for CPS>10 for pembro alone
OS 12.5 mo vs. 11.1 mo for CPS>10 for pembro + chemo
Shitara et al. 2020
KEYNOTE-063 Pembrolizumab + Pacitaxel OS 8 mo vs. 8 mo
PFS 2 mo vs. 4 mo
ObRR 13% vs 19%
Chung et al. 2022
JAVELIN Gastric 100 Avelumab + Chemotherapy Whole population OS
10.4 mo vs. 10.9 mo
PD-L1+ OS 14.9 mo vs 11.6 mo
Moehler et al. 2021
CheckMate 649 Nivolumab + Ipilimumab + Chemotherapy OS 13.1 mo (Nivo + Chemo) vs. 11.1 mo (Chemo alone) Janjigian et al. 2021
KEYNOTE-158 Pembrolizumab ObRR 34.3%
PFS 4.1 mo
OS 23.5 mo
Marabelle et al. 2020
Claudin 18.2 FAST IMAB362 + EOX PFS 7.9 mo vs 5.7 mo
OS 12.5 mo vs 8.7 mo
Al-Batran et al. 2016,
Sahin et al. 2021

OS= Overall Survival, PFS= Progression free survival, ORR= Overall response rate, ObRR= Objective response rate, DFS= Disease free survival, TRR= Total response rate