Review Article

Immunotherapy in Advanced Gastric Cancer: An Overview of the Emerging Strategies

Table 1

Ongoing trials with anti-PD1 in advanced gastric cancer.

Study IDStudy phaseTreatmentPopulationStatus

NCT02901301Ib/IIPembrolizumab + trastuzumab + cisplatin + capecitabineHER2 positive advanced gastric cancerRecruiting

CP-MGAH22-05
(NCT02689284)
Ib/IIMargetuximab in combination with pembrolizumabRelapsed/refractory advanced HER2+ GEJ or gastric cancerRecruiting
NCT02318901Ib/IIPembrolizumab and monoclonal antibody therapyPatients with advanced cancer (one cohort for patients with unresectable HER2 overexpressing gastric or GEJ cancers)Active, not recruiting
NCT03095781IbPembrolizumab and XL888Patients with stage IV or locally advanced unresectable gastrointestinal adenocarcinomas who have failed at least one prior therapyRecruiting

NCT02178722I/IIPembrolizumab in combination with epacadostatPatients with selected cancers (including gastric cancer)Recruiting

NCT03342937IIPembrolizumab + oxaliplatin and capecitabineFirst-line treatment of patients with gastroesophageal cancerNot yet recruiting

NCT02954536IIPembrolizumab in combination with trastuzumab, capecitabine/cisplatinFirst-line stage IV HER2-positive metastatic esophagogastric (EG) cancerRecruiting

NCT03196232IIEpacadostat and pembrolizumabMetastatic or unresectable GEJ or gastric cancer that progressed at least first line of prior therapyRecruiting

KEYNOTE KN-463
(NCT03122548)
IICRS-207 and pembrolizumabRecurrent or metastatic gastric, GEJ, or esophageal cancer who have received 2 prior systemic chemotherapy treatmentRecruiting

KEYNOTE-063
(NCT03019588)
IIIPembrolizumab versus paclitaxelAsian subjects with advanced gastric or GEJ adenocarcinoma who progressed after first-line therapy with platinum and fluoropyrimidineRecruiting

KEYNOTE-062
(NCT02494583)
IIIPembrolizumab as monotherapy and in combination with cisplatin + 5-fluorouracil versus placebo + cisplatin + 5-fluorouracilAs first-line treatment in subjects with advanced gastric or GEJ adenocarcinomaActive, not recruiting

KEYNOTE-061
(NCT02370498)
IIIPembrolizumab versus paclitaxelAdvanced gastric or GEJ adenocarcinoma who progressed after first-line therapy with platinum and fluoropyrimidineActive, not recruiting

ONO4538
(NCT02267343)
IIINivolumab versus placeboUnresectable advanced or recurrent gastric cancer (including esophagogastric junction cancer) refractory to or intolerant of standard therapyActive, not recruiting
CA209-929
(NCT03342417)
IICombination of nivolumab and ipilimumab in breast, ovarian, and gastric cancer patientsIn gastric cancer arm: advanced gastric cancer patients who are recurrent/refractory to a prior therapy not involving herceptinRecruiting
ONO-4538-37
(NCT02746796)
II/IIINivolumab and chemotherapy versus placebo and chemotherapyUnresectable advanced or recurrent gastric cancer (including esophagogastric junction cancer) not previously treated with the first-line therapyRecruiting
CheckMate 649
(NCT02872116)
IIINivolumab plus ipilimumab or nivolumab in combination with oxaliplatin plus fluoropyrimidine versus oxaliplatin plus fluoropyrimidinePatients with previously untreated advanced or metastatic gastric or gastroesophageal junction cancerRecruiting
FRACTION-GC
(NCT02935634)
IINivolumab plus ipilimumab versus nivolumab plus relatlimab versus nivolumab and BMS-986205Patients with advanced gastric cancerRecruiting

NCCH-1611
NCT02999295
I/IIRamucirumab plus nivolumabSecond-line therapy in Participants with gastric or GEJ cancerRecruiting
AIO-STO-0217
(NCT03409848)
IIIpilimumab or FOLFOX in combination with nivolumab and trastuzumabPreviously untreated HER2 positive locally advanced or metastatic esophagogastric adenocarcinomaNot yet recruiting
INCAGN 1876-201
(NCT03126110)
I/IIINCAGN01876 combined with nivolumab versus INCAGN01876 combined with ipilimumab versus INCAGN01876 combined with nivolumab and ipilimumabSubjects with advanced or metastatic malignanciesRecruiting