Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
Universidad de la Frontera, Temuco, Chile.
Ann Oncol. 2018 Oct 1;29(10):2052-2060. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdy264.
There currently are no internationally recognised treatment guidelines for patients with advanced gastric cancer/gastro-oesophageal junction cancer (GC/GEJC) in whom two prior lines of therapy have failed. The randomised, phase III JAVELIN Gastric 300 trial compared avelumab versus physician's choice of chemotherapy as third-line therapy in patients with advanced GC/GEJC.
Patients with unresectable, recurrent, locally advanced, or metastatic GC/GEJC were recruited at 147 sites globally. All patients were randomised to receive either avelumab 10 mg/kg by intravenous infusion every 2 weeks or physician's choice of chemotherapy (paclitaxel 80 mg/m2 on days 1, 8, and 15 or irinotecan 150 mg/m2 on days 1 and 15, each of a 4-week treatment cycle); patients ineligible for chemotherapy received best supportive care. The primary end point was overall survival (OS). Secondary end points included progression-free survival (PFS), objective response rate (ORR), and safety.
A total of 371 patients were randomised. The trial did not meet its primary end point of improving OS {median, 4.6 versus 5.0 months; hazard ratio (HR)=1.1 [95% confidence interval (CI) 0.9-1.4]; P = 0.81} or the secondary end points of PFS [median, 1.4 versus 2.7 months; HR=1.73 (95% CI 1.4-2.2); P > 0.99] or ORR (2.2% versus 4.3%) in the avelumab versus chemotherapy arms, respectively. Treatment-related adverse events (TRAEs) of any grade occurred in 90 patients (48.9%) and 131 patients (74.0%) in the avelumab and chemotherapy arms, respectively. Grade ≥3 TRAEs occurred in 17 patients (9.2%) in the avelumab arm and in 56 patients (31.6%) in the chemotherapy arm.
Treatment of patients with GC/GEJC with single-agent avelumab in the third-line setting did not result in an improvement in OS or PFS compared with chemotherapy. Avelumab showed a more manageable safety profile than chemotherapy.
ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02625623.
目前尚无针对二线治疗失败的晚期胃/胃食管交界癌(GC/GEJC)患者的国际公认治疗指南。随机、III 期 JAVELIN Gastric 300 试验比较了avelumab 与化疗作为三线治疗在晚期 GC/GEJC 患者中的疗效。
全球 147 个地点招募了不可切除、复发、局部晚期或转移性 GC/GEJC 患者。所有患者均随机接受avelumab 10mg/kg 静脉输注,每 2 周 1 次或化疗(紫杉醇 80mg/m2,第 1、8 和 15 天或伊立替康 150mg/m2,每 4 周治疗周期的第 1 和 15 天);不适合化疗的患者接受最佳支持治疗。主要终点是总生存期(OS)。次要终点包括无进展生存期(PFS)、客观缓解率(ORR)和安全性。
共随机分配了 371 名患者。试验未达到改善 OS 的主要终点[中位数,4.6 与 5.0 个月;风险比(HR)=1.1[95%置信区间(CI)0.9-1.4];P=0.81]或次要终点 PFS[中位数,1.4 与 2.7 个月;HR=1.73(95% CI 1.4-2.2);P>0.99]或 ORR(分别为 2.2%与 4.3%)。avelumab 组和化疗组分别有 90 例(48.9%)和 131 例(74.0%)患者出现任何等级的治疗相关不良事件(TRAEs)。avelumab 组有 17 例(9.2%)和化疗组有 56 例(31.6%)患者发生≥3 级 TRAEs。
与化疗相比,三线治疗晚期 GC/GEJC 患者时,单药avelumab 治疗并未改善 OS 或 PFS。avelumab 的安全性优于化疗。
ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT02625623。