Perioperative Chemotherapy Plus Trastuzumab Plus Toripalimab in HER2 Positive Locally Advanced Gastric or Esophagogastric Junction Adenocarcinoma

A Multi-center, Phase II Study to Evaluate Efficacy and Safety of Perioperative Chemotherapy With Fluorouracil, Leucovorin, Oxaliplatin, Docetaxel (FLOT) and Trastuzumab in Combination With Toripalimab in Patients With HER2 Positive Locally Advanced Gastric or Esophagogastric Junction Adenocarcinoma

This study is a prospective, single arm, multi-center phase II clinical trial designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of perioperative chemotherapy with FLOT regimen and trastuzumab in combination with toripalimab in participants with resectable HER2 positive locally advanced gastric or esophagogastric junction adenocarcinoma.

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: HER2-positive Gastric Cancer; Adenocarcinoma of the Stomach; Adenocarcinoma of Esophagogastric Junction
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: Toripalimab; Drug: Trastuzumab; Drug: 5-FU, leucovorin, docetaxel, oxaliplatin (FLOT)

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 30
• Phase: Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Jiren Yu; Phone Number: 0086-0571-87237931; Email: yujr0909@zju.edu.cn

Study Locations

• China
  • Zhejiang
    • Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, 310003
      • Recruiting
      • The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University
      • Contact: Jiren Yu
    • Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, 310003
      • Not yet recruiting
      • The Second Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University
      • Contact: Jian Chen
    • Huzhou, Zhejiang, China, 313099
      • Not yet recruiting
      • Huzhou Central Hospital
      • Contact: Yunhai Wei
    • Lishui, Zhejiang, China, 323000
      • Not yet recruiting
      • Lishui Central Hospital
      • Contact: Hongtao Xu
    • Ningbo, Zhejiang, China, 315010
      • Not yet recruiting
      • Ningbo First Hospital
      • Contact: Zhilong Yan
    • Ningbo, Zhejiang, China, 315048
      • Not yet recruiting
      • Ningbo medical center lihuili hospital
      • Contact: Weiming Yu
    • Ningbo, Zhejiang, China, 315099
      • Not yet recruiting
      • Ningbo Second Hospital
      • Contact: Ping Chen
    • Taizhou, Zhejiang, China, 317099
      • Not yet recruiting
      • Taizhou Hospital
      • Contact: Shenkang Zhou

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 80 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Voluntary participation in the clinical study; fully understands and is informed of the study and has signed the Informed Consent Form (ICF).
• The gender is not limited. Age: ≥ 18 years and ≤ 80 years old.
• Gastric or esophagogastric junction adenocarcinoma confirmed by pathology.
• HER2-positive status defined as either IHC score of 3+ or IHC 2+ with amplification proven by fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) based on pretreatment endoscopic biopsies.

• Clinical stage at presentation: cT2-T4b, N+/-, M0 as determined by AJCC staging system, 8th edition.

  • The definition of metastatic lymph nodes: a lymph node must be ≥ 10mm in short axis when assessed by CT scan (CT scan slice thickness recommended to be no greater than 5 mm) according to the guideline of Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumours (RECIST version 1.1)
• Participants with a performance status of 0 ~ 1 on the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) within 7 days before the first dose of study treatment.
• Life expectancy ≥ 6 months.
• Agreement of providing pretreatment endoscopic biopsies specimens and surgical specimens for biomarker analysis, as well as the peripheral blood, feces and urine sample.

• The functions of the vital organs meet requirements as follow (within 14 days before the first dose of study treatment, participant has not received treatment of recombinant human thrombopoietin or granulocyte stimulating factor):

  1. Hematological function：

     • White blood cell count (WBC): 3.5 × 10 ^ 9 / L ~12.0 × 10 ^ 9 / L；
     • Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1.5 × 10 ^ 9 / L；
     • Platelet count (PLT) ≥ 100 × 10 ^ 9 / L；
     • Hemoglobin (Hb) ≥ 90 g / L.

  2. Hepatic function：

     • Total bilirubin (TBIL) ≤ 1.5 × ULN (upper limit of normal);
     • Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤ 2.5 × ULN;
     • Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤ 2.5 × ULN;
     • Albumin (ALB) ≥ 30 g / L.

  3. Renal function：

     • Creatinine (Cr) ≤ 1.5 × ULN, or creatinine clearance ≥ 60 ml / min for those with creatinine level > 1.5 × ULN.

  4. Coagulation function：

     • International normalized ratio (INR) ≤ 1.5;
     • Prothrombin time (PT) and activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) ≤ 1.5 × ULN.

  5. Cardiac function:

     • The left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) value ≥ 55 %, as assessed by echocardiography
• Female of childbearing age must meet requirements: urine or serum pregnancy test must be negative within 7 days before the first dose of study treatment, and she must agree to use adequate contraception methods or keep abstinence (starting with the ICF is signed through 120 days after the last dose of toriplimab, or 210 days after the last dose of trastuzumab, or 180 days after the last dose of chemotherapy, whichever is longer, and should not be breastfeeding. For the male participants must meet requirements: agree to use adequate contraception methods or keep abstinence (starting with the ICF is signed through 120 days after the last dose of toriplimab, or 210 days after the last dose of trastuzumab, or 180 days after the last dose of chemotherapy, whichever is longer).

Exclusion Criteria:

• Prior systemic therapy for treatment of gastric cancer (surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, targeted therapy or immunotherapy).
• Previous or concurrent have other active malignant tumors within the past 5 years (except for basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, superficial bladder cancer, prostate cancer or cervical cancer or breast cancer in situ that has undergone curative therapy).
• Participants with gastric outlet obstruction, or unable for oral take, or severe gastrointestinal bleeding.
• Myocardial infarction within 6 months before the first dose of study treatment, uncontrolled angina, arrhythmia which need medical intervention (including but not limited to cardiac pacemaker), congestive heart failure (New York Heart Association (NYHA) class III or IV).
• Existence of chronic diarrhea (watery diarrhea: ≥ 5 times per day).
• Participants with active infection within 14 days before the first dose of study treatment which need medical intervention.
• Participants with active tuberculosis.
• Previous or concurrent diagnosed with interstitial lung disease by imaging or symptoms.
• Any of the following test is positive: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) antibody, Hepatitis B surface Antigen (HBsAg), or Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) antibody.
• Participants who need long-term systemic steroid therapy (> 10 mg/d prednisone equivalent) or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 14 days before the first dose of study treatment or during the study period.
• Concurrent or previous have severe allergic reaction to any antibody-based drugs.
• Existence of any concurrent autoimmune disease, excepting participants with diabetes mellitus type I, hypothyroidism requiring only hormone replacement therapy.
• Receive live vaccines within 28 days before the first dose of study treatment or during the study period, excepting inactivated viral vaccines for seasonal influenza.
• Known history of allogeneic organ transplantation and allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
• Existence of systemic disease that is difficult to control despite treatment with several agents, for example, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, etc.
• Existence of other serious physical or mental diseases or serious laboratory abnormalities that may increase the risk of participating in the study. Participants who were judged unsuitable as subjects of this trial by investigator.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Intervention / Treatment

Experimental: Toripalimab plus Trastuzumab with FLOT(5-FU+leucovorin+docetaxel+oxaliplatin)

Drug: Toripalimab; Toripalimab, 240 mg IV infusion on Day 1 of each 21 day cycle for 3 cycles prior to surgery and 3 cycles after surgery.; Drug: Trastuzumab; Trastuzumab, 8 mg/kg IV loading dose at 1st administration and then 6 mg/kg IV on Day 1 of each 21 day cycle for 3 cycles before surgery and 3 cycles after surgery. The first administration of trastuzumab after surgery should also be given at the loading dose of 8 mg/kg.; Drug: 5-FU, leucovorin, docetaxel, oxaliplatin (FLOT); Pre-operative treatment 4 cycles and post-operative treatment 4 cycles: Docetaxel 50 mg/m², IV on day 1 of each 14 day cycle; Oxaliplatin 85 mg/m² , IV on day 1 of each 14 day cycle; Leucovorin 200 mg/m² or Levoleucovorin 100 mg/m², IV on day 1 of each 14 day cycle; 5-FU 2600 mg/m², IV over 24 h on day 1 of each 14 day cycle.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Rate of pathological complete responses (pCR)	Percentage of patients with pCR referring to the total number of enrolled and eligible patients, as evaluated centrally by a reference pathologist.	From enrollment to surgery after pre-operative treatment (up to approximately 24 months)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Overall survival	The duration of overall survival (OS) will be determined by measuring the time interval from enrollment to the end of follow up or death from any cause	From enrollment to the end of follow up or death from any cause (up to approximately 60 months)
Progression-free survival	Progression-free survival (PFS) will be defined as the time from enrollment to the end of follow up or the time of disease progression or relapse or death from any cause	From enrollment to the end of follow up or the time of disease progression or relapse or death from any cause (up to approximately 60 months)
The incidences and types of adverse events (AE) and severe adverse events (SAE)	The incidences and types of adverse events that occur during treatment will be evaluated according to the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 4.0.3	From enrollment to 90-day after the last dose administration (up to approximately 27 months)

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Yu jiren
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Jiren Yu, First affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): February 28, 2023
• Primary Completion (Estimated): March 1, 2025
• Study Completion (Estimated): March 1, 2028

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: January 28, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 28, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): February 8, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): September 19, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 14, 2024
• Last Verified: September 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Trastuzumab; Toripalimab; Gastric Adenocarcinoma; Perioperative Chemotherapy; Esophagogastric Junction Adenocarcinoma
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Neoplasms; Carcinoma; Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial; Adenocarcinoma; Physiological Effects of Drugs; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Antineoplastic Agents; Tubulin Modulators; Antimitotic Agents; Mitosis Modulators; Protective Agents; Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological; Micronutrients; Vitamins; Antidotes; Vitamin B Complex; Docetaxel; Trastuzumab; Oxaliplatin; Leucovorin
• Other Study ID Numbers: IIT20220076C-R1

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No