Trial reportAnnals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology2019
Safety and efficacy of nivolumab in combination with S-1/capecitabine plus oxaliplatin in patients with previously untreated, unresectable, advanced, or recurrent gastric/gastroesophageal junction cancer: interim results of a randomized, phase II trial (ATTRACTION-4).
Trial report in Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 3 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 201 papers, 15 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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ONO-4538 Phase II/III Study A Multicenter, Randomized Study in Patients With Unresectable Advanced or Recurrent Gastric Cancer
A Single-arm, Open Phase II Trial of CAPOX Combined With Bevacizumab Combined With Tislelizumab in First-line Treatment of PDL1 CPS < 5 Locally Advanced or Metastati Gastroesophageal Adenocarcinoma
Efficacy and Safety of Serplulimab Combined With Nab-paclitaxel and SOX as Neoadjuvant Treatment for Locally Advanced Gastric Cancer or Adenocarcinoma of Esophagogastric Junction: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial
Who cites it
201 citing papers in PubMed, 15 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 318 citations in OpenAlex.
- Safety Profiles of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Strategies in Gastrointestinal Cancers and Their Association With Clinical Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Cancer medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Optimal early endpoint for second-line or subsequent immune checkpoint inhibitors in previously treated advanced solid cancers: a systematic review.BMC cancer · 2025Pooled it
- Toxicity profiles of immunochemotherapy for gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Cellular oncology (Dordrecht, Netherlands) · 2024Pooled it
- Efficacy and safety of Nivolumab in advanced gastric and gastroesophageal junction cancer: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.BMC gastroenterology · 2024Pooled it
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- How to Balance Prognostic Factors in Controlled Phase II Trials: Stratified Permuted Block Randomization or Minimization? An Analysis of Clinical Trials in Digestive Oncology.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2024Pooled it
- Cancer cachexia reduces the efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors in cancer patients.Aging · 2024Pooled it
- Evaluation of the efficacy and safety of first- and second-line immunotherapy in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer: a systematic review and network meta-analysis based on randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in immunology · 2024Pooled it
- Meta-analysis of three randomized trials of capecitabine plus cisplatin (XP) versus S-1 plus cisplatin (SP) as first-line treatment for advanced gastric cancer.International journal of clinical oncology · 2023Pooled it
- Prognostic nutritional index as a prognostic biomarker for gastrointestinal cancer patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors.Frontiers in immunology · 2023Pooled it
- Evaluation of neoadjuvant immunotherapy plus chemotherapy in Chinese surgically resectable gastric cancer: a pilot study by meta-analysis.Frontiers in immunology · 2023Pooled it
- Treatment- and immune-related adverse events of immune checkpoint inhibitors in esophageal or gastroesophageal junction cancer: A network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Pooled it
- Role of N6-Methyladenosine Methylation Regulators in the Drug Therapy of Digestive System Tumours.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2022Pooled it
- Treatment-Related Serious Adverse Events of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Clinical Trials: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in oncology · 2021Pooled it
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- Nivolumab Plus Chemotherapy versus Placebo Plus Chemotherapy in Korean Patients with HER2-Negative, Untreated, Unresectable Advanced or Recurrent Gastric or Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer: Subgroup Analysis of a Randomized, Multicenter, Double-Blind Phase 3 Trial (ATTRACTION-4).Cancer research and treatment · 2026Trial
- Benmelstobart plus anlotinib and chemotherapy in HER2-negative advanced gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma: A phase 2 study.Cell reports. Medicine · 2025Trial
- A multicenter randomized open-label phase 2 study investigating optimal antiemetic therapy for patients with advanced/recurrent gastric cancer treated with trastuzumab deruxtecan: the EN-hance study.International journal of clinical oncology · 2025Trial
- Nivolumab Combined with Chemotherapy in FGFR2 and PD-L1 Co-Expressing Metastatic Gastric Cancer: A Prospective Phase 2 NIVOFGFR2 Study.Journal of gastrointestinal cancer · 2025Trial
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Abstract
backgroundNivolumab is approved as an option for third- or later-line treatment of advanced gastric/gastroesophageal junction (G/GEJ) cancer in several countries after ATTRACTION-2. To further improve the therapeutic efficacy of first-line therapy, exploration of a nivolumab-chemotherapy combination is warranted. In part 1 (phase II) of ATTRACTION-4, the safety and efficacy of nivolumab combined with S-1 plus oxaliplatin (SOX) or capecitabine plus oxaliplatin (CapeOX) as first-line therapy for unresectable advanced or recurrent human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative G/GEJ cancer were evaluated. PATIENTS AND
methodsPatients were randomized (1 : 1) to receive nivolumab (360 mg intravenously every 3 weeks) plus SOX (S-1, 40 mg/m2 orally twice daily for 14 days followed by 7 days off; oxaliplatin, 130 mg/m2 intravenously on day 1 every 3 weeks) or CapeOX (capecitabine, 1000 mg/m2 orally twice daily for 14 days followed by 7 days off; oxaliplatin, 130 mg/m2 intravenously on day 1 every 3 weeks) until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, or consent withdrawal.
resultsOf 40 randomized patients, 39 (nivolumab plus SOX, 21; nivolumab plus CapeOX, 18) and 38 (21 and 17, respectively) comprised the safety and efficacy populations, respectively. Most frequent (>10%) grade 3/4 treatment-related adverse events were neutropenia (14.3%) in the nivolumab plus SOX group, and neutropenia (16.7%), anemia, peripheral sensory neuropathy, decreased appetite, type 1 diabetes mellitus, and nausea (11.1% each) in the nivolumab plus CapeOX group. No treatment-related death occurred. Objective response rate was 57.1% (95% confidence interval 34.0-78.2) with nivolumab plus SOX and 76.5% (50.1-93.2) with nivolumab plus CapeOX. Median overall survival was not reached (NR) in both groups. Median progression-free survival was 9.7 months (5.8-NR) and 10.6 months (5.6-12.5), respectively.
conclusionNivolumab combined with SOX/CapeOX was well tolerated and demonstrated encouraging efficacy for unresectable advanced or recurrent HER2-negative G/GEJ cancer. ATTRACTION-4 has proceeded to part 2 (phase III) to compare nivolumab plus SOX/CapeOX versus placebo plus SOX/CapeOX. CLINICALTRIALS.GOV ID: NCT02746796.
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