Evidence map›Paper›PMID 36912199›Full record

ArticleCancer medicine2023

Real-world clinical outcomes of the combination of anti-PD-1 antibody, trastuzumab, and chemotherapy for HER2-positive gastric/gastroesophageal junction cancer.

Ju Yang, Zhan Shi, Xin Zhang, Qin Liu, Xiaobin Cui, Lin Li, Baorui Liu, Jia Wei

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Cancer medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Review
  4. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ju YangThe Comprehensive Cancer Centre of Drum Tower Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University and Clinical Cancer Institute of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5305-7893
Zhan ShiThe Comprehensive Cancer Centre of Drum Tower Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University and Clinical Cancer Institute of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
Xin ZhangThe Comprehensive Cancer Centre of Drum Tower Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University and Clinical Cancer Institute of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
Qin LiuThe Comprehensive Cancer Centre of Drum Tower Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University and Clinical Cancer Institute of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
Xiaobin CuiThe Department of Pathology of Drum Tower Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
Lin LiThe Department of Pathology of Drum Tower Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
Baorui LiuThe Comprehensive Cancer Centre of Drum Tower Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University and Clinical Cancer Institute of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2539-7732
Jia WeiThe Comprehensive Cancer Centre of Drum Tower Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University and Clinical Cancer Institute of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
Nanjing University · CNNanjing Drum Tower Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPrevious clinical trials indicated the addition of anti-PD-1 antibody remarkably improved the efficacy of trastuzumab and chemotherapy in patients with HER2-positive gastric/gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) cancer. However, no real-world experiences have been reported yet.

methodsWe retrospectively analyzed 1212 patients with gastric/GEJ cancer treated at Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital between 2019 and 2022. Among 138 patients with HER2-positive gastric/GEJ cancer, 47 patients receiving at least two doses of the combination regimen with anti-PD-1 antibody, trastuzumab, and chemotherapy were recruited in the study population, and 38 out of 47 patients with measurable disease were included in the efficacy population. Progression-free survival (PFS), objective response rate (ORR), disease control rate (DCR), and toxicity profiles were reported.

resultsIn the study population, 37 (78.7%) received the study therapy as a first-line treatment. In the efficacy population, the ORR and DCR were 76.3% and 94.7%, respectively. The overall median PFS was 9.1 months (95% confidence interval [CI] 6.3-11.9 months). For the first-line treatment, the mPFS was 10 months, and 7 months for the second-line. Among 14 patients who failed the study treatment, three (21.4%) developed brain metastasis as the first failure site. No significant association was found between PFS and the expression of PD-L1. 22.2% of patients developed grade 3 treatment-related adverse events (TRAEs). No treatment-related grade ≥4 adverse events or deaths occurred.

conclusionThis real-world study validated the combination regimen's high efficacy and good tolerance in patients with HER2-positive gastric/GEJ cancer. An increased incidence of brain metastasis was observed in patients who failed this regimen.

Indexed as

Erb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesStomach NeoplasmsAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsEsophagogastric JunctionHumansRetrospective StudiesTrastuzumabErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesTrastuzumabanti-PD-1 antibodychemotherapygastric/gastroesophageal junction cancerHER2trastuzumab

Identifiers

PMID36912199
PMCPMC10166915
OpenAlexW4324019005

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.