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Phase 2 trial of perioperative chemo-immunotherapy for gastro-esophageal adenocarcinoma: The role of M2 macrophage landscape in predicting response.
Trial report in Cell reports. Medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03288350 (Phase II Trial of Perioperative PD-L1 Inhibition With Avelumab and Docetaxel, Cisplatin and 5-Fluorouracil for Resectable Locally Advanced Esophago-Gastric Adenocarcinoma), which is not on this map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Phase II Trial of Perioperative PD-L1 Inhibition With Avelumab and Docetaxel, Cisplatin and 5-Fluorouracil for Resectable Locally Advanced Esophago-Gastric Adenocarcinoma
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Neoadjuvant immune checkpoint inhibitors for localized dMMR/MSI-H gastric cancer: a meta-analysis.ESMO open · 2026Pooled it
- Preoperative conversion therapy of camrelizumab combined with paclitaxel and nedaplatin for unresectable advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a phase 2 study.BMC medicine · 2025Trial
- Perioperative pembrolizumab, trastuzumab and FLOT in HER2-positive localized esophagogastric adenocarcinoma: a phase 2 trial.Nature medicine · 2025Trial
- Transforming perioperative treatment of gastro-oesophageal adenocarcinoma: triumphs, setbacks and future horizons.Nature reviews. Clinical oncology · 2026Review
- In search of the best perioperative treatment for gastroesophageal cancer: is there a role for antiangiogenesis?Journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2026Article
- Pixel2Gene enables histology-guided reconstruction and prediction of spatial gene expression.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Targeting the exosomal CaMK2A-ZDHHC3-GPX4 pathway reprograms tumor-associated macrophages and enhances anti-PD-1/PD-L1 immunotherapy in gastric cancer.International journal of biological sciences · 2026Article
- Immune modulation in gastric cancer: from macrophage polarization to immunotherapy.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- The biology and therapeutic implications of heterogeneity in Barrett oesophagus and oesophageal adenocarcinoma.Nature reviews. Clinical oncology · 2026Review
- Perioperative immunotherapy in gastric cancer: walking a fine line between hope and caution.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Review
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Abstract
We present the clinical results of a phase 2 trial combining neoadjuvant docetaxel, cisplatin, 5 Flourouracil, and the PD-L1 inhibitor avelumab in locally advanced gastro-esophageal adenocarcinoma (GEA). Fifty-one patients receive neoadjuvant therapy with 50 proceeding to surgery. Grade 3-4 adverse events occur in 40%; complete/major pathological response is found in 7/50 (14%) and 9/50 (18%), with 2-year disease-free survival of 67.5%. There is no correlation between tumor regression and PD-L1 or mismatch repair (MMR) status. Multiplex immunohistochemistry and longitudinal single-cell transcriptomic profiling reveal alterations in certain innate immune cell populations, particularly noting an M2-tumor-associated macrophage (M2-TAM) proliferation in non-responding tumors. These findings describe the effective nature of this treatment regimen for GEA and reveal associated features of the inflammatory milieux associated with response to chemo-immunotherapy. The specific character of the inflammatory environment in non-responders may, in the future, help personalize treatment. This study was registered at ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT03288350).
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