Tislelizumab plus chemotherapy (chemo) versus placebo plus chemo as first-line treatment for locally advanced unresectable or metastatic gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma: RATIONALE-305 European/North American patient subgroup.

Authors

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Hendrik-Tobias Arkenau

Sarah Cannon Research, London, United Kingdom

Hendrik-Tobias Arkenau , Josep Tabernero , Marcia Cruz-Correa , Anastasia V. Zimina , Elena Poddubskaya , Fedor Vladimirovich Moiseenko , David R. Spigel , Lucjan S. Wyrwicz , Umut Disel , Roberto Pazo Cid , Antonio Cubillo Gracian , Inmaculada Alés Diaz , Lorenzo Fornaro , Ludovic Evesque , Yaling Xu , Tao Sheng , Silu Yang , Liyun Li , Markus H. Moehler , Rui-Hua Xu

Organizations

Sarah Cannon Research, London, United Kingdom, Vall d’Hebron Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico, BHI of Omsk Region Clinical Oncology Dispensary, Omsk, Russian Federation, Vitamed LLC, Moscow, Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg Clinical Scientific and Practical Centre, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, Tennessee Oncology, PLLC, Nashville, TN, Narodowy Instytut Onkologii, Warsaw, Poland, Acibadem Adana Hospital, Adana, Turkey, Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Spain, Hospital Madrid Norte Sanchinarro, Madrid, Spain, Hospital Regional Universitario de Malaga, Malaga, Spain, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy, Centre Antoine Lacassagne, Nice, France, BeiGene (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China, BeiGene (Beijing) Co., Ltd., Beijing, China, Johannes Gutenberg-University Clinic, Mainz, Germany, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center of Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China

Research Funding

BeiGene, Ltd.

Background: Tislelizumab (TIS), an anti-programmed cell death protein 1 monoclonal antibody, plus chemo, demonstrated significant overall survival (OS) benefit vs placebo (PBO) plus chemo (15.0 vs 12.9 months [mo], hazard ratio [HR]=0.80, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.70, 0.92, P=0.0011) as first-line therapy in patients (pts) with advanced gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma (GC/GEJC) in the randomized, double-blind, global, phase 3 RATIONALE-305 study (NCT03777657). Here we present results from the European/North American (Eu/NA) pts subgroup analysis. Methods: This double-blind, global, phase 3 study evaluated adult pts with previously untreated, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative, locally advanced unresectable, or metastatic GC/GEJC, regardless of programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression status. Eligible pts were randomized (1:1) to receive TIS 200 mg or PBO intravenously once every 3 weeks plus investigator chosen chemo (5-fluorouracil + cisplatin or capecitabine + oxaliplatin). The primary endpoint was OS in the PD-L1+ (patients with tumor area positivity score ≥5%) and intent-to-treat (ITT) analysis sets. Secondary endpoints included progression-free survival (PFS), objective response rate (ORR), duration of response (DoR), and safety. Results: Of 997 pts enrolled, 249 (25.0%) were from Eu/NA (TIS plus chemo arm, n=125; PBO plus chemo arm, n=124). In the Eu/NA pts subgroup, after a minimum follow-up of 26.6 mo at final analysis, TIS plus chemo resulted in OS improvements vs PBO plus chemo in the PD-L1+ (HR=0.75, [95% CI: 0.52, 1.07]; 24 mo rate 27.6% vs 12.5%) and ITT analysis sets (HR=0.71, [95% CI: 0.54, 0.94]; 24 mo rate 27.6% vs 13.6%). TIS plus chemo resulted in favorable PFS vs PBO plus chemo (HR=0.84, 95% CI: 0.63, 1.11), numerically higher ORR (36.0% vs 31.5%), and longer DoR (median 7.5 mo [95% CI: 4.4, 12.0] vs 5.0 mo [95% CI: 3.9, 6.7]). Sixty (48.8%) pts in the TIS plus chemo arm and 61 (49.2%) pts in the PBO plus chemo arm experienced grade ≥3 treatment-related treatment-emergent adverse events (TRAEs). Sixteen (13.0%) and seven (5.6%) pts discontinued treatment due to TRAEs in the TIS plus chemo and PBO plus chemo arms, respectively. Deaths due to TRAEs occurred in two (1.6%) pts in the TIS plus chemo arm and one (0.8%) pt in the PBO plus chemo arm. Conclusions: TIS plus chemo showed OS benefit compared with PBO plus chemo and a manageable safety profile in pts in the Eu/NA subgroup with previously untreated, HER2-negative, locally advanced unresectable, or metastatic GC/GEJC. These findings are consistent with the published results in the overall study population. Clinical trial information: NCT03777657.

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2024 ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Poster Session A: Cancers of the Esophagus and Stomach and Other Gastrointestinal Cancers

Track

Esophageal and Gastric Cancer,Other GI Cancer

Sub Track

Therapeutics

Clinical Trial Registration Number

NCT03777657

Citation

J Clin Oncol 42, 2024 (suppl 3; abstr 330)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2024.42.3_suppl.330

Abstract #

330

Poster Bd #

F10

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