About this trial
In order to evaluate the efficacy and safety of nimotuzumab combined with paclitaxel as second-line treatment for recurrent metastatic gastric or esophagogastric junction adenocarcinoma with EGFR over-expression, investigators performed a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase III clinical trial. Patients will be randomized (1:1) to receive nimotuzumab plus paclitaxel in the experimental group and placebo plus paclitaxel in the control group. The primary endpoint of this study was OS, and according to the results of the RAINBOW-Asia gastric cancer phase III clinical study, the mOS of paclitaxel single-agent second-line treatment for gastric cancer was 7.92 months, assuming that the mOS increased to 10.92 months after the addition of nimotuzumab, Using the survival module in the PASS15 software, the two-sided test level was set α=0.05, β=0.20, enrolled for 2 years, followed up for 1.5 years, the dropout rate was 5%, the sample size including interim analysis was 354 cases. The secondary endpoints are progression-free survival (PFS), objective response rate (ORR), duration of response (DOR), disease control rate (DCR), patient reported outcome (PRO), and safety.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
1. Age: 18-75 years old (including boundary value), male or female;
2. The physical status score ECOG is 0-1;
3. Histopathologically or cytologically confirmed gastric or esophagogastric junction adenocarcinoma;
4. Recurrent metastatic disease, previous treatment with first-line standard chemotherapy regimens (including platinum-containing and/or fluorouracil regimens) (recurrence or metastasis during adjuvant therapy or within 6 months after completion is considered first-line therapy), or received anti-HER2 therapy, or received immunotherapy, and has been confirmed by the investigator or has a clear disease progression in the medical history;
Disqualifiers
The disease has progressed after previous paclitaxel chemotherapy or molecular targeted drug (anti-EGFR antibody) treatment, or received paclitaxel chemotherapy or molecular targeted drug (anti-EGFR antibody) treatment within 4 weeks before randomization;
Within 4 weeks before randomization or participating in other therapeutic/intervention clinical trials or receiving combined treatment prohibited by the protocol;
2. Received major surgical treatment, incision biopsy (such as laparotomy) or obvious traumatic injury within 4 weeks before randomization;
3. Brain metastases or meningeal metastases;
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- nimotuzumab plus paclitaxel
- placebo plus paclitaxel