Clinical trials

Investigators has conducted a series of studies on patient selection for perioperative immunotherapy in locally advanced gastric cancer. Results from prospective single-arm trial (NCT05739045) demonstrated that 21.74% of patients achieved pathological complete response (pCR) after receiving neoadjuvant nivolumab combined with SOX regimen. Notably, investigators identified that the sensitive group exhibited upregulated MHC-II expression in malignant cells at baseline, with enriched pathways including interferon-gamma signaling and MHC class II antigen presentation. The pCR rate was significantly higher in MHC-II positive patients compared to MHC-II negative patients (36.84% vs 11.11%, P=0.038). Subsequent retrospective analyses and another prospective single-arm study focusing on MHC-II positive populations consistently showed superior short-term treatment outcomes with immunotherapy plus chemotherapy in this subgroup. Building upon these preliminary findings from small-scale studies and considering current developments in the field, we are now initiating this multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase III clinical trial. The study aims to evaluate the efficacy and safety of tislelizumab combined with chemotherapy versus placebo plus chemotherapy as perioperative treatment for MHC-II positive patients with locally advanced gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma.

This is a single-center, single-arm clinical study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of QL1706 combined with SOX for the treatment of resectable locally advanced gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma. The study consists of the following two phases: Phase 1: The safety introduction phase of QL1706 combined with SOX, using a 3+3 design, enrolled about 6 to 12 patients with locally advanced gastric/gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma (primary clinical stage ≥T3 or N+, M0) and underwent 3-week DLT evaluation. Phase 2: This phase plans to enroll 42 to 45 patients, using investigator-evaluated pCR as the primary endpoint. QL1706 is administered by intravenous infusion of RP2D as defined in Part 1 starting from cycle 1. Preoperative QL1706 RP2D combined with SOX (3 cycles) → radical surgery (D2) → postoperative QL1706 RP2D combined with SOX (5 cycles) → postoperative maintenance of QL1706 RP2D (up to 1 year before and after surgery); neoadjuvant therapy Surgery should be performed within 3 to 6 weeks after the last dosing, with a minimum interval of 4 weeks after surgery and a maximum interval of 6 weeks recommended for postoperative adjuvant therapy.

This is a phase 1b study designed to evaluate the safety, tolerability and efficacy of IBI363 in combination with oxaliplatin and capecitabine (XELOX) in first-line treatment of unresectable advanced or metastatic gastric and gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma.

In this project, based on the information of advanced gastric/gastroesophageal junction cancer in evolution under immunotherapy combined with chemotherapy treatment, we will integrate multi-omics dynamic data to identify essential features that correlate to therapeutic effects of immunotherapy therapy, screen potential molecular markers/dominant microbiota for predicting the efficacy of immunotherapy and establish a multimodal predictive model for patients that benefit from immunotherapy. Our project could provide evidence to predict response to immunotherapy for patients with advanced gastric/gastroesophageal junction cancer and potentially optimize the clinical decision-making about therapy for advanced gastric/gastroesophageal junction cancer.

Abdominal noncontrast scan and contrast-enhanced CT were used to establish a screening and diagnostic model for abdominal tumors

To evaluate the pathological complete response rate (pCR) of nivolumab combined with SOX (oxaliplatin + S-1) for neoadjuvant therapy of resectable gastric and gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma;

To evaluate the efficacy of Tislelizumab in combination with chemotherapy versus chemotherapy in neoadjuvant treatment of patients with MHC-II positive (IHC≥2+) and locally advanced gastric/gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma by evaluating the main pathologic response rate (MPR).