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Study of IMC-1121B (Ramucirumab) With Best Supportive Care in Participants With Gastric Cancer and Adenocarcinoma

A Phase 3 interventional study of ramucirumab and Placebo in Gastric Cancer and Adenocarcinoma, sponsored by Eli Lilly and Company. Completed at 161 sites in 30 countries. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2019-09-25.

Sponsored by Eli Lilly and Company · Phase 3, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
355
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The purpose of this study is to gather information about the use of an investigational drug called Ramucirumab in adenocarcinomas of the stomach or gastroesophageal junction.

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Placebo-controlled, multicenter Phase 3 study of participants with metastatic gastric cancer [including adenocarcinomas of the gastroesophageal junction (GEJ)] and disease progression on standard first-line chemotherapeutic regimens. Participants will be randomized on a 2:1 basis to receive best supportive care plus ramucirumab administered every 2 weeks or best supportive care plus placebo administered every 2 weeks, respectively. Participants will undergo radiographic assessment of disease status every 6 weeks. Participant will be treated until there is evidence of progressive disease, toxicity requiring cessation, withdrawal of consent, or until other withdrawal criteria are met.

Approximately 348 participants, with histologically- or cytologically-confirmed, metastatic gastric or GEJ adenocarcinoma, and radiographically measurable disease as defined by the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors or evaluable, nonmeasurable disease, will be randomized. Participants will be enrolled from approximately 250 study centers in North America, South America, Central America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and Europe.

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Conditions studied

  • Gastric Cancer
  • Adenocarcinoma

Keywords

  • IMC-1121B
  • Monoclonal antibody (MAb)
  • Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)
  • Human vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 (VEGFR-2)
  • Platinum resistant
  • platinum refractory
  • Gastric
  • Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma
  • metastatic
  • Angiogenesis
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In context

Stomach Neoplasms

3,399 studies on the registry are indexed under Stomach Neoplasms; 992 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 355 is above the median of 66 across 2,499 interventional studies indexed under Stomach Neoplasms.

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Lead sponsor

Eli Lilly and Company is the lead sponsor of 2,106 studies on the registry; 152 are open to participants now.

Of its 536 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 357 (67%) have results posted.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Go through the criteria one by one — yes, no or not sure — and take the list to your doctor or the study team. Kept in this browser only.

Inclusion criteria

  • or cytologically confirmed gastric carcinoma, including gastric adenocarcinoma or GEJ adenocarcinoma
  • disease or locally recurrent, unresectable disease with measurable lymph node metastases
  • and/or evaluable disease. Measurable disease is defined as at least one unidimensionally-measurable target lesion [≥ 2 centimeter (cm) with conventional techniques or ≥ 1 cm by spiral computed tomography (CT)], as defined by Response using (RECIST).

Examples of evaluable, nonmeasurable disease include gastric, peritoneal, or mesenteric thickening in areas of known disease, or peritoneal nodules that are too small to be considered measurable by RECIST

  • Experienced disease progression during or within 4 months after the last dose of therapy for metastatic disease, or during or within 6 months after the last dose of therapy
  • Disease is not amenable to potentially curative resection
  • Participant is ≥ 18 years of age
  • Participant has a of ≥ 12 weeks
  • Participant resolution to Grade ≤ 1 (or to Grade ≤ 2 in the case of neuropathy) by the National Cancer Institute (NCI-CTCAE), Version 3.0, of all toxic effects of prior chemotherapy, surgery, radiotherapy, or hormonal therapy (with the exception of alopecia)
  • Performance Status (ECOG-PS) score of 0-1
  • The participant has adequate hepatic function as defined by a total ≤ 1.5 milligrams/deciliter (mg/dL) [25.65 micromole/liter (µmol/L)], and (AST) and alanine transaminase (ALT) ≤ 3.0 x the (ULN) [or 5.0 x the ULN in the setting of liver metastases]
  • The participant has adequate renal function as defined by a serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 x the ULN, or (measured via 24-hour urine collection) ≥ 40 milliliters/minute (mL/min) (that is, if serum creatinine is > 1.5 x the ULN, a 24-hour urine collection to calculate creatinine clearance must be performed)
  • The participant's urinary protein is ≤ 1+ on dipstick or routine urinalysis ([UA]; if urine dipstick or routine analysis is ≥ 2+, a 24-hour urine collection for protein must demonstrate \< 1000 milligrams (mg) of protein in 24 hours to allow participation in the study)
  • The participant has adequate hematologic function, as evidenced by an (ANC) ≥ 1000 microliters (µL), ≥ 9 grams/deciliter (g/dL) [5.58 millimoles/liter (mmol/L)], and ≥ 100,000/µL
  • The participant must have adequate coagulation function as defined by (INR) ≤ 1.5 and a partial thromboplastin time (PTT) ≤ 5 seconds above the ULN (unless receiving anticoagulation therapy). Participant on anticoagulation therapy with unresected primary tumors or local tumor recurrence following resection are not eligible
  • If the participant has received prior anthracycline therapy as part of his or her first-line regimen, the participant is able to engage in ordinary physical activity without significant fatigue or dyspnea
  • Because the teratogenicity of IMC-1121B is not known, the participant, if sexually active, must be , surgically sterile, or using effective (hormonal or barrier methods)
  • Female participant of must have a negative serum pregnancy test within 7 days prior to randomization
  • Able to provide informed written consent and is amenable to compliance with protocol schedules and testing

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Documented and/or symptomatic brain or
  • Experienced any Grade 3-4 gastrointestinal bleeding within 3 months prior to randomization
  • Experienced any arterial thromboembolic events, including but not limited to myocardial infarction, , cerebrovascular accident, or unstable angina, within 6 months prior to randomization
  • Ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, symptomatic or poorly controlled cardiac arrhythmia, uncontrolled thrombotic or hemorrhagic disorder, or any other serious uncontrolled medical disorders in the opinion of the investigator
  • Ongoing or active psychiatric illness or social situation that would limit compliance with study requirements
  • Uncontrolled or poorly-controlled hypertension despite standard medical management
  • Participant has a serious or nonhealing wound, ulcer, or bone fracture
  • Received chemotherapy, radiotherapy, immunotherapy, or targeted therapy for gastric cancer within 2 weeks prior to randomization
  • Received any therapy within 30 days prior to randomization
  • Undergone major surgery within 28 days prior to randomization, or subcutaneous venous access device placement within 7 days prior to randomization
  • Received prior therapy with an agent that directly inhibits vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) or VEGF receptor 2 (R-2) activity (including bevacizumab), or any antiangiogenic agent
  • Receiving chronic antiplatelet therapy, including aspirin, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs, including ibuprofen, naproxen, and others), dipyridamole or clopidogrel, or similar agents. Once-daily aspirin use [maximum dose 325 milligram/day (mg/day)] is permitted
  • Participant has elective or planned major surgery to be performed during the course of the clinical trial
  • Participant has a known allergy to any of the treatment components
  • Pregnant or lactating
  • Known to be positive for infection with the
  • Known alcohol or drug dependency
  • Participant has a concurrent active other than adequately-treated nonmelanomatous skin cancer, other noninvasive carcinoma, or in situ neoplasm. A participant with previous history of malignancy is eligible, provided that he/she has been free of disease for > 3 years
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(26)

Underlined terms in the criteria open these too. Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.

Histologically or cytologically confirmed

The diagnosis was confirmed by looking at a sample under a microscope: tissue from a biopsy or surgery (histology), or cells from a fluid or needle sample (cytology).

Your pathology report is the document that shows this.

Metastases

Cancer that has spread from where it began to other parts of the body. “Metastatic” cancer is cancer that has spread this way.

Measurable disease

The amount of disease can be tracked with a defined measurement, so the study can see whether it shrinks or grows. It might be a tumour measured on a scan or, in some blood cancers such as myeloma, a marker measured in blood or urine.

The criteria or the study team say which measurement counts — having no tumour visible on a scan does not by itself rule you out.

RECIST

The standard rules for measuring tumours on CT or MRI scans, to tell whether a cancer is shrinking, stable or growing during treatment.

“Measurable disease per RECIST 1.1” usually means at least one tumour 10 mm or more at its longest on a CT scan, or a lymph node 15 mm or more across its short axis.

Line of therapy

A line of therapy is one course of treatment, which may combine several drugs. First-line is the first course given; second-line follows when that stops working or is not tolerated.

“Two prior lines” means two courses that count separately under the study’s rules — not simply two drugs. Ask the study team if you are unsure how yours are counted.

Adjuvant and neoadjuvant

Neoadjuvant treatment is given before the main treatment (usually surgery), often to shrink a tumour. Adjuvant treatment is given after it, to lower the chance of the cancer coming back.

Life expectancy

The study doctor’s estimate of how long someone is likely to live. Criteria use it so that people can stay in the study long enough for it to answer its question.

CTCAE grade

The US National Cancer Institute’s scale of how severe an adverse event is — any unwanted medical event during a study, such as a symptom, an illness or an abnormal test result, whether or not a treatment caused it. Whether it did is judged separately.

1
Mild.
2
Moderate.
3
Severe.
4
Life-threatening.
5
Death due to the event.

“Side effects of earlier treatment resolved to grade 1 or less” means they have settled to mild or gone.

Clinically significant

Judged by the study doctor to matter for your health or for the study. It is a doctor’s decision, so ask the study team if you are unsure whether something counts.

ECOG performance status

A scale of how much an illness limits everyday activity. For people being assessed to join a study, scores run from 0 (fully active) to 4; lower is more active.

0
Fully active, no restrictions.
1
Limited in strenuous activity, but walking and able to do light work, such as housework or office work.
2
Walking and able to look after yourself, but unable to work; up and about more than half of waking hours.
3
Able to look after yourself only in part; in bed or a chair more than half of waking hours.
4
Unable to look after yourself at all; in bed or a chair all day.

Studies most often ask for 0–1 or 0–2. Your doctor gives the score; the WHO scale uses the same steps. The full scale also has 5, which records death.

Bilirubin

A yellow substance made when red blood cells are broken down, which the liver clears. A high level can mean a problem with the liver or the bile ducts.

Criteria often allow more for people with Gilbert’s syndrome, a harmless inherited condition that raises bilirubin.

ALT and AST (liver enzymes)

Two enzymes measured in a routine blood test of the liver. Higher levels can mean the liver is under strain or damaged. SGPT and SGOT are older names for ALT and AST.

Criteria usually give a limit as a multiple of the upper limit of normal (ULN), often higher when cancer has spread to the liver.

ULN (upper limit of normal)

The top of the normal range for a blood test, as set by the laboratory that runs it. Each lab prints its own range next to your result.

“≤ 2.5 × ULN” means the result can be up to two and a half times that top value.

Creatinine clearance (CrCl)

How quickly the kidneys clear creatinine, a waste product, from the blood. A study may estimate it from a blood test with age, weight and sex (often by the Cockcroft–Gault formula), or measure it using blood and urine collected over a set time. Given in mL/min; higher is better.

Absolute neutrophil count (ANC)

The number of neutrophils, white blood cells that help fight infection, in a given amount of blood. Too few raises the risk of infection.

It is a count, not a percentage of the white cells. Limits are written in units that mean the same: ≥ 1.5 × 10⁹/L is ≥ 1,500 per mm³ (µL). Each lab has its own reference range.

Hemoglobin (Hb)

The protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen. A low level is anaemia, which can cause tiredness and breathlessness. Measured in g/dL or g/L (9 g/dL is 90 g/L).

Platelets

Blood cells that help blood clot. Too few raises the risk of bleeding and bruising. A usual adult range is about 150–400 × 10⁹/L (150,000–400,000 per µL); each lab has its own reference range.

INR, PT and aPTT (clotting tests)

Blood tests of how long blood takes to clot. The INR is the prothrombin time (PT) put on a common scale; about 1 is usual for someone not taking a blood thinner.

Criteria often make an exception for people on a blood thinner such as warfarin, whose INR is raised on purpose.

Postmenopausal

Periods have stopped for good: usually no period for 12 months in a row without another medical reason, sometimes confirmed by a blood test (FSH).

Contraception

Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.

Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.

Childbearing potential

Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).

Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.

Leptomeningeal disease

Cancer that has spread to the leptomeninges, the thin layers covering the brain and spinal cord, and the fluid between them. It is not the same as brain metastases.

Criteria often treat it separately, and many studies leave it out even where treated brain metastases are allowed.

TIA (transient ischaemic attack)

A “mini-stroke”: temporary stroke-like symptoms caused by reduced blood flow to part of the brain, spinal cord or eye, without signs of a new stroke on a scan.

Stroke symptoms need emergency care at once, even if they go away.

Investigational drug or device

A drug or device being studied in a clinical trial.

It may be new, or already approved and being studied for another use, dose or form. Criteria often leave out people who took part in another study of one within a recent period, commonly 30 days or five half-lives.

HIV

The human immunodeficiency virus, which weakens the immune system.

Many studies now accept people whose HIV is controlled on treatment, judged by the viral load and the CD4 count. Check the limits this study sets.

Cancer (malignancy)

Malignancy means cancer. Criteria about another or earlier malignancy ask whether you have had a different cancer, usually within a set number of years.

Some are commonly allowed, such as treated skin cancers other than melanoma and early cancers removed completely — check the exceptions this study lists.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Quadruple (Participant, Care provider, Investigator, Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
355 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    ramucirumab

    Participants receive ramucirumab, administered via intravenous infusion every 2 weeks at a dose of 8 milligrams/kilogram (mg/kg), and best supportive care (BSC) as determined appropriate by the investigator(s). Treatment will continue until there is evidence of progressive disease (PD), the development of unacceptable toxicity, protocol noncompliance, or withdrawal of consent.

    Biological: ramucirumab · Other: Best Supportive Care (BSC)

  • Placebo comparator
    Placebo

    Participants receive injection for intravenous infusion every 2 weeks plus BSC as determined appropriate by the investigator(s). Because investigators and ancillary medical personnel will be blinded as to assignment to active therapy versus placebo, the volume of placebo to be administered will be calculated as if it were active product with a dose of 8 mg/kg. Treatment will continue until there is evidence of PD, the development of unacceptable toxicity, protocol noncompliance, or withdrawal of consent.

    Drug: Placebo · Other: Best Supportive Care (BSC)

Interventions

  • Biologicalramucirumab

    Administered via intravenous infusion every 2 weeks at a dose of 8 mg/kg

    Also known as: IMC-1121B, LY3009806

  • DrugPlacebo

    Placebo comparator for ramucirumab 8 mg/kg as intravenous infusion every 2 weeks

  • OtherBest Supportive Care (BSC)

    BSC as determined appropriate by the investigator(s). BSC may include but are not limited to antiemetic agents, opiate and nonopiate analgesic agents, appetite stimulants, and granulocyte and erythroid growth factors.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Overall Survival (OS)

    Overall survival is defined as the time from the date of randomization to the date of death from any cause. Participants who were alive at the date of data cut-off or who were lost to follow-up were censored on the last date the participant was known to be alive

    Time frame: Randomization up to 28 months post-randomization

Secondary outcomes

  1. Progression-Free Survival (PFS)

    PFS is defined as the time from date of randomization until date of objectively determined progressive disease (PD) or death due to any cause, whichever is first. Participants alive and without PD were censored at the time of last adequate objective tumor assessment (that is, response other than unevaluable).

    Time frame: Randomization up to 17 months

  2. Percentage of Participants Who Are Progression-Free at Week 12 (PFS Rate)

    The percentage of participants alive and progression-free 12 weeks after randomization. Progression-free survival (PFS) is defined as the time from the date of randomization until the date of objectively determined progressive disease (PD) or death due to any cause whichever comes first. Participants alive and without PD were censored at the time of the last adequate objective tumor assessment.

    Time frame: Week 12 post-randomization

  3. Percentage of Participants With Objective Response (Objective Response Rate [ORR])

    ORR is equal to the percentage of participants achieving a best overall response of complete response (CR) or partial response (PR). CR and PR were defined using the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST v1.0). CR is defined as the disappearance of all target and non-target lesions, no appearance of new lesions and confirmed at the consecutive tumor assessment. PR is defined as at least a 30% decrease in the sum of the longest diameters (LD) of target lesions (taking as reference the baseline sum LD), no progression of non-target lesions, no appearance of new lesions and confirmed at a subsequent tumor assessment.

    Time frame: Randomization up to 17 months post-randomization

  4. Duration of Response (DOR)

    DOR is the interval from date of initial documented response (complete response \[CR\] or partial response \[PR\]) to first documented date of disease progression (PD) or death as a result of any cause. CR and PR were defined using the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST v1.0). CR is defined as the disappearance of all target and non-target lesions, no appearance of new lesions and confirmed at the consecutive tumor assessment. PR is defined as at least a 30% decrease in the sum of the longest diameters (LD) of target lesions (taking as reference the baseline sum LD), no progression of non-target lesions, no appearance of new lesions and confirmed at a subsequent tumor assessment. Participants who did not relapse or die were censored at the time of the last adequate objective tumor assessment.

    Time frame: Randomization up to 17 months post-randomization

  5. Change From Baseline in Quality of Life (QoL) as Measured by the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Questionnaire (EORTC-QLQ-C30)

    EORTC QLQ-C30 v3.0 is a self-administered questionnaire with multidimensional scales that measures 5 functional domains (physical, role, cognitive, emotional, and social), global health status, and symptom scales of fatigue, pain, nausea and vomiting, dyspnea, loss of appetite, insomnia, constipation and diarrhea, and financial difficulties. A linear transformation is applied to standardize the raw scores to range between 0 and 100 per developer guidelines. For functional domains and global health status, higher scores represent a better level of functioning. For symptoms scales, higher scores represented a greater degree of symptoms. Best change from baseline results determined by Least Square (LS) mean estimated with randomization stratification factors and baseline value as continuous covariate.

    Time frame: Baseline up to Cycle 10 (18 weeks [1 cycle=2 weeks])

  6. Number of Participants With Adverse Events

    Clinically significant events were defined as serious adverse events (SAE) and other treatment-emergent non-serious adverse events (NSAE). A summary of SAEs and all other NSAEs is located in the Reported Adverse Event module.

    Time frame: Randomization up to 18 months

  7. Maximum Concentration (Cmax) of IMC-1121B

    Cmax was not analyzed as only pre-dose samples were collected.

    Time frame: 6 weeks post-randomization

  8. Number of Participants Who Developed Antibodies Against IMC-1121B

    The number of participants who developed treatment emergent antibody responses to IMC-1121B after baseline.

    Time frame: Baseline, 12 Weeks

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Results

Posted Oct 16, 2014

Participant flow

Participant flow — Overall Study
MilestoneIMC-1121B (Ramucirumab )Placebo
Started238117
Received at least 1 dose of study drug236115
Completed224113
Not completed144
Withdrew: Lost to follow-up42
Withdrew: Withdrawal by subject102

Outcome measures

PrimaryOverall Survival (OS)

Overall survival is defined as the time from the date of randomization to the date of death from any cause. Participants who were alive at the date of data cut-off or who were lost to follow-up were censored on the last date the participant was known to be alive

Time frame:
Randomization up to 28 months post-randomization
Reported as:
Median · months
Overall Survival (OS)
monthsIMC-1121B (Ramucirumab)Placebo
Overall Survival (OS)5.2 (4.4 to 5.7)3.8 (2.8 to 4.7)
Statistical analysis
  • IMC-1121B (Ramucirumab) vs Placebo · Stratified Log-Rank Test · p = 0.0473 · Hazard ratio (hr): 0.776 · 95% CI 0.603 to 0.998Stratified Log-Rank Test and HR stratified by randomization strata (weight loss over the prior 3 months, primary tumor site and geographical region).
SecondaryProgression-Free Survival (PFS)

PFS is defined as the time from date of randomization until date of objectively determined progressive disease (PD) or death due to any cause, whichever is first. Participants alive and without PD were censored at the time of last adequate objective tumor assessment (that is, response other than unevaluable).

Time frame:
Randomization up to 17 months
Reported as:
Median · months
Progression-Free Survival (PFS)
monthsIMC-1121B (Ramucirumab)Placebo
Progression-Free Survival (PFS)2.1 (1.5 to 2.7)1.3 (1.3 to 1.4)
Statistical analysis
  • IMC-1121B (Ramucirumab) vs Placebo · Stratified Log-Rank Test · p = <0.0001 · Hazard ratio (hr): 0.483 · 95% CI 0.376 to 0.620Stratified Log-Rank Test and HR stratified by randomization strata (weight loss over the prior 3 months, primary tumor site and geographical region).
SecondaryPercentage of Participants Who Are Progression-Free at Week 12 (PFS Rate)

The percentage of participants alive and progression-free 12 weeks after randomization. Progression-free survival (PFS) is defined as the time from the date of randomization until the date of objectively determined progressive disease (PD) or death due to any cause whichever comes first. Participants alive and without PD were censored at the time of the last adequate objective tumor assessment.

Time frame:
Week 12 post-randomization
Reported as:
Number · percentage of participants
Percentage of Participants Who Are Progression-Free at Week 12 (PFS Rate)
percentage of participantsIMC-1121B (Ramucirumab)Placebo
Percentage of Participants Who Are Progression-Free at Week 12 (PFS Rate)40.1 (33.6 to 46.4)15.8 (9.7 to 23.3)
Statistical analysis
  • IMC-1121B (Ramucirumab) vs Placebo · Normal Approximation · p = <0.0001 · Difference between arms: 24.2 · 95% CI 14.9 to 33.6
SecondaryPercentage of Participants With Objective Response (Objective Response Rate [ORR])

ORR is equal to the percentage of participants achieving a best overall response of complete response (CR) or partial response (PR). CR and PR were defined using the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST v1.0). CR is defined as the disappearance of all target and non-target lesions, no appearance of new lesions and confirmed at the consecutive tumor assessment. PR is defined as at least a 30% decrease in the sum of the longest diameters (LD) of target lesions (taking as reference the baseline sum LD), no progression of non-target lesions, no appearance of new lesions and confirmed at a subsequent tumor assessment.

Time frame:
Randomization up to 17 months post-randomization
Reported as:
Number · percentage of participants
Percentage of Participants With Objective Response (Objective Response Rate [ORR])
percentage of participantsIMC-1121B (Ramucirumab)Placebo
Percentage of Participants With Objective Response (Objective Response Rate [ORR])3.4 (1.5 to 6.5)2.6 (0.5 to 7.3)
SecondaryDuration of Response (DOR)

DOR is the interval from date of initial documented response (complete response \[CR\] or partial response \[PR\]) to first documented date of disease progression (PD) or death as a result of any cause. CR and PR were defined using the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST v1.0). CR is defined as the disappearance of all target and non-target lesions, no appearance of new lesions and confirmed at the consecutive tumor assessment. PR is defined as at least a 30% decrease in the sum of the longest diameters (LD) of target lesions (taking as reference the baseline sum LD), no progression of non-target lesions, no appearance of new lesions and confirmed at a subsequent tumor assessment. Participants who did not relapse or die were censored at the time of the last adequate objective tumor assessment.

Time frame:
Randomization up to 17 months post-randomization

No measurements were reported for this outcome.

SecondaryChange From Baseline in Quality of Life (QoL) as Measured by the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Questionnaire (EORTC-QLQ-C30)

EORTC QLQ-C30 v3.0 is a self-administered questionnaire with multidimensional scales that measures 5 functional domains (physical, role, cognitive, emotional, and social), global health status, and symptom scales of fatigue, pain, nausea and vomiting, dyspnea, loss of appetite, insomnia, constipation and diarrhea, and financial difficulties. A linear transformation is applied to standardize the raw scores to range between 0 and 100 per developer guidelines. For functional domains and global health status, higher scores represent a better level of functioning. For symptoms scales, higher scores represented a greater degree of symptoms. Best change from baseline results determined by Least Square (LS) mean estimated with randomization stratification factors and baseline value as continuous covariate.

Time frame:
Baseline up to Cycle 10 (18 weeks [1 cycle=2 weeks])
Reported as:
Least squares mean · units on a scale
Change From Baseline in Quality of Life (QoL) as Measured by the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Questionnaire (EORTC-QLQ-C30)
units on a scaleIMC-1121B (Ramucirumab)Placebo
Global Health Status/QoL2.42 ± 2.990.80 ± 4.48
Physical Functioning-6.26 ± 3.20-12.01 ± 4.82
Role Functioning-4.32 ± 4.65-11.79 ± 6.99
Emotional Functioning-1.61 ± 3.29-6.51 ± 4.92
Cognitive Functioning-4.26 ± 2.63-10.94 ± 3.94
Social Functioning-1.98 ± 3.90-1.37 ± 5.86
Fatigue3.16 ± 3.436.88 ± 5.16
Nausea and Vomiting1.77 ± 2.862.88 ± 4.32
Pain0.13 ± 3.613.85 ± 5.42
Dyspnea-2.61 ± 3.353.51 ± 5.08
Insomnia-7.47 ± 4.19-3.95 ± 6.28
Appetite Loss-1.01 ± 4.607.16 ± 6.91
Constipation0.09 ± 3.797.94 ± 5.69
Diarrhea-3.97 ± 1.64-5.49 ± 2.46
Financial Difficulties-12.86 ± 3.78-2.39 ± 5.68
SecondaryNumber of Participants With Adverse Events

Clinically significant events were defined as serious adverse events (SAE) and other treatment-emergent non-serious adverse events (NSAE). A summary of SAEs and all other NSAEs is located in the Reported Adverse Event module.

Time frame:
Randomization up to 18 months
Reported as:
Number · participants
Number of Participants With Adverse Events
participantsIMC-1121B (Ramucirumab)Placebo
Participants with SAE11251
Participants with ≥ 1 treatment emergent NSAE21391
SecondaryMaximum Concentration (Cmax) of IMC-1121B

Cmax was not analyzed as only pre-dose samples were collected.

Time frame:
6 weeks post-randomization

No measurements were reported for this outcome.

SecondaryNumber of Participants Who Developed Antibodies Against IMC-1121B

The number of participants who developed treatment emergent antibody responses to IMC-1121B after baseline.

Time frame:
Baseline, 12 Weeks
Reported as:
Number · participants
Number of Participants Who Developed Antibodies Against IMC-1121B
participantsIMC-1121B (Ramucirumab)Placebo
Number of Participants Who Developed Antibodies Against IMC-1121B61

Adverse events

Non-serious events are listed at a 5% frequency threshold.

Adverse event summary by group
GroupDeathsSeriousOther
IMC-1121B (Ramucirumab)—112/236 (47.5%)213/236 (90.3%)
Placebo—51/115 (44.3%)91/115 (79.1%)
Most frequent serious events
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Most frequent serious events
EventIMC-1121B (Ramucirumab)Placebo
Disease progressionGeneral disorders10/2368/115
AnaemiaBlood and lymphatic system disorders11/2362/115
VomitingGastrointestinal disorders7/2365/115
Abdominal painGastrointestinal disorders10/2363/115
AstheniaGeneral disorders0/2364/115
Medication errorInjury, poisoning and procedural complications7/2361/115
AscitesGastrointestinal disorders6/2363/115
DysphagiaGastrointestinal disorders6/2363/115
DehydrationMetabolism and nutrition disorders4/2363/115
Malignant neoplasm progressionNeoplasms benign, malignant and unspecified (incl cysts and polyps)0/2363/115
Most frequent other events
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Most frequent other events
EventIMC-1121B (Ramucirumab)Placebo
NauseaGastrointestinal disorders45/23630/115
FatigueGeneral disorders58/23628/115
Decreased appetiteMetabolism and nutrition disorders55/23626/115
Abdominal painGastrointestinal disorders40/23626/115
VomitingGastrointestinal disorders45/23626/115
ConstipationGastrointestinal disorders37/23624/115
DiarrhoeaGastrointestinal disorders35/2369/115
HypertensionVascular disorders35/2369/115
AnaemiaBlood and lymphatic system disorders33/23616/115
AstheniaGeneral disorders30/23616/115

Baseline characteristics

All randomized participants.

Age, Continuous
Age, Continuous(years)IMC-1121B (Ramucirumab)PlaceboTotal
Median60.0 (30 to 86)60.0 (24 to 87)60.0 (24 to 87)
Sex: Female, Male
Sex: Female, Male(Participants)IMC-1121B (Ramucirumab)PlaceboTotal
Female6938107
Male16979248
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)(Participants)IMC-1121B (Ramucirumab)PlaceboTotal
Hispanic or Latino411960
Not Hispanic or Latino19798295
Unknown or Not Reported000
Region of Enrollment
Region of Enrollment(participants)IMC-1121B (Ramucirumab)PlaceboTotal
Argentina426
Australia8412
Bosnia and Herzegovina134
Brazil241438
Canada8210
Chile112
Colombia213
Czech Republic241337
Egypt101
Spain12416
United Kingdom13417
Guatemala628
Croatia707
Indonesia213
India16824
Italy231134
Korea, Republic of11617
Lebanon101
Malta235
New Zealand112
Philippines112
Poland9413
Romania13417
Russian Federation14822
Thailand101
Turkey516
Taiwan303
United States251843
South Africa011
Race
Race(participants)IMC-1121B (Ramucirumab)PlaceboTotal
White18191272
Asian391756
Black426
Other14721
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Study locations

161 sites
  • ImClone Investigational Site
    Bakersfield, California 93309, United States
  • ImClone Investigational Site
    La Jolla, California 92093, United States
  • ImClone Investigational Site
    Redlands, California 92374, United States
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    Chicago, Illinois 60612, United States
  • ImClone Investigational Site
    New Orleans, Louisiana 70112, United States
  • ImClone Investigational Site
    Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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    Omaha, Nebraska 68114, United States
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    New York, New York 10003, United States
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    West Reading, Pennsylvania 19611, United States
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    Providence, Rhode Island 02903, United States
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    Charleston, South Carolina 29425, United States
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    Knoxville, Tennessee 37920, United States
  • ImClone Investigational Site
    Memphis, Tennessee 38119, United States
  • ImClone Investigational Site
    Houston, Texas 77030, United States
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    Buenos Aires, 1425, Argentina
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    Capital Federal, 1264, Argentina
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    Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, C1437JCP, Argentina
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    Ciudada Autonoma, C1199ABD, Argentina
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    Cordoba, 5000, Argentina
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    Rosario, S2002KDS, Argentina
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    Wodonga, New South Wales 3690, Australia
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    Hobart, Tasmania 7000, Australia
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    East Melbourne, Victoria 3002, Australia
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    Perth, Western Australia 6000, Australia
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    Bedford Park, 5042, Australia
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    St. Leonards, NSW 2065, Australia
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    Woodville, 5011, Australia
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    Sarajevo, 71000, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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    Barretos, 14784-400, Brazil
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    Belo Horizonte, 30110-090, Brazil
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    Belo Horizonte, 30150-281, Brazil
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    Brasilia, 70390-150, Brazil
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    Curitiba, 80730-130, Brazil
  • ImClone Investigational Site
    Curitiba, 81520-060, Brazil
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    Florianopolis, 88034-000, Brazil
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    Ijui, 98700-000, Brazil
  • ImClone Investigational Site
    Lajeados, 95900-000, Brazil
  • ImClone Investigational Site
    Londrina, 86050-190, Brazil
  • ImClone Investigational Site
    Passo Fundo, 99010-260, Brazil
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    Porto Alegre, 90035-903, Brazil
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    Porto Alegre, 90610-970, Brazil
  • ImClone Investigational Site
    Porto Alegre, 90840-440, Brazil
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    Sao Paulo, 01406-100, Brazil
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    Edmonton, Alberta T6G 1Z2, Canada
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    Montreal, Quebec H2L 4M1, Canada
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    Sherbrooke, Quebec J1G 2E8, Canada
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    Concepcion, 407-0038, Chile
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    La Serena, Chile
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    Santiago, 6570917, Chile
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    Monteria, Colombia
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    Osijek, 31 100, Croatia
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    Pula, 52100, Croatia
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    Slavonski Brod, 35 000, Croatia
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    Zagreb, 10 000, Croatia
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    Brno, 656 53, Czechia
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    Hradec Kralove, 500 05, Czechia
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    Liberec, 460 63, Czechia
  • ImClone Investigational Site
    Nova Ves pod Plesi, 262 04, Czechia
  • ImClone Investigational Site
    Olomouc, 775 20, Czechia
  • ImClone Investigational Site
    Pardubice, 532 03, Czechia
  • ImClone Investigational Site
    Prague, 180 81, Czechia
  • ImClone Investigational Site
    Praha 10, 100 34, Czechia
  • ImClone Investigational Site
    Praha 2, 128 08, Czechia
  • ImClone Investigational Site
    Pribram, 261 95, Czechia
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    Alexandria, 21131, Egypt
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    Cairo, 11796, Egypt
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    Guatemala, 01010, Guatemala
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    Guatemala, Guatemala
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    Hyderabad, Andh Prad 500004, India
  • ImClone Investigational Site
    Hyderabad, Andh Prad 500033, India
  • ImClone Investigational Site
    New Delhi, Delhi 110085, India
  • ImClone Investigational Site
    Bangalore, Karna 560 025, India
  • ImClone Investigational Site
    Bangalore, Karna 560054, India
  • ImClone Investigational Site
    Cochin, Kerala 682304, India
  • ImClone Investigational Site
    Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 695011, India
  • ImClone Investigational Site
    Trivandrum, Kerala 695011, India
  • ImClone Investigational Site
    Chennai, Kilpauk 600 010, India
  • ImClone Investigational Site
    Bhopal, Madh Prad 462001, India
  • ImClone Investigational Site
    Indore, Madh Prad 452008, India
  • ImClone Investigational Site
    Mumbai, Mahara 400016, India
  • ImClone Investigational Site
    Nashik, Mahara 422 004, India
  • ImClone Investigational Site
    Pune, Mahara 411001, India
  • ImClone Investigational Site
    Chennai, Tamilnadu 600010, India
  • ImClone Investigational Site
    Chennai, Tamilnadu 600035, India
  • ImClone Investigational Site
    Kolkata, W Bengal 700053, India
  • ImClone Investigational Site
    Kolkata, W Bengal 700054, India
  • ImClone Investigational Site
    Bangalore, 560 029, India
  • ImClone Investigational Site
    Chennai, 600010, India
  • ImClone Investigational Site
    Hyderabad, 500 033, India
  • ImClone Investigational Site
    Hyderabad, 500004, India
  • ImClone Investigational Site
    Kolkata, 700053, India
  • ImClone Investigational Site
    Mumbai, 400 012, India
  • ImClone Investigational Site
    Mumbai, 400016, India
  • ImClone Investigational Site
    Pune, 411001, India
  • ImClone Investigational Site
    West Bengal, 700054, India
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    Jakarta, 10440, Indonesia
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    Jakarta, 11420, Indonesia
  • ImClone Investigational Site
    Jakarta, 14450, Indonesia
  • ImClone Investigational Site
    Sumatera Utara, 20136, Indonesia
  • ImClone Investigational Site
    West Java, 40161, Indonesia

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References and documents

Publications

  • Chau I, Fuchs CS, Ohtsu A, Barzi A, Liepa AM, Cui ZL, Hsu Y, Al-Batran SE. Association of quality of life with disease characteristics and treatment outcomes in patients with advanced gastric cancer: Exploratory analysis of RAINBOW and REGARD phase III trials. Eur J Cancer. 2019 Jan;107:115-123. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2018.11.013. Epub 2018 Dec 14. PubMed 30557792 ↗
  • Tabernero J, Ohtsu A, Muro K, Van Cutsem E, Oh SC, Bodoky G, Shimada Y, Hironaka S, Ajani JA, Tomasek J, Safran H, Chandrawansa K, Hsu Y, Heathman M, Khan A, Ni L, Melemed AS, Gao L, Ferry D, Fuchs CS. Exposure-Response Analyses of Ramucirumab from Two Randomized, Phase III Trials of Second-line Treatment for Advanced Gastric or Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer. Mol Cancer Ther. 2017 Oct;16(10):2215-2222. doi: 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-16-0895. Epub 2017 Jul 17. PubMed 28716815 ↗
  • Fuchs CS, Tomasek J, Yong CJ, Dumitru F, Passalacqua R, Goswami C, Safran H, Dos Santos LV, Aprile G, Ferry DR, Melichar B, Tehfe M, Topuzov E, Zalcberg JR, Chau I, Campbell W, Sivanandan C, Pikiel J, Koshiji M, Hsu Y, Liepa AM, Gao L, Schwartz JD, Tabernero J; REGARD Trial Investigators. Ramucirumab monotherapy for previously treated advanced gastric or gastro-oesophageal junction adenocarcinoma (REGARD): an international, randomised, multicentre, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial. Lancet. 2014 Jan 4;383(9911):31-39. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61719-5. Epub 2013 Oct 3. PubMed 24094768 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Yes — Anonymized individual patient level data will be provided in a secure access environment upon approval of a research proposal and a signed data sharing agreement.

Supporting information: Study protocol, Statistical analysis plan, Clinical study report

Time frame: Data are available 6 months after the primary publication and approval of the indication studied in the US and EU, whichever is later. Data will be indefinitely available for requesting.

Access criteria: A research proposal must be approved by an independent review panel and researchers must sign a data sharing agreement.

Data sharing details ↗ · vivli.org

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
Not marked actual or estimatedDates not marked actual or estimated

The record gives a start of Aug 2009, a primary completion of Jul 2012 and a completion of Dec 2015. It does not say whether these dates are actual or estimated.

Results were first posted in Oct 2014, 2 years 3 months after primary completion. A results delay was requested in Jul 2010.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Jun 8, 2009
First posted
Jun 10, 2009
Start
Aug 2009
Primary completionActual
Jul 2012
CompletionActual
Dec 2015
Results delay requested
Jul 26, 2010
Results first posted
Oct 16, 2014
Last update
Sep 25, 2019
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Sep 25, 2019, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT00917384
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jun 10, 2009
Start date
Aug 2009
Primary completion
Jul 2012
Completion
Dec 2015
Results posted
Oct 16, 2014
Last update
Sep 25, 2019

Study contacts

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study director · Eli Lilly and Company

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
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