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A Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Sintilimab Plus Apatinib and Chemotherapy in Patients With HER-2 Negative Microsatellite Stability (MSS) Advanced or Metastatic Gastric (GC) or Gastroesophageal Junction (GEJ) Cancer

A Phase 2 interventional study of Sintilimab 200 mg, intravenously (IV) every 3 weeks(Q3W) in Gastric Cancer, Chemotherapy and Immunotherapy, sponsored by Jiuda Zhao. Recruiting at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 75 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-04-11.

Sponsored by Jiuda Zhao · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Jun 2024, 2 years 5 months ago, but the record still lists the study as recruiting.
  • Started Feb 2022; still recruiting 4 years 8 months later.
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
31
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years to 75 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

To evaluate the efficacy and safety of Sintilimab combined with apatinib and chemotherapy as First-line or second-line Therapy in Treatment of HER-2 negative MSS Advanced or Metastatic GC or GEJ Cancer. At the same time, the correlation between tissue programmed death ligand-1(PD-L1) expression and blood circulating tumor cell(CTC) counts and the efficacy of immune combination therapy was also explored.

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Participants receive Sintilizumab 200 mg, intravenously (IV) every 3 weeks(Q3W);plus Apatinib 250 mg twice daily (BID) by continous oral adminstration for 14 days, followed by a recovery period of 7 days; plus Tegafur gimeracil oteracil potassium capsules (40mg for body surface area \< 1.25/m\^2, 50mg/m\^2 for body surface area 1.25-1.5m\^2, 60mg for body surface area > 1.5/m\^2) BID by continous oral adminstration for 14 days, followed by a recovery period of 7 days, plus Oxaliplatin 85 mg/m\^2, IV Q3W; for 4-6 cycles followed by Cindilizumab plus Tegafur gimeracil oteracil potassium capsules.

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Conditions studied

  • Gastric Cancer
  • Chemotherapy
  • Immunotherapy

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Keywords

  • Gastric Cancer
  • Chemotherapy
  • Immunotherapy
  • Microsatellite stability
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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 planned enrollment of 31 is below the median of 66 across 2,499 interventional studies indexed under Stomach Neoplasms.

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Lead sponsor

Jiuda Zhao is the lead sponsor of 10 studies on the registry; 7 are open to participants now.

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

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 75 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  1. Patients with inoperable advanced, recurrent or gastric and gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma confirmed by histology, and negative by immunohistochemistry. HER-2 negative was defined as immunohistochemistry 0-1 + or 2 + but fish results were negative.
  2. According to recist1 1 measurement standard at least one or more target lesions can be measured.
  3. Patients with microsatellite stability (MSS type) or normal mismatch repair protein (PMMR) confirmed by immunohistochemistry or second-generation sequencing..
  4. Aged 18-75.
  5. The performance status of the (ECOG) is 0-1 points.
  6. is more than 3 months.
  7. The blood routine examination was basically normal within 1 week before enrollment (taking the normal value in the laboratory of each research center as the standard). The white blood cell count (WBC) ≥ 2.5 × 10\^9 / L or (ANC) ≥ 1.5 × 10\^9/L; count (PLT) ≥ 100 × 10\^9/L; ≥ 9.0 g / dl. Patients can receive blood transfusion or erythropoietin treatment to meet this standard.
  8. The liver and kidney function, nail function and coagulation function were basically normal within 1 week before enrollment (based on the normal values in the laboratories of each research center). Total (TBIL) ≤ 1.5 × value (ULN); (SGPT / ALT) ≤ 2.5 × ULN (patients with liver metastasis) ≤ 5 × ULN);Aspartate aminotransferase (SGOT / AST) ≤ 2.5 × ULN (patients with liver metastasis) ≤ 5 × ULN); rate (CCR) ≥ 60 ml / min; Urinary protein \< 2 +; If urinary protein ≥ 2 +, 24-hour urinary protein must be ≤ 1g; Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) ≤ upper limit of normal value (ULN); in case of abnormality, T3 and T4 levels shall be measured; if T3 and T4 levels are normal, they can be selected. (INR) ≤ 1.5, prothrombin time (PT) and activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) ≤ 1.5 × ULN。
  9. The patient is willing and able to comply with the provisions of the study protocol during the study.
  10. Before entering the study, during the study and within 6 months after the end of treatment, patients with fertility must take effective measures (hormone or barrier contraception; abstinence).
  11. The subject agreed not to participate in another intervention study when receiving the study drug in this study. Subjects ended the last study for more than 1 month.
  12. Subjects who have received or neoadjuvant therapy (including chemotherapy, radiotherapy or chemoradiotherapy) of GC / GEJ must complete the last dose of treatment at least 6 months before the first study treatment. Palliative radiotherapy is allowed, but it must be completed 2 weeks before the start of study treatment.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Patients who have received chemotherapy, radiotherapy or biological therapy within two weeks. Received any drug within 4 weeks before the start of study treatment.
  2. Pregnant or lactating women; women with fertility have a positive pregnancy test or no pregnancy test at the time of screening.
  3. Severe / uncontrolled intermittent disease / infection.
  4. Obvious cardiovascular disease (history of congestive heart failure > class II, unstable angina pectoris or myocardial infarction, unstable angina pectoris or myocardial infarction, or severe arrhythmia in the past six months).
  5. History or evidence of hereditary bleeding syndrome or coagulation disease with bleeding risk, history of thrombotic disease and active gastrointestinal bleeding.
  6. There have been arterial thromboembolism events in the past 6 months, including and cerebrovascular accident.
  7. Patients with previous malignant tumors, unless the previous malignant tumors have been diagnosed and treated for more than 5 years, and there is no evidence of recurrence.
  8. The subjects have known (HIV) infection or known positive detection history of active (positive HBsAg) or infection. The subjects with HBsAg negative but HBC AB positive will be tested for HBV DNA replication. If it is greater than the minimum copy number of HBV DNA, the subjects will be excluded. The subjects with seropositive but hepatitis C virus The subjects with negative replication results of (HCV) RNA test are eligible for inclusion.
  9. Patients with neuropathy > grade 3 at screening.
  10. Patients with > 500msec during screening.
  11. Patients with meningeal disease and no other measurable were excluded.
  12. Have received bevacizumab, sorafenib, sunitinib or other VEGF pathway targeted therapy.
  13. Have a history of severe hemoptysis.
  14. Having a mental illness or social situation can hinder study compliance.
  15. A severe nonunion wound, ulcer, or bone fracture.
  16. Major surgery, open or major trauma within 28 days before enrollment, and minor surgery within 7 days before enrollment.
  17. Have a history of allergic reaction to compounds similar to the chemical composition of the study drug.
  18. Take chronic daily aspirin (> 325 mg / day), dipyridamole, ticlopidine, clopidogrel, cilostazol, non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and other drugs known to inhibit function.
  19. Recent formal antihypertensive treatment still failed to control hypertension (systolic blood pressure greater than 140mmHg and diastolic blood pressure greater than 90mmHg), and the patients had obvious symptoms of hypertension.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(23)

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.

Metastases

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

HER2

HER2 is a protein, made from the ERBB2 gene, that drives the growth of some cancers. A study may look for a level of the protein, extra copies of the gene, or a particular change in it.

In breast cancer, protein tests are read as HER2-positive, HER2-low or HER2-negative; other cancers use their own rules. Check which test result the study requires.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

NYHA class (heart failure)

The New York Heart Association’s four classes of how much heart failure limits physical activity.

I
No limits: ordinary activity causes no undue tiredness or breathlessness.
II
Slight limits: comfortable at rest, ordinary activity causes symptoms.
III
Marked limits: comfortable at rest, less than ordinary activity causes symptoms.
IV
Symptoms even at rest; any activity makes them worse.

Studies set their own limit — many outside heart failure leave out class III–IV, while heart failure studies may ask for a particular class. Check the class this study names.

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.

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.

Hepatitis B tests

Hepatitis B is a virus that infects the liver. These are separate tests: HBsAg positive usually means a current infection (a recent vaccination can briefly cause it too); total anti-HBc (HBcAb) positive means an infection now or in the past; HBV DNA measures how much virus is in the blood.

Some studies accept a past infection if HBV DNA is undetectable, sometimes with antiviral medicine during the study. Check what this study allows.

Hepatitis C tests

Hepatitis C is a virus that infects the liver. An HCV antibody test can stay positive after an infection has cleared (and is occasionally positive without one); an HCV RNA test shows whether the virus is there now.

After treatment, hepatitis C counts as cured when HCV RNA is still undetectable 12 weeks or more after the treatment ended. Studies often accept people cured this way.

QT and QTc

On an ECG, the QT interval is the time the heart’s lower chambers take to activate electrically and recover in each beat. QTc is that time adjusted for heart rate (QTcF by Fridericia’s formula, QTcB by Bazett’s). Some medicines lengthen it, and a long QTc can raise the risk of a dangerous heart rhythm.

The study may name a correction formula and a limit in milliseconds, often around 450–480.

Brain metastases

Cancer deposits in the brain from a cancer that started elsewhere in the body (CNS metastases include the spinal cord).

Studies differ: some leave out any brain metastases, some accept ones treated and stable for some weeks. Check what this study allows.

Biopsy and archival tissue

A biopsy takes a small piece of tissue to examine. “Archival tissue” is a sample already taken, for example at diagnosis, and kept by the hospital.

Whether a stored sample will do depends on when it was taken, how much there is and what the study needs. Ask whether the study accepts your stored sample or needs a new biopsy.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
31 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Treatment of HER-2 Negative MSS Advanced Gastric

    Sintilimab Plus Apatinib and Chemotherapy in Patients with Previously Untreated HER-2 negative MSS Advanced or Metastatic GC or GEJ Cancer

    Drug: Sintilimab 200 mg, intravenously (IV) every 3 weeks(Q3W)

Interventions

  • for 2-6 cycles followed by Sindilizumab plus Tegafur gimeracil oteracil potassium capsules.

    Also known as: Apatinib 250 mg twice daily (BID) by continous oral adminstration for 14 days, followed by a recovery period of 7 days;, Tegafur gimeracil oteracil potassium capsules twice daily (BID) by continous oral adminstration for 14 days, every 3 weeks(Q3W), Oxaliplatin 85 mg/m^2, IV every 3 weeks(Q3W)

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Objective Response Rate (ORR)

    per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) Version 1.1

    Time frame: 36 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Progression-free Survival (PFS)

    per RECIST 1.1

    Time frame: 36 months

  2. Disease Control Rate (DCR)

    per RECIST 1.1

    Time frame: 36 months

  3. Duration of Response (DoR)

    per RECIST 1.1

    Time frame: 36 months

  4. Adverse events (AEs)

    Number of Subjects with treatment-related adverse events

    Time frame: 36 months

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Started Feb 2022 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Jun 2024, 27 months after the start.

Of 293 non-industry phase 2 interventional studies under Stomach Neoplasms, half reached primary completion within 57 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 32 and three quarters within 76. This study's planned 27 months is below that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 358 studies reached it within 50 months; a quarter within 31 and three quarters within 75.

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

Registered
Jan 19, 2022
First posted
Jan 31, 2022
StartActual
Feb 15, 2022
Primary completionEst.
Jun 1, 2024
CompletionEst.
Jun 1, 2025
Last update
Apr 11, 2022
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 Apr 11, 2022, 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
NCT05216237
Lead sponsor
Jiuda Zhao
Collaborators
Lanzhou University Second Hospital
Responsible party
Jiuda Zhao (Professor, Affiliated Hospital of Qinghai University) — Sponsor-investigator
First posted
Jan 31, 2022
Start date
Feb 15, 2022
Primary completion
Jun 1, 2024 (estimated)
Completion
Jun 1, 2025 (estimated)
Last update
Apr 11, 2022

Study contacts

Zhao Jiuda, MD
Contact
jiudazhao@126.com
+86 13327661976

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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