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Nivolumab in Combination With Chemotherapy for FGFR2-positive Metastatic Gastric Cancer

A Phase 2 interventional study of Nivolumab and Capecitabine in Metastatic Gastric Cancer, PD-L1 Gene Amplification and FGFR2 Amplification, sponsored by Kidney Cancer Research Bureau. Recruiting at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-01-02.

Sponsored by Kidney Cancer Research Bureau · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 10 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Jun 2022, registered May 2023).
  • Started Jun 2022; still recruiting 4 years 5 months later.
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
23
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The goal of this phase 2 clinical trial is to evaluate the efficacy of nivolumab in combination with CAPOX in patients with FGFR2-positive/PD-L1-positive/HER2-negative metastatic gastric cancer.

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On April 16, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration approved first-line therapy with nivolumab and fluoropyrimidine-platinum-containing chemotherapy for metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma. Patients with PD-L1 expression benefit the most from this treatment.

Fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 (FGFR2) is a predictor of poor overall survival and a potential target for targeted therapy. However, there is no data of nivolumab efficacy in patients with combined expression of PD-L1 and FGFR2.

The aim of this study is to evaluate the preliminary efficacy of nivolumab in this patient population.

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Conditions studied

  • Metastatic Gastric Cancer
  • PD-L1 Gene Amplification
  • FGFR2 Amplification

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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 23 is below the median of 66 across 2,499 interventional studies indexed under Stomach Neoplasms.

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Lead sponsor

Kidney Cancer Research Bureau is the lead sponsor of 14 studies on the registry; 3 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

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

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Inclusion criteria

  • Previously untreated, unresectable advanced or gastric adenocarcinoma
  • according to the 1.1 criteria
  • Combined Positive Score (CPS) of five or more assessed by Dako PD-L1 immunohistochemistry 28-8 pharmDx assay
  • Positive FGFR2 overexpression status by immunohistochemistry defined as exhibiting any moderate (2+) to strong (3+) membranous staining in more than 1% of tumor cells
  • Possibility to assess the amplification of FGFR2
  • -negative status
  • PS 0-2
  • Age >= 18 years old
  • Adequate function of organs
  • Absence of any psychological, family, social or geographical circumstances that could potentially serve as obstacles to the implementation of the study
  • Signed

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Participation in another clinical study and concomitant treatment with any research drug or any study of antitumor therapy, including radiation, within 28 days before inclusion in this study
  • Presence of in the central nervous system and / or carcinoma of the meninges at the time of inclusion in the study
  • Presence or history of present signs of any condition, therapy or laboratory abnormalities that could limit the interpretation of the results of this study
  • Any malignant tumor within the previous 5 years, with the exception of adequately cured cervical cancer in situ or squamous cell skin cancer, or basal cell skin cancer with limited growth, subject to adequate control over the course of this disease
  • Pregnancy
  • Known positive status for (HIV) or active hapatitis B and C
  • Surgery within 7 days before the first dose of the study drug
  • Signs of bleeding or hemorrhagic diathesis
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(8)

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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.

PD-1, PD-L1 and checkpoint inhibitors

PD-1, PD-L1 and CTLA-4 are proteins that act as brakes on the immune system. Checkpoint inhibitors, such as pembrolizumab or nivolumab, block them so the immune system can attack a cancer.

PD-L1 can also be measured in a tumour sample. Some scores count stained tumour cells only (TPS); others also count certain immune cells (CPS). The study names the score and the minimum it uses.

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.

Informed consent

Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.

You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.

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.

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Study design

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

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Nivolumab in combination with chemotherapy

    Nivolumab 360 mg with CAPOX (capecitabine and oxaliplatin) every 3 weeks

    Drug: Nivolumab · Drug: Capecitabine · Drug: Oxaliplatin

Interventions

  • 360 mg, i.v., every 3 weeks

    Also known as: Opdivo

  • capecitabine 1000 mg/m², orally, twice a day, days 1-14 of each cycle

    Also known as: Xeloda

  • 130 mg/m², i.v., day 1, every 3 weeks

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. 1-year progression-free survival (PFS)

    Proportion of patients who will be progression-free at 1 year

    Time frame: 12 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Median PFS

    From first day of treatment to the first observation of disease progression or death due to any cause

    Time frame: 18 months

  2. Median overall survival (OS)

    From first day of treatment to time of death due to any cause.

    Time frame: 24 months

  3. Objective response rate (ORR)

    Per Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST v1.1) for target lesions and assessed by CT: Complete Response (CR), Disappearance of all target lesions; Partial Response (PR), \>=30% decrease in the sum of the longest diameter of target lesions; Overall Response (OR) = CR + PR

    Time frame: 18 months

  4. Toxicity Summary

    toxicity assessed by Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 5.0. Grade 3 and above adverse events possibly, probably or definitely related to treatment.

    Time frame: Up to 30 days post treatment

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Bureau for Cancer Research
    New York, New York 10032, United States
    Recruiting
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jan 2, 2024, 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
NCT05859477
Lead sponsor
Kidney Cancer Research Bureau
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
May 16, 2023
Start date
Jun 5, 2022
Primary completion
Dec 1, 2023
Completion
Dec 1, 2024 (estimated)
Last update
Jan 2, 2024

Study contacts

Ilya Tsimafeyeu
Contact
director@bucare.org
+19178914943
Ilya Tsimafeyeu
study chair · Bureau for Cancer Research

Oversight

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