About this trial
This study is designed as a single-center, open-label, phase II exploratory trial. Patients with advanced or locally advanced gastric cancer who have not received chemotherapy or immunotherapy before are eligible for inclusion. They will receive a first-line two-drug combination chemotherapy regimen (FOLFOX, XELOX, or SOX, determined by the attending physician) in combination with a PD-1 monoclonal antibody (nivolumab, sintilimab, tislelizumab, or pembrolizumab, determined by the attending physician). Fruquintinib can be added on this basis (only for patients enrolled in the HMPL-013-SH-GC103 study). The aim is to evaluate whether the gut microbiota has a predictive role in the efficacy of immunotherapy combined with chemotherapy for metastatic gastric cancer. A total of 100 patients will be enrolled in the study.
Gut microbiota will be measured at the following three time points:
1. Within 3 days before the first chemotherapy (designated as time 0) 2. Within 3 days before the third chemotherapy (designated as time 1) 3. After the sixth chemotherapy cycle, or within 1 week after disease progression if it occurs within the sixth cycle (designated as time 2)
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Age ≥ 18 years, gender not restricted;
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status (PS) score 0-2, with -an expected survival period of more than 3 months;
Metastatic or locally advanced gastric cancer confirmed by cytology or histopathology;
Laboratory test data within 7 days before screening (including 7 days) should meet the following requirements: neutrophil count ≥ 1.5×109/L, platelet count ≥ 80×109/L, hemoglobin ≥ 80g/L, total serum bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times the upper limit of normal (ULN); ALT and AST ≤ 2.5 x ULN, if liver metastasis is present, ALT and AST ≤ 5 x ULN; albumin ≥ 30g/L; serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 x ULN or creatinine clearance rate (CCr) ≥ 60ml/min.
Disqualifiers
Pregnant or lactating women, and women of childbearing age who have not taken adequate contraceptive measures;
Patients with a history of other malignant tumors within 5 years, except for those with a history of cured cervical carcinoma in situ or non-melanoma skin cancer; Patients with primary brain tumors or central nervous system metastases that are not under control, and those with obvious intracranial hypertension or neuropsychiatric symptoms;
Patients with the following severe or uncontrolled diseases: severe heart disease, unstable condition despite treatment, myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, significant pericardial effusion or unstable arrhythmia within 6 months before enrollment; definite neurological or psychiatric disorders, including dementia or epileptic seizures; severe or uncontrolled infections; active disseminated intravascular coagulation, or patients with obvious bleeding tendencies;
Patients with significant damage to important organs;
Trial population
300
Trial design
Cohort
Prospective
Treatments tested in this trial
Observational study, no intervention
Other interventionObservational study, no intervention
Treatment groups
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
The gut microbiota predicts progression-free survival (PFS)
The gut microbiota predicts progression-free survival (PFS)
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