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.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
470
Received tislelizumab combined with investigator's choice of chemotherapy
chemotherapy (SOX or CAPOX regimen)
Cancer Hospital of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Zhejiang Cancer Hospital)
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Pathological complete response (pCR) rates
To compare the pathological complete response (pCR) rates between tislelizumab plus chemotherapy and placebo plus chemotherapy as perioperative therapy for MHC-II-positive locally advanced gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma .
Time frame: Perioperative
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