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Registration number
NCT02625623
Ethics application status
Date submitted
4/12/2015
Date registered
9/12/2015
Date last updated
24/11/2020

Titles & IDs
Public title
Avelumab in Third-Line Gastric Cancer (JAVELIN Gastric 300)
Scientific title
A Phase III Open-label, Multicenter Trial of Avelumab (MSB0010718C) as a Third-line Treatment of Unresectable, Recurrent, or Metastatic Gastric or Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
2015-003301-42
Secondary ID [2] 0 0
EMR 100070-008
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Unresectable, Recurrent, Locally Advanced or Metastatic Gastric or Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma 0 0
Gastric Cancer Third Line 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Cancer 0 0 0 0
Stomach
Cancer 0 0 0 0
Oesophageal (gullet)

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Treatment: Drugs - Avelumab
Treatment: Drugs - Irinotecan
Treatment: Drugs - Paclitaxel
Other interventions - Best Supportive Care (BSC)

Experimental: Physician choice chemotherapy+Best Supportive Care (BSC) - Participants received BSC plus physician's choice chemotherapy. Chemotherapy comprises of one of the following: paclitaxel at a dose of 80 milligram per meter square (mg/m\^2) on Days 1, 8, and 15 of a 4-week treatment cycle until confirmed progressive disease or unacceptable toxicity OR irinotecan at a dose of 150 mg/m\^2 on Days 1 and 15 of a 4-week treatment cycle until confirmed progressive disease or unacceptable toxicity. Participants who are not deemed eligible to receive paclitaxel or irinotecan at the dose and schedule specified above receive BSC alone once every 3 weeks. BSC is defined as treatment administered with the intent to maximize quality of life without a specific antineoplastic regimen and is based on investigator's discretion.

Active comparator: Avelumab+BSC - Participants received avelumab as a 1-hour intravenous (IV) infusion at 10 milligram per kilogram (mg/kg) once every 2-week treatment cycle until confirmed progressive disease or unacceptable toxicity along with BSC. BSC is defined as treatment administered with the intent to maximize quality of life without a specific antineoplastic regimen and is based on investigator's discretion.


Treatment: Drugs: Avelumab
Avelumab was administered as a 1-hour intravenous (IV) infusion at 10 milligram per kilogram (mg/kg) once every 2-week treatment cycle until confirmed progressive disease or unacceptable toxicity along with best supportive care (BSC).

Treatment: Drugs: Irinotecan
Irinotecan was administered at a dose of 150 mg/m \^2 on Day 1 and 15 of a 4-week treatment cycle until disease progression or unacceptable toxicities along with BSC.

Treatment: Drugs: Paclitaxel
Paclitaxel was administered at a dose of 80 mg/m\^2 on Day 1, 8, and 15 of a 4-week treatment cycle until disease progression or unacceptable toxicities along with BSC.

Other interventions: Best Supportive Care (BSC)
BSC is defined as treatment administered with the intent to maximize Quality of life without a specific antineoplastic regimen and is based on investigator's discretion. BSC was administered once every 3 weeks.
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Treatment: Drugs
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Other interventions
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
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Overall Survival (OS)
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From randomization up to 627 days
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Progression Free Survival (PFS)
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Best Overall Response (BOR)
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Objective Response Rate (ORR)
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Change From Baseline in European Quality of Life 5-dimensions (EQ-5D-5L) Health Outcome Questionnaire Through Composite Index Score at End of Treatment (EOT)
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Baseline, EOT (up to Week 66)
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Change From Baseline in European Quality of Life 5-dimensions (EQ-5D-5L) Health Outcome Questionnaire Through Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) at End of Treatment (EOT)
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Baseline, EOT (up to Week 66)
Secondary outcome [6] 0 0
Change From Baseline in European Organization for the Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life (EORTC QLQ-C30) Global Health Status Scale Score at End of Treatment (EOT)
Timepoint [6] 0 0
Baseline, EOT (up to Week 66)
Secondary outcome [7] 0 0
Change From Baseline in European Organization for the Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire-Stomach Cancer Specific (EORTC QLQ-STO22) Questionnaire Scores at End of Treatment (EOT)
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Baseline, EOT (up to Week 66)

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
* Male or female subjects aged greater than or equal to (>=) 18 years
* Subjects with histologically confirmed recurrent unresectable, recurrent locally advanced or metastatic adenocarcinoma of the stomach or gastroesophageal junction (GEJ)
* Availability of a formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) block containing tumor tissue
* Subjects must have received 2 prior courses of systemic treatment for unresectable, recurrent, locally advanced or metastatic gastric cancer, and must have progressed after the second line
* Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status (PS) of 0 to 1 at trial entry
* Adequate hematological, hepatic and renal functions defined by the protocol
* Negative blood pregnancy test at Screening for women of childbearing potential.
* Highly effective contraception for both male and female subjects if the risk of conception exists

Other protocol defined inclusion criteria could apply
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
No limit
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
* Prior therapy with any antibody or drug targeting T-cell coregulatory proteins
* Concurrent anticancer treatment
* Major surgery
* Subjects receiving immunosuppressive agents (such as steroids) for any reason should be tapered off these drugs before initiation of the trial treatment (with the exception of subjects with adrenal insufficiency, who may continue corticosteroids at physiologic replacement dose, equivalent to less than [<] 10 mg prednisone daily).
* All subjects with brain metastases, except those meeting the following criteria: a. Brain metastases have been treated locally, and b. No ongoing neurological symptoms that are related to the brain localization of the disease (sequelae that are a consequence of the treatment of the brain metastases are acceptable)
* Previous malignant disease (other than gastric cancer) within the last 5 years with the exception of basal or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin or carcinoma in situ (bladder,cervical, colorectal, breast)
* Prior organ transplantation, including allogeneic stem-cell transplantation Significant acute or chronic infections
* Active autoimmune disease that might deteriorate when receiving an immunostimulatory agent
* Known severe hypersensitivity reactions to monoclonal antibodies, any history of anaphylaxis, or uncontrolled asthma (that is, 3 or more features of partially controlled asthma)
* Persisting toxicity of grade >2 related to prior therapy except neuropathy and alopecia
* Neuropathy Grade greater than or equal (>=) 3.
* Pregnancy or lactation
* Known alcohol or drug abuse
* History of uncontrolled intercurrent illness including hypertension, active infection, diabetes
* Clinically significant (i.e., active) cardiovascular disease
* All other significant diseases might impair the subject's tolerance of trial treatment
* Any psychiatric condition that would prohibit the understanding or rendering of informed consent and that would limit compliance with study requirements
* Vaccination within 4 weeks of the first dose of avelumab and while on trial is prohibited except for administration of inactivated vaccines
* Legal incapacity or limited legal capacity
* Subjects will be excluded from the treatment with irinotecan or paclitaxel monotherapy if administration of their chemotherapy would be inconsistent with the current local labeling (for example, in regard to contraindications, warnings/precautions, or special provisions) for that chemotherapy. Investigators should check updated labeling via relevant websites before randomization
* Subjects should start treatment administration within 28 days after signing the informed consent form (ICF). Treatment administration will start within 4 days after the randomization call

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Open (masking not used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?



Intervention assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Phase
Phase 3
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
28/12/2015
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
13/11/2019
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
371
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
QLD,SA,TAS,VIC,WA
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Princess Alexandra Hospital - Woolloongabba
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Flinders Medical Centre - Bedford Park
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The Queen Elizabeth Hospital - Woodville South
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Royal Hobart Hospital - Hobart
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Box Hill Hospital - Box Hill
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Sunshine Hospital - St. Albans
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Border Medical Oncology - Wodonga
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Fiona Stanley Hospital - Subiaco
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4102 - Woolloongabba
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5042 - Bedford Park
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5011 - Woodville South
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7000 - Hobart
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3128 - Box Hill
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3021 - St. Albans
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3690 - Wodonga
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6008 - Subiaco
Recruitment outside Australia
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Colorado
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Edegem
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Germany
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Barselona
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Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Commercial sector/industry
Name
EMD Serono Research & Development Institute, Inc.
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Commercial sector/industry
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Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
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Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
The purpose of this study was to demonstrate superiority of treatment with avelumab plus best supportive care (BSC) versus physician's choice (chosen from a pre-specified list of therapeutic options) plus BSC.
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02625623
Trial related presentations / publications
Bang YJ, Ruiz EY, Van Cutsem E, Lee KW, Wyrwicz L, Schenker M, Alsina M, Ryu MH, Chung HC, Evesque L, Al-Batran SE, Park SH, Lichinitser M, Boku N, Moehler MH, Hong J, Xiong H, Hallwachs R, Conti I, Taieb J. Phase III, randomised trial of avelumab versus physician's choice of chemotherapy as third-line treatment of patients with advanced gastric or gastro-oesophageal junction cancer: primary analysis of JAVELIN Gastric 300. Ann Oncol. 2018 Oct 1;29(10):2052-2060. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdy264.
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
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Medical Responsible
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Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
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Summary Results

For IPD and results data, please see https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02625623