Study of ONO-4538 in Unresectable Advanced or Recurrent Gastric Cancer
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02267343 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : October 17, 2014
Last Update Posted : November 17, 2021
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Gastric Cancer | Drug: ONO-4538 Drug: Placebo | Phase 3 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 493 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | ONO-4538 Phase III Study A Multicenter, Double-Blind, Randomized Study in Patients With Unresectable Advanced or Recurrent Gastric Cancer |
Actual Study Start Date : | October 2014 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | August 2016 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | January 2021 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: ONO-4538 Arm
ONO-4538 3 mg/kg solution intravenously every 2 weeks until documented disease progression, discontinuation due to toxicity, withdrawal of consent or the study ends
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Drug: ONO-4538 |
Placebo Comparator: Placebo Arm
Placebo intravenously every 2 weeks until documented disease progression, discontinuation due to toxicity, withdrawal of consent or the study ends
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Drug: Placebo |
- Overall survival [ Time Frame: Up to study completion (estimated time frame: 30 months), every 2 weeks in principle ]
- Progression-free survival [ Time Frame: Up to study completion (estimated time frame: 30 months), every 2 weeks in principle ]
- Objective response rate [ Time Frame: Up to study completion (estimated time frame: 30 months), every 6 weeks in principle ]
- Duration of response [ Time Frame: Up to study completion (estimated time frame: 30 months), every 6 weeks in principle ]
- Safety will be analyzed through the incidence of adverse events, serious adverse events [ Time Frame: Continuously throughout study treatment and up to 28 days from last dose ]
- Safety will be analyzed through the incidence of laboratory abnormalities [ Time Frame: Continuously throughout study treatment and up to 28 days from last dose ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 20 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Men & women ≥20 years of age
- Unresectable advanced or recurrent gastric cancer (including esophagogastric junction cancer)
- Histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma
- Refractory to or intolerant of standard therapy
- ECOG Performance Status score 0 or 1
- A life expectancy of at least 3 months
Exclusion Criteria:
- Current or past history of severe hypersensitivity to any other antibody products
- Patients with multiple primary cancers
- Patients with any metastasis in the brain or meninx that is symptomatic or requires treatment
- Patients with active, known or suspected autoimmune disease

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT02267343

Study Director: | Mitsunobu Tanimoto | Ono Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd |
Responsible Party: | Ono Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT02267343 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
ONO-4538-12 |
First Posted: | October 17, 2014 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | November 17, 2021 |
Last Verified: | October 2021 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | Yes |
URL: | https://www.ono.co.jp/eng/rd/policy.html |
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