New Drug: Zolbetuximab with FOLFOX for Gastric and GE Junction Cancer


  • Study

    Phase 3, multicenter, randomized, double-blind trial (SPOTLIGHT)
    Locally advanced unresectable or metastatic gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma, CLDN18.2-positive, HER2-negative
    Zolbetuximab plus mFOLFOX6 (n=279) vs. Placebo plus mFOLFOX6 (n=278)



  • Efficacy

    ORR: 48% vs. 48%
    mPFS: 10.6 vs. 8.7 mos (HR: 0.75 [0.60-0.94])
    mOS: 18.2 vs. 15.5 mos (HR: 0.75 [0.60-0.94])



  • Safety

    Grade >=3 AEs: Nausea (16% vs. 6%), neutropenia (28% vs. 23%),



  • Lancet 2023; 401: 1655–68

    Shitara K Zolbetuximab plus mFOLFOX6 in patients with CLDN18.2-positive, HER2-negative, untreated, locally advanced unresectable or metastatic gastric or gastro-oesophageal junction adenocarcinoma (SPOTLIGHT): a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, phase 3 trial

    http://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(23)00620-7

    Reviewed by Ulas D. Bayraktar, MD on Nov 11, 2024