Nivolumab plus chemotherapy improved PFS and OS vs chemotherapy alone in patients with advanced gastric, gastroesophageal junction, and esophageal cancers, according to 4-year data from the phase 3 CheckMate 649 study.
Treatment with Opdivo and chemotherapy improved survival in patients with gastrointestinal cancers, compared with chemotherapy alone, according to a phase 3 trial.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will not be meeting the Jan. 12, 2024 approval deadline for zolbetuximab to treat certain patients with gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma.
Rui-Hua Xu, MD, PhD, and Kohei Shitara, MD, expand on the advantages of targeting CLDN18.2 with zolbetuximab in gastric/GEJ adenocarcinoma and key efficacy data from the GLOW and SPOTLIGHT trials in support of zolbetuximab’s potential FDA approval.