Efficacy and safety of second-line therapy with apatinib combined with chemotherapy as second-line therapy in advanced gastric cancer: a single-arm, open-label, prospective, multicenter study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

For advanced gastric cancer (GC) patients who fail first-line treatment, chemotherapy alone is of limited benefit. Ramucirumab combined with paclitaxel and apatinib combined with docetaxel provided clinical benefit in previous studies, but the feasibility of apatinib combined with other chemotherapy agents remains unknown. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of apatinib combined with chemotherapy as a second-line treatment for advanced GC.

Methods

Patients aged 18-75 years with histologically or cytologically confirmed advanced or metastatic GC or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma that had progressed with first-line treatment were recruited and received apatinib 250 or 500 mg oral apatinib and chemotherapy regimens, includin

SUBMITTER: Zhang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9263772 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature