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A trial looking at onartuzumab with chemotherapy for HER2 negative cancer of the stomach or where the stomach meets the oesophagus (METGastric)

Overview

Cancer types:

Oesophageal cancer, Stomach cancer

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 3

Details

This trial looked at the combination of onartuzumab and chemotherapy. It was for people with either:

  • stomach cancer, or

  • cancer in the area where the food pipe (oesophagus) meets the stomach – the gastro oesophageal junction

It was for people whose cancer had spread to another part of the body and who had only small amounts of a protein called HER2. This is called .

The trial was open for people to join between 2012 and 2014. The team published the results in 2017.

Recruitment start: 13 December 2012

Recruitment end: 22 January 2014

How to join

Please note: In order to join a trial you will need to discuss it with your doctor, unless otherwise specified.

Chief investigators

Professor David Cunningham

Supported by

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

Roche

Last reviewed: 21 September 2023

CRUK internal database number: 9937

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