Best of ASCO® Vancouver 2024: Merck Breakfast Symposium: Clinical Management of Upper Gastrointestinal (GI) Malignancies in Canada – Dr. Sharlene Gill

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Dr. Sharlene Gill
Dr. Nancy Nixon

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Dr. Sharlene Gill

This program has been made possible through unrestricted support from Merck

Studies/trials discussed:

  • Clinical management of upper gastrointestinal malingnances in canada
  • Oesophageal cancer: ESMO Clinical Practice Guideline for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up
  • CheckMate 649 Stysy Design
  • KEYNOTE-859 Study Design
  • CheckMate 648 Study design
  • KEYNOTE-590 Study Design (NCT03189719)
  • KEYNOTE-811 Study Design (NCT03615326)
  • claudin-18, a novel downstream target gene for the T/EBP/NKX2.1 homeodomain transcription factor, encodes lungand stomach-specific isoforms through alternative splicing
  • Claudin-18 splice variant 2 is a pan-cancer target suitable for therapeutic antibody development
  • Prevalence of CLDN18.2, HER2 and PD-L1 in gastric cancer samples
  • A phase I dose-escalation study of IMAB362 (Zolbetuximab) in patients with advanced gastric and gastro-oesophageal junction cancer
  • Comparison of Claudin 18.2 expression in primary tumors and lymph node metastases in Japanese patients with gastric adenocarcinoma
  • A multicentre, phase IIa study of zolbetuximab as a single agent in patients with recurrent or refractory advanced adenocarcinoma of the stomach or lower oesophagus: the MONO study
  • Association of CLDN18 Protein Expression with Clinicopathological Features and Prognosis in Advanced Gastric and Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinomas
  • FAST: a randomised phase II study of zolbetuximab (IMAB362) plus EOX versus EOX alone for first-line treatment of advanced CLDN18.2-positive gastric and gastro-oesophageal adenocarcinoma
  • DESTINY-Gastric 02
  • Zanidatamab (ZW25) in HER2-expressing gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma (GEA): Results from a phase I study.
  • FIGHT Trial Design