Multicenter, Open-label Phase II Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of the Trifunctional Bispecific Antibody Catumaxomab (Anti-EpCAM x Anti-CD3) in Patients With Gastric Adenocarcinoma After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Intended Curative Resection
An open-label, multi-center phase II study in surgically resectable patients after
neoadjuvant ECX-chemotherapy, with confirmed diagnosis of gastric adenocarcinoma and with a
high risk of disseminated tumor cells due to serosal infiltration or positive lymph nodes
after curative gastrectomy.
Treatment with catumaxomab will consist of an initial dose of 10 µg given intraoperatively
as an intraperitoneal bolus and of four postoperative ascending doses (10-20-50-150 µg)which
will be administered as an i.p.-infusion using an installed abdominal i.p.-port on the
postoperative days 7, 10, 13 and 16.
Catumaxomab is a trifunctional antibody targeting EpCAM on tumor cells and CD3 on T cells.
Trifunctional antibodies represent a new concept for targeted anticancer therapy. This new
antibody class has the capability to redirect T cells and accessory cells (e.g. macrophages,
dendritic cells [DCs] and natural killer [NK] cells) to the tumor site. According to
preclinical data, trifunctional antibodies activate these different immune effector cells,
which can trigger a complex anti-tumor immune response.
Interventional
Allocation: Non-Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment
rate of all specific postoperative complications newly observed during a period of 30 days after surgery in those study patients who received at least the first 3 doses of catumaxomab
30 days after last catumaxomab administration
Yes
Carsten Bokemeyer, Prof MD
Principal Investigator
University Clinic of Hamburg-Eppendorf; 20246 Hamburg / Germany
Germany: Paul-Ehrlich-Institut
IP-CAT-GC-03
NCT00464893
April 2007
July 2013
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