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The purpose of this study is to determine whether apatinib plus irinotecan can improve progression free survival compared with single irinotecan in patients with advanced gastric cancer or adenocarcinoma of esophagogastric junction who failed one lines of chemotherapy.


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Gastric cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in China. Most patients are unresectable or metastatic disease at the time of diagnosis,so the prognosis is poor.Systemic therapy was required for the patients with advanced stage. Platinum combined with fluoropyrimidines always were considered as first line treatment. After failure of initial therapy, single agent of irinotecan was used as second line treatment,but limited survival benefit.Apatinib, a novel targeted inhibitor of VEGF receptor 2 (VEGFR2).The purpose of this study is to determine whether apatinib plus irinotecan can improve progression free survival compared with single irinotecan in patients with advanced gastric cancer or adenocarcinoma of esophagogastric junction who failed one lines of chemotherapy. ;


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NCT number NCT03030937
Study type Interventional
Source Fujian Cancer Hospital
Contact Jianwei Yang
Phone 008613805097959
Email swzcq62@163.com
Status Not yet recruiting
Phase Phase 2
Start date February 1, 2017
Completion date December 30, 2018

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