Study or author Phase Line Target and eligibiity N Chemotherapy OS PFS ORR DCR
ToGA III 1st HER2 positive 584 FC 11 5.5 34.5 70
(ref. 9)     (IHC3 or FISH+)   FC+Trastuzumab 13.8 6.7 47.3 79
            HR 0.71, p=0.0046 HR 0.71,p=0.0002 p=0.0017  
      HER2 positive 446 FC 11.8      
      (IHC3+ or IHC2+/FISH+)   FC+Trastuzumab 16      
          HR 0.65      
REAL-3 III 1st EGFR
Not defined
553 EOC 11.3 7.4 42 63
(ref.27)       EOC+Panitumumab 8.8 6 46 64
            HR 1.37, p=0.013 HR 1.22, p=0.068 P=0.467  
Kim et al II 2nd EGFR
Not defined
77 Irinotecan+nimotuzumab 227 days 85 days 10.3 46.2
(ref. 28)       Irinotecan 293 days 73 days 18.4 47.3
            HR 0.717, p=0.22 HR 0.86 ,p=0.5668    
AVAGAST III 1st VEGF
Not defined
774 XP 10.1 5.3 37 66.7
(ref. 29)       XP+Bevacizumab 12.1 6.7 46 75.9
            HR=0.87,p=0.1002 HR=0.80,p=0.0037 p=0.0315  
GRANITE-1 III 2nd/3rd mTOR
Not defined
656 Placebo 4.34 1.41 2.1 22
(ref.42)       Everolimus 5.39 1.68 4.5 43.3
            HR 0.90,p=0.1244 HR 0.66, p<.0001    
Ivenson, et al. II 1st HGF
Not defined
121 ECX 8.9 4.2 21 76
(ref.46)       ECX+rilotumumab 11.1 5.6 38 80
            HR=0.73,p=0.215 HR=0.64,p=0.045 p=0.089  
      High c-Met 38* ECX 5.7 4.6    
      (>50% of cell, exploratory analysis)   ECX+rilotumumab 11.1 6.9    
          HR=0.29 HR=0.53    
* Among 90 evaluable patients
Abbraviations; OS, overall survival; PFS, progression-free survival: ORR, overall response rate; DCR, disease control rate: HR, hazard ratio; FC, Capecitabine/5- FU+Cisplatin; XP, Capecitabine+Cisplatin; EOC, Epirubicin+Oxaliplatin+Capecitabine; ECX, Epirubicin+Cisplatin+Capecitabine
Table 1: Results of randomised studies of Molecular targeting therapy for Gastric Cancer.