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A Phase II Study of Preoperative Pembrolizumab for Mismatch Repair Deficient, Epstein-Barr Virus Positive and/or PD-L1 Positive Gastric Cancer followed by Chemotherapy and Chemoradiation with Pembrolizumab.

Primary Objective:
To assess efficacy (disease-free survival) of operable gastric cancer treated with PD-1 blockade using pembrolizumab

Secondary Objectives:

(1) To characterize the safety and tolerability of pembrolizumab in the preoperative setting and postoperative setting with chemoradiation
(2) To evaluate recurrence rates and patterns of recurrence/metastasis
(3) To characterize adverse events (AE) of pembrolizumab in combination with radiation therapy and capecitabine
(4) To evaluate overall survival rates

Exploratory Objectives:
(1) To assess T cell responses and pathological responses in the tumor specimen
(2) To correlate PD-L1 expression in tumor tissue and stroma with tumor tissue response
(3) To evaluate RNA expression via Nanostring technology with tumor tissue response

Protocol Number: 071702
Phase: Phase II
Applicable Disease Sites: Stomach
Drugs Involved: Pembrolizumab (MK-3475)
CAPECITABINE
Principal Investigator: Salma Jabbour M.D.
Scope: Local
Therapies Involved: Radiotherapy
Surgery
Chemotherapy (NOS)
Participating Institutions:
  • Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
  • Emory St. Joseph Hospital
  • Main Emory Hospital
  • Midtown Hospital
  • Montefiore Medical Center
  • RWJBarnabas Health
    • Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Hamilton
Inclusion & Exclusion Criteria

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