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    First-line treatment prolongs the lives of gastric cancer patients, and the potential "first-in-class" therapy has been clinically validated for the first time in Phase 3

    • Last Update: 2023-01-06
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    ▎WuXi AppTec content team editor On November 17, Astellas Pharma announced that zolbetuximab, an investigational antibody therapy targeting Claudin18.
    2 (CLDN18.
    2), in combination with chemotherapy, met the primary endpoint in a Phase 3 clinical trial for the first-line treatment of locally advanced unresectable or metastatic gastric cancer, significantly prolonging progression-free survival (PFS)
    in patients.
    Moreover, the study also met the secondary endpoint of overall survival (OS), significantly extending the patient's life
    compared with chemotherapy.
    CLDN18.
    2 is a
    popular target for gastrointestinal cancer that has received widespread attention in recent years, and zolbetuximab is the first CLDN18.
    2-targeted therapy
    to enter the phase 3 clinical development stage.
    The results of this positive Phase 3 clinical trial further validate the potential
    of CLDN18.
    2-targeted therapy for the treatment of gastrointestinal cancers.


    Patients with stomach cancer are usually diagnosed at an advanced stage or metastasis
    .
    Patients with metastatic gastric cancer have a 5-year survival rate of only about 6%, and they are in urgent need of innovative therapies
    .

    Claudin (CLDN) is an important protein in the tight junction of normal tissues, with 4 transmembrane domains, which are involved in the regulation
    of processes such as paracellular permeability and conductance.
    CLDN
    was first discovered in 1998 by Japanese scientist Dr.
    Shoichiro Tsukita and colleagues.
    The CLDN family contains at least 27 members, of which CLDN18 has two isomers
    , CLDN18.
    1 and CLDN18.
    2.

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