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If zolbetuximab was not given in first line in metastatic gastric cancer with CLDN 18.2, would you give it with second line ?

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Medical Oncology · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

There is no correct answer to this question, as, to the best of my knowledge, zolbetuximab has not been combined with any other regimen than a first-line fluoropyrimidine/platinum regimen.

As a single agent, the drug has modest activity (objective response rate of ORR of 9% in patients whose tumor wa...

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Medical Oncology · Mary Lanning Healthcare Morrison Cancer Center/University of Nebraska Medical Center Adjunct Faculty

The short answer is no. Available data in later lines have shown essentially no single-agent activity (Klempner et al., PMID 37490286). Because zolbetuximab is a chimeric (mouse/human) IgG1 naked antibody that relies entirely on immune effector mechanisms (ADCC and CDC) to kill tumor cells, it does ...

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