Choice of oral Presentations

Josep Tabernero, Eric Van Cutsem, Yung-Jue Bang, Charles S. Fuchs, et al.

Pembrolizumab with or without chemotherapy versus chemotherapy for advanced gastric or gastroesophageal junction (G/GEJ) adenocarcinoma: The phase III KEYNOTE-062 study.

 

Hedy L. Kindler, Pascal Hammel, Michele Reni, Eric Van Cutsem, et al.

Olaparib as maintenance treatment following first-line platinum-based chemotherapy (PBC) in patients (pts) with a germline BRCA mutation and metastatic pancreatic cancer (mPC): Phase III POLO trial.

 

Margaret A. Tempero, Michele Reni, Hanno Riess, Uwe Pelzer, et al.

APACT: phase III, multicenter, international, open-label, randomized trial of adjuvant nab-paclitaxel plus gemcitabine (nab-P/G) vs gemcitabine (G) for surgically resected pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

Conclusions: IR DFS with nab-P/G was not significantly longer vs G; median DFS with G was longer than historical data. DFS by investigator (sensitivity analysis) and interim OS were improved with nab-P/G vs G (HR 0.82 for both). Adjuvant nab-P/G may be an option for pts who are ineligible for FOLFIRINOX. Additional OS follow-up may better support nab-P/G as an option in the adjuvant setting. Clinical trial information: NCT01964430

 

Namiki Izumi, Kiyoshi Hasegawa, Yujiro Nishioka, Tadatoshi Takayama, et al.

A multicenter randomized controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of surgery vs. radiofrequency ablation for small hepatocellular carcinoma (SURF trial).

Conclusions: SUR and RFA were both safe therapeutic approaches and provided equally RFS for early stage HCC smaller than 3 cm. Clinical trial information: UMIN000001795.