IMFINZI + chemo significantly improved pathologic complete response in gastric and gastroesophageal junction cancers in MATTERHORN Ph 3 trial
Josep Tabernero, MD, PhD, head of the Medical Oncology Department, Vall d’Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain, and principal investigator of the MATTERHORN trial, said: “Patients with resectable gastric and gastroesophageal junction cancers urgently need better treatment options, because today, one in four patients still progress within one year even after surgery with curative intent. These results demonstrate an increase in pathologic complete response after adding durvalumab treatment to FLOT chemotherapy and surgery. This is an encouraging early sign that this regimen may deliver long-term clinical benefit for these patients, as pathologic complete response has been correlated with both event-free and overall survival in multiple settings.”
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