A Study of Ramucirumab Combination Therapy in Japanese Participants Who Have Advanced Stomach Cancer

Phase 1b Study of Ramucirumab in Combination With Fluoropyrimidines and Platinum-Based Agents in Japanese Patients With Metastatic Gastric/Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma

The main purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics and antitumor response of ramucirumab in combination with platinum/fluoropyrimidine regimens in Japanese participants with advanced gastric/gastrooesophageal junction cancer who have not received chemotherapy.

Inclusion Criteria:

• A histopathologically or cytologically confirmed diagnosis of gastric or gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) adenocarcinoma which is metastatic or locally advanced and unresectable. A participant with esophageal cancer is not eligible.
• Not have received prior first-line systemic chemotherapy for locally advanced and unresectable and/or metastatic disease. Participants whose disease has progressed after >6 months following the last dose of systemic treatment in the adjuvant/neoadjuvant setting are eligible.
• Measurable or nonmeasurable, but evaluable, disease, determined using guidelines in Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors (RECIST) v1.1.
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status (ECOG PS) of 0 or 1 at the time of enrollment.
• The participant has adequate organ function.
• Resolution to Grade ≤1 by the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (NCI CTCAE; version [v]4.03) of all clinically significant toxic effects of prior locoregional therapy, surgery, or other anticancer.
• Female participants of childbearing potential must have a negative serum or urinary pregnancy. Have an estimated life expectancy of ≥12 weeks in the judgment of the investigator.

Exclusion Criteria:

• A significant bleeding disorder, vasculitis, or had a significant bleeding episode from the gastrointestinal tract within 12 weeks prior to enrollment.
• Uncontrolled arterial hypertension, despite standard medical management.
• A serious or nonhealing wound or peptic ulcer or bone fracture at enrollment.
• Undergone major surgery within 28 days prior to enrollment, or subcutaneous venous access device (reservoir) placement within 7 days prior to enrollment.
• Radiation therapy within 14 days prior to enrollment.
• Received any previous systemic therapy (including investigational agents) targeting vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) or the VEGF receptor signaling pathways.
• Cirrhosis at a level of Child-Pugh B (or worse); or cirrhosis (any degree) and a history of hepatic encephalopathy or clinically meaningful ascites resulting from cirrhosis.
• A serious illness or medical condition(s).
• Pregnant or breastfeeding.
• Dysphagia for oral medication.
• Known allergy or hypersensitivity to any study treatment.
• Human epidermal growth factor receptor (HER) 2 status of positive.
• Received treatment within 28 days of the initial dose of study drug with an investigational product or non-approved use of a drug or device.