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Five Prime launches late-stage study of bemarituzumab + chemo in gastric cancer or GEJ
Discussion: Five Prime Therapeutics' (FPRX) FPA144 (bemarituzumab) plus chemotherapy completed Part 1 of a Phase 1/3 clinical trial evaluating treatment-naive patients with advanced gastric cancer ((GC)) or cancer of the gastroesophageal junction ((GEJ)). The trial now moves to its subsequent parts in Phase 3. Overall survival ((OS)) is the primary endpoint of the trial. Progression-free survival ((PFS)) and objective response rate ((ORR)) are the secondary endpoints.
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