
Sound familiar?
This is a patient* with advanced gastric or GEJ adenocarcinoma – someone who knows their situation, but is not surrendering to it.
- Presents with difficulty swallowing
- No prior surgery
- Unresectable stage IV gastric or GEJ adenocarcinoma
- FOLFOX 1L; oxaliplatin dropped after 4 cycles due to low-grade neuropathy
- Disease progressed after 6 months
- Current scan shows metastases in distant lymph nodes and liver
- ECOG PS 1
*Hypothetical patient example
Can you picture one of your patients? Someone who is determined and counting on you for answers?
FOLFOX = 5-fluorouracil and oxaliplatin, ECOG = Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, PS = Performance Status
CYRAMZA + paclitaxel: The most frequently prescribed regimen in 2L†
CYRAMZA + Paclitaxel Is Proven to Extend Survival, Delay Progression, and Improve Response Rate2 (versus placebo + paclitaxel)
†Patients age 18 and older identified from a retrospective analysis of electronic medical record (EMR) data (Flatiron Health Data, New York, NY) who were confirmed to have advanced gastric or GEJ adenocarcinoma and who started first-line therapy between May 1, 2014, and February 28, 2017, were included. Patients were confirmed to have received these agents in an EMR system.1
‡The percentage of deaths at the time of analysis was 78% (256 patients) and 78% (260 patients) in the CYRAMZA plus paclitaxel and placebo plus paclitaxel treatment arms, respectively.2
∥The percentage of events at the time of analysis was 85% (279 patients) and 88% (296 patients) in the CYRAMZA plus paclitaxel and placebo plus paclitaxel treatment arms, respectively.2
¶Objective response rate was defined as complete plus partial response. Disease progression and tumor response were assessed by investigators in accordance with Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.1.5
SELECT IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION
The labeling for CYRAMZA contains a Boxed Warning for: hemorrhage and GI hemorrhage, including severe and sometimes fatal events; gastrointestinal (GI) perforation, a potentially fatal event; and impaired wound healing. CYRAMZA should be permanently discontinued in patients who experience severe bleeding or a GI perforation. CYRAMZA should be withheld prior to surgery and discontinued if a patient develops wound healing complications. CYRAMZA contains additional Warnings and Precautions for arterial thromboembolic events, hypertension, infusion-related reactions, clinical deterioration in patients with Child-Pugh B or C cirrhosis, reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome, proteinuria including nephrotic syndrome, thyroid dysfunction, and embryofetal toxicity. In study 2, the most common adverse reactions observed in patients treated with CYRAMZA plus paclitaxel at a rate of ≥30% and ≥2% higher than placebo plus paclitaxel were fatigue (57% vs 44%), neutropenia (54% vs 31%), diarrhea (32% vs 23%), and epistaxis (31% vs 7%). The most common serious adverse events with CYRAMZA plus paclitaxel in study 2 were neutropenia (3.7%) and febrile neutropenia (2.4%); 19% of patients treated with CYRAMZA plus paclitaxel received granulocyte colony-stimulating factors.
RAINBOW Trial Design (N=665)2,6 The phase III RAINBOW trial evaluated the efficacy and safety of CYRAMZA plus paclitaxel vs placebo plus paclitaxel in patients with locally advanced or metastatic gastric or GE junction adenocarcinoma with disease progression on or after prior fluoropyrimidine- and platinum-containing chemotherapy. Major efficacy outcome measure was overall survival. Supportive efficacy outcome measures were progression-free survival and objective response rate. All patients were Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status 0 or 1. Prior to enrollment, 97% of patients had progressed during treatment or within 4 months after the last dose of first-line chemotherapy for metastatic disease. Twenty-five percent of patients had received anthracycline in combination with platinum/fluoropyrimidine therapy, while 75% did not. Patients were randomized 1:1 to CYRAMZA 8 mg/kg (n=330) or placebo (n=335) every 2 weeks (on days 1 and 15) of each 28-day cycle. Patients in both arms received paclitaxel 80 mg/m2 on days 1, 8, and 15 of each 28-day cycle.
Ramucirumab + paclitaxel: The only FDA-approved combination regimen for the treatment of advanced or metastatic gastric or GEJ adenocarcinoma in the second-line setting and a Category 1 recommendation within the NCCN Guidelines®2-4
NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines®) recommendations for ramucirumab (CYRAMZA)

CATEGORY 1: Based upon high-level evidence, there is uniform National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®) consensus that the intervention is appropriate3,4
§Median.
#Referenced with permission from the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines®) for Gastric Cancer v2.2018 and Esophageal and Esophagogastric Junction Cancers v2.2018. ©National Comprehensive Cancer Network, Inc. 2018. All rights reserved. Accessed October 1, 2018. To view the most recent and complete version of the guideline, go online to NCCN.org.
**NCCN Guidelines® for Gastric Cancer v2.2018 recommend ramucirumab (CYRAMZA) in combination with paclitaxel as a preferred second-line treatment option for locally advanced or metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma.3
††NCCN Guidelines® for Esophageal and Esophagogastric Junction (EGJ) Cancers v2.2018 recommend ramucirumab (CYRAMZA) in combination with paclitaxel as a preferred second-line treatment option for locally advanced or metastatic EGJ adenocarcinoma.3
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1L=first line; CI=confidence interval; ECOG=Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; FOLFOX=folinic acid, fluorouracil, and oxaliplatin; GEJ=gastroesophageal junction; HR=hazard ratio; ORR=objective response rate; OS=overall survival; PFS=progression-free survival; PS=performance status.
References: 1. Data on file, Eli Lilly and Company. ONC20170210d. 2. CYRAMZA (ramucirumab) [package insert]. Indianapolis, IN: Eli Lilly and Company; 2017. 3. Referenced with permission from The NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines®) for Gastric Cancer v2.2018. © National Comprehensive Cancer Network, Inc. 2018. All rights reserved. Accessed March 20th 2018. To view the most recent and complete version of the guidelines, go online to https://www.nccn.org. 4. Referenced with permission from The NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines®) Esophageal and Esophagogastric Junction Cancers v2.2018. © National Comprehensive Cancer Network, Inc. 2018. All rights reserved. Accessed March 20th 2018. To view the most recent and complete version of the guidelines, go online to https://www.nccn.org. 5. Wilke H, Muro K, Van Cutsem E, et al; for the RAINBOW Study Group. Ramucirumab plus paclitaxel versus placebo plus paclitaxel in patients with previously treated advanced gastric or gastro-oesophageal junction adenocarcinoma (RAINBOW): a double-blind, randomised phase 3 trial. Lancet Oncol. 2014;15(11):1224-1235. 6. Data on file, Eli Lilly and Company. ONC09302014b.
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