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Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) Plus Chemotherapy Versus Placebo Plus Chemotherapy in Participants Gastric or Gastroesophageal Junction (GEJ) Adenocarcinoma (MK-3475-859/KEYNOTE-859)

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Phase
PHASE3
Status at capture
COMPLETED
Registry last update
2026-02-27

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of pembrolizumab (MK-3745) in combination with chemotherapy (Cisplatin combined with 5-Fluorouracil \[FP regimen\] or oxaliplatin combined with capecitabine \[CAPOX regimen\]) versus placebo in combination with chemotherapy (FP or CAPOX regimens) in the treatment of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) negative advanced gastric or GEJ adenocarcinoma in adult participants. The primary hypotheses of this study are that pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy is superior to placebo plus chemotherapy in terms of overall survival (OS). Once a participant has achieved the study objective or the study has ended, the participant will be discontinued from this study and enrolled in an extension study (Keynote 587; NCT03486873) to continue protocol-defined assessments and treatment.

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Overall Survival (OS) in All Participants

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outcome · POSTED

Overall Survival (OS) In Participants With Programmed Cell Death Ligand 1 (PD-L1) Combined Positive Score (CPS) ≥1

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outcome · POSTED

Overall Survival (OS) In Participants With Programmed Cell Death Ligand 1 (PD-L1) Combined Positive Score (CPS) ≥10

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outcome · POSTED

Progression Free Survival (PFS) Per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors Version 1.1 (RECIST 1.1) Assessed by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR) in All Participants

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outcome · POSTED

Progression Free Survival (PFS) Per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors Version 1.1 (RECIST 1.1) Assessed by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR) in Participants With Programmed Cell Death Ligand 1 (PD-L1) Combined Positive Score (CPS) ≥1

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outcome · POSTED

Progression Free Survival (PFS) Per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors Version 1.1 (RECIST 1.1) Assessed by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR) in Participants With Programmed Cell Death Ligand 1 (PD-L1) Combined Positive Score (CPS) ≥10

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outcome · POSTED

Objective Response Rate (ORR) Per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors Version 1.1 (RECIST 1.1) Assessed by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR) in All Participants

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outcome · POSTED

Objective Response Rate (ORR) Per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors Version 1.1 (RECIST 1.1) Assessed by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR) in Participants With Programmed Cell Death Ligand 1 (PD-L1) Combined Positive Score (CPS) ≥1

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outcome · POSTED

Objective Response Rate (ORR) Per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors Version 1.1 (RECIST 1.1) Assessed by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR) in Participants With Programmed Cell Death Ligand 1 (PD-L1) Combined Positive Score (CPS) ≥10

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outcome · POSTED

Duration of Response (DOR) Per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors Version 1.1 (RECIST 1.1) Assessed by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR) in All Participants

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outcome · POSTED

Duration of Response (DOR) Per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors Version 1.1 (RECIST 1.1) Assessed by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR) in Participants With Programmed Cell Death Ligand 1 (PD-L1) Combined Positive Score (CPS) ≥1

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outcome · POSTED

Duration of Response (DOR) Per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors Version 1.1 (RECIST 1.1) Assessed by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR) in Participants With Programmed Cell Death Ligand 1 (PD-L1) Combined Positive Score (CPS) ≥10

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outcome · POSTED

Number of Participants Who Experienced an Adverse Event (AE)

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outcome · POSTED

Number of Participants Who Discontinued Study Treatment Due To an Adverse Event (AE)

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adverse events

Adverse events

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Who could take part
eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria * Has histologically or cytologically confirmed diagnosis of locally advanced unresectable or metastatic gastric or gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) adenocarcinoma with known programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression status * Has human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) negative cancer * Male participants must agree to use contraception during the treatment period and through 95 days after the last dose of chemotherapy, refrain from donating sperm, and be abstinent from heterosexual intercourse, as their preferred and usual lifestyle, and agree to remain abstinent or must agree to use contraception per study protocol unless confirmed to be azoospermic during this period * Female participants who are not pregnant, not breastfeeding, and at least one of the following conditions applies: not a woman of childbearing potential (WOCBP) OR is a WOCBP who agrees to use contraception or be abstinent from heterosexual intercourse, as their preferred and usual lifestyle, during the treatment period and through 180 days after the last dose of chemotherapy or through 120 days after the last dose of pembrolizumab, whichever is last, and agrees not to donate eggs to others or freeze/store for her own use for the purpose of reproduction during this period * Has measurable disease per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors version 1.1 (RECIST 1.1) as assessed by investigator assessment * Has provided archival tumor tissue sample or newly obtained core or excisional biopsy of a tumor lesion not previously irradiated * Has provided tumor tissue sample deemed adequate for PD-L1 biomarker analysis * Has provided tumor tissue sample for microsatellite instability (MSI) biomarker analysis * Has an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1 within 3 days prior to the start of study intervention * Has adequate organ function as demonstrated by laboratory testing within 10 days prior to the start of study treatment Exclusion Criteria * Has squamous cell or undifferentiated gastric cancer * Has had major surgery, open biopsy, or significant traumatic injury within 28 days prior to randomization, anticipation of the need for major surgery during the course of study intervention, or has not recovered adequately from the toxicity and/or complications from previous surgery * Has preexisting peripheral neuropathy \>Grade 1 * Is a WOCBP who has a positive urine pregnancy test within 24 hours for urine or within 72 hours for serum prior to randomization or treatment allocation * Has had previous therapy for locally advanced, unresectable or metastatic gastric/GEJ cancer. Participants may have received prior neoadjuvant and/or adjuvant therapy as long as it was completed ≥6 months prior to randomization * Has received prior therapy with an anti-programmed cell death (PD)-1, anti-PD-L1 or anti-programmed cell death ligand 2 (PD-L2) agent or with an agent directed to another stimulatory or co-inhibitory T-cell receptor (e.g., cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4 (CTLA-4), OX- 40, CD137) * Has received prior systemic anticancer therapy including investigational agents within 4 weeks prior to randomization or has not recovered from all adverse events (AEs) due to any previous therapies to ≤Grade 1 or baseline * Has received prior radiotherapy within 2 weeks prior to study start or has not recovered from all previous radiation-related toxicities, required corticosteroids, and have not had radiation pneumonitis. A 1-week washout is permitted for palliative radiation (≤2 weeks of radiotherapy) to non-central nervous system (CNS) disease * Has received a live or live-attenuated vaccine within 30 days prior to the first dose of study treatment * Is currently participating in or has participated in a study of an investigational agent or has used an investigational device within 4 weeks prior to the first dose of study treatment * Has a diagnosis of immunodeficiency or is receiving chronic systemic steroid therapy or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior to the first dose of study treatment * Has a known additional malignancy that is progressing or has required active treatment within the past 5 years with the exception of basal cell carcinoma of the skin, squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, or carcinoma in situ (eg, breast carcinoma, cervical cancer in situ) that have undergone potentially curative therapy * Has known active CNS metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis * Has severe hypersensitivity (≥Grade 3) to pembrolizumab and/or any of its excipients * Has an active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in past 2 years * Has a history of (non-infectious) pneumonitis that required steroids or has current pneumonitis * Has an active infection requiring systemic therapy * Has a known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection * Has a known history of Hepatitis B (defined as Hepatitis B surface antigen \[HBsAg\] reactive) or known active Hepatitis C virus (defined as Hepatitis C virus \[HCV\] ribonucleic acid \[RNA\] detected qualitatively) infection * Has a known history of active tuberculosis * Has hypokalemia (serum potassium less than the lower limit of normal) * Has hypomagnesemia (serum magnesium less than the lower limit of normal) * Has hypocalcemia (serum calcium less than the lower limit of normal) * Has a history or current evidence of any condition (eg, known deficiency of the enzyme dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase), therapy, or laboratory abnormality that might confound the results of the study, interfere with the participant's participation for the full duration of the study, or is not in the best interest of the participant to participate, in the opinion of the treating investigator * Has a known psychiatric or substance abuse disorder that would interfere with the participant's ability to cooperate with the requirements of the study * Is pregnant or breastfeeding or expecting to conceive or father children within the projected duration of the study, starting with the screening visit through 180 days after the last dose of chemotherapy or through 120 days after the last dose of pembrolizumab, whichever is last * Has had an allogenic tissue/solid organ transplant * Has a known severe hypersensitivity (≥ Grade 3) to any of the study chemotherapy agents (including, but not limited to, infusional 5-fluorouracil or oral capecitabine) and/or to any of their excipients * For participants taking cisplatin: has Grade ≥2 audiometric hearing loss
healthy Volunteers
false
minimum Age
18 Years
sex
ALL
std Ages
  1. ADULT
  2. OLDER_ADULT
Treatment arms and interventions
arm Groups
  1. description
    Participants receive pembrolizumab 200 mg intravenously (IV) on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle (Q3W) for up to 35 cycles (approximately 2 years) + physicians' choice of either cisplatin 80 mg/m\^2 IV on Day 1 Q3W and 5-fluorouracil (5FU) 800 mg/m\^2/day via continuous IV infusion on Days 1 to 5 Q3W (FP regimen) OR oxaliplatin 130 mg/m\^2 IV on Day 1 Q3W + capecitabine 1000 mg/m\^2 orally twice a day (BID) on Days 1 to 14 Q3W (CAPOX regimen). Participants who complete up to 35 administrations of pembrolizumab (approximately 2 years) or achieve a complete response (CR) but experience progression of disease (PD), can initiate a second course of pembrolizumab for up to 17 cycles (approximately 1 additional year).
    intervention Names
    1. Biological: Pembrolizumab
    2. Drug: Cisplatin
    3. Drug: 5-fluorouracil
    4. Drug: oxaliplatin
    5. Drug: capecitabine
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    Pembrolizumab + Chemotherapy (FP or CAPOX regimen)
    type
    EXPERIMENTAL
  2. description
    Participants receive placebo on Day 1 Q3W for up to 35 cycles (approximately 2 years) + physicians' choice of either cisplatin 80 mg/m\^2 IV on Day 1 Q3W and 5FU 800 mg/m\^2/day via continuous IV infusion on Days 1 to 5 Q3W (FP regimen) OR oxaliplatin 130 mg/m\^2 IV on Day 1 Q3W + capecitabine 1000 mg/m\^2 orally BID on Days 1 to 14 Q3W (CAPOX regimen).
    intervention Names
    1. Drug: Cisplatin
    2. Drug: 5-fluorouracil
    3. Drug: oxaliplatin
    4. Drug: capecitabine
    5. Drug: Placebo for Pembrolizumab
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    Placebo + Chemotherapy (FP or CAPOX regimen)
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  1. arm Group Labels
    1. Pembrolizumab + Chemotherapy (FP or CAPOX regimen)
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    Administered as an IV infusion on Day 1 Q3W
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    1. KEYTRUDA®
    2. MK-3475
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  2. arm Group Labels
    1. Pembrolizumab + Chemotherapy (FP or CAPOX regimen)
    2. Placebo + Chemotherapy (FP or CAPOX regimen)
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    Administered as an IV infusion on Day 1 Q3W
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    1. PLATINOL®
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  3. arm Group Labels
    1. Pembrolizumab + Chemotherapy (FP or CAPOX regimen)
    2. Placebo + Chemotherapy (FP or CAPOX regimen)
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    Administered as a continuous IV infusion on Days 1-5 Q3W
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    1. ADRUCIL®
    2. 5FU
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    DRUG
  4. arm Group Labels
    1. Pembrolizumab + Chemotherapy (FP or CAPOX regimen)
    2. Placebo + Chemotherapy (FP or CAPOX regimen)
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    Administered as an IV infusion on Day 1 Q3W
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    1. ELOXATIN®
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  5. arm Group Labels
    1. Pembrolizumab + Chemotherapy (FP or CAPOX regimen)
    2. Placebo + Chemotherapy (FP or CAPOX regimen)
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    Administered orally BID on Days 1 to 14 Q3W
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    capecitabine
    other Names
    1. XELODA®
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    DRUG
  6. arm Group Labels
    1. Placebo + Chemotherapy (FP or CAPOX regimen)
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    Administered as an IV infusion on Day 1 Q3W
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    Placebo for Pembrolizumab
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Study design
allocation
RANDOMIZED
intervention Model
PARALLEL
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  1. PARTICIPANT
  2. INVESTIGATOR
primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Enrollment
count
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Registered outcome plans (not posted results)
primary Outcomes
  1. description
    OS was defined as the time from randomization to death due to any cause. Participants without documented death at the time of the analysis were censored at the date of the last follow-up. OS was estimated using the product-limit (Kaplan-Meier) method for censored data.
    measure
    Overall Survival (OS) in All Participants
    time Frame
    Up to 45.9 months
  2. description
    OS was defined as the time from randomization to death due to any cause. Participants without documented death at the time of the analysis were censored at the date of the last follow-up. OS was estimated using the product-limit (Kaplan-Meier) method for censored data.
    measure
    Overall Survival (OS) In Participants With Programmed Cell Death Ligand 1 (PD-L1) Combined Positive Score (CPS) ≥1
    time Frame
    Up to 45.9 months
  3. description
    OS was defined as the time from randomization to death due to any cause. Participants without documented death at the time of the analysis were censored at the date of the last follow-up. OS was estimated using the product-limit (Kaplan-Meier) method for censored data.
    measure
    Overall Survival (OS) In Participants With Programmed Cell Death Ligand 1 (PD-L1) Combined Positive Score (CPS) ≥10
    time Frame
    Up to 45.9 months
secondary Outcomes
  1. description
    PFS was defined as the time from randomization to the first documented progressive disease (PD) or death due to any cause, whichever occurred first. Per RECIST 1.1 as assessed by BICR, PD was defined as ≥20% increase in the sum of diameters of target lesions. In addition to the relative increase of 20%, the sum must also have demonstrated an absolute increase of ≥5 mm. The appearance of ≥1 new lesions was also considered PD. PFS was estimated using the product-limit (Kaplan-Meier) method for censored data.
    measure
    Progression Free Survival (PFS) Per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors Version 1.1 (RECIST 1.1) Assessed by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR) in All Participants
    time Frame
    Up to 49.5 months
  2. description
    PFS was defined as the time from randomization to the first documented progressive disease (PD) or death due to any cause, whichever occurred first. Per RECIST 1.1 as assessed by BICR, PD was defined as ≥20% increase in the sum of diameters of target lesions. In addition to the relative increase of 20%, the sum must also have demonstrated an absolute increase of ≥5 mm. The appearance of ≥1 new lesions was also considered PD. PFS was estimated using the product-limit (Kaplan-Meier) method for censored data.
    measure
    Progression Free Survival (PFS) Per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors Version 1.1 (RECIST 1.1) Assessed by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR) in Participants With Programmed Cell Death Ligand 1 (PD-L1) Combined Positive Score (CPS) ≥1
    time Frame
    Up to 49.5 months
  3. description
    PFS was defined as the time from randomization to the first documented progressive disease (PD) or death due to any cause, whichever occurred first. Per RECIST 1.1 as assessed by BICR, PD was defined as ≥20% increase in the sum of diameters of target lesions. In addition to the relative increase of 20%, the sum must also have demonstrated an absolute increase of ≥5 mm. The appearance of ≥1 new lesions was also considered PD. PFS was estimated using the product-limit (Kaplan-Meier) method for censored data.
    measure
    Progression Free Survival (PFS) Per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors Version 1.1 (RECIST 1.1) Assessed by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR) in Participants With Programmed Cell Death Ligand 1 (PD-L1) Combined Positive Score (CPS) ≥10
    time Frame
    Up to 49.5 months
  4. description
    ORR was defined as the percentage of the participants who had a confirmed Complete Response (CR: disappearance of all target lesions) or Partial Response (PR: ≥30% decrease in the sum of diameters (SOD) of target lesions, taking as reference the baseline SOD) according to RECIST 1.1 as assessed by BICR.
    measure
    Objective Response Rate (ORR) Per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors Version 1.1 (RECIST 1.1) Assessed by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR) in All Participants
    time Frame
    Up to 49.5 months
  5. description
    ORR was defined as the percentage of the participants who had a confirmed Complete Response (CR: disappearance of all target lesions) or Partial Response (PR: ≥30% decrease in the sum of diameters (SOD) of target lesions, taking as reference the baseline SOD) according to RECIST 1.1 as assessed by BICR.
    measure
    Objective Response Rate (ORR) Per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors Version 1.1 (RECIST 1.1) Assessed by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR) in Participants With Programmed Cell Death Ligand 1 (PD-L1) Combined Positive Score (CPS) ≥1
    time Frame
    Up to 49.5 months
  6. description
    ORR was defined as the percentage of the participants who had a confirmed Complete Response (CR: disappearance of all target lesions) or Partial Response (PR: ≥30% decrease in the sum of diameters (SOD) of target lesions, taking as reference the baseline SOD) according to RECIST 1.1 as assessed by BICR.
    measure
    Objective Response Rate (ORR) Per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors Version 1.1 (RECIST 1.1) Assessed by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR) in Participants With Programmed Cell Death Ligand 1 (PD-L1) Combined Positive Score (CPS) ≥10
    time Frame
    Up to 49.5 months
  7. description
    DOR was defined as the time from first documented evidence of a confirmed Complete Response (CR) or Partial Response (PR) until progressive disease (PD) or death, whichever occurred first. Per RECIST 1.1 as assessed by BICR, CR was the disappearance of all target lesions and PR was ≥30% decrease in the sum of diameters (SOD) of target lesions, taking as reference the baseline SOD. PD was defined as ≥20% increase in the SOD of target lesions according to RECIST 1.1. In addition to the relative increase of 20%, the SOD must also have demonstrated an absolute increase of ≥5 mm. The appearance of ≥1 new lesions was also considered PD. DOR for participants who had not progressed or died at the time of analysis was censored at the date of the last tumor assessment. DOR was estimated using the product-limit (Kaplan-Meier) method for censored data.
    measure
    Duration of Response (DOR) Per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors Version 1.1 (RECIST 1.1) Assessed by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR) in All Participants
    time Frame
    Up to 49.5 months
  8. description
    DOR was defined as the time from first documented evidence of a confirmed Complete Response (CR) or Partial Response (PR) until progressive disease (PD) or death, whichever occurred first. Per RECIST 1.1 as assessed by BICR, CR was the disappearance of all target lesions and PR was ≥30% decrease in the sum of diameters (SOD) of target lesions, taking as reference the baseline SOD. PD was defined as ≥20% increase in the SOD of target lesions according to RECIST 1.1. In addition to the relative increase of 20%, the SOD must also have demonstrated an absolute increase of ≥5 mm. The appearance of ≥1 new lesions was also considered PD. DOR for participants who had not progressed or died at the time of analysis was censored at the date of the last tumor assessment. DOR was estimated using the product-limit (Kaplan-Meier) method for censored data.
    measure
    Duration of Response (DOR) Per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors Version 1.1 (RECIST 1.1) Assessed by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR) in Participants With Programmed Cell Death Ligand 1 (PD-L1) Combined Positive Score (CPS) ≥1
    time Frame
    Up to 49.5 months
  9. description
    DOR was defined as the time from first documented evidence of a confirmed Complete Response (CR) or Partial Response (PR) until progressive disease (PD) or death, whichever occurred first. Per RECIST 1.1 as assessed by BICR, CR was the disappearance of all target lesions and PR was ≥30% decrease in the sum of diameters (SOD) of target lesions, taking as reference the baseline SOD. PD was defined as ≥20% increase in the SOD of target lesions according to RECIST 1.1. In addition to the relative increase of 20%, the SOD must also have demonstrated an absolute increase of ≥5 mm. The appearance of ≥1 new lesions was also considered PD. DOR for participants who had not progressed or died at the time of analysis was censored at the date of the last tumor assessment. DOR was estimated using the product-limit (Kaplan-Meier) method for censored data.
    measure
    Duration of Response (DOR) Per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors Version 1.1 (RECIST 1.1) Assessed by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR) in Participants With Programmed Cell Death Ligand 1 (PD-L1) Combined Positive Score (CPS) ≥10
    time Frame
    Up to 49.5 months
  10. description
    An AE was defined as any untoward medical occurrence, in a clinical study participant, temporally associated with the use of study intervention, whether or not considered related to the study intervention. An AE could therefore have been any unfavorable and unintended sign (including an abnormal laboratory finding), symptom, or disease (new or exacerbated) temporally associated with the use of a study intervention. The number of participants with at least one AE is presented.
    measure
    Number of Participants Who Experienced an Adverse Event (AE)
    time Frame
    Up to approximately 49.3 months
  11. description
    An AE was defined as any untoward medical occurrence in a clinical study participant, temporally associated with the use of study intervention, whether or not considered related to the study intervention. An AE could therefore have been any unfavorable and unintended sign (including an abnormal laboratory finding), symptom, or disease (new or exacerbated) temporally associated with the use of a study intervention. The number of participants who discontinued study treatment due to an AE is presented.
    measure
    Number of Participants Who Discontinued Study Treatment Due To an Adverse Event (AE)
    time Frame
    Up to approximately 46.3 months
Full study description
brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of pembrolizumab (MK-3745) in combination with chemotherapy (Cisplatin combined with 5-Fluorouracil \[FP regimen\] or oxaliplatin combined with capecitabine \[CAPOX regimen\]) versus placebo in combination with chemotherapy (FP or CAPOX regimens) in the treatment of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) negative advanced gastric or GEJ adenocarcinoma in adult participants. The primary hypotheses of this study are that pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy is superior to placebo plus chemotherapy in terms of overall survival (OS). Once a participant has achieved the study objective or the study has ended, the participant will be discontinued from this study and enrolled in an extension study (Keynote 587; NCT03486873) to continue protocol-defined assessments and treatment.
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