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Annual Report 2021

Division of Experimental Therapeutics

Kashiwa: Toshihiko Doi, Kiyotaka Yo, Yoichi Naito, Kohei Shitara, Yasutoshi Kuboki, Shigehiro Koganemaru
Tsukiji: Noboru Yamamoto, Toshio Shimizu, Kan Yonemori, Satoru Iwasa, Shunsuke Kondo, Tatsuya Yoshida, Kazuki Sudo, Takafumi Koyama, Yuki Katsuya, Takaaki Mizuno

Introduction

The Department of Experimental Therapeutics supports efforts toward the creation of new drugs and other products from breakthroughs originating from academic institutions by achieving results at the level of basic research. We evaluate and discover outstanding research and development proposals, and provide integrated management of the program so that basic research outcomes lead to clinical research and clinical trials for approval. We have conducted several IITs as applications for approval and have also promoted research and development in the field of medicine.

The Team and What We Do

This department plays a key role in the development of new anti-cancer drugs in Asia as well as in Japan. The top priority is to conduct FIH trials, and we also perform phase I trials for solid tumors (i.e., all comers). Recently, we have been participating in global phase I trials to accelerate the development of new drugs in Japan. Web or telephone conferences are held with EU and US sites, and we are discussing patient enrollment and further developmental strategies. Routine web conferences are also held with NCC-Hospital (Tokyo) and NCC-East Hospital (Chiba) every Friday morning, and we share information about adverse events and patient enrollment, and refer candidates to each other to accelerate enrollment.

Research activities

We promote the following activities for the appropriate conducting of research and trials.

Planning clinical trial as IITs for achieving POC of new academic seeds
Holding explanatory meetings for researchers and office employees on compliance with laws, ordinances and guidelines.

We consider development design with the goal of creating innovative drugs and medical devices, and ensuring that research projects regarding promising results proceed more rapidly and in greater depth.

List of papers published in 2021

Journal

Kashiwa

1. Ohe Y, Yamazaki N, Yamamoto N, Murakami H, Yoh K, Kitano S, Hashimoto H, Murayama A, Nakane S, Gemma A. The real-world safety of atezolizumab as second-line or later treatment in Japanese patients with non-small-cell lung cancer: a post-marketing surveillance study. Japanese journal of clinical oncology, 52:623-632, 2022

2. Kumagai S, Koyama S, Itahashi K, Tanegashima T, Lin YT, Togashi Y, Kamada T, Irie T, Okumura G, Kono H, Ito D, Fujii R, Watanabe S, Sai A, Fukuoka S, Sugiyama E, Watanabe G, Owari T, Nishinakamura H, Sugiyama D, Maeda Y, Kawazoe A, Yukami H, Chida K, Ohara Y, Yoshida T, Shinno Y, Takeyasu Y, Shirasawa M, Nakama K, Aokage K, Suzuki J, Ishii G, Kuwata T, Sakamoto N, Kawazu M, Ueno T, Mori T, Yamazaki N, Tsuboi M, Yatabe Y, Kinoshita T, Doi T, Shitara K, Mano H, Nishikawa H. Lactic acid promotes PD-1 expression in regulatory T cells in highly glycolytic tumor microenvironments. Cancer cell, 40:201-218.e9, 2022

3. Muro K, Kojima T, Moriwaki T, Kato K, Nagashima F, Kawakami H, Ishihara R, Ogata T, Satoh T, Iwakami K, Han S, Yatsuzuka N, Takami T, Bhagia P, Doi T. Second-line pembrolizumab versus chemotherapy in Japanese patients with advanced esophageal cancer: subgroup analysis from KEYNOTE-181. Esophagus: official journal of the Japan Esophageal Society, 19:137-145, 2022

4. Kang YK, Chen LT, Ryu MH, Oh DY, Oh SC, Chung HC, Lee KW, Omori T, Shitara K, Sakuramoto S, Chung IJ, Yamaguchi K, Kato K, Sym SJ, Kadowaki S, Tsuji K, Chen JS, Bai LY, Oh SY, Choda Y, Yasui H, Takeuchi K, Hirashima Y, Hagihara S, Boku N. Nivolumab plus chemotherapy versus placebo plus chemotherapy in patients with HER2-negative, untreated, unresectable advanced or recurrent gastric or gastro-oesophageal junction cancer (ATTRACTION-4): a randomised, multicentre, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial. The Lancet. Oncology, 23:234-247, 2022

5. Doi T, Kuboki Y, Naito Y, Ishida M, Tanaka T, Takeuchi Y. A phase 1 trial of xentuzumab, an IGF-neutralizing antibody, in Japanese patients with advanced solid tumors. Cancer science, 113:1010-1017, 2022

6. Nakajima H, Harano K, Nakai T, Kusuhara S, Nakao T, Funasaka C, Kondoh C, Matsubara N, Naito Y, Hosono A, Mitsunaga S, Ishii G, Mukohara T. Impacts of clinicopathological factors on efficacy of trastuzumab deruxtecan in patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer. Breast (Edinburgh, Scotland), 61:136-144, 2022

7. Taira N, Kashiwabara K, Tsurutani J, Kitada M, Takahashi M, Kato H, Kikawa Y, Sakata E, Naito Y, Hasegawa Y, Saito T, Iwasa T, Takashima T, Aihara T, Mukai H, Hara F. Quality of life in a randomized phase II study to determine the optimal dose of 3-week cycle nab-paclitaxel in patients with metastatic breast cancer. Breast cancer (Tokyo, Japan), 29:131-143, 2022

8. Taira N, Kashiwabara K, Tsurutani J, Kitada M, Takahashi M, Kato H, Kikawa Y, Sakata E, Naito Y, Hasegawa Y, Saito T, Iwasa T, Takashima T, Aihara T, Mukai H, Hara F. Correction to: Quality of life in a randomized phase II study to determine the optimal dose of 3-week cycle nab-paclitaxel in patients with metastatic breast cancer. Breast cancer (Tokyo, Japan), 29:186-188, 2022

9. Tan RSYC, Ong WS, Lee KH, Lim AH, Park S, Park YH, Lin CH, Lu YS, Ono M, Ueno T, Naito Y, Onishi T, Lim GH, Tan SM, Lee HB, Ryu HS, Han W, Tan VKM, Wong FY, Im SA, Tan PH, Chan JY, Yap YS. HER2 expression, copy number variation and survival outcomes in HER2-low non-metastatic breast cancer: an international multicentre cohort study and TCGA-METABRIC analysis. BMC medicine, 20:105, 2022

10. Remon J, Lacas B, Herbst R, Reck M, Garon EB, Scagliotti GV, Ramlau R, Hanna N, Vansteenkiste J, Yoh K, Groen HJM, Heymach JV, Mandrekar SJ, Okamoto I, Neal JW, Heist RS, Planchard D, Pignon JP, Besse B. ANtiangiogenic Second-line Lung cancer Meta-Analysis on individual patient data in non-small cell lung cancer: ANSELMA. European journal of cancer (Oxford, England: 1990), 166:112-125, 2022

11. Ota T, Kirita K, Matsuzawa R, Udagawa H, Matsumoto S, Yoh K, Niho S, Ishii G, Goto K. Correction to: Validity of using immunohistochemistry to predict treatment outcome in patients with non-small cell lung cancer not otherwise specified. Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology, 148:281-282, 2022

12. Takahashi T, Sakai K, Kenmotsu H, Yoh K, Daga H, Ohira T, Ueno T, Aoki T, Hayashi H, Yamazaki K, Hosomi Y, Chen-Yoshikawa TF, Okumura N, Takiguchi Y, Sekine A, Haruki T, Yamamoto H, Sato Y, Akamatsu H, Seto T, Saeki S, Sugio K, Nishio M, Inokawa H, Yamamoto N, Nishio K, Tsuboi M. Predictive value of EGFR mutation in non-small-cell lung cancer patients treated with platinum doublet postoperative chemotherapy. Cancer science, 113:287-296, 2022

13. Watanabe K, Yoh K, Hosomi Y, Usui K, Naka G, Kishi K, Uemura K, Ohashi Y, Kunitoh H. Efficacy and safety of first-line osimertinib treatment and postprogression patterns of care in patients with epidermal growth factor receptor activating mutation-positive advanced non-small cell lung cancer (Reiwa study): study protocol of a multicentre, real-world observational study. BMJ open, 12:e046451, 2022

14. Hasegawa H, Shitara K, Takiguchi S, Takiguchi N, Ito S, Kochi M, Horinouchi H, Kinoshita T, Yoshikawa T, Muro K, Nishikawa H, Suna H, Kodera Y. A multicenter, open-label, single-arm phase I trial of neoadjuvant nivolumab monotherapy for resectable gastric cancer. Gastric cancer: official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association, 25:619-628, 2022

15. Fuchs CS, Özgüroğlu M, Bang YJ, Di Bartolomeo M, Mandala M, Ryu MH, Fornaro L, Olesinski T, Caglevic C, Chung HC, Muro K, Van Cutsem E, Elme A, Thuss-Patience P, Chau I, Ohtsu A, Bhagia P, Wang A, Shih CS, Shitara K . Pembrolizumab versus paclitaxel for previously treated PD-L1-positive advanced gastric or gastroesophageal junction cancer: 2-year update of the randomized phase 3 KEYNOTE-061 trial. Gastric cancer: official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association, 25:197-206, 2022

16. Diab A, Hamid O, Thompson JA, Ros W, Eskens FALM, Doi T, Hu-Lieskovan S, Klempner SJ, Ganguly B, Fleener C, Wang X, Joh T, Liao K, Salek-Ardakani S, Taylor CT, Chou J, El-Khoueiry AB. A Phase I, Open-Label, Dose-Escalation Study of the OX40 Agonist Ivuxolimab in Patients with Locally Advanced or Metastatic Cancers. Clinical cancer research: an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, 28:71-83, 2022

17. Takei S, Kawazoe A, Shitara K. The New Era of Immunotherapy in Gastric Cancer. Cancers, 14:2022

18. Fucà G, Cohen R, Lonardi S, Shitara K, Elez ME, Fakih M, Chao J, Klempner SJ, Emmett M, Jayachandran P, Bergamo F,García MD, Mazzoli G, Provenzano L, Colle R, Svrcek M, Ambrosini M, Randon G, Shah AT, Salati M, Fenocchio E, Salvatore L, Chida K, Kawazoe A, Conca V, Curigliano G, Corti F, Cremolini C, Overman M, Andre T, Pietrantonio F. Ascites and resistance to immune checkpoint inhibition in dMMR/MSI-H metastatic colorectal and gastric cancers. Journal for immunotherapy of cancer, 10:2022

19. Shitara K, Ajani JA, Moehler M, Garrido M, Gallardo C, Shen L, Yamaguchi K, Wyrwicz L, Skoczylas T, Bragagnoli AC, Liu T, Tehfe M, Elimova E, Bruges R, Zander T, de Azevedo S, Kowalyszyn R, Pazo-Cid R, Schenker M, Cleary JM, Yanez P, Feeney K, Karamouzis MV, Poulart V, Lei M, Xiao H, Kondo K, Li M, Janjigian YY. Nivolumab plus chemotherapy or ipilimumab in gastro-oesophageal cancer. Nature, 603:942-948, 2022

20. Kawazu M, Ueno T, Saeki K, Sax N, Togashi Y, Kanaseki T, Chida K, Kishigami F, Sato K, Kojima S, Otsuka M, Kawazoe A, Nishinakamura H, Yuka M, Yamamoto Y, Yamashita K, Inoue S, Tanegashima T, Matsubara D, Tane K, Tanaka Y, Iinuma H, Hashiguchi Y, Hazama S, Khor SS, Tokunaga K, Tsuboi M, Niki T, Eto M, Shitara K, Torigoe T, Ishihara S, Aburatani H, Haeno H, Nishikawa H, Mano H. HLA Class I Analysis Provides Insight Into the Genetic and Epigenetic Background of Immune Evasion in Colorectal Cancer With High Microsatellite Instability. Gastroenterology, 162:799-812, 2022

21. Chida K, Kawazoe A, Suzuki T, Kawazu M, Ueno T, Takenouchi K, Nakamura Y, Kuboki Y, Kotani D, Kojima T, Bando H, Mishima S, Kuwata T, Sakamoto N, Watanabe J, Mano H, Ikeda M, Shitara K, Endo I, Nakatsura T, Yoshino T. Transcriptomic Profiling of MSI-H/dMMR Gastrointestinal Tumors to Identify Determinants of Responsiveness to Anti-PD-1 Therapy. Clinical cancer research: an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, 28:2110-2117, 2022

22. Shitara K, Doi T, Hosaka H, Thuss-Patience P, Santoro A, Longo F, Ozyilkan O, Cicin I, Park D, Zaanan A, Pericay C, Özgüroğlu M, Alsina M, Makris L, Benhadji KA, Ilson DH . Efficacy and safety of trifluridine/tipiracil in older and younger patients with metastatic gastric or gastroesophageal junction cancer: subgroup analysis of a randomized phase 3 study (TAGS). Gastric cancer: official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association, 25:586-597, 2022

23. Maron SB, Moya S, Morano F, Emmett MJ, Chou JF, Sabwa S, Walch H, Peterson B, Schrock AB, Zhang L, Janjigian YY, Chalasani S, Ku GY, Disel U, Enzinger P, Uboha N, Kato S, Yoshino T, Shitara K, Nakamura Y, Saeed A, Kasi PM, Chao J, Lee J, Capanu M, Wainberg Z, Petty R, Pietrantonio F, Klempner SJ, Catenacci DVT. Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Inhibition in Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor-Amplified Gastroesophageal Cancer: Retrospective Global Experience. Journal of clinical oncology: official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, JCO2102453, 2022

24. Mizuno T, Yoshida T, Sunami K, Koyama T, Okita N, Kubo T, Sudo K, Shimoi T, Ueno H, Saito E, Katanoda K, Shibata T, Yonemori K, Okusaka T, Boku N, Ohe Y, Hiroshima Y, Ueno M, Kuboki Y, Doi T, Nakamura K, Kohno T, Yatabe Y, Yamamoto N. Study protocol for NCCH1908 (UPFRONT-trial): a prospective clinical trial to evaluate the feasibility and utility of comprehensive genomic profiling prior to the initial systemic treatment in advanced solid tumour patients. Japanese journal of clinical oncology, 51:1757-1760, 2021

25. Yazaki S, Yoshida T, Kojima Y, Yagishita S, Nakahama H, Okinaka K, Matsushita H, Shiotsuka M, Kobayashi O, Iwata S, Narita Y, Ohba A, Takahashi M, Iwasa S, Kobayashi K, Ohe Y, Yoshida T, Hamada A, Doi T, Yamamoto N. Difference in SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Status Between Patients With Cancer and Health Care Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan. JAMA oncology, 7:1141-1148, 2021

26. Yoh K, Hirashima T, Saka H, Kurata T, Ohe Y, Hida T, Mellemgaard A, Verheijen RB, Ou X, Ahmed GF, Hayama M, Sugibayashi K, Oxnard GR. Savolitinib ± Osimertinib in Japanese Patients with Advanced Solid Malignancies or EGFRm NSCLC: Ph1b TATTON Part C. Targeted oncology, 16:339-355, 2021

27. Shah MA, Bennouna J, Doi T, Shen L, Kato K, Adenis A, Mamon HJ, Moehler M, Fu X, Cho BC, Bordia S, Bhagia P, Shih CS, Desai A, Enzinger P. KEYNOTE-975 study design: a Phase III study of definitive chemoradiotherapy plus pembrolizumab in patients with esophageal carcinoma. Future oncology (London, England), 17:1143-1153, 2021

28. Sun JM, Shen L, Shah MA, Enzinger P, Adenis A, Doi T, Kojima T, Metges JP, Li Z, Kim SB, Cho BC, Mansoor W, Li SH, Sunpaweravong P, Maqueda MA, Goekkurt E, Hara H, Antunes L, Fountzilas C, Tsuji A, Oliden VC, Liu Q, Shah S, Bhagia P, Kato K. Pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy versus chemotherapy alone for first-line treatment of advanced oesophageal cancer (KEYNOTE-590): a randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 3 study. Lancet (London, England), 398:759-771, 2021

29. Kawai A, Naka N, Shimomura A, Takahashi S, Kitano S, Imura Y, Yonemori K, Nakatani F, Iwata S, Kobayashi E, Outani H, Tamiya H, Naito Y, Yamamoto N, Doi T. Efficacy and safety of TAS-115, a novel oral multi-kinase inhibitor, in osteosarcoma: an expansion cohort of a phase I study. Investigational new drugs, 39:1559-1567, 2021

30. Lin CC, Doi T, Muro K, Hou MM, Esaki T, Hara H, Chung HC, Helwig C, Dussault I, Osada M, Kondo S. Bintrafusp Alfa, a Bifunctional Fusion Protein Targeting TGFβ and PD-L1, in Patients with Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Results from a Phase 1 Cohort in Asia. Targeted oncology, 16:447-459, 2021

31. Sunami K, Bando H, Yatabe Y, Naito Y, Takahashi H, Tsuchihara K, Toyooka S, Mimori K, Kohsaka S, Uetake H, Kinoshita I, Komine K, Takeda M, Hayashida T, Tamura K, Nishio K, Yamamoto N. Appropriate use of cancer comprehensive genome profiling assay using circulating tumor DNA. Cancer science, 112:3911-3917, 2021

32. Doi T, Yamamoto N, Naito Y, Kuboki Y, Koyama T, Piao Y, Tsujimoto N, Asou H, Inoue K, Kondo S. Merestinib monotherapy or in combination for japanese patients with advanced and/or metastatic cancer: A phase 1 study. Cancer medicine, 10:6579-6589, 2021

33. Calvo E, Spira A, Miguel M, Kondo S, Gazzah A, Millward M, Prenen H, Rottey S, Warburton L, Alanko T, Cassier PA, Yoh K, Italiano A, Moreno V, Peltola K, Seto T, Toyozawa R, Afar DE, Englert S, Komarnitsky P, Lambert S, Parikh A, Vosganian G, Gao B . Safety, pharmacokinetics, and efficacy of budigalimab with rovalpituzumab tesirine in patients with small cell lung cancer. Cancer treatment and research communications, 28:100405, 2021

34. Shimoi T, Nagai SE, Yoshinami T, Takahashi M, Arioka H, Ishihara M, Kikawa Y, Koizumi K, Kondo N, Sagara Y, Takada M, Takano T, Tsurutani J, Naito Y, Nakamura R, Hattori M, Hara F, Hayashi N, Mizuno T, Miyashita M, Yamashita N, Yamanaka T, Saji S, Iwata H, Toyama T. Correction to: The Japanese Breast Cancer Society Clinical Practice Guidelines for systemic treatment of breast cancer, 2018 edition. Breast cancer (Tokyo, Japan), 28:985-986, 2021

35. Mamishin K, Naito Y, Nomura S, Ogawa G, Niguma K, Baba K, Sakaeda S, Nakajima H, Kusuhara S, Funasaka C, Nakao T, Fukasawa Y, Kondoh C, Harano K, Kogawa T, Matsubara N, Hosono A, Kawasaki T, Mukohara T. Comparison of Treatment Completion Rate Between Conventional and Dose-dense Doxorubicin and Cyclophosphamide (AC) Followed by a Taxane in Patients With Breast Cancer: A Propensity Score-matched Analysis. Anticancer research, 41:6217-6224, 2021

36. Sakaeda S, Naito Y. Circulating Tumor DNA in Oncology. Processes, 9:2198, 2021

37. Naito Y, Kuboki Y, Ikeda M, Harano K, Matsubara N, Toyoizumi S, Mori Y, Hori N, Nagasawa T, Kogawa T. Safety, pharmacokinetics, and preliminary efficacy of the PARP inhibitor talazoparib in Japanese patients with advanced solid tumors: phase 1 study. Investigational new drugs, 39:1568-1576, 2021

38. Kawazoe A, Itahashi K, Yamamoto N, Kotani D, Kuboki Y, Taniguchi H, Harano K, Naito Y, Suzuki M, Fukutani M, Higuchi T, Ikeno T, Wakabayashi M, Sato A, Koyama S, Nishikawa H, Shitara K. TAS-116 (Pimitespib), an Oral HSP90 Inhibitor, in Combination with Nivolumab in Patients with Colorectal Cancer and Other Solid Tumors: An Open-Label, Dose-Finding, and Expansion Phase Ib Trial (EPOC1704). Clinical cancer research: an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, 27:6709-6715, 2021

39. Akimoto E, Tokunaga M, Sato R, Yoshida A, Naito Y, Yamashita R, Kinoshita T, Kuwata T. Gastric mesenchymal tumor with smooth muscle differentiation and echinoderm microtubule-associated protein-like 4-anaplastic lymphoma kinase (EML4-ALK) fusion. Pathology international, 71:707-711, 2021

40. Funasaka C, Naito Y, Kusuhara S, Nakao T, Fukasawa Y, Mamishin K, Komuro A, Okunaka M, Kondoh C, Harano K, Kogawa T, Matsubara N, Hosono A, Kawasaki T, Mukohara T. The efficacy and safety of paclitaxel plus bevacizumab therapy in breast cancer patients with visceral crisis. Breast (Edinburgh, Scotland), 58:50-56, 2021

41. Nishida T, Yoshinaga S, Takahashi T, Naito Y. Recent Progress and Challenges in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors. Cancers, 13:2021

42. Zhu A, Yuan P, Hu N, Li M, Wang W, Wang X, Yue J, Wang J, Luo Y, Ma F, Zhang P, Li Q, Xu B, Cao S, Lippi G, Naito Y, Osman MA, Marta GN, Franceschini G, Orlandi A. Phase II study of apatinib in combination with oral vinorelbine in heavily pretreated HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer and clinical implications of monitoring ctDNA. Cancer biology & medicine, 18:875-887, 2021

43. Doi T, Tajimi M, Mori J, Asou H, Inoue K, Benhadji KA, Naito Y. A phase 1 study of crenigacestat (LY3039478), the Notch inhibitor, in Japanese patients with advanced solid tumors. Investigational new drugs, 39:469-476, 2021

44. Sagara Y, Mori M, Yamamoto S, Eguchi K, Iwatani T, Naito Y, Kogawa T, Tanaka K, Kotani H, Yasojima H, Ozaki Y, Noguchi E, Miyasita M, Kondo N, Niikura N, Toi M, Shien T, Iwata H. Current Status of Advance Care Planning and End-of-life Communication for Patients with Advanced and Metastatic Breast Cancer. The oncologist, 26:e686-e693, 2021

45. Izumi H, Matsumoto S, Liu J, Tanaka K, Mori S, Hayashi K, Kumagai S, Shibata Y, Hayashida T, Watanabe K, Fukuhara T, Ikeda T, Yoh K, Kato T, Nishino K, Nakamura A, Nakachi I, Kuyama S, Furuya N, Sakakibara-Konishi J, Okamoto I, Taima K, Ebi N, Daga H, Yamasaki A, Kodani M, Udagawa H, Kirita K, Zenke Y, Nosaki K, Sugiyama E, Sakai T, Nakai T, Ishii G, Niho S, Ohtsu A, Kobayashi SS, Goto K. The CLIP1-LTK fusion is an oncogenic driver in non-small-cell lung cancer. Nature, 600:319-323, 2021

46. Cho BC, Yoh K, Perets R, Nagrial A, Spigel DR, Gutierrez M, Kim DW, Kotasek D, Rasco D, Niu J, Satouchi M, Ahn MJ, Lee DH, Maurice-Dror C, Siddiqi S, Ren Y, Altura RA, Bar J. Anti-cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated antigen-4 monoclonal antibody quavonlimab in combination with pembrolizumab: Safety and efficacy from a phase I study in previously treated extensive-stage small cell lung cancer. Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 159:162-170, 2021

47. Sakai T, Udagawa H, Kirita K, Nomura S, Itotani R, Tamiya Y, Sugimoto A, Ota T, Naito T, Izumi H, Nosaki K, Ikeda T, Zenke Y, Matsumoto S, Yoh K, Niho S, Nakai T, Ishii G, Goto K. Comparison of the efficiency of endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration using a 22G needle versus 25G needle for the diagnosis of lymph node metastasis in patients with lung cancer: a prospective randomized, crossover study. Translational lung cancer research, 10:3745-3758, 2021

48. Yoh K, Matsumoto S, Furuya N, Nishino K, Miyamoto S, Oizumi S, Okamoto N, Itani H, Kuyama S, Nakamura A, Nishi K, Fukuda I, Tsuta K, Hayashi Y, Motoi N, Ishii G, Goto K. Comprehensive assessment of PD-L1 expression, tumor mutational burden and oncogenic driver alterations in non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors. Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 159:128-134, 2021

49. Miura K, Sano Y, Niho S, Kawasumi K, Mochizuki N, Yoh K, Matsumoto S, Zenke Y, Ikeda T, Nosaki K, Kirita K, Udagawa H, Goto K, Kawasaki T, Hanada K. Impact of concomitant medication on clinical outcomes in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors: A retrospective study. Thoracic cancer, 12:1983-1994, 2021

50. Sugimoto A, Umemura S, Miyoshi T, Nakai T, Kuroe T, Nosaki K, Ikeda T, Udagawa H, Kirita K, Zenke Y, Matsumoto S, Yoh K, Niho S, Tsuboi M, Goto K, Ishii G. High proportion of tumor necrosis predicts poor survival in surgically resected high-grade neuroendocrine carcinoma of the lung. Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 157:1-8, 2021

51. Udagawa H, Sugiyama E, Harada T, Atagi S, Koyama R, Watanabe S, Nakamura Y, Harada D, Hataji O, Tanaka F, Kida H, Satouchi M, Maeno K, Inoue A, Yoh K, Yamane Y, Urata Y, Yoshioka H, Yamanaka T, Goto K. Bevacizumab plus platinum-based chemotherapy in advanced non-squamous non-small-cell lung cancer: a randomized, open-label phase 2 study (CLEAR). Translational lung cancer research, 10:3059-3070, 2021

52. Ishii T, Suzuki A, Kuwata T, Hisamitsu S, Hashimoto H, Ohara Y, Yanagihara K, Mitsunaga S, Yoshino T, Kinoshita T, Ochiai A, Shitara K, Ishii G. Drug-exposed cancer-associated fibroblasts facilitate gastric cancer cell progression following chemotherapy. Gastric cancer: official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association, 24:810-822, 2021

53. Sasaki K, Kobayashi S, Kudo M, Sugimoto M, Takahashi S, Nakamura Y, Kawazoe A, Shitara K, Kinoshita T, Gotohda N. Hypothyroidism and hypopituitarism as immune-related adverse events due to lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab therapy in the immediate postoperative period after laparoscopic hepatectomy for liver metastases from gastric cancer: a case report. Surgical case reports, 7:267, 2021

54. Chida K, Kotani D, Nakamura Y, Kawazoe A, Kuboki Y, Shitara K, Kojima T, Taniguchi H, Watanabe J, Endo I, Yoshino T. Efficacy and safety of trifluridine/tipiracil plus bevacizumab and trifluridine/tipiracil or regorafenib monotherapy for chemorefractory metastatic colorectal cancer: a retrospective study. Therapeutic advances in medical oncology, 13:1.75884E+16, 2021

55. Shitara K, Tabernero J. Quantifying the Long-term Survival Benefit of Pembrolizumab for Patients With Advanced Gastric Cancer-Reply. JAMA oncology, 7:633, 2021

56. Wainberg ZA, Fuchs CS, Tabernero J, Shitara K, Muro K, Van Cutsem E, Bang YJ, Chung HC, Yamaguchi K, Varga E, Chen JS, Hochhauser D, Thuss-Patience P, Al-Batran SE, Garrido M, Kher U, Shih CS, Shah S, Bhagia P, Chao J. Efficacy of Pembrolizumab Monotherapy for Advanced Gastric/Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer with Programmed Death Ligand 1 Combined Positive Score ≥10. Clinical cancer research: an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, 27:1923-1931, 2021

57. Chao J, Fuchs CS, Shitara K, Tabernero J, Muro K, Van Cutsem E, Bang YJ, De Vita F, Landers G, Yen CJ, Chau I, Elme A, Lee J, Özgüroglu M, Catenacci D, Yoon HH, Chen E, Adelberg D, Shih CS, Shah S, Bhagia P, Wainberg ZA . Assessment of Pembrolizumab Therapy for the Treatment of Microsatellite Instability-High Gastric or Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer Among Patients in the KEYNOTE-059, KEYNOTE-061, and KEYNOTE-062 Clinical Trials. JAMA oncology, 7:895-902, 2021

58. Iida K, Abdelhamid Ahmed AH, Nagatsuma AK, Shibutani T, Yasuda S, Kitamura M, Hattori C, Abe M, Hasegawa J, Iguchi T, Karibe T, Nakada T, Inaki K, Kamei R, Abe Y, Nomura T, Andersen JL, Santagata S, Hemming ML, George S, Doi T, Ochiai A, Demetri GD, Agatsuma T. Identification and Therapeutic Targeting of GPR20, Selectively Expressed in Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors, with DS-6157a, a First-in-Class Antibody-Drug Conjugate. Cancer discovery, 11:1508-1523, 2021

59. Oki E, Watanabe J, Sato T, Kagawa Y, Kuboki Y, Ikeda M, Ueno H, Kato T, Kusumoto T, Masuishi T, Yamaguchi K, Kanazawa A, Nishina T, Uetake H, Yamanaka T, Yoshino T. Impact of the 12-gene recurrence score assay on deciding adjuvant chemotherapy for stage II and IIIA/B colon cancer: the SUNRISE-DI study. ESMO open, 6:100146, 2021

60. Chida K, Kawazoe A, Kawazu M, Suzuki T, Nakamura Y, Nakatsura T, Kuwata T, Ueno T, Kuboki Y, Kotani D, Kojima T, Taniguchi H, Mano H, Ikeda M, Shitara K, Endo I, Yoshino T. A Low Tumor Mutational Burden and PTEN Mutations Are Predictors of a Negative Response to PD-1 Blockade in MSI-H/dMMR Gastrointestinal Tumors. Clinical cancer research: an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, 27:3714-3724, 2021

61. Janjigian YY, Shitara K, Moehler M, Garrido M, Salman P, Shen L, Wyrwicz L, Yamaguchi K, Skoczylas T, Campos Bragagnoli A, Liu T, Schenker M, Yanez P, Tehfe M, Kowalyszyn R, Karamouzis MV, Bruges R, Zander T, Pazo-Cid R, Hitre E, Feeney K, Cleary JM, Poulart V, Cullen D, Lei M, Xiao H, Kondo K, Li M, Ajani JA. First-line nivolumab plus chemotherapy versus chemotherapy alone for advanced gastric, gastro-oesophageal junction, and oesophageal adenocarcinoma (CheckMate 649): a randomised, open-label, phase 3 trial. Lancet (London, England), 398:27-40, 2021

62. Shitara K, Baba E, Fujitani K, Oki E, Fujii S, Yamaguchi K. Discovery and development of trastuzumab deruxtecan and safety management for patients with HER2-positive gastric cancer. Gastric cancer: official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association, 24:780-789, 2021

63. Mishima S, Shitara K. Trastuzumab deruxtecan for the treatment of HER2-positive gastric cancer. Expert opinion on biological therapy, 21:825-830, 2021

64. Kato T, Kagawa Y, Kuboki Y, Gamoh M, Komatsu Y, Yasui H, Satake H, Oki E, Tanioka H, Kotaka M, Makiyama A, Denda T, Goto M, Yoshino T, Yamazaki K, Soeda J, Shibuya K, Iwata M, Oba K, Yamaguchi K. Safety and efficacy of panitumumab in combination with trifluridine/tipiracil for pre-treated patients with unresectable, metastatic colorectal cancer with wild-type RAS: The phase 1/2 APOLLON study. International journal of clinical oncology, 26:1238-1247, 2021

65. Mansoor W, Arkenau HT, Alsina M, Shitara K, Thuss-Patience P, Cuffe S, Dvorkin M, Park D, Ando T, Van Den Eynde M, Beretta GD, Zaniboni A, Doi T, Tabernero J, Ilson DH, Makris L, Benhadji KA, Van Cutsem E. Trifluridine/tipiracil in patients with metastatic gastroesophageal junction cancer: a subgroup analysis from the phase 3 TAGS study. Gastric cancer: official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association, 24:970-977, 2021

66. Curigliano G, Gelderblom H, Mach N, Doi T, Tai D, Forde PM, Sarantopoulos J, Bedard PL, Lin CC, Hodi FS, Wilgenhof S, Santoro A, Sabatos-Peyton CA, Longmire TA, Xyrafas A, Sun H, Gutzwiller S, Manenti L, Naing A. Phase I/Ib Clinical Trial of Sabatolimab, an Anti-TIM-3 Antibody, Alone and in Combination with Spartalizumab, an Anti-PD-1 Antibody, in Advanced Solid Tumors. Clinical cancer research: an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, 27:3620-3629, 2021

67. Nakamura Y, Kawazoe A, Lordick F, Janjigian YY, Shitara K. Biomarker-targeted therapies for advanced-stage gastric and gastro-oesophageal junction cancers: an emerging paradigm. Nature reviews. Clinical oncology, 18:473-487, 2021

68. Takushima Y, Igarashi A, Yoshihara H, Shitara K, Doi T. Cost-effectiveness of trifluridine/tipiracil against nivolumab for heavily pretreated metastatic gastric cancer in Japan. Japanese journal of clinical oncology, 51:1383-1390, 2021

69. Piha-Paul SA, Geva R, Tan TJ, Lim DW, Hierro C, Doi T, Rahma O, Lesokhin A, Luke JJ, Otero J, Nardi L, Singh A, Xyrafas A, Chen X, Mataraza J, Bedard PL. First-in-human phase I/Ib open-label dose-escalation study of GWN323 (anti-GITR) as a single agent and in combination with spartalizumab (anti-PD-1) in patients with advanced solid tumors and lymphomas. Journal for immunotherapy of cancer, 9:2021

70. Isoyama S, Mori S, Sugiyama D, Kojima Y, Tada Y, Shitara K, Hinohara K, Dan S, Nishikawa H. Cancer immunotherapy with PI3K and PD-1 dual-blockade via optimal modulation of T cell activation signal. Journal for immunotherapy of cancer, 9:2021

71. Shitara K, Özgüroğlu M, Bang YJ, Di Bartolomeo M, Mandalà M, Ryu MH, Caglevic C, Chung HC, Muro K, Van Cutsem E, Kobie J, Cristescu R, Aurora-Garg D, Lu J, Shih CS, Adelberg D, Cao ZA, Fuchs CS . Molecular determinants of clinical outcomes with pembrolizumab versus paclitaxel in a randomized, open-label, phase III trial in patients with gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma. Annals of oncology: official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology, 32:1127-1136, 2021

72. Jogo T, Nakamura Y, Shitara K, Bando H, Yasui H, Esaki T, Terazawa T, Satoh T, Shinozaki E, Nishina T, Sunakawa Y, Komatsu Y, Hara H, Oki E, Matsuhashi N, Ohta T, Kato T, Ohtsubo K, Kawakami T, Okano N, Yamamoto Y, Yamada T, Tsuji A, Odegaard JI, Taniguchi H, Doi T, Fujii S, Yoshino T. Circulating Tumor DNA Analysis Detects FGFR2 Amplification and Concurrent Genomic Alterations Associated with FGFR Inhibitor Efficacy in Advanced Gastric Cancer. Clinical cancer research: an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, 27:5619-5627, 2021

73. Minashi K, Yamada T, Hosaka H, Amagai K, Shimizu Y, Kiyozaki H, Sato M, Soeda A, Endo S, Ishida H, Kamoshida T, Sakai Y, Shitara K. Cancer-related FGFR2 overexpression and gene amplification in Japanese patients with gastric cancer. Japanese journal of clinical oncology, 51:1523-1533, 2021

74. Ishii T, Shitara K. Trastuzumab deruxtecan and other HER2-targeting agents for the treatment of HER2-positive gastric cancer. Expert review of anticancer therapy, 21:1193-1201, 2021

75. Van Cutsem E, Amonkar M, Fuchs CS, Alsina M, Özgüroğlu M, Bang YJ, Chung HC, Muro K, Goekkurt E, Benson AB 3rd, Sun W, Wainberg ZA, Norquist JM, Chen X, Shih CS, Shitara K . Health-related quality of life in advanced gastric/gastroesophageal junction cancer with second-line pembrolizumab in KEYNOTE-061. Gastric cancer: official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association, 24:1330-1340, 2021

76. Van Cutsem E, Amonkar M, Fuchs CS, Alsina M, Özgüroğlu M, Bang YJ, Chung HC, Muro K, Goekkurt E, Benson AB 3rd, Sun W, Wainberg ZA, Norquist JM, Chen X, Shih CS, Shitara K . Correction to: Health-related quality of life in advanced gastric/gastroesophageal junction cancer with second-line pembrolizumab in KEYNOTE-061. Gastric cancer: official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association, 24:1341, 2021

77. Arai H, Inoue E, Yamaguchi K, Boku N, Hara H, Nishina T, Tsuda M, Shitara K, Shinozaki K, Nakamura S, Hyodo I, Muro K, Sasako M, Terashima M, Nakajima TE. Clinical implications of using both fluoropyrimidine and paclitaxel in patients with severe peritoneal metastasis of gastric cancer: A post hoc study of JCOG1108/WJOG7312G. Cancer medicine, 10:7673-7682, 2021

78. Maeda Y, Wada H, Sugiyama D, Saito T, Irie T, Itahashi K, Minoura K, Suzuki S, Kojima T, Kakimi K, Nakajima J, Funakoshi T, Iida S, Oka M, Shimamura T, Doi T, Doki Y, Nakayama E, Ueda R, Nishikawa H. Depletion of central memory CD8+ T cells might impede the antitumor therapeutic effect of Mogamulizumab. Nature communications, 12:7280, 2021

79. Nakamura Y, Shitara K, Lee J. The Right Treatment of the Right Patient: Integrating Genetic Profiling Into Clinical Decision Making in Advanced Gastric Cancer in Asia. American Society of Clinical Oncology educational book. American Society of Clinical Oncology. Annual Meeting, 41:1-8, 2021

80. Kanemitsu Y, Shitara K, Mizusawa J, Hamaguchi T, Shida D, Komori K, Ikeda S, Ojima H, Ike H, Shiomi A, Watanabe J, Takii Y, Yamaguchi T, Katsumata K, Ito M, Okuda J, Hyakudomi R, Shimada Y, Katayama H, Fukuda H. Primary Tumor Resection Plus Chemotherapy Versus Chemotherapy Alone for Colorectal Cancer Patients With Asymptomatic, Synchronous Unresectable Metastases (JCOG1007; iPACS): A Randomized Clinical Trial. Journal of clinical oncology: official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 39:1098-1107, 2021

81. Noguchi M, Shitara K, Kawazoe A, Yamamoto D, Takii Y, Saito Y, Sato T, Horimatsu T, Ishikawa H, Ito Y, Ito M, Ikematsu H. Short-term safety of adjuvant chemoradiotherapy after local resection for patients with high-risk submucosal invasive rectal cancer: a single-arm, multicenter phase II trial. Japanese journal of clinical oncology, 51:707-712, 2021

82. Harding JJ, Moreno V, Bang YJ, Hong MH, Patnaik A, Trigo J, Szpurka AM, Yamamoto N, Doi T, Fu S, Calderon B, Velez de Mendizabal N, Calvo E, Yu D, Gandhi L, Liu ZT, Galvao VR, Leow CC, de Miguel MJ. Blocking TIM-3 in Treatment-refractory Advanced Solid Tumors: A Phase Ia/b Study of LY3321367 with or without an Anti-PD-L1 Antibody. Clinical cancer research: an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, 27:2168-2178, 2021

83. Yoh K, Seto T, Satouchi M, Nishio M, Yamamoto N, Murakami H, Nogami N, Nosaki K, Kohno T, Tsuta K, Nomura S, Ikeno T, Wakabayashi M, Sato A, Matsumoto S, Goto K. Final survival results for the LURET phase II study of vandetanib in previously treated patients with RET-rearranged advanced non-small cell lung cancer. Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 155:40-45, 2021

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86. Aoki H, Ueha S, Shichino S, Ogiwara H, Shitara K, Shimomura M, Suzuki T, Nakatsura T, Yamashita M, Kitano S, Kuroda S, Wakabayashi M, Kurachi M, Ito S, Doi T, Matsushima K. Transient Depletion of CD4(+) Cells Induces Remodeling of the TCR Repertoire in Gastrointestinal Cancer. Cancer immunology research, 9:624-636, 2021

87. Sakai T, Udagawa H, Matsumoto S, Yoh K, Nosaki K, Ikeda T, Zenke Y, Kirita K, Niho S, Akimoto T, Goto K, Ishii G. Morphological, immune and genetic features in biopsy sample associated with the efficacy of pembrolizumab in patients with non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer. Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology, 147:1227-1237, 2021

88. Mukohara T, Hosono A, Mimaki S, Nakayama A, Kusuhara S, Funasaka C, Nakao T, Fukasawa Y, Kondoh C, Harano K, Naito Y, Matsubara N, Tsuchihara K, Kuwata T. Effects of Ado-Trastuzumab Emtansine and Fam-Trastuzumab Deruxtecan on Metastatic Breast Cancer Harboring HER2 Amplification and the L755S Mutation. The oncologist, 26:635-639, 2021

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