Metastatic, Gastric or Gastro-oesophageal Junction, Cancer
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: - Male or female aged 18 years or older (20 years or older in Japan) - Patients must have radiologically confirmed progression following 1st line fluoropyrimidine/platinum based treatment for metastatic gastric cancer (the date of progression and start of first line treatment to be captured on the database) - Suitable for paclitaxel therapy - At least one lesion, not previously irradiated and not chosen for an optional fresh biopsy during the study screening period, that can be accurately measured at baseline as greater or equal than 10mm in longest diameter (except lymph nodes which must have short axis greater or equal than 15mm - Ineligible for trastuzumab treatment by local assessment. This should include IHC analysis to determine HER2 status with further testing by FISH/CISH when considered part of local practice. - Eligible patients are those defined as; HER2 IHC 0, HER2 IHC+1 and +2
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - Have received more than 1 prior chemotherapy regimen for metastatic gastric cancer. (chemotherapy as adjuvant treatment is permitted). - Any prior taxane therapy (at any time from diagnosis of gastric cancer) - Any prior therapy with an inhibitor of ErbB1 (EGFR) or ErbB2 (HER2) (eg, lapatinib) - Resting ECG with measurable QTc(F) interval of greater than 480 msec at 2 or more time points within a 24 hour period (see section 6.4.9.1) - Unresolved toxicity grater than CTCAE grade 2 (except alopecia) from previous anti-cancer therapy