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BackgroundTrastuzumab with cisplatin and fluoropyrimidines improves overall survival (OS) in patients with HER2-positive advanced gastric cancer (AGC). S-1 plus oxaliplatin (SOX) is one of the standard regimens for HER2-negative AGC in Japan. However, few studies have evaluated trastuzumab combined with SOX in patients with HER2-positive AGC.MethodsThis was a multicenter, phase II study conducted at 10 institutions in Japan. Patients with HER2-positive AGC received S-1 twice a day on days 1–14 and oxaliplatin and trastuzumab on day 1 of a 21-day cycle. The primary endpoint was the confirmed overall response rate (ORR), and the secondary endpoints were OS, progression-free survival (PFS), and safety. The sample size was 75 to have 90% power with an alpha error of 0.1 (one-sided), expecting an ORR of 65% and threshold of 50%.ResultsFrom June 2015 to January 2018, 75 patients were enrolled. The ORR was 70.7% [95% confidence interval (CI) 59.0–80.6]. The median OS and PFS were estimated as 18.1 months (95% CI 15.6–26.5) and 8.8 months (95% CI 7.4–12.2), respectively. The major grade 3 or 4 adverse events were sensory neuropathy (16.0%) and neutropenia (10.7%).ConclusionsTrastuzumab with SOX had promising activity with well-tolerated toxicities for patients with HER2-positive AGC.Clinical trial registrationUMIN000017602.