Stein, Alexander https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9768-0086
Goekkurt, Eray
Al-Batran, Salah-Eddin
Moosmann, Nicolas
Ettrich, Thomas J.
Goetze, Thorsten
Gruen, Barbara
Homann, Nils
Lorenzen, Sylvie
Hofheinz, Ralf-Dieter
Rempel, Viktor
Siegler, Gabriele
Müller, Christian https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2632-4195
Thiele, Benjamin https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4096-3309
Broering, Tobias
Cruz, Mariana Santos https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5959-7153
Pauligk, Claudia
Binder, Mascha
Tintelnot, Joseph https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4619-9433
Funding for this research was provided by:
Merck & Co., Inc. | MSD K.K. (–, –)
Article History
Received: 25 July 2025
Accepted: 27 August 2025
First Online: 18 October 2025
Competing interests
: A.S. reported institutional research grants from MSD during the conduct of the study and outside the submitted work from BeOne, BMS, GBA-Innovationsfond, Deutsche Krebshilfe, Exelixis, Jazz, MerckKgA, MSD, Servier, Pierre Fabre, Takeda and institutional fees for advisory boards or lectures from Amgen, Astellas, AstraZeneca, BeOne, BMS, Daiichi Sankyo, Jazz, Merck, MSD, Roche, Sanofi, Servier, Taiho and Takeda. E.G. reported personal fees from BMS and MSD during the conduct of the study; and personal fees from Servier, Roche, and Sanofi outside the submitted work. T.J.E. reported grants from Servier, nonfinancial support from Ipsen, and personal fees from MSD, BMS, AstraZeneca, Roche, Eisai, Pierre Fabre, Merck Serono and Bayer outside the submitted work. S.-E.A.-B. reported grants from BMS, MSD, Sanofi, Ipsen, Roche Hospira, Lilly, Vifor Pharma, Hospira, AstraZeneca, Immutep and Eurozyto and personal fees from Lilly, AstraZeneca and BMS outside the submitted work. M.B. reported grants from MSD covering the translational studies in this trial during the conduct of the study. J.T. declared travel support from BeOne and research support from Takeda and Jazz outside of the current work. The other authors declare no competing interests.