About the Authors

Magali Laborey

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation RCTs, Lyon, France

Audrey Lajoinie

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

ala@rcts.fr

Affiliation RCTs, Lyon, France

Jonatan Freilich

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Parexel, Stockholm, Sweden

Emmanuelle Samalin

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institut Régional du Cancer de Montpellier, University Montpellier, Montpellier, France

Olivier Bouché

Roles Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Digestive Oncology, CHU Reims, Reims, France

Guillaume Piessen

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations University Lille, CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, UMR9020-U1277–CANTHER–Cancer Heterogeneity, Plasticity and Resistance to Therapies, Lille, France, Department of Digestive and Oncological Surgery, Claude Huriez Hospital, CHU Lille, Lille, France

Matthias Stoelzel

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Astellas Pharma GmbH, Munich, Germany

Andrew Chilelli

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Astellas Pharma Europe Ltd., Addlestone, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

Magali Laborey reports employment at RCTs at the time the study was conducted. Audrey Lajoinie reports funding from Astellas to RCTs to conduct the study as a data processor and employment at RCTs. Jonatan Freilich reports funding from Astellas to Parexel to perform studies as commissioned and employment at Parexel at the time the study was conducted. Emmanuelle Samalin reports payment or honoraria for lectures, presentations, speakers bureaus, publication writing or educational events from Pierre Fabre Oncology, BMS, MSD, Daiichi, and Servier; support for attending meetings and/or travel from MSD, BMS, and Pierre Fabre Oncology; and participation on a data safety monitoring board or advisory board from Astellas, BMS, and MSD. Olivier Bouché reports payment or honoraria for lectures, presentations, speakers bureaus, publication writing or educational events from Merck KGaA, Bayer, MSD, Amgen, Deciphera, Servier, and Pierre Fabre; support for attending meetings and/or travel from MSD, Servier, and Pierre Fabre; and participation on a data safety monitoring board or advisory board from Astellas, Apmonia Therapeutics, Merck KGaA, Bayer, MSD, Amgen, Deciphera, Servier, and Pierre Fabre. Guillaume Piessen reports consulting fees from BMS, Astellas, and MSD; payment or honoraria for lectures, presentations, speakers bureaus, publication writing or educational events from Nestlé; and support for attending meetings and/or travel from MSD, AstraZeneca, and Medtronic. Matthias Stoelzel reports being a full-time employee of Astellas. Andrew Chilelli reports being a full-time employee of Astellas. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.