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NCT Number: NCT06861894

Active Surveillance After Neoadjuvant Adebrelimab Combined With Chemoradiotherapy for Resectable ESCC

In this prospective trial, patients demonstrating clinical complete response (cCR) as determined by a standard response assessment protocol (incorporating clinical and molecular diagnostic methods) will be offered organ-sparing management following neoadjuvant therapy with adebrelimab (anti-PD-L1) concurrent with chemoradiotherapy. The primary endpoint is 2-year overall survival rate in this watch-and-wait cohort.

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Key information

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Subjects signed the informed consent and volunteered to participate in the study.
  • Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma confirmed by histology or cytology.
  • Thoracic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma confirmed by CT or pet-CT, which is classified as cII-III (AJCC 8th).
  • Expect to have R0 resection
  • In age from 18 to 75.
  • ECOG PS: 0~1.
  • Have not received any anti-tumor treatment for esophageal cancer in the past, including radiotherapy, chemotherapy, surgery, etc.
  • No contraindications to surgery.
  • Has sufficient organ function including (1) Blood routine: NE≥1.5×109/L; PLT≥100×109/L; HGB≥90 g/L (2)Comprehensive Metabolic Panel: bilirubin≤ 1.5×ULN; ALT≤2.5×ULN; AST≤2.5×ULN; sCr≤1.5×ULN or CrCl≥50 mL/min(Cocheroft-Gault) (3) Coagulation function: INR≤1.5; APTT≤1.5×ULN
  • Women of childbearing age must undergo a serological pregnancy test within 72 hrs before first administration. Women of childbearing age, or male subjects with childbearing age female partners, must take contraceptive measures from the first dose to three months after last administration.
  • Good compliance, willing to comply with follow-up schedules.

Exclusion criteria

  • Subjects have received or are receiving any of:
  • anti-tumor interventions such as radiotherapy, chemotherapy, or other medications.
  • immunosuppressants or systemic glucosteroids (prednisone equivalence> 10mg/d) within 2 weeks before the first administration, inhaled or topical use of glucosteroids (prednisone equivalence>10mg/d) is allowed if no known active autoimmune disease.
  • live vaccine within 4 weeks before the first administration.
  • major surgery or major injury within 4 weeks before the first administration.
  • Cancer-related exclusion criteria
  • other cancers instead of ESCC
  • unresectable or metastatic ESCC
  • not comply with cⅡ-Ⅲ(cT2N1-2M0 or cT3N0-2M0, AJCC 8th)
  • Subjects with other malignant tumors within 5 years before the first administration, but subjects with cervical carcinoma in situ, skin basal cell carcinoma, skin squamous cell carcinoma, localized prostate cancer received radical surgery and ductal carcinoma in situ that have received radical treatment and do not need other treatment can be included)
  • Other criteria
  • Subjects have uncontrolled cardiovascular diseases, such as 1) heart failure ≥ NYHA class 2, 2) unstable angina 3) myocardial infarction within 1 year; 4) supraventricular or ventricular arrhythmia that needs treatment
  • Subjects with any known active autoimmune disease
  • Pregnant or breastfeeding female
  • Presence of allergy or hypersensitivity to investigational medications
  • HIV-positive or active hepatitis B (HBsAg positive and HBV-DNA ≥2000 IU/ml or ≥ 104 copies/mL) or active hepatitis C (HCV antibody positive) or active tuberculosis
  • Investigators assessed there might be other factors that cause subjects to withdraw.

Treatment and study plan

Adebrelimab and nab-paclitaxel and carboplatin

Drug

Adebrelimab combined with nab-paclitaxel and carboplatin as neoadjuvant therapy

Radiation

Radiation

concurrent chemoradiotherapy

standard oesophagectomy

Procedure

standard oesophagectomy

Active Surveillance

Other

active surveillance

Primary outcomes

  1. 2-year OS rate

    Time frame: 24 months

    An overall survival (OS) is defined as the time from treatment to death, regardless of disease recurrence.

Secondary outcomes

  1. cCR rate

    Time frame: 12 months

    A clinical complete response rate (cCR) is defined as the complete disappearance of tumor lesions.

  2. median EFS

    Time frame: 24 months

    An event-free survival (EFS) is defined as the duration from the start of treatment until disease recurrence or death from any cause, whichever occurs first.

  3. median OS

    Time frame: 24 months

    An overall survival (OS) is defined as the time from treatment to death, regardless of disease recurrence.

  4. Incidence, type and severity of adverse events as assessed by CTCAE 5.0

    Time frame: 24 months

    Including adverse events and complications. Incidence of adverse events using CTCAE 5.0; grade 3 adverse events and higher-grade will be reported.

  5. quality of life (QOL)

    Time frame: 24 months

    Evaluate quality of life using EORTC QLQ-C30

  6. quality of life (QOL) assessed by EORTC QLQ-OES18

    Time frame: 24 months

    Evaluate quality of life using EORTC QLQ-OES18

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Zhichao Liu, MD, PhD

CONTACT

[email protected]

86-15622175948

Zhigang Li, MD, PhD

CONTACT

[email protected]

86-18960619260

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Zhigang Li

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Active Surveillance After Neoadjuvant Adebrelimab Combined With Chemoradiotherapy for Resectable Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Important dates

Study start
2025
Primary completion
2027
Study completion
2029
First posted
Mar 6, 2025
Registry last updated
May 15, 2025

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