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NCT Number: NCT05189730

Selected Chemotherapy Combined Immunotherapy Treated High Risk Patient After NCRT in Resected Locally Advanced ESCC

Tislelizumab combined with chemotherapy sequential neoadjuvant therapy for non-cCR patients after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in locally advanced ESCC. And then the patients would receive surgery and adjuvant therapy according to the postoperative pathological results. It is expected that through this study, some high-risk patients could obtain better efficacy and prolong patient survival. At same time, low risk patients could avoid increasing perioperative complications and surgical risks, so that more patients could benefit from neoadjuvant treatment. The investigators aimed to explore a more accurate comprehensive treatment mode for patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, and provide a certain scientific basis for the formulation of esophageal cancer diagnosis and treatment norms in China.

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • 1.Histologically confirmed ESCC;
  • 2.Clinical stage T2N0-1M0, T3N0M0, T3N1M0, T1-3N2M0(II-III) (AJCC 8 TNM classif tion);
  • 3.Locally advanced ESCC that can be treated surgically evaluated before treatment;
  • 4.At least one measurable lesion in accordance with RECIST 1.1;
  • 5.Have a performance status of 0 or 1 on the ECOG Performance Scale;
  • 6.Expected survival time is greater than 6 months;
  • 7.The important organs functions meet the following requirements:the absolute neutrophil count(ANC) ≥1.5×109/L; the platelet count ≥100×109/L; hemoglobin ≥90g/L; bilirubin is less than or equal to 1.5 times ULN, ALT and AST less than or equal 2.5 times UILN; creatinine clearance rate(CCr) ≥50mL/min; the thyroid function is normal;
  • 8.Female subjects of childbearing potential have a negative pregnancy test and must agree to take effective contraceptive measures during the study period and within 3 months after the last dose;
  • 9.Be willing and able to provide written informed consent/assent for the trial.

Exclusion criteria

  • 1.The patient have received radiotherapy, chemotherapy, hormone therapy, surgery, or molecular-targeted therapy;
  • 2.Confirmed patients with distant metastasis by CT imaging;
  • 3.The subject has previous or co-existing other malignancies (except cured basal cell carcinoma of the skin and carcinoma in situ of the cervix);
  • 4.The subject had previously received other anti-pd-1 antibody therapy or other immunotherapy targeting pd-1 / pd-L1;
  • 5.Patients with active autoimmune disease or documented autoimmune disease or symptoms requiring systemic hormone therapy or anti-autoimmune drug therapy;
  • 6.Patients with immunodeficiency or who were still receiving systemic steroid hormone therapy (prednisone > 10 mg/ day or other equivalent drugs) or other forms of immunosuppressive therapy 7 days prior to the first dose of neoadjuvant therapy in this study;
  • 7.Clinical ascites or pleural effusion requiring therapeutic puncture or drainage;
  • 8.The subject with uncontrol cardiac clinical symptoms or diseases, such as :(1) nyha class 2 or more heart failure (2) unstable angina pectoris (3) myocardial infarction within 1 year (4) clinically significant ventricular or ventricular arrhythmias requiring treatment or intervention;
  • 9.Abnormal coagulation function (PT>16s, APTT>43s, TT>21s, Fbg> 2G /L), bleeding tendency or receiving thrombolytic or anticoagulant treatment;
  • 10.The subject is present (within 3 months) with esophageal varices, active gastric and duodenal ulcers, ulcerative colitis, portal hypertension and other gastrointestinal diseases, or with active bleeding from unresected tumors, or other conditions that may cause gastrointestinal bleeding or perforation as determined by the investigator;
  • 11.Past or present severe bleeding (bleeding >30 ml within 3 months), hemoptysis (fresh blood >5 ml within 4 weeks) or thromboembolism events (including stroke events and/or TRANSIENT ischemic attack) within 12 months;
  • 12.Patients with active infection who still required systemic treatment 7 days before the first dose of neoadjuvant therapy in this study;
  • 13.Patients with past or present objective evidence of pulmonary fibrosis, interstitial pneumonia, pneumoconiosis, radioactive pneumonia, drug-related pneumonia, severely impaired lung function, etc;
  • 14.Senior or uncontrolled virus injection: HIV, TP, hepatitis virus;
  • 15.Senior or uncontrolled virus injection: HIV, TP, hepatitis virus;
  • 16.Patients who had participated in clinical trials of other drugs within 4 weeks;
  • 17.The live vaccine was administered less than 4 weeks prior to study administration or possibly during the study period;
  • 18.Have a history of mental illness or psychiatric substance abuse;
  • 19.The subject cannot or does not agree to bear the cost of the self-paid portion of the examination and treatment, except for the clinical study drug, combined chemoradiotherapy, and SAE associated with the clinical study drug;
  • 20.Other patients whom the medical practitioner considers inappropriate for inclusion.

Treatment and study plan

Tirelizumab

Drug

Two cycles of Tirelizumab (200mg administered as an intravenous infusion over 30 minutes per 3 weeks), D1.

paclitaxel

Drug

Two cycles of paclitaxel (135mg/m2 administered as an intravenous infusion per 3 weeks), D1.

carboplatin

Drug

Two cycles of carboplatin(AUC=5 administered as an intravenous infusion per 3 weeks) D1.

Neoadiuvant radiotherapy

Radiation

Simultaneous radiotherapy would be consecutively performed for 4 weeks with the total dose of 40Gy (40Gy/ 4W /20F), D1.

Primary outcomes

  1. Complete pathologic response rate

    Time frame: 3 months

    Definition of complete pathologic response is "no cancer cell, including lympho nodes" which corresponds with tumor regression score 0. Definition of pathologic response is as follows. Tumor regression score Grade 0 and 1 will be defined as "responder" and 2 and 3 will be considered as "non-responders"

  2. Incidence of adverse events

    Time frame: 6 months

    Number of participants with treatment-related adverse events as assessed by Number of participants with treatment-related adverse events as assessed by treatment-related adverse events assessed by CTCAE v4.0

Secondary outcomes

  1. Clinical Complete Remission

    Time frame: 3 months

    The clinical complete remission rate (cCR) was defined as the proportion of patients with clinically confirmed cT0 or cN0(AJCC Cancer Staging Manual,8th ed. 2017 edition ).

  2. Major Pathological Remission rate

    Time frame: 3 months

    The residual tumor after neoadjuvant treatment ≤ 10% residual tumor lesion in surgical specimen compared to baseline。

  3. Objective Remission Rate

    Time frame: 3 months

    Objective response rate as assessed by RECISIST1.1 criteria, the percentage of subjects with CR or PR in the total number of subjects in the analysis data set during the period from the beginning of the treatment regimen to the disease progression date.

  4. Rate of R0 resection

    Time frame: 3 months

    Measure the rate of R0 resection with all margins microscopically clear.

  5. Events Free Survival

    Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 1 year.

    Event-free survival was defined as the time from the date of randomization to the date of the first documented non-fatal event (worsening cardiac function, hospitalization for congestive heart failure, liver function impairment, liver cirrhosis, transformation to AML, as defined in the protocol), or death, whichever occurred first. Participants who did not experience a non-fatal event as of the time of data cut-off (end of study), as well as participants who did not experience a non-fatal event and stopped study participation before the data cut-off, were censored as specified in the protocol.

  6. Overall Survival

    Time frame: From date of randomization until the date of first documented progression or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 100 months.

    Overall survival was the duration from the start of study treatment to death

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Sichuan Cancer Hospital and Research Institute

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Selected Chemotherapy Combined Immunotherapy Treated High Risk Patient After Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy in Resected Locally Advanced Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: an Exploratory Study

Acronym: ETNT

Important dates

Study start
2021
Primary completion
2025
Study completion
2027
First posted
Jan 12, 2022
Registry last updated
Nov 20, 2025

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