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NCT Number: NCT06138028

Sintilimab and Chemotherapy Sequential Radiotherapy in Advanced Esophageal Cancer

This is an investigator-initiated, single-arm, exploratory clinical study.The study population consisted of treatment naive advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma patients. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of immunotherapy combined with chemotherapy and residual lesions irradiation of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.

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Key information

Age range

18 year–80 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 2 / Phase 3

Primary location

Qingdao Central Hospital, Qingdao, Shandong, 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

  • Diagnosed with Stage IV esophagus squamous cell carcinoma.
  • Expected survival time ≥3 months
  • Enrolled patients must have at least one measurable lesion conforming to the RECIST V1.1 definition.
  • Physical fitness ECOG score of 0 or 1
  • Organ function levels must meet the following requirements and meet the following standards:

A) Bone marrow function: absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥1.5×10^9/L, platelet count ≥90×10^9/L, hemoglobin ≥90 g/L; B) Liver function: Total bilirubin TBIL≤1.5×ULN (total bilirubin ≤3×ULN in Subjects with Gilbert's syndrome, liver cancer or liver metastasis), AST and ALT ≤2.5×ULN in patients without liver metastasis, AST and ALT ≤5.0×ULN in patients with liver metastasis; C) Renal function: Creatinine (Cr) ≤1.5×ULN, or creatinine clearance (Ccr) ≥50 mL/min (according to Cockcroft and Gault formula); D) Urine routine / 24-hour protein quantification: qualitative urine protein ≤1+ (if qualitative urine protein ≥2+, 24 hours < 1g can be included); E) Cardiac function: left ventricular ejection fraction ≥50%; F) Coagulation function: International standardized ratio (INR) ≤1.5×ULN, and activated partial thrombin time (APTT) ≤1.5×ULN;

Exclusion criteria

  • Known or suspected history of active autoimmune diseases, autoimmune diseases (such as interstitial pneumonia, colitis, hepatitis, pituitaritis, vasculitis, nephritis, hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, including but not limited to these diseases or syndromes)
  • Have a history of immunodeficiency, including HIV positive, or other acquired, congenital immunodeficiency disease, or history of organ transplantation and bone marrow transplantation;Interstitial lung disease, drug-induced pneumonia,requiring steroid therapy or active pneumonia with clinical symptoms or severe pulmonary dysfunction;
  • There are clinical symptoms or diseases of the heart that are not well controlled, such as: (1) heart failure of NYHA class 2 or higher (2) unstable angina (3) myocardial infarction within 24 weeks (4) clinical need for treatment or Interventional supraventricular or ventricular arrhythmia;
  • Have a tendency to hereditary bleeding or coagulopathy. Clinically significant bleeding symptoms or clear bleeding tendency within 3 months prior to enrollment, such as gastrointestinal bleeding, hemorrhagic gastric ulcer, baseline fecal occult blood++ and above;
  • Allergic reactions to test drugs for this application;
  • Pregnant or lactating women; Those whom the investigator considered unsuitable for inclusion。

Treatment and study plan

TP regimen (cis-platinum ; Tocetaxel ) combined with PD-1 inhibitors(Sintilimab)

Drug

TP regimen (cis-platinum ; Tocetaxel ) combined with PD-1 inhibitors(Sintilimab)for 4 cycles, then irradiation of the residual lesions for 50Gy/2Gy/25f. After complete irradiation, sintilimab is administered every 21 days a cycle for additional 13 cycles.

Primary outcomes

  1. Overall survival (OS)

    Time frame: up to 24 months

    time from enrollment to patients death

  2. Progression-free survival (PFS)

    Time frame: up to 12 months

    time from disease progression or patient death

Secondary outcomes

  1. overall response rate (ORR)

    Time frame: up to 12 weeks

    complete response plus partial response

  2. toxicities

    Time frame: up to 12 weeks

    toxicities according to CTCAE 5.0

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Qingdao Central Hospital

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Registry information

Official study title

The Prospective Study of Sintilimab Combination With Chemotherapy Sequential Radiotherapy for Advanced Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Important dates

Study start
2023
Primary completion
2025
Study completion
2026
First posted
Nov 18, 2023
Registry last updated
Jul 24, 2024

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