A Study of Tislelizumab (BGB-A317) Versus Chemotherapy as Second Line Treatment in Participants With Advanced Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Summary

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of tislelizumab as second line treatment in participants with advanced unresectable/metastatic ESCC that had progressed during or after first line therapy.

Timeline

Start

2018-01-26

Primary completion

2020-12-01

Completion

2022-12-28

Publications

• Results Shen L, Kato K, Kim SB, Ajani JA, Zhao K, He Z, Yu X, Shu Y, Luo Q, Wang J, Chen Z, Niu Z, Zhang L, Yi T, Sun JM, Chen J, Yu G, Lin CY, Hara H, Bi Q, Satoh T, Pazo-Cid R, Arkenau HT, Borg C, Lordick F, Li L, Ding N, Tao A, Shi J, Van Cutsem E; RATIONALE-302 Investigators. Tislelizumab Versus Chemotherapy as Second-Line Treatment for Advanced or Metastatic Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma (RATIONALE-302): A Randomized Phase III Study. J Clin Oncol. 2022 Sep 10;40(26):3065-3076. doi: 10.1200/JCO.21.01926. Epub 2022 Apr 20.
• Ajani JA, Wang K, Nikolaidis GF, Coaquira Castro J, Augusto Novis de Figueiredo M, Sun JM, Soulanis K, Tasoulas A, Zhan L. Comparative Efficacy and Safety of Tislelizumab in Second-Line Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Systematic Literature Review and Simulated Treatment Comparisons. Adv Ther. 2026 Feb;43(2):567-582. doi: 10.1007/s12325-025-03410-5. Epub 2025 Dec 3.
• Lu Z, Du W, Jiao X, Wang Y, Shi J, Shi Y, Shu Y, Niu Z, Hara H, Wu J, Hsu CH, Van Cutsem E, Brock MV, Zhang Z, Ding N, Zhang Y, Shen Z, Shen L. NOTCH1 Mutation and Survival Analysis of Tislelizumab in Advanced or Metastatic Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Biomarker Analysis From the Randomized, Phase III, RATIONALE-302 Trial. J Clin Oncol. 2025 Jun;43(16):1898-1909. doi: 10.1200/JCO-24-01818. Epub 2025 Apr 3.
• He Q, Shi X, Yan J, Wu M, Gu C, Yu X. Circulating tumor DNA serial monitoring of relapse and responses to tislelizumab immunotherapy as second-line monotherapy for metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: A prospective study. Mol Clin Oncol. 2024 Feb 9;20(4):29. doi: 10.3892/mco.2024.2727. eCollection 2024 Apr.
• Wang LL, Xie YX, Liu Y. Clinical efficacy and adverse reactions analysis of PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors in advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci. 2024 Jan;28(2):659-667. doi: 10.26355/eurrev_202401_35062.
• Hara H, Satoh T, Kojima T, Tsushima T, Sunakawa Y, Okada M, Ding N, Wu H, Li L, Yu T, Barnes G, Kato K. Second-line tislelizumab versus chemotherapy in Japanese patients with advanced or metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: subgroup analysis from RATIONALE-302. Esophagus. 2024 Apr;21(2):102-110. doi: 10.1007/s10388-023-01040-w. Epub 2024 Jan 19.
• Kim SB, Van Cutsem E, Ajani J, Shen L, Barnes G, Ding N, Tao A, Xia T, Zhan L, Kato K. Tislelizumab in advanced/metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: health-related quality of life in Asian patients. Curr Med Res Opin. 2024 Jan;40(1):69-75. doi: 10.1080/03007995.2023.2270894. Epub 2024 Jan 3.
• Van Cutsem E, Kato K, Ajani J, Shen L, Xia T, Ding N, Zhan L, Barnes G, Kim SB. Tislelizumab versus chemotherapy as second-line treatment of advanced or metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (RATIONALE 302): impact on health-related quality of life. ESMO Open. 2022 Aug;7(4):100517. doi: 10.1016/j.esmoop.2022.100517. Epub 2022 Jul 1.

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