Toripalimab Plus Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Combined With Chemoradiotherapy for Locally Advanced Unresectable Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Summary

This Phase II non-randomized study is to determine the efficacy and toxicity of neoadjuvant toripalimab plus chemotherapy followed by chemoradiotherapy for locally advanced unresectable esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.

Timeline

Start

2021-02-20

Primary completion

2024-12-20

Completion

2024-12-20

Publications

• Background Bray F, Ferlay J, Soerjomataram I, Siegel RL, Torre LA, Jemal A. Global cancer statistics 2018: GLOBOCAN estimates of incidence and mortality worldwide for 36 cancers in 185 countries. CA Cancer J Clin. 2018 Nov;68(6):394-424. doi: 10.3322/caac.21492. Epub 2018 Sep 12.
• Background Cooper JS, Guo MD, Herskovic A, Macdonald JS, Martenson JA Jr, Al-Sarraf M, Byhardt R, Russell AH, Beitler JJ, Spencer S, Asbell SO, Graham MV, Leichman LL. Chemoradiotherapy of locally advanced esophageal cancer: long-term follow-up of a prospective randomized trial (RTOG 85-01). Radiation Therapy Oncology Group. JAMA. 1999 May 5;281(17):1623-7. doi: 10.1001/jama.281.17.1623.
• Background Minsky BD, Pajak TF, Ginsberg RJ, Pisansky TM, Martenson J, Komaki R, Okawara G, Rosenthal SA, Kelsen DP. INT 0123 (Radiation Therapy Oncology Group 94-05) phase III trial of combined-modality therapy for esophageal cancer: high-dose versus standard-dose radiation therapy. J Clin Oncol. 2002 Mar 1;20(5):1167-74. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2002.20.5.1167.
• Background Chen Y, Ye J, Zhu Z, Zhao W, Zhou J, Wu C, Tang H, Fan M, Li L, Lin Q, Xia Y, Li Y, Li J, Jia H, Lu S, Zhang Z, Zhao K. Comparing Paclitaxel Plus Fluorouracil Versus Cisplatin Plus Fluorouracil in Chemoradiotherapy for Locally Advanced Esophageal Squamous Cell Cancer: A Randomized, Multicenter, Phase III Clinical Trial. J Clin Oncol. 2019 Jul 10;37(20):1695-1703. doi: 10.1200/JCO.18.02122. Epub 2019 Mar 28.
• Background Gaspar LE, Winter K, Kocha WI, Coia LR, Herskovic A, Graham M. A phase I/II study of external beam radiation, brachytherapy, and concurrent chemotherapy for patients with localized carcinoma of the esophagus (Radiation Therapy Oncology Group Study 9207): final report. Cancer. 2000 Mar 1;88(5):988-95.
• Background Kojima T, Shah MA, Muro K, Francois E, Adenis A, Hsu CH, Doi T, Moriwaki T, Kim SB, Lee SH, Bennouna J, Kato K, Shen L, Enzinger P, Qin SK, Ferreira P, Chen J, Girotto G, de la Fouchardiere C, Senellart H, Al-Rajabi R, Lordick F, Wang R, Suryawanshi S, Bhagia P, Kang SP, Metges JP; KEYNOTE-181 Investigators. Randomized Phase III KEYNOTE-181 Study of Pembrolizumab Versus Chemotherapy in Advanced Esophageal Cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2020 Dec 10;38(35):4138-4148. doi: 10.1200/JCO.20.01888. Epub 2020 Oct 7.
• Background Kato K, Shah MA, Enzinger P, Bennouna J, Shen L, Adenis A, Sun JM, Cho BC, Ozguroglu M, Kojima T, Kostorov V, Hierro C, Zhu Y, McLean LA, Shah S, Doi T. KEYNOTE-590: Phase III study of first-line chemotherapy with or without pembrolizumab for advanced esophageal cancer. Future Oncol. 2019 Apr;15(10):1057-1066. doi: 10.2217/fon-2018-0609. Epub 2019 Feb 8.
• Background Fan TY, Xing J, Lu J, Liu TH, Xu M, Zhang YJ, Shao Q, Li JB, Yu JM. Phase I/II study of induction chemotherapy plus concurrent chemotherapy and SMART-IMRT-based radiotherapy in locoregionally-advanced nasopharyngeal cancer. Oncol Lett. 2013 Mar;5(3):889-895. doi: 10.3892/ol.2013.1137. Epub 2013 Jan 15.
• Background Koom WS, Kim TH, Shin KH, Pyo HR, Kim JY, Kim DY, Yoon M, Park SY, Lee DH, Ryu JS, Jung YS, Lee SH, Cho KH. SMART (simultaneous modulated accelerated radiotherapy) for locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinomas. Head Neck. 2008 Feb;30(2):159-69. doi: 10.1002/hed.20667.
• Background Butler EB, Teh BS, Grant WH 3rd, Uhl BM, Kuppersmith RB, Chiu JK, Donovan DT, Woo SY. Smart (simultaneous modulated accelerated radiation therapy) boost: a new accelerated fractionation schedule for the treatment of head and neck cancer with intensity modulated radiotherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 1999 Aug 1;45(1):21-32. doi: 10.1016/s0360-3016(99)00101-7.
• Background Welsh J, Palmer MB, Ajani JA, Liao Z, Swisher SG, Hofstetter WL, Allen PK, Settle SH, Gomez D, Likhacheva A, Cox JD, Komaki R. Esophageal cancer dose escalation using a simultaneous integrated boost technique. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2012 Jan 1;82(1):468-74. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.10.023. Epub 2010 Dec 1.
• Background Song YP, Ma JB, Hu LK, Zhou W, Chen EC, Zhang W. Phase I/II study of hypofractioned radiation with three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy for clinical T3-4N0-1M0 stage esophageal carcinoma. Technol Cancer Res Treat. 2011 Feb;10(1):25-30. doi: 10.7785/tcrt.2012.500176.
• Background Ma JB, Wei L, Chen EC, Qin G, Song YP, Chen XM, Hao CG. Moderately hypofractionated conformal radiation treatment of thoracic esophageal carcinoma. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2012;13(8):4163-7. doi: 10.7314/apjcp.2012.13.8.4163.
• Liu F, Wang D, Rong Y, Wei S, SiTu Y, Wang M, Zhang H, Zhang P, Zheng S, Yin S, Xie C, Hu Y, Qiu B, Liu H. Safety and efficacy of neoadjuvant toripalimab plus chemotherapy followed by chemoradiotherapy for locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in China (GASTO 1071): a non-randomised, two-cohort, phase 2 trial. EClinicalMedicine. 2025 Apr 5;82:103184. doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2025.103184. eCollection 2025 Apr.

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