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Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma clinical trials

The registry lists 676 studies for Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma across more than 10 countries. 267 are recruiting or about to start. 522 of them are mainly about Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma (how this is decided). Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-11-13.

ClinicalTrials.gov finds 1,039 studies for Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma. How that becomes 674 here

This page counts the studies the registry files under Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, and those it files under no condition that list Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinomathemselves. Each study its search finds is placed by how the registry filed it and by the conditions it lists. ClinicalTrials.gov counts as of Nov 8, 2026. How condition pages count

  1. 1,039Found by its condition searchIt reads the conditions a study lists and their synonyms, and also titles and keywords.
  2. −11List Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma as a condition, but the registry did not file them under itMost often written as “Clinical Stage II Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma AJCC v8” (4), “Clinical Stage III Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma AJCC v8” (4), and “Clinical Stage IV Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma AJCC v8” (4). The registry filed them under other conditions only, most often Esophageal Neoplasms (6) and Pancreatic Neoplasms (3).
  3. −354Match it another way153 name it in the title, 1 in a keyword, and 200 by a synonym or other text the search reads.
  4. 674The count on this page50 of them list Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma in their own words; the registry filed them under no condition.

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Status

Recruiting
180
Completed
175
Status unknown
127
Not yet recruiting
76
Active, not recruiting
53
Terminated
39

Phase

Phase 2
384
Phase 1
112
Phase 3
88
Early Phase 1
4
Phase 4
2

Where

China
401
United States
137
Korea, Republic of
44
France
42
Taiwan
40
Spain
31

Who runs them

Fudan University (37) · Sun Yat-sen University (32) · The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University (19) · Peking University (19) · Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital (17) · Hebei Medical University Fourth Hospital (13) · Shanghai Zhongshan Hospital (12) · Shanghai Chest Hospital (12)

What is being tested here

Drugs under test in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma studies, those with the most open studies first. Medicines only given beside them are not counted. How drugs are counted

DrugOpenPhase 3All
Tislelizumab12421
Adebrelimab11014
Paclitaxel10642
Sintilimab9521
Toripalimab9316
Cisplatin6843
Anlotinib6113
Albumin-Bound Paclitaxel609
Sacituzumab tirumotecan606
Pembrolizumab5316

Drug classes tested here Immune checkpoint inhibitors 81 open · Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) 16 open · Antimitotic agents 11 open · Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) 9 open · Antimetabolites 5 open

Coming up

42phase 3 studies under way
73studies finish main data collection within a year8 of them phase 3

Studies recruiting or running, from their records. “Main data collection” ends at the primary completion date, the sponsor’s own estimate, which often moves.

The 10 nearest, phase 3 first

Who these studies take

Of the 180 Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma studies recruiting now, 83 (46%) set no upper age limit and 76 (42%) stop at 75 or younger. 3 (2%) take children under 18. 0 (0%) are for women only and 0 (0%) for men only; 8 (4%) take healthy volunteers.

Recruiting studies that take each age, of 180
AgeWomenMen
103 (2%)3 (2%)
18169 (94%)169 (94%)
30174 (97%)174 (97%)
40174 (97%)174 (97%)
50174 (97%)174 (97%)
65174 (97%)174 (97%)
75168 (93%)168 (93%)
8588 (49%)88 (49%)

Across all 676 studies, recruiting or not: 44% stop at 75 or younger and 1% at 65; 3% take children; 0% are for women only and 0% for men only; 5% take healthy volunteers. From each study’s registry entry; the criteria on its page decide.

How long Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma studies take

Of 173 phase 2 interventional studies under Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, half reached primary completion within 40 months of starting, counting those still running.

Start to primary completionEvery sponsorIndustryNon-industry
Phase 142 mo34–68 · 42 studies——
Phase 240 mo28–52 · 173 studies—41 mo30–55 · 153 studies
Phase 366 mo37–76 · 44 studies——
Interventional, no phase46 mo25–… · 37 studies——

Each figure is the month by which half the studies had reached primary completion, with the range in which the middle half did. Studies still running count until their last registry update; studies that stopped early are left out. Phase 1 includes early phase 1; observational means prospective or not stated, as retrospective and cross-sectional studies date a window of data rather than a study. How these figures are worked out

What changed recently

From the registry's own updates since Oct 15, 2026.

Started recruiting3

Stopped1

Newly registered5

Studies

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