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Testing the Addition of the Anti-cancer Viral Therapy Telomelysin™ to Chemoradiation for Patients With Advanced Esophageal Cancer and Are Not Candidates for Surgery

A Phase 1 interventional study of Carboplatin and Paclitaxel in Advanced Esophageal Adenocarcinoma, Advanced Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma and Clinical Stage II Esophageal Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8, sponsored by NRG Oncology. Active, not recruiting at 17 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-10-01.

Sponsored by NRG Oncology · Phase 1, Interventional, and Treatment

Updated Oct 1, 2026Study completion movedGo to Updates ↓
Phase
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
16
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

This phase I trial studies the side effects of OBP-301 when given together with carboplatin, paclitaxel, and radiation therapy in treating patients with esophageal or gastroesophageal cancer that invades local or regional structures. OBP-301 is a virus that has been designed to infect and destroy tumor cells (although there is a small risk that it can also infect normal cells). Chemotherapy drugs, such as carboplatin and paclitaxel, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Radiation therapy uses high energy x-rays to kill tumor cells and shrink tumors. Giving OBP-301 with chemotherapy and radiation therapy may work better than standard chemotherapy and radiation therapy in treating patients with esophageal or gastroesophageal cancer.

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PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:

I. To determine if the addition of OBP-301 to chemoradiation with carboplatin/paclitaxel is safe.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To assess toxicities associated with the addition of OBP-301 to chemoradiation.

II. To assess the number of clinical complete responses (cCR).

III. To assess the number of patients alive/without progression (progression-free survival [PFS]) and the number of patients alive (overall survival [OS]) at 1 and 2 years.

EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVE:

I. To report correlate outcomes - cCR, PFS and OS - with immune and virus-based correlative assays.

OUTLINE:

This study will evaluate an initial dose of OBP-301 and a de-escalated dose, if needed.

Patients receive OBP-301 by intratumoral injection via endoscopy on days -3, 12, and 26. Patients also receive carboplatin intravenously (IV) over 30 minutes and paclitaxel IV over 60 minutes on days 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29, and undergo radiation therapy on Monday through Friday beginning day 1 for 28 fractions over 5.5 weeks. All treatment continues in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 1 and 6-8 weeks, then every 3 months for 2 years.

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Conditions studied

  • Advanced Esophageal Adenocarcinoma
  • Advanced Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma
  • Clinical Stage II Esophageal Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8
  • Clinical Stage II Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8
  • Clinical Stage IIA Esophageal Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8
  • Clinical Stage IIA Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8
  • Clinical Stage IIB Esophageal Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8
  • Clinical Stage IIB Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8
  • Clinical Stage III Esophageal Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8
  • Clinical Stage III Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8
  • Pathologic Stage II Esophageal Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8
  • Pathologic Stage II Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8
  • Pathologic Stage IIA Esophageal Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8
  • Pathologic Stage IIA Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8
  • Pathologic Stage IIB Esophageal Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8
  • Pathologic Stage IIB Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8
  • Pathologic Stage III Esophageal Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8
  • Pathologic Stage III Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8
  • Pathologic Stage IIIA Esophageal Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8
  • Pathologic Stage IIIA Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8
  • Pathologic Stage IIIB Esophageal Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8
  • Pathologic Stage IIIB Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8
  • Postneoadjuvant Therapy Stage II Esophageal Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8
  • Postneoadjuvant Therapy Stage II Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8
  • Postneoadjuvant Therapy Stage III Esophageal Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8
  • Postneoadjuvant Therapy Stage III Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8
  • Postneoadjuvant Therapy Stage IIIA Esophageal Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8
  • Postneoadjuvant Therapy Stage IIIA Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8
  • Postneoadjuvant Therapy Stage IIIB Esophageal Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8
  • Postneoadjuvant Therapy Stage IIIB Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8
  • Unresectable Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma
  • Squamous Cell Carcinoma
  • Squamous Cell Cancer

Keywords

  • OBP-301
  • viral therapy
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In context

Carcinoma, Squamous Cell

627 studies on the registry are indexed under Carcinoma, Squamous Cell; 133 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 16 is below the median of 45 across 476 interventional studies indexed under Carcinoma, Squamous Cell.

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Lead sponsor

NRG Oncology is the lead sponsor of 72 studies on the registry; 25 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Go through the criteria one by one — yes, no or not sure — and take the list to your doctor or the study team. Kept in this browser only.

Inclusion criteria

  • Pathologically (histologically or cytologically) proven diagnosis of adenocarcinoma or squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the esophagus or gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) within 90 days prior to registration

    • Gastroesophageal junction tumors must be Siewert type I/II
  • Required diagnostic workup for study entry:

    • History/physical examination prior to registration
    • Computed tomography (CT) of the chest/abdomen with intravenous contrast within 28 days prior to registration; If CT contrast is magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the chest/abdomen without contrast is permitted
    • Bronchoscopy for squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) tumors that are adjacent to the airway to exclude a tracheoesophageal fistula within 42 days prior to registration
    • Endoscopic ultrasound (if technically feasible) within 90 days prior to registration
    • Whole body positron emission tomography (PET)/CT scan within 42 days prior to registration: Note: scan will be used for radiation treatment planning, in addition to ruling out disease
  • (ECOG) performance status of 0-2 within 14 days prior to registration
  • Adequate hematologic function within 14 days prior to registration defined as follows ≥ 1,500/mcL (within 14 days prior to registration) ≥ 9 gm/dL (within 14 days prior to registration) ≥ 100,000/mcL (within 14 days prior to registration)
  • Adequate renal function within 14 days prior to registration defined as follows of ≥ 50 ml/min (as calculated by Cockcroft-Gault equation) (within 14 days prior to registration)
  • Total ≤ 1.5 x (ULN) (within 14 days prior to registration)
  • /ALT ≤ 2.5 x ULN
  • Patients for whom non-operative management is a viable option in the opinion of a thoracic surgeon and/or multidisciplinary team and are candidates for chemoradiation; this does not preclude patients from receiving surgery after chemoradiation if felt to me medically indicated;
  • Patients must, in the opinion of a treating gastroenterologist, have a tumor that is amenable to intratumoral injection with at least 1 mL (1 x 10\^12 vp/mL) of OBP-301 and be a candidate for 3 endoscopy procedures
  • Female patients of child bearing potential must have a negative serum/urine pregnancy test within 14 days prior to study entry. A female not of is one who has undergone a hysterectomy, bilateral oophorectomy, tubal ligation, or who has had no menses for 12 consecutive months
  • Patients of must agree to use effective for the duration of study treatment as well as 6 months (for women) or 12 months (for men) after the last administered injection of OBP-301. Effective contraception includes oral contraceptives, implantable hormonal contraception, double-barrier method or intrauterine device
  • The patient must provide study-specific prior to study entry
  • Patients with a prior or concurrent whose natural history or treatment does not have the potential to interfere with the safety or efficacy assessment of the regimen are eligible for this trial
  • Known acute or chronic or C infection (testing not required prior to study entry in patients with no known history of hepatitis B or C)

    • For patients with evidence of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, the HBV viral load must be undetectable on suppressive therapy, if indicated
    • For patients with a history of virus (HCV) infection, they must (i) have been treated and cured, (ii) for patients with HCV infection who are currently on treatment, they are eligible if they have an undetectable HCV viral load
  • (HIV)-infected patients on effective anti-retroviral therapy with undetectable viral load within 6 months prior to study entry are eligible for this trial

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Definitive clinical or radiologic evidence of disease including:

    • Positive malignant cytology of the pleura, pericardium or peritoneum
    • Radiographic evidence of involvement of any adjacent mediastinal structure, e.g. aorta, trachea, which would increase the risk of repeated endoscopic interventions
    • Tracheoesophageal fistula
    • Radiographic evidence of distant organ involvement
    • Non-regional lymph nodes that cannot be contained within a radiation field
  • More than 1 esophageal lesion
  • Prior systemic chemotherapy for the study cancer
  • Prior radiotherapy to the region of the study cancer that would result in overlap of radiation therapy fields
  • -proven tumor invasion of the tracheobronchial tree or presence of tracheoesophageal fistula or recurrent laryngeal or phrenic nerve paralysis
  • For patients with known history or current symptoms of cardiac disease, or history of treatment with cardiotoxic agents, a functional classification 2C or worse
  • Uncontrolled diabetes
  • Infection requiring IV antibiotics at the time of registration
  • Patients requiring medications including chronic suppressive therapy (greater than the equivalent of 20 mg/day of prednisone), methotrexate, azathioprine and TNF-alpha blockers within 7 days prior to study entry
  • Received within 30 days prior to registration
  • Received a blood transfusion, hematopoietic agent; granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF), and/or oxygen supplementation within 7 days before the screening lab
  • Breast feeding females
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(24)

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Contraindication

A reason a treatment, test or procedure should not be given to a particular person, such as an allergy, another illness or a medicine they take.

Metastases

Cancer that has spread from where it began to other parts of the body. “Metastatic” cancer is cancer that has spread this way.

ECOG performance status

A scale of how much an illness limits everyday activity. For people being assessed to join a study, scores run from 0 (fully active) to 4; lower is more active.

0
Fully active, no restrictions.
1
Limited in strenuous activity, but walking and able to do light work, such as housework or office work.
2
Walking and able to look after yourself, but unable to work; up and about more than half of waking hours.
3
Able to look after yourself only in part; in bed or a chair more than half of waking hours.
4
Unable to look after yourself at all; in bed or a chair all day.

Studies most often ask for 0–1 or 0–2. Your doctor gives the score; the WHO scale uses the same steps. The full scale also has 5, which records death.

Absolute neutrophil count (ANC)

The number of neutrophils, white blood cells that help fight infection, in a given amount of blood. Too few raises the risk of infection.

It is a count, not a percentage of the white cells. Limits are written in units that mean the same: ≥ 1.5 × 10⁹/L is ≥ 1,500 per mm³ (µL). Each lab has its own reference range.

Hemoglobin (Hb)

The protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen. A low level is anaemia, which can cause tiredness and breathlessness. Measured in g/dL or g/L (9 g/dL is 90 g/L).

Platelets

Blood cells that help blood clot. Too few raises the risk of bleeding and bruising. A usual adult range is about 150–400 × 10⁹/L (150,000–400,000 per µL); each lab has its own reference range.

Creatinine clearance (CrCl)

How quickly the kidneys clear creatinine, a waste product, from the blood. A study may estimate it from a blood test with age, weight and sex (often by the Cockcroft–Gault formula), or measure it using blood and urine collected over a set time. Given in mL/min; higher is better.

Bilirubin

A yellow substance made when red blood cells are broken down, which the liver clears. A high level can mean a problem with the liver or the bile ducts.

Criteria often allow more for people with Gilbert’s syndrome, a harmless inherited condition that raises bilirubin.

ULN (upper limit of normal)

The top of the normal range for a blood test, as set by the laboratory that runs it. Each lab prints its own range next to your result.

“≤ 2.5 × ULN” means the result can be up to two and a half times that top value.

ALT and AST (liver enzymes)

Two enzymes measured in a routine blood test of the liver. Higher levels can mean the liver is under strain or damaged. SGPT and SGOT are older names for ALT and AST.

Criteria usually give a limit as a multiple of the upper limit of normal (ULN), often higher when cancer has spread to the liver.

Childbearing potential

Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).

Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.

Reproductive potential

Able to have children. For women this usually means from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery; for men, unless permanently sterile. Read who the line is about — participants, women, men, or their partners.

Criteria about it usually ask for contraception during the study and for a time after it.

Contraception

Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.

Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.

Informed consent

Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.

You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.

Cancer (malignancy)

Malignancy means cancer. Criteria about another or earlier malignancy ask whether you have had a different cancer, usually within a set number of years.

Some are commonly allowed, such as treated skin cancers other than melanoma and early cancers removed completely — check the exceptions this study lists.

Investigational drug or device

A drug or device being studied in a clinical trial.

It may be new, or already approved and being studied for another use, dose or form. Criteria often leave out people who took part in another study of one within a recent period, commonly 30 days or five half-lives.

Hepatitis B tests

Hepatitis B is a virus that infects the liver. These are separate tests: HBsAg positive usually means a current infection (a recent vaccination can briefly cause it too); total anti-HBc (HBcAb) positive means an infection now or in the past; HBV DNA measures how much virus is in the blood.

Some studies accept a past infection if HBV DNA is undetectable, sometimes with antiviral medicine during the study. Check what this study allows.

Hepatitis C tests

Hepatitis C is a virus that infects the liver. An HCV antibody test can stay positive after an infection has cleared (and is occasionally positive without one); an HCV RNA test shows whether the virus is there now.

After treatment, hepatitis C counts as cured when HCV RNA is still undetectable 12 weeks or more after the treatment ended. Studies often accept people cured this way.

HIV

The human immunodeficiency virus, which weakens the immune system.

Many studies now accept people whose HIV is controlled on treatment, judged by the viral load and the CD4 count. Check the limits this study sets.

Biopsy and archival tissue

A biopsy takes a small piece of tissue to examine. “Archival tissue” is a sample already taken, for example at diagnosis, and kept by the hospital.

Whether a stored sample will do depends on when it was taken, how much there is and what the study needs. Ask whether the study accepts your stored sample or needs a new biopsy.

NYHA class (heart failure)

The New York Heart Association’s four classes of how much heart failure limits physical activity.

I
No limits: ordinary activity causes no undue tiredness or breathlessness.
II
Slight limits: comfortable at rest, ordinary activity causes symptoms.
III
Marked limits: comfortable at rest, less than ordinary activity causes symptoms.
IV
Symptoms even at rest; any activity makes them worse.

Studies set their own limit — many outside heart failure leave out class III–IV, while heart failure studies may ask for a particular class. Check the class this study names.

Immunosuppression

A weakened immune system. It can come from an illness, such as HIV or some blood cancers, or from medicines that turn the immune system down, for example after an organ transplant or for an autoimmune disease; steroids at higher doses count.

Read whether the line is about a condition or about medicines, and which medicines and doses it means.

Corticosteroids (steroids)

Anti-inflammatory medicines such as prednisone, prednisolone and dexamethasone — not the anabolic steroids used for muscle.

Studies differ in what they allow: check which steroid medicines, routes (tablets, injections, creams, inhalers, eye drops) and doses this study accepts.

Live vaccines

Vaccines made with a weakened form of the germ, such as measles–mumps–rubella (MMR), chickenpox and yellow fever. They can be risky when the immune system is weakened. Flu injections are not live; the nasal flu spray is.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
16 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Treatment (OBP-301, carboplatin, paclitaxel, radiation)

    Patients receive OBP-301 (1×10\^12 vp/mL) by intra-tumoral injection via endoscopy on days -3, 12, and 26. Patients also receive paclitaxel IV (50 mg/m\^2) over 60 minutes followed by carboplatin IV (AUC 2) over 30 minutes and on days 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29, and undergo radiation therapy (1.8 Gy/faction) on Monday through Friday beginning day 1 for 28 fractions (50.4 Gy total) over 5.5 weeks. All treatment continues in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

    Drug: Carboplatin · Drug: Paclitaxel · Radiation: Radiation Therapy · Biological: Telomerase-specific Type 5 Adenovirus OBP-301

Interventions

  • Intravenously (IV)

    Also known as: Blastocarb, Carboplat, Carboplatin Hexal, Carboplatino, Carboplatinum, Carbosin, Carbosol, Carbotec, CBDCA, Displata, Ercar, JM-8, Nealorin, Novoplatinum, Paraplatin, Paraplatin AQ, Paraplatine, Platinwas, Ribocarbo

  • Intravenously (IV)

    Also known as: Anzatax, Asotax, Bristaxol, Praxel, Taxol, Taxol Konzentrat

  • RadiationRadiation Therapy

    Daily fractions

    Also known as: Cancer Radiotherapy, Irradiate, Irradiated, Irradiation, Radiation, Radiation Therapy, NOS, Radiotherapeutics, RADIOTHERAPY, RT, Therapy, Radiation

  • Intra-tumoral injection

    Also known as: OBP-301, Telomelysin ™

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Number of Participants Experiencing Any Dose-Limiting Toxicities (DLTs)

    Adverse events are graded according to Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 5.0, which grades adverse event severity as follows: 1 = mild, 2 = moderate, 3 = severe, 4 = life-threatening, 5 = death related to adverse event. A DLT is defined as the following that are definitely or probably attributed to OBP-301: * Any grade ≥3 adverse event EXCEPT for the following: * Grade 3 nausea/vomiting * Grade 3 esophagitis or dehydration * The first occurrence of grade 3/4 neutropenia * Grade 3/4 lymphopenia (since this is a known toxicity of chemoradiation and OBP-301) * Any toxicity that leads to a \>14-day cumulative delay in chemoradiation. If 0 or 1 participants of 6 participants experienced a DLT, then the treatment regimen would be considered safe (and 9 more would be accrued for secondary endpoints). Otherwise, the regimen would be deemed too toxic and a second cohort of six participants would be accrued to a lower dose of OBP-301 (1 x 10\^11 vp/mL).

    Time frame: From start of protocol treatment until 30 days after the completion of chemoradiation, approximately 10 weeks.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Number of Participants by Highest Grade Adverse Event Reported

    The Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 5.0 grades adverse event severity as follows: 1 = mild, 2 = moderate, 3 = severe, 4 = life-threatening, 5 = death related to adverse event. Summary data is provided in this outcome measure; see Adverse Events Module for specific adverse event data.

    Time frame: From start of protocol treatment to last follow-up. Maximum follow-up was 28.7 months.

  2. Number of Participants With Clinical Complete Response (cCR)

    Clinical complete response is defined as grossly free of disease as determined by a visual inspection or if the visual inspection was not certain, then a negative biopsy. The number of participants is determined for two populations: * Complete case analysis only includes eligible participants who started protocol treatment and were assessed for cCR; * Sensitivity analysis includes all eligible participants who started protocol treatment and counts participants without an assessment as not achieving a cCR.

    Time frame: 6-8 weeks after completion of chemoradiation, approximately 11.5-13.5 weeks from baseline.

  3. Number of Participants Alive Without Progression at 1 and 2 Years

    Progression is defined as pathologically confirmed recurrence of local disease or clinical evidence of distant disease.

    Time frame: At 1 and 2 years

  4. Number of Participants Alive at 1 and 2 Years

    Time frame: At 1 and 2 years

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Results

Posted May 29, 2025

Participant flow

Participant flow — Overall Study
MilestoneTreatment (OBP-301, Carboplatin, Paclitaxel, Radiation)
Started16
Completed15
Not completed1
Withdrew: Protocol violation1

Outcome measures

PrimaryNumber of Participants Experiencing Any Dose-Limiting Toxicities (DLTs)

Adverse events are graded according to Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 5.0, which grades adverse event severity as follows: 1 = mild, 2 = moderate, 3 = severe, 4 = life-threatening, 5 = death related to adverse event. A DLT is defined as the following that are definitely or probably attributed to OBP-301: * Any grade ≥3 adverse event EXCEPT for the following: * Grade 3 nausea/vomiting * Grade 3 esophagitis or dehydration * The first occurrence of grade 3/4 neutropenia * Grade 3/4 lymphopenia (since this is a known toxicity of chemoradiation and OBP-301) * Any toxicity that leads to a \>14-day cumulative delay in chemoradiation. If 0 or 1 participants of 6 participants experienced a DLT, then the treatment regimen would be considered safe (and 9 more would be accrued for secondary endpoints). Otherwise, the regimen would be deemed too toxic and a second cohort of six participants would be accrued to a lower dose of OBP-301 (1 x 10\^11 vp/mL).

Time frame:
From start of protocol treatment until 30 days after the completion of chemoradiation, approximately 10 weeks.
Reported as:
Count of participants · Participants
Number of Participants Experiencing Any Dose-Limiting Toxicities (DLTs)
ParticipantsTreatment (OBP-301, Carboplatin, Paclitaxel, Radiation)
Number of Participants Experiencing Any Dose-Limiting Toxicities (DLTs)0
SecondaryNumber of Participants by Highest Grade Adverse Event Reported

The Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 5.0 grades adverse event severity as follows: 1 = mild, 2 = moderate, 3 = severe, 4 = life-threatening, 5 = death related to adverse event. Summary data is provided in this outcome measure; see Adverse Events Module for specific adverse event data.

Time frame:
From start of protocol treatment to last follow-up. Maximum follow-up was 28.7 months.
Reported as:
Count of participants · Participants
Number of Participants by Highest Grade Adverse Event Reported
ParticipantsTreatment (OBP-301, Carboplatin, Paclitaxel, Radiation)
All adverse events — None reported0
All adverse events — Grade 11
All adverse events — Grade 21
All adverse events — Grade 37
All adverse events — Grade 44
All adverse events — Grade 52
Definitely or probably related to any protocol treatment — None reported1
Definitely or probably related to any protocol treatment — Grade 13
Definitely or probably related to any protocol treatment — Grade 21
Definitely or probably related to any protocol treatment — Grade 38
Definitely or probably related to any protocol treatment — Grade 41
Definitely or probably related to any protocol treatment — Grade 51
Definitely or probably related to OBP-301 protocol treatment — None reported7
Definitely or probably related to OBP-301 protocol treatment — Grade 12
Definitely or probably related to OBP-301 protocol treatment — Grade 25
Definitely or probably related to OBP-301 protocol treatment — Grade 30
Definitely or probably related to OBP-301 protocol treatment — Grade 41
Definitely or probably related to OBP-301 protocol treatment — Grade 50
SecondaryNumber of Participants With Clinical Complete Response (cCR)

Clinical complete response is defined as grossly free of disease as determined by a visual inspection or if the visual inspection was not certain, then a negative biopsy. The number of participants is determined for two populations: * Complete case analysis only includes eligible participants who started protocol treatment and were assessed for cCR; * Sensitivity analysis includes all eligible participants who started protocol treatment and counts participants without an assessment as not achieving a cCR.

Time frame:
6-8 weeks after completion of chemoradiation, approximately 11.5-13.5 weeks from baseline.
Reported as:
Count of participants · Participants
Number of Participants With Clinical Complete Response (cCR)
ParticipantsTreatment (OBP-301, Carboplatin, Paclitaxel, Radiation)
Complete Case Analysis13
Sensitivity Analysis13
SecondaryNumber of Participants Alive Without Progression at 1 and 2 Years

Progression is defined as pathologically confirmed recurrence of local disease or clinical evidence of distant disease.

Time frame:
At 1 and 2 years

Results for this outcome have not been posted.

SecondaryNumber of Participants Alive at 1 and 2 Years
Time frame:
At 1 and 2 years

Results for this outcome have not been posted.

Adverse events

Collected over From start of protocol treatment to last follow-up. Maximum follow-up was 28.7 months.. Non-serious events are listed at a 0% frequency threshold.

Adverse event summary by group
GroupDeathsSeriousOther
Treatment (OBP-301, Carboplatin, Paclitaxel, Radiation)5/15 (33.3%)7/15 (46.7%)15/15 (100%)
Most frequent serious events
Showing 10 of 12
Most frequent serious events
EventTreatment (OBP-301, Carboplatin, Paclitaxel, Radiation)
SepsisInfections and infestations2/15
Atrial fibrillationCardiac disorders1/15
Esophageal fistulaGastrointestinal disorders1/15
Esophageal stenosisGastrointestinal disorders1/15
FeverGeneral disorders1/15
Lung infectionInfections and infestations1/15
FallInjury, poisoning and procedural complications1/15
Neutrophil count decreasedInvestigations1/15
DehydrationMetabolism and nutrition disorders1/15
DyspneaRespiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders1/15
Most frequent other events
Showing 10 of 110
Most frequent other events
EventTreatment (OBP-301, Carboplatin, Paclitaxel, Radiation)
FatigueGeneral disorders13/15
Lymphocyte count decreasedInvestigations12/15
White blood cell decreasedInvestigations12/15
AnemiaBlood and lymphatic system disorders10/15
ConstipationGastrointestinal disorders9/15
NauseaGastrointestinal disorders9/15
Neutrophil count decreasedInvestigations9/15
DiarrheaGastrointestinal disorders8/15
Platelet count decreasedInvestigations8/15
HyponatremiaMetabolism and nutrition disorders8/15

Baseline characteristics

Eligible participants who started treatment.

Age, Continuous
Age, Continuous(years)Treatment (OBP-301, Carboplatin, Paclitaxel, Radiation)
Median74 (62 to 87)
Sex: Female, Male
Sex: Female, Male(Participants)Treatment (OBP-301, Carboplatin, Paclitaxel, Radiation)
Female3
Male12
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)(Participants)Treatment (OBP-301, Carboplatin, Paclitaxel, Radiation)
Hispanic or Latino1
Not Hispanic or Latino13
Unknown or Not Reported1
Race (NIH/OMB)
Race (NIH/OMB)(Participants)Treatment (OBP-301, Carboplatin, Paclitaxel, Radiation)
American Indian or Alaska Native0
Asian0
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander0
Black or African American0
White15
More than one race0
Unknown or Not Reported0
Zubrod Performance Status
Zubrod Performance Status(Participants)Treatment (OBP-301, Carboplatin, Paclitaxel, Radiation)
0 (Asymptomatic)6
1 (Symptomatic but completely ambulatory)9
Histologic Type
Histologic Type(Participants)Treatment (OBP-301, Carboplatin, Paclitaxel, Radiation)
Adenocarcinoma11
Squamous cell carcinoma4
Tumor Location
Tumor Location(Participants)Treatment (OBP-301, Carboplatin, Paclitaxel, Radiation)
Esophagogastric junction3
Esophagus12
Siewert Type for Esophagogastric Junction
Siewert Type for Esophagogastric Junction(Participants)Treatment (OBP-301, Carboplatin, Paclitaxel, Radiation)
Type I2
Type II1

3 further baseline measures are reported on the registry.

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Study locations

17 sites
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References and documents

Study documents

PDFs hosted by the registry, ClinicalTrials.gov.

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Timeline

1 registry update since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedDate before it movedWhere the date was before it movedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Ran from Dec 2021 to primary completion in Oct 2024, 34 months.

Results were first posted in May 2025, 7 months after primary completion.

Of 42 phase 1 interventional studies under Carcinoma, Squamous Cell, half reached primary completion within 40 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 32 and three quarters within 62. This study's 34 months is below that.

Completion moved once since we started tracking on Sep 25, 2026: Oct 2030 → Oct 2029, on Oct 1, 2026.

Earlier changes are on the record history on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
May 12, 2020
First posted
May 18, 2020
StartActual
Dec 2, 2021
Primary completionActual
Oct 6, 2024
CompletionEst.
Oct 6, 2029was Oct 2030
Results first posted
May 29, 2025
Last update
Oct 1, 2026
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
Study completion
Oct 6, 2030→Oct 6, 2029
Oct 1, 2026
Show all 1 update
  1. Oct 1, 2026
    Study completion Oct 6, 2030→Oct 6, 2029
    + 2 other changes: verification date and registry notes

From the registry record's own update history. This site started tracking changes on Sep 25, 2026; for anything earlier, see the record history on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT04391049
Lead sponsor
NRG Oncology
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
May 18, 2020
Start date
Dec 2, 2021
Primary completion
Oct 6, 2024
Completion
Oct 6, 2029 (estimated)
Results posted
May 29, 2025
Last update
Oct 1, 2026

Study contacts

Geoffrey Y Ku
principal investigator · NRG Oncology

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
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