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Nivolumab Combined With Chemotherapy in the Treatment of Primary Tracheal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

A Phase 2 interventional study of Nivolumab Injection [Opdivo] in Neoplasms, Carcinoma, Squamous and Antineoplastic Agents, sponsored by The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University. Recruiting at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 75 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-05-21.

Sponsored by The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Aug 2025, 1 year 2 months ago, but the record still lists the study as recruiting.
  • Started Oct 2023; still recruiting 3 years later.
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
25
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years to 75 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

This is a single-arm, open, II phase study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Nivolumab + carboplatin + paclitaxel in 25 newly diagnosed patients with primary tracheal squamous cell carcinoma.

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Primary tracheal tumors are rare, comprising 0.01-0.4% of all cancer cases. Most airway tumors present with non-specific symptoms, such as shortness of breath and a sore throat, which may not be attributable to the tumors themselves, leading to diagnostic delay. With limited treatment options, surgical resection is considered the cornerstone therapy. Neoadjuvant therapy is recommended as standard treatment for the early stages (stage IB/II) and locally advanced stages (stage IIIA) of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Whether neoadjuvant therapy affects subsequent pathological or surgical outcomes of primary tracheal tumors remains unclear. This study aimed to characterize the outcomes of neoadjuvant therapy for the treatment of primary tracheal squamous cell carcinoma.

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Conditions studied

  • Neoplasms
  • Carcinoma, Squamous
  • Antineoplastic Agents

Keywords

  • tracheal tumor
  • neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy
  • surgery
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In context

Carcinoma

6,745 studies on the registry are indexed under Carcinoma; 1,163 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 25 is below the median of 45 across 5,174 interventional studies indexed under Carcinoma.

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Lead sponsor

The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University is the lead sponsor of 158 studies on the registry; 65 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 to 75 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  1. Bronchoscopic biopsy confirmed as tracheal squamous cell carcinoma by pathological examination
  2. PET-CT confirmed no metastasis;
  3. ECOG physical status score 0-1;
  4. Bronchoscopy, and chest CT is evaluated as early or locally advanced tracheal malignant tumor, and radical surgery is expected to be feasible or after neoadjuvant therapy.
  5. Age ≥ 18 years;
  6. Have one measurable lesion at least;
  7. Good function of other major organs (liver, kidney, blood system, etc.):-absolute neutrophil count ((ANC) ≥ 1.5 × 109), platelet (≥ 100 × 109), hemoglobin (≥ 90g/L). Note: patients shall not receive blood transfusion or growth factor support within 14 days before blood collection during the screening period;-International standardized ratio (INR) or prothrombin time (PT) ≤ 1.5 × normal upper limit (ULN);-activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) ≤ 1.5 × ULN;- serum total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 × ULN (Gilbert syndrome patients with total bilirubin must be \< 3×ULN). Fertile female patients with aspartate and alanine aminotransferase (AST and ALT) ≤ 2.5 × ULN, or liver metastasis with AST and ALT ≤ 5 × ULN
  8. Fertile female patients must voluntarily take effective contraceptive measures more than 120 days after chemotherapy or the last administration of Nivolumab, whichever is later, and the urine or serum pregnancy test results less than 7 days before entering the group were negative. Unsterilized male patients must voluntarily take effective contraceptive measures ≥ 120 days after chemotherapy or the last administration of Nivolumab, whichever is the latter.
  9. Sign informed consent;

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Any Chinese herbal medicine used to control cancer was used within 14 days before the first administration of the study drug;
  2. Patients with other malignant tumors in the five years before the start of this trial.
  3. Complicated with unstable systemic diseases, including active infections, uncontrolled hypertension, unstable angina pectoris, congestive heart failure [higher than II (New York College of Cardiology)], severe arrhythmias, liver, kidney or metabolic diseases;
  4. Active, known or suspected autoimmune diseases, or autoimmune paraneoplastic syndrome requiring systemic treatment;
  5. A history of active bleeding or embolism within 6 months, or received thrombolysis or anticoagulation therapy, or the researchers believe that there is an obvious tendency of gastrointestinal bleeding (such as esophageal varices have the risk of bleeding, local active ulcer lesions, etc.);
  6. Had is suffering from nephrotic syndrome
  7. Allergic to experimental drugs;
  8. Complicated with HIV infection or active hepatitis.
  9. Vaccination within 4 weeks before the start of this trial;
  10. Those who had undergone other major operations or severe injuries within the previous 2 months;
  11. Clinically uncontrolled pleural effusion or ascites requiring pleural or abdominal puncture drainage within 2 weeks before admission;
  12. Pregnant or lactating women;
  13. Those with neurological diseases or mental disorders.
  14. Participated in another therapeutic clinical study at the same time;
  15. Other researchers did not consider it appropriate to enroll in the group.
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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
25 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Nivolumab

    Neoadjuvant treatment stage: Nivolumab 360mg, Carboplatin AUC5+ paclitaxel 100 mg/m ², iv, 3 weeks per cycle, 2-4 cycles in total; Surgical treatment stage: Patients with primary tracheal squamous cell carcinoma received radical surgery after neoadjuvant therapy, and patients who could not or refused surgical treatment due to various reasons were treated with multidisciplinary discussion.

    Drug: Nivolumab Injection [Opdivo]

Interventions

  • DrugNivolumab Injection [Opdivo]

    Neoadjuvant treatment stage: Nivolumab +Carboplatin AUC+ paclitaxel

    Also known as: carboplatin, paclitaxel

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Major pathologic response (MPR)

    MPR is defined as the proportion of participants who have achieved major pathologic response (on routine hematoxylin and eosin staining, tumors with no more than 10% viable tumor cells) in all participants who have completed the neoadjuvant therapy before surgery

    Time frame: up to 4 months

  2. Safety: frequency of severe adverse events

    The frequency of severe adverse events from the participants enrolling to 30 days after the last drug administration or 30 days after surgery or new anti-cancer therapy, which comes first.

    Time frame: up to 5 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Progression-free survival (PFS)

    PFS is defined as the time from the enrollment of the subject to the first determination of disease progression or death of any cause according to RECISTv1.1, whichever occurs first.

    Time frame: up to 24 months

  2. Overall survival (OS)

    It is defined as the time from enrollment to death of participant due to any cause. In the case of a patient who still survives at the time of analysis, the date of last contact will be taken as the censoring date. In the event of a patient with the survival status unknown, the date when the patient is last known to be alive will be used for interpolation (censoring).

    Time frame: up to 60 months

  3. Disease control rate (DCR)

    The proportion of patients whose best overall remission (BOR) is CR, PR or disease stable (SD) according to RECISTv1.1 evaluation

    Time frame: up to 60 months

  4. Duration of remission (DOR)

    According to the time from the first recording of objective remission to relapse or death from any cause determined by RECISTv1.1, whichever occurs first.

    Time frame: up to 60 months

  5. R0 rate

    There were no visible tumors in the surgical margin, and the tumor cells in the surgical margin within 1mm were negative under the microscope

    Time frame: up to 4 months

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University
    Guangzhou, Guangdong 510120, China
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Undecided

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 21, 2024, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT05964101
Lead sponsor
The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University
Responsible party
Shuben Li (Professor, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University) — Principal investigator
First posted
Jul 27, 2023
Start date
Oct 1, 2023
Primary completion
Aug 1, 2025 (estimated)
Completion
May 31, 2026 (estimated)
Last update
May 21, 2024

Study contacts

Shuben Li, PhD
Contact
13500030280@163.com
+8613500030280
Shuben Li, PhD
study chair · The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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