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RecruitingNCT06084897Updated Jun 14, 2024

Radiotherapy in Patients With Metastatic Esophageal Cancer Responding to PD-1 Inhibitor Plus Chemotherapy

A Phase 2 interventional study of TP (Paclitaxel with cisplatin or carboplatin) or PF (Fluoropyrimidine with cisplatin or carboplatin) regimen depended on investigator's choice. and PD-1 inhibitor in Esophageal Neoplasm Metastatic and Esophageal Cancer Stage IVb, sponsored by Cancer Institute and Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences. Recruiting at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-06-14.

Sponsored by Cancer Institute and Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Apr 2026, 5 months ago, but the record still lists the study as recruiting.
  • Started Oct 2023; still recruiting 2 years 11 months later.
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
120
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The treatment efficacy for stage IVb esophageal cancer has been improved through chemotherapy combined with immunotherapy recently.

On this basis, the investigators intend to conduct a prospective, multicenter phase II clinical trial to assess whether radiotherapy could further improve the survival of patients with metastatic esophageal cancer responding to PD-1 Inhibitor plus chemotherapy.

Accompanied tissue samples, blood samples and urine samples will be analyzed by molecular biological detection (Including Whole Exome Sequencing and proteomics) to explore potential biomarkers for predicting outcomes, efficacy and toxicity.

Read the detailed description

Esophageal cancer (EC) is one of the most common carcinomas with high morbidity and mortality worldwide. More than 30% of the patients were stage IV when diagnosed. Fluoropyrimidine plus platinum-based chemotherapy is recommended as first-line treatment for patients with metastatic EC for approximately four decades, however, only minimal improvement has been reached in overall survival (OS).

Recently, immune checkpoint inhibitors have shown effective antitumor activity in patients with unresectable, advanced or metastatic EC. Several randomized trials have demonstrated the PD-1 inhibitor could further improve the OS in patients with advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) on the basis of chemotherapy. Chemotherapy combined with immunotherapy has become one of the the standard treatment modality for metastatic EC.

As reported, for the patients with metastatic lung cancer or EC, locoregional radiotherapy could improve survival, especially in those who responding to systemic therapy. However, high-level evidence is still needed to assess whether these patients can benefit from local radiotherapy.

The efficacy of immunotherapy combined with chemotherapy is obviously better than that of chemotherapy alone. On this basis, locoregional radiotherapy may help those patients with metastatic EC responding to systemic therapy improve local control, relieve the local symptoms, and even improve survival.

Therefore, the investigators intend to conduct a prospective, multicenter phase II trial to assess the efficiency and safety of radiotherapy with chemotherapy and immunotherapy for patients with metastatic EC. Accompanied tissue samples, blood samples and urine samples will be analyzed by molecular biological detection to explore potential biomarkers for predicting outcomes, efficacy and toxicity.

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Conditions studied

  • Esophageal Neoplasm Metastatic
  • Esophageal Cancer Stage IVb
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In context

Esophageal Neoplasms

1,593 studies on the registry are indexed under Esophageal Neoplasms; 461 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 120 is above the median of 58 across 1,171 interventional studies indexed under Esophageal Neoplasms.

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Lead sponsor

Cancer Institute and Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences is the lead sponsor of 373 studies on the registry; 270 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

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

Inclusion criteria

    1. ≥18 years, any gender
    1. Histologically or cytologically confirmed squamous cell carcinoma of esophageal cancer. The initial clinical stage is IVb (2018 AJCC Cancer Staging Manual, 8th Edition) or recurrent patients with recurrence after radical treatment (radical treatment includes surgery and radiotherapy, but the recurrence site cannot be located in the previous radiotherapy field).
    1. ECOG performance status \<= 1. Patients aged 65 years and over need to complete G8 screening or Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment, and the final evaluation is good;
  • 4.There was no significant abnormality in laboratory routine indicators such as blood routine and liver and kidney function;
  • 5.For patients after definitive or preoperative radiotherapy, no recurrence was in the prior radiation filed;
  • 6.Expected survival is more than 12 weeks;
  • 7.Informed consent provided;
  • 8.With response to 2-4 cycles of the first-line chemotherapy combined with immunotherapy.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • 1.Patients with other cancer history except hypopharyngeal carcinoma in situ, non-malignant skin cancer and cervical carcinoma in situ.
  • 2.Received surgery (except ostomy), chemotherapy or other anti-tumor treatment before enrollment;
    1. Active infection currently exists . The following conditions occurred within 6 months before randomization: myocardial infarction, cerebrovascular accident, or received gastrointestinal, neurological, cardiopulmonary surgery;
    1. History of allergy to chemotherapy drugs or autoimmune disease;
    1. Participate in other clinical trials at present or within 4 weeks before enrollment;
  • 6.There are factors such as high risk of fistula that radiotherapy cannot be safely carried out as assessed by the radiation oncologist.
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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
120 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Consolidation radiotherapy

    This treatment group will be receive radiotherapy on the basis of standard first-line treatment, after all planned cycles of chemotherapy combined with PD-1 inhibitor completed.

    Drug: TP (Paclitaxel with cisplatin or carboplatin) or PF (Fluoropyrimidine with cisplatin or carboplatin) regimen depended on investigator's choice. · Biological: PD-1 inhibitor · Radiation: Consolidation Radiation

  • Experimental
    Salvage radiotherapy

    This treatment group will be receive salvage radiotherapy on the basis of standard first-line treatment, when disease progressed and salvage radiotherapy is recommended by multidisciplinary team.

    Drug: TP (Paclitaxel with cisplatin or carboplatin) or PF (Fluoropyrimidine with cisplatin or carboplatin) regimen depended on investigator's choice. · Biological: PD-1 inhibitor · Radiation: Salvage Radiation

Interventions

  • DrugTP (Paclitaxel with cisplatin or carboplatin) or PF (Fluoropyrimidine with cisplatin or carboplatin) regimen depended on investigator's choice.

    A maximum of six cycles was recommended for chemotherapy. * Fluoropyrimidine (fluorouracil or capecitabine) with carboplatin or cisplatin; * Paclitaxel (or Albumin-bound paclitaxel) with carboplatin or cisplatin.

    Also known as: Chemotherapy

  • BiologicalPD-1 inhibitor

    Nivolumab or Pembrolizumab or Tislelizumab or Serplulimab or Toripalimab or Sintilimab or Camrelizumab

    Also known as: Immunotherapy

  • RadiationConsolidation Radiation

    IMRT/VMAT technique. Patients receive radiotherapy once daily, 5 days a week for an average of 5 weeks. Radiotherapy is delivered to achieve a dosage of 49.22Gy/23f or 50Gy/25f to PGTV for lymphnode metastasis only patients and 40.66Gy/19f or 40Gy/20f for organ metastasis patients. Radiation treatment is planned after chemotherapy completed.

    Also known as: Planned Radiotherapy

  • RadiationSalvage Radiation

    IMRT/VMAT technique. Patients receive radiotherapy once daily, 5 days a week for an average of 5 weeks. Radiotherapy is delivered to achieve a dosage of 49.22Gy/23f or 50Gy/25f to PGTV for lymphnode metastasis only patients and 40.66\~49.22Gy/19f \~23f or 40\~50Gy/20\~25f for organ metastasis patients. Radiation treatment is planned after disease progression when recommended by multidisciplinary team.

    Also known as: Radiotherapy when needed

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. EFFICACY:1-year overall survival probability

    Overall survival was defined as the time from first dose to death due to any cause. Participants without documented death at the time of the final analysis were censored at the date of the last follow-up. OS is reported for all participants of the Intent-To-Treat (ITT) population. The Kaplan-Meier method was used to calculated the 1-year survival probability.

    Time frame: 12 month

Secondary outcomes

  1. EFFICACY: Median progression-free survival (PFS)

    Median progression-free survival (PFS), was defined as the time from first dose to the first documented progressive disease (PD) per RECIST 1.1 as assessed by the investigator, or death due to any cause, whichever occurred first.

    Time frame: 12 month

  2. SAFETY: Acute toxicity rate

    Acute toxicity Rate, was defined as the frequency of toxicities related to the treatment, which arises within one month after administration, according to National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Event,Version 5.0 (CTC AE5.0).

    Time frame: One month within the end of one specific treatment

  3. SAFETY: Late toxicity rate

    Late toxicity rate, was defined as the frequency of toxicities related to the treatment, which arises after one month after administration, according to National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Event,Version 5.0 (CTC AE5.0).

    Time frame: One month after the end of one specific treatment.

  4. QUALITY OF LIFE: Change From Baseline in the EORTC QLQ-C30 Subscale Scores in Participants

    The score of the participants evaluated by The EORTC core quality of life questionnaire (QLQ-C30). All of the scales and single-item measures range in score from 0 to100.A high scale score represents a higher response level. Thus a high score for a functional scale represents a high/healthy level of functioning.

    Time frame: 24 month

  5. QUALITY OF LIFE: Change From Baseline in the EORTC QLQ-OES18 Subscale Scores in Participants

    The score of the participants evaluated by The EORTC Quality of Life Questionnaire - Oesophageal Cancer Module (EORTC QLQ-OES18). All of the scales and single-item measures range in score from 0 to100.A high scale score represents a higher response level. Thus a high score for a functional scale represents a high/healthy level of functioning.

    Time frame: 24 month

Other outcomes

  1. Biomarkers for the predicting of efficacy

    To explore the dynamic changes of circulating tumor DNA (the frequency of specific mutations by Next-generation sequencing Methodology) from baseline, before and after radiotherapy.

    Time frame: 24 month

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
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References and documents

Publications

  • Sun JM, Shen L, Shah MA, Enzinger P, Adenis A, Doi T, Kojima T, Metges JP, Li Z, Kim SB, Cho BC, Mansoor W, Li SH, Sunpaweravong P, Maqueda MA, Goekkurt E, Hara H, Antunes L, Fountzilas C, Tsuji A, Oliden VC, Liu Q, Shah S, Bhagia P, Kato K; KEYNOTE-590 Investigators. Pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy versus chemotherapy alone for first-line treatment of advanced oesophageal cancer (KEYNOTE-590): a randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 3 study. Lancet. 2021 Aug 28;398(10302):759-771. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01234-4. Erratum In: Lancet. 2021 Nov 20;398(10314):1874. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02487-9. PubMed 34454674 ↗
  • Luo H, Lu J, Bai Y, Mao T, Wang J, Fan Q, Zhang Y, Zhao K, Chen Z, Gao S, Li J, Fu Z, Gu K, Liu Z, Wu L, Zhang X, Feng J, Niu Z, Ba Y, Zhang H, Liu Y, Zhang L, Min X, Huang J, Cheng Y, Wang D, Shen Y, Yang Q, Zou J, Xu RH; ESCORT-1st Investigators. Effect of Camrelizumab vs Placebo Added to Chemotherapy on Survival and Progression-Free Survival in Patients With Advanced or Metastatic Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: The ESCORT-1st Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2021 Sep 14;326(10):916-925. doi: 10.1001/jama.2021.12836. PubMed 34519801 ↗
  • Guttmann DM, Mitra N, Bekelman J, Metz JM, Plastaras J, Feng W, Swisher-McClure S. Improved Overall Survival with Aggressive Primary Tumor Radiotherapy for Patients with Metastatic Esophageal Cancer. J Thorac Oncol. 2017 Jul;12(7):1131-1142. doi: 10.1016/j.jtho.2017.03.026. Epub 2017 Apr 28. PubMed 28461255 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Yes — Data obtained through this study may be provided to qualified researchers with academic interest in esophageal cancer. Data or samples shared will be coded, with no PHI included. Approval of the request and execution of all applicable agreements (i.e. a material transfer agreement) are prerequisites to the sharing of data with the requesting party.

Supporting information: Study protocol, Sap, Icf, Csr, Analytic code

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jun 14, 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
NCT06084897
Lead sponsor
Cancer Institute and Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
Collaborators
Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Hebei Medical University Fourth Hospital, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Anyang Tumor Hospital
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Oct 16, 2023
Start date
Oct 16, 2023
Primary completion
Apr 26, 2026 (estimated)
Completion
Oct 26, 2028 (estimated)
Last update
Jun 14, 2024

Study contacts

Wen-Yang Liu, MD
Contact
liuwenyang@cicams.ac.cn
8601087787625
Wen-Yang Liu, MD
principal investigator · Cancer Institute and Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
Zhi-Hao Lu, MD
principal investigator · Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute

Oversight

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