Minimally Residual of Esophageal Cancer 001

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age18-75
SponsorHebei Medical University Fourth Hospital

About this trial

This trial aims to assess changes in minimal residual disease (MRD) status before and after radical concurrent chemoradiotherapy combined with immunotherapy and adjuvant immunotherapy after neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy in patients with inoperable stage II-III esophageal squamous cell cancer (ESCC), and correlate with the efficacy of adjuvant immunotherapy.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

age: 18 - 75 years

gender: both sexes, as balanced as possible

patients with clinically confirmed TNM 8th stage II-III ESCC by histopathology and are not suitable for surgery

patients receive neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy, followed by radical CCRT combined with immunotherapy and finally adjuvant immunotherapy

Disqualifiers

(1) patients have been diagnosed or treated for another malignancy within 5 years prior to the start of this study (2) adenocarcinoma, mixed adenosquamous or other pathological types of esophageal cancer (3) any unstable systemic disease, including: active infection, uncontrolled hypertension, unstable angina, angina pectoris starting within the last 3 months, congestive heart failure (≥ New York Heart Association [NYHA] class II), myocardial infarction (6 months prior to enrollment), severe arrhythmia requiring medication, liver, kidney or metabolic disease (4) with known or suspected active autoimmune disease (5) previous treatment with anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, anti-PD-L2, anti-CD137 or anti-CTLA-4 antibodies or any other antibodies or drugs that specifically target T-cell co-stimulation or checkpoint pathways (6) known history of testing positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or known to have acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) (7) female patients who are pregnant or breastfeeding (8) other conditions deemed unsuitable for enrolment by the investigator

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Not listed

Trial groups

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