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Toripalimab Plus Radiotherapy for Elderly Esophageal Cancer Patients Treated With Non-chemotherapy Strategy

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Taizhou Hospital

Status and phase

Enrolling
Phase 3
Phase 2

Conditions

Radiation Therapy
Chemotherapy
Esophageal Cancer
Immunotherapy

Treatments

Radiation: IMRT
Drug: Tegafur
Drug: Toripalimab

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT05817201
TREEN Trial

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this clinical trial is to explore the therapeutic efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors combined with radical radiotherapy in elderly patients with esophageal cancer.

Full description

Older patients with esophageal cancer are universally intolerant to chemotherapy.

This study is performed to explore a non-chemotherapy strategy for elderly esophageal cancer patients.

Participants will be treated with Toripalimab monoclonal antibody maintenance versus S-1 combined with radiotherapy, intended to explore the efficacy and safety of non-chemotherapy strategy for elderly esophageal cancer patients.

Enrollment

60 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

70 to 85 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Carcinoma of the esophagus confirmed histologically or cytologically. Lesions that can be measured according to the RECIST standard. AJCC/UICC Staging of Esophageal Carcinoma (Sixth Edition) Clinical Staging Ⅱa to Ⅲ.

Age ≥ 70 years ≤ 85 years old. The ECOG physical state score is 0 to 1. No esophageal perforation, active esophageal bleeding, or significant invasion of trachea or thoracic aorta.

Patients with not previously received chest radiation and speech therapy, immunotherapy, or biological therapy.

Hemoglobin ≥ 100g/L, platelets ≥ 100 * 10^9/L, absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1.5 * 10^9/L。 Serum creatinine ≤ 1.25 times UNL or creatinine clearance ≥ 60 mL/min. Serum bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times UNL, AST (SGOT) and ALT (SGPT) ≤ 2.5 times UNL, and alkaline phosphatase ≤ 5 times UNL.

No history of interstitial pneumonia or previous interstitial pneumonia. FEV1>0.8L。

The patient signs a formal informed consent form.

Exclusion criteria

Patients with chest radiation, chemotherapy, or surgical resection of esophageal cancer before the start of this trial Patients with multifocal esophageal cancer, and the lower boundary of the primary lesion of the esophagus is less than 3cm from the esophageal gastric junction.

Patients with severe cardiovascular or pulmonary disease, interstitial pneumonia, or a previous history of interstitial pneumonia.

Patients with obvious esophageal ulcer, moderate or above pain in chest and back, and symptoms of esophageal perforation.

Patients who cannot understand or may not comply with the test requirements. Patients with other malignant lesions, except for curable skin cancer (non melanoma), cervical carcinoma in situ or malignant disease that has been cured for ≥ 5 years.

Researchers believe that some obvious diseases should be excluded from this study.

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

60 participants in 2 patient groups

Toripalimab & Radiotherapy
Experimental group
Description:
Toripalimab, 240mg/d, radiotherapy D7, D28; Thoracic radiotherapy, 54Gy/25F, IMRT; Maintenance Toripalimab therapy after completed radiotherapy, 240mg/Q3W, until progression or 1 years or intolerant
Treatment:
Drug: Toripalimab
Radiation: IMRT
Chemotherapy & Radiotherapy
Active Comparator group
Description:
Tegafur, 70mg/m2/d, radiotherapy D1-14, D29-42; Thoracic radiotherapy, 54Gy/25F, IMRT.
Treatment:
Drug: Tegafur
Radiation: IMRT

Trial contacts and locations

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Central trial contact

Haihua Yang, MD

Data sourced from clinicaltrials.gov

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