Neo-adjuvant Immunochemotheray Versus Neo-adjuvant Chemotherapy for Resectable Esophageal Carcinoma

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 3
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-75
SponsorHenan Cancer Hospital

About this trial

The effect of neo-adjuvant immunochemotherapy on survival of patients with thoracic esophageal squamous cell carcinomas remains unknown. One of our objectives is to evaluate whether the neo-adjuvant immunochemotherapy Toripalimab (JS001) with cisplatin and paclitaxel followed by right thoracic approach esophagectomy with total 2-field lymph node dissection improves the overall survival of thoracic esophageal cancer patients versus neo-adjuvant chemotherapy.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Histologic diagnosis of local advance squamous cell thoracic esophageal carcinoma of Stage (T1N1-3 or T2-3N0-3 M0), (8th Union for International Cancer Control, UICC-TNM).

No metastatic lymph node in cervical by color doppler sonography.

Patients must not have received any prior anticancer therapy of esophageal carcinoma.

Age ranges from 18 to 75 years.

Disqualifiers

1. Multiple primary cancer. 2.Patients with infections disease that require treatment 3.Patients who need continuous hormone treatment 4.unstable angina within 3 months, myocardial infarction within 6 months 5.psychopath 6.Patients with concomitant hemorrhagic disease. 7.Any unexpected reason for patients can't get operation 8.Inability to use gastric conduit after esophagectomy because of a prior surgery.

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy

    Drug

    Neo-adjuvant chemotherapy(cisplatin and paclitaxel): Paclitaxel, 175mg/m2, d1, Cisplatin, 75mg/m2, d1, 3 week, 2 cycles. JS001, 240mg ivgtt, d3, \>30min, 3week, 2 cycles Surgery: 2-3weeks after Neo-adjuvant chemotherapy Surgeons: the operation shall be performed by senior thoracic surgeons. Try to achieve the consistency of operation quality. Operation: the thoracic esophagectomy must be through right thoracic cavity. (open and minimally invasive McKeown or Ivor Lewis). Total two-field lymphadenectomy (right and left recurrent laryngeal nerve lymph nodes must be included). After surgery/ maintain period: JS001, 240mg ivgtt, d3, \>30min, 3week (8 cycles at most)

Treatment groups

400 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: Neoadjuvant immunochemotherapyExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Neoadjuvant chemotherapyActive comparator 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Event-free survival (EFS)

The date from the beginning of randomization to the date of first record of unresectable disease, distant metastases, local recurrences of any causes, and death of any cause.

Time frame
The date from the beginning of randomization to the date of first record. 3 years EFS
2

Event-free survival (EFS)

The date from the beginning of randomization to the date of first record of unresectable disease, distant metastases, local recurrences of any causes, and death of any cause.

Time frame
The date from the beginning of randomization to the date of first record. 5 years EFS

Secondary outcomes

1

pCR

pathological complete response rate

Time frame
within 14 working days after operation
2

DFS

Disease free survival

Time frame
3 years DFS
3

DFS

Disease free survival

Time frame
5 years DFS
4

OS

Overall survival rate

Time frame
3 years OS

Other outcomes

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