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Brief Title: Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy Combined With Perioperative Toripalimab in Locally Advanced Esophageal Cancer
Official Title: A Phase II Prospective, Open-label Clinical Trial of Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy Combined With Perioperative Toripalimab in Patients With Locally Advanced Esophageal Squamous Cell Cancer
Study ID: NCT04437212
Brief Summary: Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (CRT) followed by surgery has become the standard treatment option for locally advanced esophageal squamous cell cancer (ESCC). However, only 20% to 40% of patients can achieve pathologic complete response (pCR) after neoadjuvant CRT with favorable prognosis and about 10% of patients have disease progression after chemoradiotherapy. How to improve the the efficacy of neoadjuvant therapy is an important clinical problem to be solved. Immunotherapy targeting the PD-1/PD-L1 checkpoints has demonstrated promising activity in advanced EC especially in ESCC. In Keynote181 study, for patients with metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, regardless of PD-L1 expression, pembrolizumab significantly improved overall survival compared with chemotherapy. However, the efficacy and safety of immunotherapy therapy in surgery-based multidisciplinary treatment of local advanced esophageal cancer still need a lot of clinical studies to further confirm. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy combined with perioperative toripalimab in patients with locally advanced esophageal squamous cell cancer.
Detailed Description:
Minimum Age: 18 Years
Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: ALL
Healthy Volunteers: No
Renji Hospital, Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Name: Xiumei Ma, doctor
Affiliation: RenJi Hospital
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR