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. 2020 Feb 28;21(5):1658. doi: 10.3390/ijms21051658

Table 2.

Selected ongoing trials in metastatic esophageal cancer.

Clinical Trial Identifier Setting Line Phase Site and Histology Treatment Arm(s) Primary
Endpoint
Recruiting Target Accrual
NCT03143153
CheckMate-648
Metastatic 1 III ESCC Nivo + Ipi vs. Nivo + CT (5FU+CDDP) vs. CT OS, PFS
in PD-L1 ≥ 1%
Active, not recruiting 939
NCT03189719
KEYNOTE-590
Metastatic 1 III EAC, ESCC, adenocarcinoma of GEJ (Siewert type 1) Pembro + CT (5FU+CDDP) vs. placebo + CT OS, PFS
in ITT and in PD-L1 (CPS ≥10%)
Active, not recruiting 700
NCT03783442
BGB-A317-306
Metastatic 1 III ESCC Tisle + CT (Platinum+5FU/PTX/cape) vs. placebo + CT PFS, OS Recruiting 480
NCT03469557
BGB-A317-205
Metastatic 1 II ESCC and GC/GEJ carcinoma ESCC: Tisle+ CT (CDDP+5FU) GC/GEJ carcinoma: Tisle + CT (LOHP+cape) ORR, DoR, DCR, PFS, pharmacokinetic valuations, host immunogenicity Active, not recruiting 30
NCT03430843
BGB-A317-302
Metastatic 2 III ESCC Tisle vs. CT (PTX/TXT/CPT-11) OS Recruiting 450
NCT03416244
RAMONA trial
Metastatic elderly (>65 years) 2 II ESCC Nivo + Ipi vs. Nivo OS Recruiting 75
NCT03811379
PD-1/SCCE
Metastatic ≥2 II SCEC Toripalimab ORR Recruiting 43
NCT03544736
INEC-study
Cohort A:
advanced
Cohort A: palliative I/II EC/GEJ carcinoma Cohort A: Nivo + palliative RT Safety Recruiting 54
NCT02735239
LUD2015-005
Cohorts A and B: metastatic Cohorts A and B: 1 I/II Esophageal and GEJ carcinoma Cohorts A and B: Durva +/- Treme → Durva +/- Treme + FOLFOX DLT, safety Recruiting 75

Abbreviations: cape: capecitabine; cCRR: clinical complete response rate; CDDP: cisplatin; CPS: combined positive score; CPT-11: irinotecan; CT: chemotherapy; d: day; DCR: disease control rate; DLT: dose-limiting toxicity; DoR: duration of response; Durva: durvalumab; EAC: esophageal adenocarcinoma; EC: esophageal cancer; ESCC: esophageal squamous cell cancer; GC: gastric cancer; GEJ: esophagogastric junction; Ipi: ipilimumab; ITT: intention-to-treat; LOHP: oxaliplatin; NCT: number of clinical trial (https://clinicaltrials.gov/); Nivo: nivolumab; ORR: objective response rate; OS: overall survival; Pembro: pembrolizumab; PFS: progression free survival; PTX: paclitaxel; RFS: relapse free survival rates; SCeE: small cell esophageal cancer; TXT: docetaxel; Treme: tremelimumab; 5FU: 5-fluorouracil.