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Study of Nivolumab in Unresectable Advanced or Recurrent Esophageal Cancer

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Phase
PHASE3
Status at capture
COMPLETED
Registry last update
2022-07-06

The purpose of study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Nivolumab in unresectable advanced or recurrent esophageal cancer patients who have failed in standard chemotherapies.

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What did the study report?

Outcomes, safety and baseline populations are separate source sections. Quality-of-life measures appear under their original outcome titles.

Who could take part
eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Men \& women ≥20 years of age * Histologically confirmed unresectable advanced or recurrent esophageal cancer * Refractory to or intolerant of standard therapy * ECOG Performance Status score 0 or 1 * A life expectancy of at least 3 months Exclusion Criteria: * Current or past history of severe hypersensitivity to any other antibody products * Patients with multiple primary cancers * Patients with any metastasis in the brain or meninx that is symptomatic or requires treatment * Patients with active, known or suspected autoimmune disease
healthy Volunteers
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minimum Age
20 Years
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ALL
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Treatment arms and interventions
arm Groups
  1. description
    Nivolumab 240 mg/body solution intravenously every 2 weeks until documented disease progression, discontinuation due to toxicity, withdrawal of consent or the study ends
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    1. Drug: Nivolumab
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    Docetaxel: Intravenously administered at a dose of 75 mg/m2 every 2 weeks until documented disease progression, discontinuation due to toxicity, withdrawal of consent or the study ends OR Paclitaxel: Intravenously administered at a dose of 100 mg/m2 weekly for 6 weeks followed by 2-week drug holiday until documented disease progression, discontinuation due to toxicity, withdrawal of consent or the study ends
    intervention Names
    1. Drug: Docetaxel/Paclitaxel
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interventions
  1. arm Group Labels
    1. Nivolumab Arm
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  2. arm Group Labels
    1. Active Comparator Arm (Docetaxel/Paclitaxel)
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Study design
allocation
RANDOMIZED
intervention Model
PARALLEL
masking Info
masking
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primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Enrollment
count
419
type
ACTUAL
Registered outcome plans (not posted results)
primary Outcomes
  1. measure
    Overall Survival
    time Frame
    ("Date of death from any cause" - "Date of randomization" + 1) / 30.4375. For subjects lost to follow-up and subjects who are alive at the time of data cutoff date, data will be censored at the time the subject was last confirmed to be alive.
secondary Outcomes
  1. description
    Please refer to the protocol, overall response and best overall response will be determined solely by imaging assessment according to the RECIST Guideline Version 1.1, and will not take into account any clinical/symptomatic progression. Evaluable imaging data will be overall response without an overall response of "Not Evaluable (NE)."
    measure
    Progression-free Survival
    time Frame
    ("Earlier date on which either the overall response was assessed as PD or the subject died of any cause" - "Date of randomization" + 1) / 30.4375.
  2. description
    Please refer to the protocol, overall response and best overall response will be determined solely by imaging assessment according to the RECIST Guideline Version 1.1, and will not take into account any clinical/symptomatic progression. Evaluable imaging data will be overall response without an overall response of "Not Evaluable (NE)."
    measure
    Duration of Response
    time Frame
    ("Earlier date on which either the overall response was assessed as PD for the first time after confirmed response or the subject died of any cause" - "Date of first assessment of confirmed CR or PR" + 1) / 30.4375.
Full study description
brief Summary
The purpose of study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Nivolumab in unresectable advanced or recurrent esophageal cancer patients who have failed in standard chemotherapies.
Source references
references
  1. citation
    Kato K, Cho BC, Takahashi M, Okada M, Lin CY, Chin K, Kadowaki S, Ahn MJ, Hamamoto Y, Doki Y, Yen CC, Kubota Y, Kim SB, Hsu CH, Holtved E, Xynos I, Kodani M, Kitagawa Y. Nivolumab versus chemotherapy in patients with advanced oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma refractory or intolerant to previous chemotherapy (ATTRACTION-3): a multicentre, randomised, open-label, phase 3 trial. Lancet Oncol. 2019 Nov;20(11):1506-1517. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(19)30626-6. Epub 2019 Sep 30.
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