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PhaseII study of initial 480 mg administration of postoperative adjuvant nivolumab in patients with esophageal cancer

PhaseII study of initial 480 mg administration of postoperative adjuvant nivolumab in patients with esophageal cancer who underwent radical resection after preoperative treatment

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Observational
Source
JPRN
Registry ID
JPRN-jRCT1051220172
Enrollment
50
Registered
2023-02-22
Start date
2022-04-12
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-06-29

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Esophageal cancer esophageal cancer, preoperative treatment, nivolmab, postoperative adjuvant therapy

Interventions

None listed

Sponsors

Miyata Takahito Hiroshi
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Histologically diagnosed squamous cell carcinoma or adenocarcinoma by endoscopic biopsy of primary esophageal tumor 2. Clinical stage cStage II/III/IV (positive supraclavicular lymph node metastasis, including cT4 cases) in diagnostic imaging before preoperative treatment (UICC-TNM 8th) 3. Patients who received preoperative chemotherapy or preoperative radiotherapy (regardless of the number of courses or the dose of anticancer drugs/irradiation dose) 4. R0 resection of esophageal cancer has been performed 5. Positive lymph node metastasis on histopathological examination of resected specimen. 6. Treatment can be started within 16 weeks after radical resection of esophageal cancer 7. Age at the time of registration is 20 years old or older and 85 years old or younger 8. Performance status (PS) is 0 or 1 according to ECOG criteria 9. Patients with maintained organ function who can be treated with nivolumab as neoadjuvant therapy

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1 Pathological complete response to preoperative chemotherapy or preoperative radiochemotherapy 2 Cases other than subtotal esophagectomy lower esophagectomy, cervical esophagectomy, total pharyngolaryngoesophagectomy, etc 3 Patients with distant metastases other than supraclavicular lymph nodes 4 History or suspected interstitial lung disease 5 Cases requiring systemic treatment for active autoimmune disease with steroid therapy or other immunosuppressive drugs 6 History of immunotherapy including other cancer types 7 Active multiple cancers 8 Difficulty in nivolumab treatment due to major organ abnormalities 9 Patients with a history of severe drug hypersensitivity 10 Pregnant women, breastfeeding women, and women who may or intend to become pregnant 11 Cases deemed inappropriate by the investigator

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Nivolumab-related adverse event (irAE) Grade 3 or higher incidence (CTCAE Ver.5.0)

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1-year treatment completion rate, disease-free survival, overall survival, overall survival, nutritional indicators (body weight, albumin, lymphocyte count)

Contacts

Public ContactTakahito Sugase

Osaka International Cancer Institute

takahito.sugase@oici.jp+81-6-6945-1181

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026