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Ex-PIT Study

A phase Ib/II clinical study to investigate safety and efficacy of photo-immunotherapy (PIT) using ASP-1929 in patients with esophageal cancer for which complete cure cannot be expected with existing therapies

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
JPRN
Registry ID
JPRN-jRCT2080224666
Enrollment
45
Registered
2019-05-07
Start date
2019-08-01
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

Interventions

Sponsors

National Cancer Center Hospital East
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria including below but not limited to: 1) Esophageal cancer patients histologically diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma. 2) Patients in whom the wall invasion depth of esophageal cancer is judged as less than T2 by endoscopy and endoscopic ultrasonography. (in case of patients of Target 1, at the remaining or recurrent lesion). 3) The following patients of Target 1 or Target 2. Target 1:Among esophageal cancer patients with a local remaining or recurrent lesion after chemotherapy(CRT) or radiotherapy(RT), those who meet either of the following conditions: Patients who show a local lesion remaining or recurrent after Laserphyrin photodynamic therap(PDT). Patients who are not targeted in Laserphyrin PDT. Target 2:Esophageal cancer patients intolerant to surgical resection as well as RT, or not wishing either treatment. 4) Patients showing neither lymph node metastasis nor distant metastasis in image by CT at screening. 5) Patients aged greater than 20 years at the time of consent obtaining. 6) Patients whose ECOG performance status (PS) is in the range of 0 to 2 within 14 days before enrollment. 7) Patients from whom written consent to participate in the study is obtained. 8) Patients who are judged to have sufficient organ functions based on laboratory values measured within 14 days before enrollment. 9) Female patients of childbearing potential.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Exclusion criteria including below but not limited to: 1) In case of Target 1, patients in whom aorta invasion of the primary lesion is judged in the CT performed before chemoradiotherapy or radiotherapy 2)(Phase Ib part-1) Patients with lesions with a major axis of 8 cm or more, or tumors with a thickness of 1 cm or more, as determined by endoscopic examination and endoscopic ultrasound during screening. (Phase Ib part-2) Patients with lesions with a major axis of 5 cm or more, or lesions with circumferential involvement of 3/4 or more, or tumors with a thickness of 1 cm or more, as determined by endoscopic examination and endoscopic ultrasound during screening. 3)(Phase Ib part-2) Patients with esophageal stenosis due to previous treatment. 4) Patients with active multiple cancers. However, patients with asynchronous or synchronous multiple cancer who doesn't require systemic therapy for at least 6 months after consent obtaining, or on whom complete cure can be expected with a local therapy such as endoscopic therapy, is handled as eligible. 5) Patients with a poorly controlled severe complication. 6) Patients with an uncontrolled infection. 7) Patients with a history of significant infusion reaction (greater than Grade 3) to cetuximab 8) Patients who had received chemotherapy, administration of cetuximab or RT within 4 weeks before enrollment. 9) Patients needing ophthalmological examination or surgical operation etc., in which exposure to strong light is foreseeable, within 4 weeks after administration of the investigational drug. 10) Pregnant or breastfeeding female patients. 11) Patients who are judged by the principal investigator as ineligible to be administered the investigational drug, or in whom the principal investigator judges that laser illumination cannot be performed safely. 12) Patients who have experienced RM-1929 or ASP-1929 against esophageal cancer in the past.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
safety efficacy 1) Incidence rate of illumination dose-limiting toxicity 2) Rate of local complete response (L-CR) judged centrally

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
safety efficacy pharmacokinetics 1) Rate of L-CR judged centrally 2) PK of ASP-1929, cetuximab and IR700 3) ADA expression 4) Incidence rate of adverse event (incidence rate of adverse event judged according to CTCAE Version 5.0) 5) Incidence rate of device deficiencies (laser equipment) 6) Rate of L-CR judged by the principal investigator or sub-investigator 7)L-PFS 8)PFS 9)OS

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactSecretariat of clinical trial coordinating committ

National Cancer Center Hospital East

Ex-PIT_core@east.ncc.go.jp+81-4-7133-1111

Outcome results

None listed

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