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AK112 Combined With Chemotherapy as the First-line Treatment in Advanced Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Patients

Ivonescimab(AK112) Combined With Chemotherapy as the First-line Treatment in Patients With Advanced Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma (ESCC): A Single Arm , Phase II Trial

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT06489197
Enrollment
30
Registered
2024-07-05
Start date
2024-11-16
Completion date
2027-08-30
Last updated
2025-01-22

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

Conditions

Advanced Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, ESCC

Brief summary

This is a single arm,phase 2 study evaluating the safety and efficacy of Ivonescimab(AK112) combined with chemotherapy in the treatment of advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). In this study, patients with advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma who had not received any systematic treatment in the past will be enrolled. The research will be conducted in two stages. In the first part, 6 patients were enrolled in the group. After the last subject in the group completed at least 21 days of observation after the first medication, the researchers will conduct a preliminary safety and effectiveness assessment. If the safety and tolerability are good, it will enter the second expansion part till the study enrolled 30 patients. Patients who met the inclusion criteria were treated with AK112 (20mg/kg, intravenous infusion, d1, Q3W) in combination with albumin paclitaxel (220mg/m2, intravenous infusion, d1, Q3W) and cisplatin (75mg/m2, intravenous infusion, d1, Q3W), of which the maximum treatment time of chemotherapy was up to six cycles, and the maximum treatment time of AK112 was 24 months. Patients received regular and periodic reviews, with imaging evaluations every 6 weeks.

Detailed description

Part 1: Safety introduction phase, evaluate the safety and tolerability of AK112 combined with chemotherapy (albumin paclitaxel and cisplatin). Plan to enroll 6 advanced ESCC subjects who have not undergone any systematic anti-tumor treatment in the past. After completing at least 21 days of observation after the first medication of the last enrolled subject, the researchers will conduct preliminary safety and efficacy evaluations. If the safety and tolerability are good, and preliminary therapeutic signals are observed, it will enter the stage of expansion into the group. Researchers may also discuss adjusting the AK112 dose, albumin paclitaxel dose, or cisplatin dose based on the specific situation during the DLT observation period, and then enroll new subjects for the safety introduction phase evaluation of the treatment plan in the study group. DLT definition: Within 21 days after the first administration, the subject experiences the following drug-related toxic reactions (according to NCI CTC AE 5.0 toxicity evaluation criteria): hematological toxicity level 4 or above or non hematological toxicity level 3 or above (excluding hair loss). Part 2: Expand the enrollment stage, to further evaluate the efficacy and safety of AK112 combined with albumin paclitaxel and cisplatin in first-line treatment of advanced ESCC. During the expansion phase, 30 subjects will be enrolled, and a comprehensive discussion will be conducted based on the safety and efficacy data from the safety introduction phase to determine the dosage.

Interventions

DRUGIvonescimab combined with albumin paclitaxel and cisplatin

Ivonescimab (20mg/kg, intravenous infusion, d1, Q3W) combined with albumin paclitaxel (220mg/m2, intravenous infusion, d1, Q3W) and cisplatin (75mg/m2, intravenous infusion, d1, Q3W), of which the maximum treatment time of chemotherapy was up to six cycles, and the maximum treatment time of AK112 was 24 months.

Sponsors

Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 75 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

1. Signed the informed consent; 2. Male or female patients ≥18 and ≤ 75 years old; 3. ECOG physical status score is 0 or 1; 4. Patients with non resectable or metastatic advanced ESCC confirmed by pathological ocytological examination; 5. No previous systemic treatment; 6. Expected survival time ≥ 3 months; 7. Patients must have at least one measurable metastatic lesion according to RECIST version 1.1; 8. Normal organ function: 1. Hematology :Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1.5 × 109/L (1500/mm3); Platelet count ≥ 100 × 109/L (100000/mm3); Hemoglobin ≥ 90g/L; 2. Kidney:The calculated value of creatinine clearance rate (CrCl) is ≥ 50 mL/min;Normal urine routine, urine protein\<2+or 24-hour (h) urine protein quantification\<1.0 g; 3. Liver:Total serum bilirubin (TBiL) ≤ 1.5 × ULN;AST and ALT ≤ 2.5 × ULN; For subjects with liver metastasis, AST and ALT can be ≤ 5 × ULN;Serum albumin (ALB) ≥ 30g/L; 4. Normal coagulation function, international standardized ratio (INR) ≤ 1.5 x ULN, prothrombin time (PT) and activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) ≤ 1.5 x ULN; 9. Women of childbearing age must undergo a pregnancy test (serum or urine) with a negative result within 14 days before enrollment, and voluntarily use appropriate methods of contraception during the observation period and within 8 weeks after the last administration of the study drug; For males, surgical sterilization or agreement to use appropriate methods of contraception during observation and within 8 weeks after the last administration of study medication should be considered; 10. Comply with the scheduled visits, treatment plans, laboratory tests, and other requirements of the study;

Exclusion criteria

1. Local advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma that can be curative through surgery or potentially cured through radiation therapy; 2. Suffering from other malignant tumors within the 5 years prior to enrollment. Patients with other malignant tumors that have been cured by local treatment, such as basal or cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, superficial bladder cancer, cervical or breast cancer in situ, are not excluded; 3. Active bleeding signs of the lesion are displayed under endoscopy; 4. Currently participating in intervention clinical research treatment, or having received other research drugs or used research instruments within 4 weeks before the first administration; 5. Receiving immunotherapy in the past, including immune checkpoint inhibitors (such as anti-PD-1/L1 antibodies, anti-CTLA-4 antibodies, anti-TIGIT antibodies, anti-LAG3 antibodies, etc.), immune checkpoint agonists (such as ICOS, CD40, CD137, GITR, OX40 antibodies, etc.), immune cell therapy, or any other treatment targeting the immune mechanism of tumors; 6. Received systemic non-specific immunomodulatory therapy (such as interleukin, interferon, thymosin, etc.) within 2 weeks before the first administration; 7. Active autoimmune diseases that require systemic treatment (such as the use of disease relieving drugs, glucocorticoids, or immunosuppressants) have occurred within 2 years prior to the first administration. 8. The study is currently undergoing systemic glucocorticoid therapy (excluding local glucocorticoids through nasal spray, inhalation, or other routes) or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior to the first administration; Note: Physiological doses of glucocorticoids (≤ 10 mg/day of prednisone or equivalent) are allowed to be used; 9. Clinically significant gastrointestinal obstruction, gastrointestinal perforation, intra-abdominal abscess, fistula formation, etc. occur within 6 months before the first administration; 10. Active, uncontrolled, or recurrent inflammatory gastrointestinal diseases (such as Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, radiation enteritis, hemorrhagic enteritis, chronic diarrhea, etc.); 11. Previous history of myocarditis, cardiomyopathy, and malignant arrhythmia. Unstable angina, myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure (classified as grade 2 or above according to the New York Heart Association functional classification) or vascular disease (such as aortic aneurysm with a risk of rupture) that requires hospitalization within 12 months prior to the first administration, or other cardiac damage that may affect the safety evaluation of the investigational drug (such as poorly controlled arrhythmias, myocardial ischemia); 12. Any arterial thromboembolism events, NCI CTCAE 5.0 grade 3 or above venous thromboembolism events, transient ischemic attacks, cerebrovascular accidents, hypertensive crises, or hypertensive encephalopathy occurred within 6 months prior to the first administration; Currently, there is hypertension and after treatment with oral antihypertensive drugs, the systolic blood pressure is ≥ 160mmHg or the diastolic blood pressure is ≥ 100mmHg; 13. Severe infections occurring within 4 weeks prior to the first administration, including but not limited to comorbidities requiring hospitalization, sepsis, or severe pneumonia; Active infections that have received systemic anti infective treatment within 2 weeks prior to the first administration (excluding antiviral treatment for hepatitis B or C); 14. Subjects with active hepatitis B are required to receive anti hepatitis B virus treatment during the study treatment; Active hepatitis C subjects (HCV antibody positive and HCV RNA levels above the detection limit); 15. Known history of allogeneic organ transplantation and allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; 16. If the toxicity of previous anti-tumor treatments has not improved, it is defined as the toxicity has not returned to level 0 or 1 of NCI CTCAE 5.0, or the level specified in the inclusion/

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Objective Response Rate,ORR6 monthsDefined as the proportion of patients who achieved complete response (CR) and partial response (PR) according to RECIST v1.1.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Overall survival,OS24 monthsDefined as the time between signing the informed consent form to death due to various causes.
Progression free Survival,PFS12 monthsDefined as the time between signing the informed consent form to the disease progression (according to RECIST v1.1 criteria) or death due to any cause.
Disease Control Rate,DCR6 monthsDefined as the proportion of patients who achieved complete response (CR), partial response (PR), and stable disease (SD) according to RECIST v1.1.
Duration of Response,DoR6 monthsDefined as the time from response(when CR or PR is first diagnosed) to disease progression or death due to any cause.

Other

MeasureTime frameDescription
Incidence of adverse events24 monthsUse NCI-CTCAE version 5.0 for classification and grading.

Countries

China

Contacts

Primary ContactTing Deng, MD
xymcdengting@126.com022-23340123

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026