Trial reportFrontiers in immunology2021
The Sequence of Chemotherapy and Toripalimab Might Influence the Efficacy of Neoadjuvant Chemoimmunotherapy in Locally Advanced Esophageal Squamous Cell Cancer-A Phase II Study.
Trial report in Frontiers in immunology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03985670 (Neoadjuvant Teripalimab Plus Chemotherapy in Local Advanced Esophageal Squamous Cancer), which is not on this map. Cited by 65 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Neoadjuvant Teripalimab Plus Chemotherapy in Local Advanced Esophageal Squamous Cancer
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65 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 69 citations in OpenAlex.
- Safety Profiles of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Strategies in Gastrointestinal Cancers and Their Association With Clinical Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Cancer medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Cancer-related fatigue during treatment with neoadjuvant and/or adjuvant immune checkpoint inhibitors: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Pooled it
- The safety and efficacy of neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy in locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a meta-analysis and systematic review.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Pooled it
- Neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy for locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: Data from literature review and a real-world analysis.Thoracic cancer · 2024Pooled it
- Comparison of neoadjuvant immunotherapy versus routine neoadjuvant therapy for patients with locally advanced esophageal cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in immunology · 2023Pooled it
- Evaluation of neoadjuvant immunotherapy and traditional neoadjuvant therapy for resectable esophageal cancer: a systematic review and single-arm and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in immunology · 2023Pooled it
- Efficacy and safety of neoadjuvant immunotherapy combined with chemoradiotherapy or chemotherapy in esophageal cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in immunology · 2023Pooled it
- Evaluation of Clinical and Safety Outcomes of Neoadjuvant Immunotherapy Combined With Chemotherapy for Patients With Resectable Esophageal Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.JAMA network open · 2022Pooled it
- Neoadjuvant immune checkpoint inhibitor in combination with chemotherapy or chemoradiotherapy in resectable esophageal cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in immunology · 2022Pooled it
- Neoadjuvant camrelizumab combined with metronomic chemotherapy in patients with advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a pilot randomized phase 2 trial.BMC medicine · 2026Trial
- Sequential versus concurrent neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy in locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a randomized, controlled, open-label, phase 2 trial (HCHTOG1906).Frontiers in immunology · 2026Trial
- Perioperative toripalimab plus neoadjuvant chemotherapy might improve outcomes in resectable esophageal cancer: an interim analysis of a phase III randomized clinical trial.Cancer communications (London, England) · 2024Trial
- Concurrent versus sequential immune checkpoint inhibition in the neoadjuvant treatment of resectable esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Clinical and translational radiation oncology · 2027Review
- Spatiotemporally Controlled Sequential Chemo-Immunotherapy Activates Pyroptosis for Robust Anti-Tumor Immunotherapy.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- Neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy versus chemotherapy for locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a retrospective cohort study.BMC cancer · 2026Article
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- Neoadjuvant sintilimab, albumin-bound paclitaxel, and carboplatin for locally advanced, resectable esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: clinical study and mechanistic exploration.NPJ precision oncology · 2026Article
- Impact of time-of-day and timing interval of neoadjuvant immunotherapy and chemotherapy infusions among patients with operable NSCLC using the inverse probability of treatment weighting method: a dual-center, retrospective study.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Article
- The impact of neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy on the prognosis of locally advanced oral carcinoma.Frontiers in oral health · 2026Article
- Effectiveness comparison of pembrolizumab versus other immune checkpoint inhibitors in neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026Article
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Abstract
Background: There is no standard neoadjuvant therapy for locally advanced esophageal cancer in China. The role of neoadjuvant chemotherapy plus immunotherapy for locally advanced esophageal cancer is still being explored. Methods: This open-label, randomized phase II study was conducted at a single center between July 2019 and September 2020; 30 patients with locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) (T3, T4, or lymph-node positive) were enrolled. Patients were randomized according to the enrollment order at a 1:1 ratio to receive chemotherapy on day 1 and toripalimab on day 3 (experimental group) or chemotherapy and toripalimab on day 1 (control group). The chemotherapeutic regimen was paclitaxel and cisplatin. Surgery was performed 4 to 6 weeks after the second cycle of chemoimmunotherapy. The primary endpoint was pathological complete response (pCR) rate, and the secondary endpoint was safety and disease-free survival. Results: Thirty patients completed at least one cycle of chemoimmunotherapy; 11 in the experimental group and 13 in the control group received surgery. R0 resection was performed in all these 24 patients. Four patients (36%) in the experimental group and one (7%) in the control group achieved pCR. The experimental group showed a statistically non-significant higher pCR rate ( Conclusions: Although the primary endpoint was not met, the initial results of this study showed that delaying toripalimab to day 3 in chemoimmunotherapy might achieve a higher pCR rate than that on the same day, and further large-sample clinical trials are needed to verify this. Clinical Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov, identifier NCT03985670.
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