Trial reportBMC medicine2023
Comparing a PD-L1 inhibitor plus chemotherapy to chemotherapy alone in neoadjuvant therapy for locally advanced ESCC: a randomized Phase II clinical trial : A randomized clinical trial of neoadjuvant therapy for ESCC.
Trial report in BMC medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04460066 (A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Phase Ib/II Clinical Study of Anti-pd-l1 Monoclonal Antibody Injection), which is not on this map. Cited by 40 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Phase Ib/II Clinical Study of Anti-pd-l1 Monoclonal Antibody Injection (ZKAB001) Combined Albumin Binding Paclitaxel, Cisplatin in Neoadjuvant Treatment of Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma.
Who cites it
40 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 40 citations in OpenAlex.
- 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
- Efficacy and safety of neoadjuvant chemotherapy with immunotherapy versus chemotherapy alone in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a meta-analysis based on randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Pooled it
- Efficacy and Safety of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy with or without Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors for Resectable Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: a Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Journal of gastrointestinal cancer · 2025Pooled it
- Neoadjuvant chemotherapy with or without PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors in resectable esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a meta-analysis based on randomized controlled trials.BMC gastroenterology · 2025Pooled it
- Haematological toxicities with immune checkpoint inhibitors in digestive system tumors: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Clinical and experimental medicine · 2025Pooled it
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- Efficacy and safety of PD-1 and PD-L1 inhibitors in advanced colorectal cancer: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.BMC gastroenterology · 2024Pooled it
- The efficacy of neoadjuvant immunotherapy in gastric cancer, adenocarcinoma of the esophagogastric junction, and esophageal cancer: a meta-analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2024Pooled it
- Comparison of the efficacy and safety of perioperative immunochemotherapeutic strategies for locally advanced esophageal cancer: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in immunology · 2024Pooled it
- Neoadjuvant camrelizumab combined with metronomic chemotherapy in patients with advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a pilot randomized phase 2 trial.BMC medicine · 2026Trial
- 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
- Optimal Neoadjuvant Approach for Resectable Esophageal Cancer in the Era of Immunotherapy.International journal of cancer · 2026Article
- Neoadjuvant Chemoimmunotherapy versus Chemoradiotherapy in Resectable Locally Advanced Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Systematic Review and Reconstructed Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis.Annals of surgical oncology · 2026Review
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- Efficacy of nab-paclitaxel combined with immune checkpoint inhibitors in solid tumors: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Translational cancer research · 2026Article
- Plasma proteomic and metabolomic profiling reveals molecular features relevant to neoadjuvant therapy response in locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.Molecular cancer · 2026Article
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- Comparison of survival outcomes of neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy versus chemotherapy in locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.JTCVS open · 2026Article
- Development of a predictive model for pathological complete response following neoadjuvant immunotherapy and chemotherapy in locally advanced resectable esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.World journal of surgical oncology · 2026Article
- Unlocking the potential of radiomics in predicting the response of neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy for operable locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a narrative review.Journal of thoracic disease · 2026Review
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26 authors at 7 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundA Phase II study was undertaken to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the neoadjuvant socazolimab, a novel PD-L1 inhibitor, in combination with nab-paclitaxel and cisplatin for locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC).
methodsSixty-four patients were randomly divided between the Socazolimab + nab-paclitaxel + cisplatin (TP) arm (n = 32) and the control arm (n = 32), receiving either socazolimab (5 mg/kg intravenously (IV), day 1) or a placebo with nab-paclitaxel (125 mg/m
resultsA total of 29 (90.6%) patients in each arm underwent surgery, and 29 (100%) and 28 (98.6%) patients underwent R0 resection in the Socazolimab + TP and Placebo + TP arms, respectively. The MPR rates were 69.0 and 62.1% (95% Confidence Interval (CI): 49.1-84.0% vs. 42.4-78.7%, P = 0.509), and the pCR rates were 41.4 and 27.6% (95% CI: 24.1-60.9% vs. 13.5-47.5%, P = 0.311) in the Socazolimab + TP and Placebo + TP arms, respectively. Significantly higher incidence rates of ypT0 (37.9% vs. 3.5%; P = 0.001) and T downstaging were observed in the Socazolimab + TP arm than in the Placebo + TP arm. The EFS and OS outcomes were not mature.
conclusionsThe neoadjuvant socazolimab combined with chemotherapy demonstrated promising MPR and pCR rates and significant T downstaging in locally advanced ESCC without increasing surgical complication rates.
trial registrationRegistration name (on clinicaltrials.gov): A Study of Anti-PD-L1 Antibody in Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy of Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma. REGISTRATION NUMBER: NCT04460066.
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