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ArticleFrontiers in pharmacology2025

Nimotuzumab plus chemotherapy and immunotherapy as first-line/neoadjuvant therapy for advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.

Qi Wang, Zhi Cui, Muhong Deng, Guoqing Zhang, Fangfang Jing, Yue Ma, Fang Pang, Quanli Han

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Article in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Qi Wang *Department of Oncology, The First Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Zhi Cui *Department of Oncology, The First Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Muhong Deng *Department of Oncology, The First Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Guoqing Zhang *Senior Department of Oncology, The Fifth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Fangfang Jing *Department of Oncology, The First Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Yue Ma *Department of Oncology, Medical School of Chinese PLA, Beijing, China.
Fang Pang *Medical College, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.
Quanli HanDepartment of Oncology, The First Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.

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Abstract

Background: Nimotuzumab has shown promising efficacy in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). However, the efficacy and safety of nimotuzumab plus chemotherapy and immunotherapy as first-line/neoadjuvant therapy for patients with advanced ESCC remain unclear. Methods: We performed a real world study of patients with advanced ESCC from December 2019 to April 2024. Patients were classified into resectable and unresectable group. Dosing regimen: nimotuzumab (400 mg, Q3W) plus chemotherapy (nab-paclitaxel: 240 mg/m Results: Totally 55 patients were included, 15 in resectable group and 40 in unresectable group. The median follow-up was 36.70 months and 34.00 months, respectively. In resectable group, ORR was 100.0%, DCR was 100.0%, R0 resection rate was 100.00%, 1-year OS was 84.00%, 2-year OS was 74.67% with 34.46 months median OS, 1-year PFS was 84.00%, and 2-year PFS was 37.33% with 21.68 months median PFS. In unresectable group, ORR was 70.0%, DCR was 90.0%, 1-year OS was 76.70%, 2-year OS was 51.29% with 28.06 months median OS, 1-year PFS was 56.64%, and 2-year PFS was 31.15% with 14.95 months median PFS. 14 (25.5%) patients developed Grade 3-5 adverse events (AEs) not related to nimotuzumab, no serious AEs or deaths occurred. Conclusion: Our treatment combination for advanced ESCC showed a favorable survival profile, and safety was tolerable.

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esophageal squamous cell carcinomaimmunotherapynimotuzumabresectableunresectable

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PMCPMC12263411

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