Esophageal Cancer | Topics

Although patients with stage I esophageal cancer who received early surgery had similar survival vs delayed surgery, those with stage II and III disease experienced improved outcomes.

Investigators reported positive topline findings from the phase 3 RATIONALE 306 trial, assessing the first-line combination of tislelizumab and chemotherapy in previously untreated unresectable, locally advanced, recurrent, or metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.

The CheckMate 648 trial found that using a combination of nivolumab and chemotherapy or nivolumab plus ipilimumab vs chemotherapy alone improved survival in advanced esophageal squamous-cell carcinoma.

Treatment with nivolumab/ipilimumab and nivolumab/chemotherapy has demonstrated efficacy in unresectable advanced, recurrent, or metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, with results from the CheckMate-648 trial leading to the acceptance of the regimens’ applications by the FDA.

Pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy compared with the placebo plus chemotherapy demonstrated an improvement in overall survival and progression-free survival for patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.

Data presented at 2021 ESMO show that nivolumab plus chemotherapy improves survival outcomes in certain patients with frontline gastrointestinal cancers, but not nivolumab plus ipilimumab.

Results from the phase 3 JUPITER06 trial demonstrated positive outcomes with toripalimab plus platinum-based chemotherapy in patients with treatment-naïve advanced or metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.

Results of 2 studies presented at 2021 ESMO demonstrate superior efficacy of sintilimab plus chemotherapy versus chemotherapy alone in certain gastrointestinal cancers.

Preliminary data from the phase 1b GO30103 study indicated that the combination of tiragolumab plus atezolizumab may have promise in patients with heavily pretreated metastatic esophageal cancer.

Survival outcomes improved when nivolumab was added to either ipilimumab or chemotherapy versus chemotherapy alone in advanced/metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma