Study study type PathologyT1T0Patientssample sizesROB Results deaths (OS) Eprogression or deaths (PFS) ERFS/DFS E

mEC - (neo)adjuvant (NA) metastatic/advanced - esophageal cancer (mEC) mEC - (neo)adjuvant (NA)

versus placebo
nivolumab alone
CheckMate 577, 2021
  NCT02743494
RCTmEC - (neo)adjuvant (NA)nivolumabplaceboas adjuvant therapy in patientswith locally advanced (Adults with resected (R0)stage II or III) esophageal or gastroesophageal junction cancer with predominant adenocarcinomaor squamous-cell carcinoma.532 / 262some concern
conclusif

mEC - 1st line (L1) metastatic/advanced - esophageal cancer (mEC) mEC - 1st line (L1)

versus placebo plus SoC
pembrolizumab plus SoC
KEYNOTE-590 unpublished
  NCT03189719
RCTmEC - 1st line (L1)Pembrolizumab with cisplatin and 5 FU :placebo with cisplatin and 5 FU :as first-line treatment in Subjects With Advanced/Metastatic Esophageal squamous Carcinoma or EGJ373 / 376NA
conclusif demonstrated-38% demonstrated-49%

mEC - 2nd line (L2) metastatic/advanced - esophageal cancer (mEC) mEC - 2nd line (L2)

versus Standard of Care (SoC)
camrelizumab alone
ESCORT, 2020
  NCT03099382
RCTmEC - 2nd line (L2)camrelizumabdocetaxel or irinotecanpatients aged 18 to 75 years with a histological or cytological diagnosis of advanced or metastatic oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma, had progressed on, or were intolerant to, first-line standard therapy.228 / 220high
conclusif demonstrated-29% -31%
nivolumab alone
ATTRACTION-3, 2019
  NCT02569242
RCTmEC - 2nd line (L2)NivolumabICC Docetaxel/PaclitaxelPatients With Unresectable Advanced or Recurrent (squamous or adenosquamous) Esophageal (including the oesophagogastric junction) Cancer who have failed in standard chemotherapies.210 / 209high
conclusif demonstrated-23% 8%
pembrolizumab alone
KEYNOTE-181, 2020
  NCT02564263
RCTmEC - 2nd line (L2)Pembrolizumabchemotherapy ICC (paclitaxel, docetaxel, or irinotecan)Subjects With Advanced/Metastatic Adenocarcinoma and Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Esophagus/ or Siewert type I adenocarcinoma of the esophagogastric junction (EGJ) That Have Progressed After First-Line Standard Therapy314 / 314NA
inconclusive -11%