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Cardenilimab Combined With Chemotherapy for Locally Advanced Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Is NCT06165380 recruiting? Yes, currently enrolling (May 2026). This Phase 2 trial studies Cardenilimab Combined With Chemotherapy for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.

Phase 2RecruitingLi ZhangNCT06165380Data as of May 2026

Treatment: Cardenilimab Combined With ChemotherapyThe goal of this trial is to test the efficacy and safety of cardenilimab combined with chemotherapy in the conversion therapy of locally advanced unresectable esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. type of study: clinical trial

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Extracted eligibility criteria

Cancer type

Esophageal Carcinoma

Disease stage

Required: Stage NXM0 (8th edition of AJCC TNM)

diagnosed as cT4a, T4b, NXM0 according to the 8th edition of AJCC TNM staging, and assessed as initially unresectable by the surgeon

Performance status

ECOG 0–1(Restricted strenuous activity)

Prior therapy

No prior treatment (treatment-naive required)
Max 0 prior lines

Cannot have received: systemic therapy

Have not received any systemic treatment for the current disease in the past, including surgery, anti-tumor radiotherapy, chemotherapy/immunotherapy, etc.

Cannot have received: anti-PD-1/PD-L1/PD-L2 or co-inhibitory T-cell receptor therapy

Have previously received the following therapies: anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1 or anti-PD-L2 drugs or another type of stimulating or synergistic inhibition of T cell receptors (including but not limited to CTLA-4, OX-40, CD137 etc.) drugs

Cannot have received: systemic Chinese patent medicines with anti-tumor indications or drugs with immunomodulatory effects (thymosin, interferon, interleukin)

Exception: except for local use to control pleural effusion

Have received systemic systemic treatment with Chinese patent medicines with anti-tumor indications or drugs with immunomodulatory effects (including thymosin, interferon, interleukin, except for local use to control pleural effusion) within 2 weeks before the first dose

Lab requirements

Blood counts

ANC ≥1.5x10^9/L without G-CSF in past 14 days; platelets ≥100×10^9/L without transfusion in past 14 days; hemoglobin >9g/dL without transfusion or erythropoietin in past 14 days

Kidney function

Serum creatinine ≤1.5×ULN and creatinine clearance ≥60 ml/min

Liver function

Total bilirubin ≤1.5×ULN; AST and ALT ≤2.5×ULN

Cardiac function

Myocardial enzyme spectrum within normal range (unless judged not clinically significant); good coagulation function (INR or PT ≤1.5×ULN); euthyroid (TSH within normal range, or T3/FT3 and FT4 within normal range if TSH abnormal)

With sufficient organ function, subjects must meet the following laboratory indicators: 1. Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥1.5x10^9/L without using granulocyte colony-stimulating factor in the past 14 days; 2. Without blood transfusion in the past 14 days, platelets ≥100×10^9/L; 3. Hemoglobin >9g/dL without blood transfusion or erythropoietin use in the past 14 days; 4. Total bilirubin ≤1.5×ULN; 5. AST and ALT ≤2.5×ULN; 6. Serum creatinine ≤1.5×ULN and creatinine clearance ≥60 ml/min; 7. Good coagulation function, defined as INR or PT ≤ 1.5×ULN; 8. Euthyroid, defined as TSH within the normal range. If baseline TSH is outside the normal range, subjects can also be enrolled if total T3 (or FT3) and FT4 are within the normal range; 9. Myocardial enzyme spectrum is within the normal range (if the researcher comprehensively judges that simple laboratory abnormalities without clinical significance are also allowed to be included)

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