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Phase II Study Evaluating Safety and Efficacy of Tislelizumab for Elderly Patients Unfit for Chemotherapy, With Advanced Esophageal Squamous-cell Carcinoma

Is NCT07205731 recruiting? Yes, currently enrolling (Jun 2026). This Phase 2 trial studies Tislelizumab is a fully humanized monoclonal antibody specific for human PD-1 for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (escc).

Phase 2RecruitingUniversity Hospital, Clermont-FerrandNCT07205731Data as of Jun 2026Location: France

Treatment: Tislelizumab is a fully humanized monoclonal antibody specific for human PD-1The goal of this clinical trial is to assess the percentage of patients alive at 6 months in elderly patients, not eligible to an platinum-based chemotherapy, but who can received the Tislelizumab treatment alone as first-line treatment for an advanced esophageal squamous-cell carcinoma (ESCC). Tislelizumab is a monoclonal antibody administred by intravenous infusion This study aims to anwer too at the questions: * the Safety of the drug * Overall survival (OS) at 6 months according the diagnostic of PD-L1 expression (PD-L1 is a protein present on the surface of immune cells) * Overall response rate (ORR) according to imagery criteria * Progression-free survival (PFS) at 3 and 6 months according to imagery criteria and depending on PDL1 expression * Patients' health-related quality of life * OS and PFS according to geriatric parameters * Prognostic value of immune biomarkers

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Extracted eligibility criteria

Treatments studied

Other

Tislelizumab is a fully humanized monoclonal antibody specific for human PD-1

Cancer type

Esophageal Carcinoma

Performance status

WHO 0–2

Demographics

Ages ≥ 70

Prior therapy

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

Cannot have received: immunotherapy

Absence of previous treatment (immunotherapy, chemotherapy or radiotherapy) in first line setting

Cannot have received: chemotherapy

Absence of previous treatment (immunotherapy, chemotherapy or radiotherapy) in first line setting

Cannot have received: radiotherapy

Absence of previous treatment (immunotherapy, chemotherapy or radiotherapy) in first line setting

Cannot have received: platinum-based chemotherapy

Ineligibility for a platinum-based chemotherapy assessed by oncologist and geriatrician

Cannot have received: immune checkpoint inhibitor

Previous immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy within the 2 years before inclusion

Cannot have received: chemotherapy, immunotherapy (eg, interleukin, interferon, thymosin, etc) or any investigational therapies

Has received any chemotherapy, immunotherapy (eg, interleukin, interferon, thymosin, etc) or any investigational therapies within 14 days or 5 half-lives (whichever is shorter) of the first study drug administration

Lab requirements

Blood counts

Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1 × 10^9/L, Platelet count ≥ 75 × 10^9/L, Hemoglobin ≥ 90 g/L

Kidney function

Measured creatinine clearance (CL) > 40 mL/min (MDRD method)

Liver function

AST and ALT ≤ 3 × ULN, or AST and ALT ≤5 ×ULN for patients with liver metastases; ALP ≤ 5 x ULN unless liver metastases are present, in which case it must be ≤ 10x ULN

Adequate marrow and organ functions defined as: Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1 × 10^9/L, Platelet count ≥ 75 × 10^9/L, Hemoglobin ≥ 90 g/L, AST and ALT ≤ 3 × ULN, or AST and ALT ≤5 ×ULN for patients with liver metastases, ALP ≤ 5 x ULN unless liver metastases are present, in which case it must be ≤ 10x ULN, Measured creatinine clearance (CL) > 40 mL/min (MDRD method)

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Frequently asked questions

Is NCT07205731 currently recruiting?

Yes, this trial is currently recruiting patients.

Can patients have received prior systemic therapy?

No. This trial requires treatment-naive patients — prior systemic therapy is an exclusion criterion.

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