Study study type PathologyT1T0Patientssample sizesROB Results

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
  • demonstrated 37 % decrease in events or deaths (EFS) (PE)

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

versus Standard of Care (SoC)
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 % decrease in deaths (OS) (PE)
  • statistically significant 64 % decrease in DCR