About this trial
The primary objective of this study is to assess the feasibility of treatment with bintrafusp alfa combined with definitive chemoradiation (carboplatin, paclitaxel and radiation) in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus or gastroesophageal junction.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Histologically proven squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus or gastro esophageal junction.
Surgically irresectable (T1-T4a, N0 or N+, M0), as determined by Endoscopic Ultra Sound (EUS), PET scan and diagnostic CT scan of neck, thorax and abdomen. Patients with M1 disease solely on the basis of supraclavicular metastasis are eligible. Patients with resectable tumors refusing radical surgery are eligible.
Locoregional recurrences without distant metastasis after surgery alone or endoscopical resection
Locoregional recurrences without distant metastasis after neoadjuvant chemoradiation + resection or definitive chemoradiation outside the previously irradiated area, provided that full dose of radiation can safely be delivered.
Disqualifiers
Past or current history of malignancy other than entry diagnosis interfering with prognosis of esophageal cancer.
Patient with tracheo-esophageal fistula or extension into the mucosal layer of the trachea, highly at risk to develop fistula. Thus, tumor extension to the trachea is allowed, but not through the trachea.
Patients with pathological lymph nodes at both supraclavicular and truncus coeliacus level.
Pregnancy (positive serum pregnancy test), planning to become pregnant, and lactation.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- External beam radiotherapy
- Bintrafusp alfa
- Paclitaxel
- Carboplatin
Treatment groups
Sponsors and collaborators
Academisch Medisch Centrum - Universiteit van Amsterdam (AMC-UvA)
Lead sponsor
UMC Utrecht
Collaborator
Catharina Ziekenhuis Eindhoven
Collaborator
Institute Verbeeten
Collaborator
Elisabeth-TweeSteden Ziekenhuis
Collaborator
Leiden University Medical Center
Collaborator
Radiotherapeutic Institute Friesland
Collaborator
Frisius Medisch Centrum
Collaborator
Radiotherapy Group Deventer
Collaborator
Deventer Ziekenhuis
Collaborator
Rijnstate Hospital
Collaborator
Erasmus Medical Center
Collaborator
The Netherlands Cancer Institute
Collaborator
Isala
Collaborator
University Medical Center Groningen
Collaborator
Ziekenhuisgroep Twente
Collaborator