Conversion chemoradiotherapy combined with nab-paclitaxel plus cisplatin in patients with locally advanced borderline-resectable or unresectable esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a phase i/ii prospective cohort study

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2024年8月12日

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Nuo Yu,
Xiankai Chen,
Jiao Li,
Xiaozheng Kang,
Zhen Wang,
Ruixiang Zhang,
Jianjun Qin,
Yong Li,
Qingfeng Zheng,
Guojie Feng,
Lei Deng,
Tao Zhang,
Wenqing Wang,
Wenyang Liu,
Jianyang Wang,
Qinfu Feng,
Jima Lv,
Zongmei Zhou,
Zefen Xiao,
Nan Bi,
Yin Li,
Xin Wang

摘要

Background

To evaluate the efficacy and safety of nab-paclitaxel plus cisplatin as the regimen of conversional chemoradiotherapy (cCRT) in locally advanced borderline resectable or unresectable esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC).

Methods

Patients with locally advanced ESCC (cT3‑4, Nany, M0‑1, M1 was limited to lymph node metastasis in the supraclavicular area) were enrolled. All the patients received the cCRT of nab-paclitaxel plus cisplatin. After the cCRT, those resectable patients received esophagectomy; those unresectable patients continued to receive the definitive chemoradiotherapy (dCRT). The locoregional control (LRC), overall survival (OS), event-free survival (EFS), distant metastasis free survival (DMFS), pathological complete response (pCR), R0 resection rate, adverse events (AEs) and postoperative complications were calculated.

Results

45 patients with ESCC treated from October 2019 to May 2021 were finally included. The median follow-up time was 30.3 months. The LRC, OS, EFS, DMFS at 1 and 2 years were 81.5%, 86.6%, 64.3%, 73.2 and 72.4%, 68.8%, 44.8%, 52.7% respectively. 21 patients (46.7%) received conversional chemoradiotherapy plus surgery (cCRT+S). The pCR rate and R0 resection rate were 47.6 and 84.0%. The LRC rate at 1 and 2 years were 95.0%, 87.1% in cCRT+S patitents and 69.3%, 58.7% in dCRT patients respectively (HR, 5.14; 95%CI, 1.10–23.94; P = 0.021). The toxicities during chemoradiotherapy were tolerated, and the most common grade 3–4 toxicitiy was radiation esophagitis (15.6%). The most common postoperative complication was pleural effusion (38.1%) and no grade ≥ IIIb complications were observed.

Conclusion

nab-paclitaxel plus cisplatin are safe as the regimen of conversional chemoradiotherapy of ESCC.