Nature Communications (Feb 2022)

Clinical and biomarker analyses of sintilimab versus chemotherapy as second-line therapy for advanced or metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a randomized, open-label phase 2 study (ORIENT-2)

  • Jianming Xu,
  • Yi Li,
  • Qingxia Fan,
  • Yongqian Shu,
  • Lei Yang,
  • Tongjian Cui,
  • Kangsheng Gu,
  • Min Tao,
  • Xiuwen Wang,
  • Chengxu Cui,
  • Nong Xu,
  • Juxiang Xiao,
  • Quanli Gao,
  • Yunpeng Liu,
  • Tao Zhang,
  • Yuxian Bai,
  • Wei Li,
  • Yiping Zhang,
  • Guanghai Dai,
  • Dong Ma,
  • Jingdong Zhang,
  • Chunmei Bai,
  • Yunchao Huang,
  • Wangjun Liao,
  • Lin Wu,
  • Xi Chen,
  • Yan Yang,
  • Junye Wang,
  • Shoujian Ji,
  • Hui Zhou,
  • Yan Wang,
  • Zhuo Ma,
  • Yanqi Wang,
  • Bo Peng,
  • Jiya Sun,
  • Christoph Mancao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28408-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Patients with advanced esophageal cancer have poor prognosis and limited treatment options. This randomized, phase II trial compares the efficacy and safety of the anti-PD-1 antibody sintilimab versus chemotherapy in Chinese patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma after first-line therapy