Immunotherapy combined with chemotherapy has become the first-line standard of care for advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC), significantly improving patient survival. However, with the widespread adoption of first-line immunotherapy, most patients eventually develop immune resistance. After first-line treatment failure, there is currently no established standard effective therapy for second-line ESCC. Therefore, more effective and safer treatment options are urgently needed for second-line advanced ESCC. This is a prospective, single-arm, single-center, open-label, Phase II clinical study aiming to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Becotatug Vedotin combined with Tislelizumab and low-dose Lenvatinib in patients with advanced ESCC who have failed first-line therapy. Eligible patients will receive Becotatug Vedotin combined with Tislelizumab and low-dose Lenvatinib. The primary endpoint is objective response rate (ORR) assessed per RECIST v1.1. Secondary endpoints include progression-free survival (PFS), disease control rate (DCR), duration of response (DOR), overall survival (OS), and safety.
The study consists of two phases: a dose-run-in phase and a dose-expansion phase. Phase 1 (Dose-Run-In Phase): After signing informed consent, 6 eligible patients will receive Becotatug Vedotin combined with Tislelizumab and low-dose Lenvatinib during the safety run-in period to evaluate the safety and tolerability of the regimen: Becotatug Vedotin (2.0mg/kg, iv, d1, q3w, for 4-6 cycles) combined with Tislelizumab (200mg, iv, d1, q3w) and low-dose Lenvatinib (4 mg, po,once daily at a fixed time). If no more than 1 patient among the 6 treated patients experiences a dose-limiting toxicity (DLT) and no unexpected unacceptable serious adverse events occur, the study will proceed to Phase 2. Phase 2 (Dose-Expansion Phase): Eligible patients will receive the same combination regimen of Becotatug Vedotin, Tislelizumab, and low-dose Lenvatinib as in Phase 1. Treatment will continue until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, withdrawal of informed consent, death, pregnancy, investigator's decision to discontinue treatment, or study termination, whichever occurs first.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
36
Becotatug Vedotin 2.0 mg/kg administered as an intravenous infusion on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle for 4 to 6 cycles.
Tislelizumab 200 mg administered as an intravenous infusion on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle, continued for up to 35 cycles (approximately 2 years), or until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, withdrawal of informed consent, death, pregnancy, investigator decision to discontinue, or study termination, whichever occurs first.
Low-Dose Lenvatinib 4 mg administered orally at a fixed time once daily, continued until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, withdrawal of informed consent, death, pregnancy, investigator decision to discontinue, or study termination, whichever occurs first.
Objective Response Rate (ORR)
Objective response rate is defined as the proportion of patients who achieve complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) as assessed by the investigator per RECIST version 1.1.
Time frame: From start of treatment until disease progression, assessed up to 24 months
Progression-Free Survival (PFS)
Progression-free survival is defined as the time from the first dose of study treatment to the first documented disease progression per RECIST version 1.1 or death from any cause, whichever occurs first.
Time frame: From start of treatment to disease progression or death, assessed up to 36 months.
Overall Survival (OS)
Overall survival is defined as the time from the first dose of study treatment to death from any cause.
Time frame: From start of treatment to death, assessed up to 36 months.
Disease Control Rate (DCR)
Disease control rate is defined as the proportion of patients who achieve complete response (CR), partial response (PR), or stable disease (SD) as assessed by the investigator per RECIST version 1.1.
Time frame: From start of treatment until disease progression, assessed up to 24 months.
Duration of Response (DOR)
Duration of response is defined as the time from the first documented objective response (CR or PR) to the first documented disease progression per RECIST version 1.1 or death from any cause, whichever occurs first.
Time frame: From first documented response to disease progression or death, assessed up to 24 months.
Safety and Tolerability
Safety and tolerability will be assessed by the incidence, nature, and severity of adverse events (AEs) and serious adverse events (SAEs) according to NCI CTCAE version 5.0.
Time frame: From first dose of study drug until 30 days after the last dose, assessed up to 24 months.
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