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  • Design: Phase 3 randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
  • Number of patients: 794 (532 received nivolumab, 262 received placebo)
  • Patients characteristics: Adults with resected (R0) stage II or III esophageal or gastroesophageal junction cancer who had received neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy
  • Agent: Nivolumab at a dose of 240 mg every 2 weeks for 16 weeks, followed by nivolumab at a dose of 480 mg every 4 weeks
  • Treatment line: Adjuvant therapy
  • Trial Acronym: CheckMate 577, ClinicalTrials.gov number NCT02743494
  • Comparison of efficacy in one markdown table:
    • Median disease-free survival: 22.4 months with nivolumab vs 11.0 months with placebo
    • Hazard ratio for disease recurrence or death: 0.69
  • Highlight of toxicity: Grade 3 or 4 adverse events related to the active drug occurred in 13% of patients in the nivolumab group vs 6% in the placebo group
  • One line summary: Nivolumab adjuvant therapy significantly improved disease-free survival in patients with resected esophageal or gastroesophageal junction cancer after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy.

References

Adjuvant Nivolumab in Resected Esophageal or Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer | New England Journal of Medicine