New hope for esophageal cancer: two experimental drugs take on standard therapy

NCT ID NCT04785820

First seen Apr 18, 2026 · Last updated May 16, 2026 · Updated 6 times

Summary

This study tested two new experimental drugs (lomvastomig and tobemstomig) against the standard treatment nivolumab in 190 people with advanced or metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma that had stopped responding to prior chemotherapy. The goal was to see if the new drugs could help patients live longer. Enrollment in one drug arm was stopped early for business reasons, not safety concerns.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • APHP - Hopital Saint Antoine

    Paris, 75571, France

  • Ac?badem Altunizade Hastanesi

    Istanbul, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Asan Medical Center

    Seoul, 05505, South Korea

  • Ataturk University Medical Faculty Yakutiye Research Hospital Medical Oncology Department

    Erzurum, 25240, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata di Udine - PO Universitario Santa Maria della

    Udine, Friuli Venezia Giulia, 33100, Italy

  • Bashkirian Republican Clinical Oncology Dispensary

    Ufa, Bashkortostan Republic, 450054, Russia

  • Baskent University Adana Dr. Turgut Noyan Practice and Research Hospital

    Adana, 01230, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Centre Leon Berard

    Lyon, 69373, France

  • Centro Oncologico Riojano Integral (CORI)

    La Rioja, F5300COE, Argentina

  • Centrum Onkologii w Bydgoszczy

    Bydgoszcz, 85-796, Poland

  • Changhua Christian Hospital

    Chang-hua, 500, Taiwan

  • Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital

    Jeollanam-do, 58128, South Korea

  • Communal Non profit Enterprise Regional Center of Oncology

    Kharkiv, Kharkiv Governorate, 61070, Ukraine

  • Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra

    Pamplona, Navarre, 31008, Spain

  • Curie Oncology

    Singapore, 329563, Singapore

  • Dicle Uni Medical Faculty

    Diyarbakır, 10000, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Fakultni nemocnice Olomouc

    Olomouc, 779 00, Czechia

  • First Moscow State Medical University n.a. I.M. Sechenov

    Moscow, Moscow Oblast, 119991, Russia

  • Group of companies "Medci"

    Moskva, Moscow Oblast, 105229, Russia

  • Hopital Claude Huriez

    Lille, 59037, France

  • Hopital Timone Adultes

    Marseille, 13385, France

  • Hospital Clinico Universitario de Valencia

    Valencia, 46010, Spain

  • Hospital Clínic i Provincial

    Barcelona, 08036, Spain

  • Hospital das Clinicas - UFRGS

    Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

  • ICO Rene Gauducheau

    Saint-Herblain, 44805, France

  • IRCCS Istituto Oncologico Veneto (IOV)

    Padova, Veneto, 35128, Italy

  • Inonu University Medical Faculty Turgut Ozal Medical Center Medical Oncology Department

    Malatya, 44280, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Inst. Alexander Fleming

    Buenos Aires, C1426ANZ, Argentina

  • Institut régional du Cancer Montpellier

    Montpellier, 34298, France

  • Instituto do Cancer do Estado de Sao Paulo - ICESP

    São Paulo, São Paulo, 01246-000, Brazil

  • International Cancer Institute (ICI)

    Eldoret, 30100, Kenya

  • Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo Per Lo Studio E La Cura Dei Tumori IRST - PPDS

    Meldola, Emilia-Romagna, 47014, Italy

  • Jasz-Nagykun-Szolnok Megyei Hetenyi Geza Korhaz-Rendelointezet

    Szolnok, 5004, Hungary

  • Krakowski Szpital Specjalistyczny im sw. Jana Paw?a II

    Krakow, 31-202, Poland

  • MEDSI Clinical Hospital on Pyatnitsky Highway

    Moscow, Moscow Oblast, 143422, Russia

  • Masaryk?v onkologický ústav

    Brno, 656 53, Czechia

  • NIO im Marii Sklodowskiej-Curie

    Warsaw, 02-034, Poland

  • National Cancer Centre

    Singapore, 168583, Singapore

  • National Taiwan University Hospital

    Zhongzheng Dist., 10048, Taiwan

  • Nottingham City Hospital

    Nottingham, NG5 1PB, United Kingdom

  • Odense Universitetshospital, Onkologisk Afdeling R

    Odense C, 5000, Denmark

  • Ramathibodi Hospital

    Bangkok, 10400, Thailand

  • Regional Municipal Institution Sumy Regional Clinical Oncology Dispensary

    Sumy, 40005, Ukraine

  • Rigshospitalet

    København Ø, 2100, Denmark

  • Seoul National University Bundang Hospital

    Seongnam-si, 13605, South Korea

  • Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System

    Seoul, 03722, South Korea

  • Siriraj Hospital

    Bangkok, 10700, Thailand

  • Songklanagarind Hospital

    Songkhla, 90110, Thailand

  • Szpital Morski im. PCK

    Gdynia, 81-519, Poland

  • Taipei Veterans General Hospital

    Taipei, 112201, Taiwan

  • The Aga Khan University-Kenya.

    Nairobi, 00100, Kenya

  • Van Yuzuncu Yil University Hospital

    Van, Turkey (Türkiye)

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