Supercharged immune cells take on stubborn esophageal cancer

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: * Histologically confirmed esophageal adenocarcinoma or Siewert I/II gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma judged biologically consistent with esophageal adenocarcinoma, unresectable/recurrent/metastatic, and not amenable to curative therapy. * Disease progressed after at least 1 prior systemic regimen for advanced disease, or the participant is intolerant of / ineligible for standard therapy. Biomarker-directed therapy must have been received or deemed inappropriate/unavailable where standard in the local setting. * At least 1 measurable lesion by RECIST v1.1. * Evidence of at least one selected target: CLDN18.2-positive by validated IHC (example threshold: membranous staining in ≥75% of tumor cells with moderate/strong intensity or protocol-specified central threshold), and/or HER2-positive by IHC 3+ or IHC 2+/ISH-amplified disease. * ECOG performance status 0-1. * Adequate marrow, renal, hepatic, pulmonary, and cardiac function per protocol laboratory thresholds. * Life expectancy ≥12 weeks. * Resolution of clinically significant prior-therapy toxicities to grade ≤1 (except alopecia or stable endocrinopathies). * Willingness to provide archival tumor tissue and to undergo fresh biopsy when safely feasible. * Negative pregnancy test for participants of childbearing potential and agreement to protocol-defined contraception. Exclusion Criteria: * Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma or non-adenocarcinoma histology. * Known active CNS metastases or leptomeningeal disease; previously treated stable CNS disease may be allowed only if asymptomatic and off escalating steroids per protocol. * Prior gene-modified cellular therapy within 12 weeks, or another investigational therapy likely to confound interpretation of safety or efficacy. * Active uncontrolled infection, including uncontrolled hepatitis B, hepatitis C, HIV viremia, sepsis, or clinically significant opportunistic infection. * Ongoing systemic immunosuppressive therapy above physiologic steroid replacement. * Active autoimmune disease requiring systemic treatment within 2 years. * Clinically significant interstitial lung disease/pneumonitis, uncontrolled cardiovascular disease, or left ventricular ejection fraction \<50%. * Active gastrointestinal perforation, uncontrolled bleeding, or clinically significant mucosal ulceration that would increase study-treatment risk. * Prior solid organ transplant or active graft-versus-host disease. * Pregnant or breastfeeding. * Another active malignancy requiring systemic therapy, except protocol-permitted low-risk cancers.