A Randomized Controlled Study of Endoscopic Cryoablation Combined With PD-1 Inhibitor for Maintenance Therapy in Advanced Gastric Cancer

NCT ID: NCT06957977

Last Updated: 2025-05-06

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Clinical Phase: PHASE2
• Total Enrollment: 42 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2025-05-01
• Study Completion Date: 2027-05-01

Brief Summary

This study evaluates the safety and efficacy of endoscopic cryoballoon ablation treatment (ECAT) combined with a PD-1 inhibitor (sintilimab) as maintenance therapy in patients with advanced gastric cancer, and further explores the underlying immunoregulatory mechanisms.

Detailed Description

This study is a single-center, randomized, controlled, open-label, prospective clinical trial. A total of 42 patients with advanced gastric cancer will be enrolled. Among them, 30 patients who achieve a partial response (PR) after receiving standard of care (SOC) treatment - such as FOLFOX, POLF, FLOT, SOX, CAPOX, or FOLFIRI - will be randomly assigned to two groups. Twenty patients will receive local gastric endoscopic cryoballoon ablation treatment (ECAT) combined with sintilimab, while the remaining ten patients will receive sintilimab monotherapy. Both groups will subsequently undergo standard maintenance therapy, followed by assessments of treatment efficacy, safety, and immunological evaluations of both peripheral blood and tumor tissues. Patients whose disease status is assessed as stable disease (SD) or progressive disease (PD) after SOC treatment will proceed to receive standard second-line therapies.

Conditions

Gastric Cancer; Cryoballoon Ablation

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

ECAT + PD-1

Patients who achieve a partial response (PR) following standard treatment will subsequently receive gastric local endoscopic cryoballoon ablation treatment (ECAT) combined with sintilimab. Sintilimab will be administered within three days before and after the ECAT procedure, and continued regularly thereafter.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Endoscopic Cryoballoon Ablation Treatment

Intervention Type: PROCEDURE

ECAT: A cryoballoon with catheter is inserted along the endoscopic forceps channel, the balloon is placed on the surface of the tumor, and the balloon is dilated so that it fits snugly over the lesion. The freezing cycle is initiated and continued for 2-3 minutes, and then the balloon is rewarmed and frozen again for 2-3 minutes; the freeze-rewarm cycle is repeated twice. PD-1:The first PD-1 monoclonal antibody treatment in this study was given within 3 days before and after ECAT treatment, and subsequent treatment was given every three weeks according to the instructions.

PD1 Inhibitor

Intervention Type: DRUG

The first administration of the PD-1 monoclonal antibody is initiated when patients achieve a partial response (PR) following standard treatment. Subsequent administrations are given every three weeks according to the prescribing information.

PD-1

The remaining 10 patients who achieve a partial response (PR) following standard treatment will receive sintilimab monotherapy, followed by standard maintenance therapy.

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

PD1 Inhibitor

Intervention Type: DRUG

The first administration of the PD-1 monoclonal antibody is initiated when patients achieve a partial response (PR) following standard treatment. Subsequent administrations are given every three weeks according to the prescribing information.

Interventions

Endoscopic Cryoballoon Ablation Treatment

ECAT: A cryoballoon with catheter is inserted along the endoscopic forceps channel, the balloon is placed on the surface of the tumor, and the balloon is dilated so that it fits snugly over the lesion. The freezing cycle is initiated and continued for 2-3 minutes, and then the balloon is rewarmed and frozen again for 2-3 minutes; the freeze-rewarm cycle is repeated twice. PD-1:The first PD-1 monoclonal antibody treatment in this study was given within 3 days before and after ECAT treatment, and subsequent treatment was given every three weeks according to the instructions.

Intervention Type: PROCEDURE

PD1 Inhibitor

The first administration of the PD-1 monoclonal antibody is initiated when patients achieve a partial response (PR) following standard treatment. Subsequent administrations are given every three weeks according to the prescribing information.

Intervention Type: DRUG

Other Intervention Names

ECAT

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

1. Patients diagnosed with advanced gastric cancer (stage IV according to the AJCC 8th edition, including locally advanced unresectable gastric cancer [stage IVa] and gastric cancer with distant metastasis [stage IVb]; Borrmann classification types I, II, or III) who are deemed ineligible for surgical resection or unable to tolerate surgery, and meet the indications for first-line therapy with sintilimab combined with fluoropyrimidine- and platinum-based chemotherapy;

2. Age ≥18 years;

3. WHO pathological types: adenocarcinoma or neuroendocrine tumors;

4. Physician-assessed estimated life expectancy greater than 3 months, with distant metastases considered controllable;

5. Maximum diameter of the primary tumor ≤6 cm;

6. Adequate major organ function, defined as:① Liver function: ALT and AST ≤ 2.5 times the positive range, total bilirubin ≤ 2.0mg/dL; ② Renal function: creatinine clearance ≥ 40mL/min calculated using the EPI formula;

7. Hematological criteria: hemoglobin (Hgb) ≥70 g/L; absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥1.5×10⁹/L; platelet count (PLT) ≥80×10⁹/L;

8. Coagulation function: prothrombin time (PT) and activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) both <2 times the normal value;

9. Negative pregnancy test for women of childbearing potential;

10. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status ≤2;

11. Signed informed consent form.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Pregnant or breastfeeding women, or women planning to become pregnant within six months;

2. Patients with infectious diseases (such as HIV, syphilis, or active tuberculosis);

3. Patients with active hepatitis B or hepatitis C infection;

4. Patients with other concurrent primary malignancies;

5. Patients who have participated in another clinical trial within the past month;

6. Patients who have taken antiplatelet or anticoagulant medications within the past week;

7. Patients with gastric cancer complicated by active bleeding;

8. Patients with massive ascites (ascites volume ≥3000 mL);

9. Patients with cardia obstruction or pyloric obstruction;

10. Patients with active infections or autoimmune diseases;

11. Patients deemed unsuitable for treatment by the investigator for any other reason.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Zhongguang Luo, MD

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Zhongguang Luo, MD

Chief Physician

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai

Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China

Countries

China

Facility Contacts

Wanwei Zheng

Role: primary

calebzww@yeah.net

+86 13816431448

Other Identifiers

KY2025-081

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id