New combo aims to shrink head and neck tumors before surgery
NCT ID NCT07400094
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This phase 2 trial tests whether giving a combination of the immunotherapy drug camrelizumab and two chemotherapy drugs (paclitaxel and carboplatin) before surgery can improve outcomes for people with advanced oral cavity or larynx cancer. Fifty participants will receive three cycles of the drug combo, then undergo surgery to remove the tumor. The study will measure how many tumors completely disappear or shrink significantly, and track survival over three years.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- camrelizumab (an immunotherapy drug) combined with paclitaxel and carboplatin (chemotherapy drugs)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could shrink tumors before surgery, potentially improving long-term survival and reducing the need for additional treatments after surgery.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase study (50 people) with no control group, so results may not be definitive. Immunotherapy can cause serious side effects like inflammation of organs.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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About 50 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Feb 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 75 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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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 squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity and/or larynx, Stage III-IVA (cT1-2N1-2M0, cT3-4aN0-2M0) * Resectable disease planned for surgical treatment * Age 18-75 years * No prior antitumor therapy for the current diagnosis * Tumor sample available for PD-L1 expression assessment * No other malignancies in anamnesis (except basal cell carcinoma of skin and carcinoma in situ of cervix) * Absence of comorbidities preventing systemic chemotherapy and immunotherapy Exclusion Criteria: * Patient refusal to undergo planned treatment * Protocol violations not related to medical indications
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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P.A. Hertsen Moscow Oncology Research Institute
Moscow, Russia
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