New immune therapy aims to keep head and neck cancer at bay
NCT ID NCT06208826
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether giving additional immune therapy after surgery can help prevent head and neck cancer from coming back. It includes 268 adults who already had a good response to initial treatment. The goal is to see if this approach improves survival and is safe.
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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 268 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2023
- Expected to finish
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Sep 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 80 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: * Able to understand and willing to give an informed consent for the study. * Males or females aged 18 to 80 years. * Have an Eastern Co-operative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status less than equal to 1. * Pathologically (histologically or cytologically) confirmed, non-metastatic diagnosis of squamous cell carcinoma of head and neck (SCCHN). * Achievement of major pathological reaponse (MPR) after surgery with neoadjuvant immunotherapy combined chemotherapy. * Adequate bone marrow, liver, and renal function: Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1.5 × 10\^9/L, hemoglobin ≥ 9.0g/dL, platelets ≥100000/μL; ALT and AST \< 2.5× upper limit of normal (ULN), total bilirubin ≤ 1.5×ULN; Creatinine clearance ≥ 60 ml/min; APTT≤ 1.5×ULN. Exclusion Criteria: * Participant has metastatic/unresectable SCCHN. * Have an active autoimmune disease requiring systemic treatment or a documented history of clinically severe autoimmune disease. * With active hepatitis B or C, or known history of positive HIV test, or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. * With interstitial pneumonitis, non-infectious pneumonitis, active pulmonary tuberculosis, or history of pulmonary tuberculosis infection that were not controlled by treatment. * With active infection requiring systemic therapy. * Received any investigational drug within 4 weeks prior to the first dose, or concurrently enrolled in another clinical trial. * Any other factors that are not suitable for inclusion in this study judged by investigators.
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital
RECRUITINGTianjin, Tianjin Municipality, 300000, China
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