New drug cocktail aims to fight recurrent head and neck cancer
NCT ID NCT06668961
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 28, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This Phase II trial is testing whether two experimental drugs (SI-B001 and SI-B003) plus standard chemotherapy can help people with head and neck cancer that has come back or spread. About 60 adults aged 18 to 75 will receive the combination as their first treatment. The main goal is to see how many patients' tumors shrink or disappear.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- SI-B001 and SI-B003 (investigational drugs) combined with platinum-based chemotherapy
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this combination could offer a new first-line treatment option for people with recurrent or metastatic head and neck cancer, potentially shrinking tumors and delaying disease progression.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early Phase II trial with only 60 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The drugs are experimental, and side effects from the combination could be significant.
Why investors are watching
Sichuan Baili Pharmaceutical is testing its two experimental drugs, SI-B001 and SI-B003, combined with standard platinum chemotherapy as a first-line treatment for recurrent or metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. This phase II trial enrolls 48 participants and measures disease control. For a small company, a positive readout could validate its drug combination and support further development, while a negative result would be a major setback.
If it works: A positive result could show that the combination meaningfully controls disease in a hard-to-treat cancer, strengthening the company's pipeline and its case for advancing the drugs to later-stage trials. That outcome could raise the company's profile among partners and investors.
If it fails: A failure or delay could stall the program and hurt the company's prospects, since it relies on this experimental combination for growth. Trials often fail to meet their goals, so a negative readout is a real possibility.
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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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48 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Nov 2024
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
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: 1. Sign the informed consent form voluntarily and follow the protocol requirements; 2. Gender is not limited; 3. Age ≥18 years old and ≤75 years old; 4. Expected survival time ≥3 months; 5. Patients with recurrent or metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma; 6. Consent to provide tumor tissue samples or fresh tissue samples archived from the primary or metastatic lesions within 2 years; 7. At least one measurable lesion meeting the RECIST v1.1 definition was required; 8. Physical status score: ECOG ≤1; 9. The toxicity of previous antineoplastic therapy has returned to ≤ grade 1 as defined by NCI-CTCAE v5.0; 10. No severe cardiac dysfunction, left ventricular ejection fraction ≥50%; 11. No blood transfusion or colony-stimulating factor was allowed within 14 days before the first use of the study drug, and the organ function level must meet the requirements; 12. Coagulation function: international normalized ratio (INR) ≤1.5, and activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) ≤1.5×ULN; 13. Urinary protein ≤1+ or ≤1000mg/24h; 14. Fertile female subjects, or male subjects with fertile partners, must use highly effective contraception from 7 days before the first dose until 24 weeks after the dose. Female subjects of childbearing potential had to have a negative serum pregnancy test within 7 days before the first dose. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Squamous cell carcinoma of the nasopharynx, salivary gland, paranasal sinus, skin or of unknown primary site; 2. Patients with any of the following conditions were not eligible for the study: a) suitable and willing for local treatment; b) received systemic therapy, excluding treatment for locally advanced disease as part of multimodal therapy; 3. Patients with active central nervous system metastasis; 4. Who had participated in any other clinical trial within 4 weeks before the study dose; 5. Received radiotherapy within 4 weeks before the first dose of study drug; 6. Use of traditional Chinese medicine with anti-tumor indications within 2 weeks; 7. Had undergone major surgery within 4 weeks before the first dose; 8. Systemic corticosteroids or immunosuppressive agents were required within 2 weeks before study dosing; 9. Pulmonary disease was defined as ≥ grade 3 according to NCI-CTCAE v5.0; Patients with existing or a history of interstitial lung disease (ILD); 10. Have active infection requiring intravenous anti-infective therapy; 11. Had received immunotherapy and had grade ≥3 irAE or grade ≥2 immune-related myocarditis; 12. Received live attenuated vaccine within 4 weeks before the first dose of study drug; 13. Had taken an immunomodulatory drug within 14 days before the first dose of study drug; 14. Patients at risk for active autoimmune disease or with a history of autoimmune disease; 15. Other malignant tumors within 5 years before the first administration; 16. Human immunodeficiency virus antibody positive, active tuberculosis, active hepatitis B virus infection or hepatitis C virus infection; 17. Poorly controlled hypertension; 18. Patients with poor blood glucose control before the first dose; 19. Had a history of severe cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases; 20. Previous history of allogeneic stem cell, bone marrow or organ transplantation; 21. Patients with massive or symptomatic effusions or poorly controlled effusions; 22. Patients with a history of allergy to recombinant humanized antibodies or to any of the excipients of SI-B001 or SI-B003; 23. Had severe infusion reactions to antibody therapy in the past; 24. Had autologous or allogeneic stem cell transplantation; 25. Pregnant or lactating women; 26. The investigator did not consider it appropriate to apply other criteria for participation in the trial.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center
Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China
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