Trial reportClinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research2022
Phase II Multi-institutional Clinical Trial Result of Concurrent Cetuximab and Nivolumab in Recurrent and/or Metastatic Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma.
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- Immunotherapy plus targeted therapy for recurrent or metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: an updated meta-analysis and subgroup analysis by target mechanism.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Pooled it
- Outcomes for recurrent or metastatic head and neck cancer by HPV status: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The oncologist · 2025Pooled it
- Concurrent immunotherapy and radiation in cisplatin-ineligible patients with HNSCC: a systematic review & meta-analysis.Immunotherapy · 2024Pooled it
- Efficacy of cetuximab plus PD-1 inhibitor differs by HPV status in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal for immunotherapy of cancer · 2022Pooled it
- Efficacy and safety of toripalimab in combination with cetuximab in patients with recurrent or metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (R/M HNSCC): a phase 1b/2 study.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2026Trial
- Evaluation of Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio in Patients With Recurrent and/or Metastatic Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Treated With a Combination of Cetuximab and Nivolumab in a Phase II Clinical Trial.American journal of clinical oncology · 2026Trial
- Long-term Survival and Molecular Biomarker Evaluation of a Phase II Cetuximab and Nivolumab Clinical Trial in Recurrent/Metastatic Head and Neck Cancer.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2026Trial
- An exploratory study of nimotuzumab combined with toripalimab and chemotherapy for locally advanced tonsillar cancer.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Trial
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- Efficacy and safety of one-time autologous tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte cell therapy in patients with recurrent and/or metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.Journal for immunotherapy of cancer · 2025Trial
- Effect tongue pressure feedback training with enabling education on swallowing and depression in head and neck tumor patients.World journal of psychiatry · 2025Trial
- Phase II (Alliance A091802) Randomized Trial of Avelumab Plus Cetuximab Versus Avelumab Alone in Advanced Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma.Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology · 2025Trial
- Clinical significance of peripheral T-cell repertoire in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma treated with cetuximab and nivolumab.Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII · 2025Trial
- HLX07 alone or combined with serplulimab, cisplatin and 5-fluorouracil for advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: A phase 2 study.Cancer communications (London, England) · 2024Trial
- Biomarkers of pembrolizumab efficacy in advanced anal squamous cell carcinoma: analysis of a phase II clinical trial and a cohort of long-term responders.Journal for immunotherapy of cancer · 2024Trial
- Camrelizumab combined with apatinib in patients with first-line platinum-resistant or PD-1 inhibitor resistant recurrent/metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a single-arm, phase 2 trial.Nature communications · 2023Trial
- Durvalumab plus Cetuximab in Patients with Recurrent or Metastatic Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma: An Open-label, Nonrandomized, Phase II Clinical Trial.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2023Trial
- T cell repertoire in peripheral blood as a potential biomarker for predicting response to concurrent cetuximab and nivolumab in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.Journal for immunotherapy of cancer · 2022Trial
- Phase Ib Trial of Finotonlimab Combined With SCT200 in Patients With Recurrent or Metastatic Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma.Cancer medicine · 2026Article
- Driving progress in recurrent and metastatic head and neck cancer: the NRG Oncology perspective.Journal of the National Cancer Institute · 2026Review
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Abstract
purposeA phase II multi-institutional clinical trial was conducted to determine overall survival (OS) in patients with recurrent and/or metastatic (R/M) head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) treated with a combination of cetuximab and nivolumab. PATIENTS AND
methodsPatients with R/M HNSCC were treated with cetuximab 500 mg/m2 i.v. on day 14 as a lead-in followed by cetuximab 500 mg/m2 i.v. and nivolumab 240 mg i.v. on day 1 and day 15 of each 28-day cycle. Expression of p16 and programmed cell death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) in archived tumors were determined. Tumor-tissue-modified human papillomavirus (TTMV) DNA was quantified in plasma.
resultsNinety-five patients were enrolled, and 88 patients were evaluable for OS with a median follow-up of 15.9 months. Median OS in the 45 patients who had prior therapy for R/M HNSCC (cohort A) was 11.4 months, with a 1 year OS 50% [90% confidence interval (CI), 0.43-0.57]. Median OS in the 43 patients who had no prior therapy (cohort B) was 20.2 months, with a 1-year OS 66% (90% CI, 0.59-0.71). In the combined cohorts, the p16-negative immunostaining was associated with higher response rate (RR; P = 0.02) but did not impact survival while higher PD-L1 combined positive score was associated with higher RR (P = 0.03) and longer OS (log-rank P = 0.04). In the p16-positive patients, lower median (1,230 copies/mL) TTMV DNA counts were associated with higher RR (P = 0.01) and longer OS compared with higher median (log-rank P = 0.05).
conclusionsThe combination of cetuximab and nivolumab is effective in patients with both previously treated and untreated R/M HNSCC and warrants further evaluation.
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