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RecruitingNCT07055841Updated Jul 9, 2025

Single-Arm Exploratory Study of PD-L1 Antibody Plus Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Locally Advanced Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

A Phase 2 interventional study of Adebrelimab and TP regimen in Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck, sponsored by Xiuping Ding. Recruiting at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 85 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-07-09.

Sponsored by Xiuping Ding · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Aug 2025, 1 year 2 months ago, but the record still lists the study as recruiting.
  • Registered 2 years 2 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Apr 2023, registered Jun 2025).
  • Started Apr 2023; still recruiting 3 years 6 months later.
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
69
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years to 85 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

This single-arm exploratory study plans to enroll 69 locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (LA-HNSCC) patients. Participants will receive Adebrelimab (PD-L1 antibody) plus TP regimen (docetaxel/cisplatin) as neoadjuvant therapy for 1-4 weeks, followed by surgery and subsequent follow-up phase.

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Conditions studied

  • Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck

Keywords

  • PD-L1
  • Local late stage
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In context

Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck

1,680 studies on the registry are indexed under Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck; 539 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 69 is above the median of 49 across 1,432 interventional studies indexed under Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck.

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Lead sponsor

This is the only study on the registry with Xiuping Ding as lead sponsor.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 85 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • 1. Patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma diagnosed by histology or cytology;
  • 2. Have not received systematic treatment for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma in the past;
  • 3. According to the AJCC TNM staging system, it is divided into stages III-IVB;
  • 4. ECOG score: 0-1 point;
  • 5. Expected survival period ≥ 12 weeks;
  • 6. The main organ functions well and the laboratory test data meets the following standards: (1) Blood routine: absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1.5 × 109/L (or greater than the lower limit of normal laboratory values in the research center), platelet count ≥ 100 × 109/L, hemoglobin ≥ 90g/L; (2) Liver function: serum total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times the upper limit of the standard value (ULN), AST and ALT ≤ 2.5 times ULN. If the patient has liver metastasis, this standard is ≤ 5 times ULN; (3) Renal function: CrCl ≥ 60 ml/min/1.73 m2 (calculated according to the Cockcroft Gault formula);
  • 7. Female subjects with fertility, as well as male subjects with partners who are fertility women, are required to use a medically approved contraceptive measure (such as intrauterine device, contraceptive pill, or condom) during the study treatment period, at least 6 months after the last use of adebelimab, and at least 6 months after the last use of chemotherapy;
  • 8. Voluntarily join this study, sign the informed consent form, have good compliance, and cooperate with follow-up.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • 1. There is uncontrollable pleural effusion, pericardial effusion, or peritoneal effusion that requires repeated drainage;
  • 2. Have a history of allergies to any components of Adabelimab in the past;
  • 3. Have received any of the following treatments:

    1. Received any other investigational drug within 4 weeks prior to the first use of the investigational drug or had a half-life of no more than 5 from the last investigational drug;
    2. Simultaneously enrolled in another clinical study, unless it is an observational (non interventional) clinical study or an interventional clinical study follow-up;
    3. Received anti-tumor therapy (including radiotherapy, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, endocrine therapy, targeted therapy, biologic therapy, or tumor embolization) within 2 weeks prior to the first use of the investigational drug;
    4. Subjects who need to receive corticosteroids (equivalent to>10mg prednisone per day) within 2 weeks prior to the first use of the study drug. Allow the use of hormones for routine chemotherapy pretreatment without the need for dose adjustment. Other special circumstances require communication with the researcher. In the absence of active autoimmune diseases, inhalation or local use of steroids and corticosteroids with a dosage greater than 10mg/day of prednisone efficacy dose are allowed as substitutes for adrenal cortex hormones;
    5. Individuals who have received anti-tumor vaccines or have received live vaccines within 4 weeks prior to the first administration of the study drug;
    6. Having undergone major surgery or suffered severe trauma within 4 weeks prior to the first use of the investigational drug;
    7. Patients who have received previous treatment with paclitaxel drugs;
  • 4. The toxicity of previous anti-tumor treatments has not recovered to ≤ CTCAE 5.0 Grade 1 (excluding hair loss) or the level specified in the inclusion/exclusion criteria;
  • 5. Active autoimmune diseases, history of autoimmune diseases (such as interstitial pneumonia, colitis, hepatitis, pituitary inflammation, vasculitis, nephritis, hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, including but not limited to the above diseases or syndromes); Excluding childhood asthma/allergies with vitiligo or those who have already recovered, patients who do not require any intervention in adulthood; Autoimmune mediated hypothyroidism treated with stable doses of thyroid replacement hormone; Type I diabetes with a stable dose of insulin;
  • 6. Have a history of immune deficiency, including HIV test positive, or have other acquired or congenital immune deficiency diseases, or have a history of organ transplantation and allogeneic bone marrow transplantation, or active hepatitis (hepatitis B reference: HBV DNA test value exceeds 500 IU/ml or 2500 copies/mL);
  • 7. The subject has uncontrolled cardiovascular clinical symptoms or diseases, including but not limited to: (1) NYHA class II or above heart failure; (2) Unstable angina pectoris; (3) Have experienced myocardial infarction within one year; (4) Clinically significant supraventricular or ventricular arrhythmias that have not been clinically intervened or are still poorly controlled after clinical intervention;
  • 8.Within 4 weeks prior to the first use of the investigational drug, there has been a severe infection (CTCAE 5.0>grade 2), such as severe pneumonia requiring hospitalization, bacteremia, infection complications, etc; Baseline chest imaging examination suggests the presence of active pulmonary inflammation, symptoms and signs of infection within 2 weeks prior to the first use of the study drug, or the need for oral or intravenous administration Or intravenous use of antibiotics for treatment, except for prophylactic use of antibiotics;
  • 9. History of interstitial lung disease (excluding history of radiation pneumonia and non infectious pneumonia that have not been treated with steroids);
  • 10. Patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis infection found through medical history or CT examination, or patients with a history of active pulmonary tuberculosis infection within the past year before enrollment, or patients with a history of active pulmonary tuberculosis infection more than one year ago but without formal treatment;
  • 11. Diagnosed with any other malignant tumor within 5 years prior to the first use of the investigational drug, except for malignant tumors with low-risk metastasis and mortality risk (5-year survival rate>90%), such as basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma or cervical carcinoma in situ that have been adequately treated;
  • 12. Pregnant or lactating women;
  • 13. According to the researcher's assessment, there may be other factors that could force the subject to terminate the study midway, such as suffering from other serious illnesses (including mental illnesses) that require concurrent treatment, severe abnormal laboratory test values, family or social factors that may affect the subject's safety or the collection of trial data.
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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
69 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Group 1

    TP regimen Adbelimab Surgery or radiotherapy should be performed 1-4 weeks after the completion of neoadjuvant therapy.

    Drug: Adebrelimab · Drug: TP regimen · Procedure: Surgery or radiotherapy

Interventions

  • DrugAdebrelimab

    1200mg, intravenous infusion, D1, Every three weeks, there are two cycles in total.

  • DrugTP regimen

    TP regimen: Docetaxel 75 mg/m2, intravenous infusion, D1, Cisplatin 75 mg/m2, intravenous infusion, D1, Every three weeks, there are two cycles in total.

  • ProcedureSurgery or radiotherapy

    Surgery or radiotherapy should be performed 1-4 weeks after the completion of neoadjuvant therapy.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. ORR

    Objective response rate (ORR)

    Time frame: From enrollment to first efficacy evaluation (around 6-8 weeks)

Secondary outcomes

  1. pCR

    pathological complete response,pCR

    Time frame: Evaluate based on pathological results, with an evaluation period from enrollment to 2 weeks after surgery

  2. R0 resection rate

    R0 is the ratio of no residual material under the microscope after resection.

    Time frame: Evaluate based on pathological results, with an evaluation period from enrollment to 2 weeks after surgery

  3. EFS

    Event-Free Survival(EFS)

    Time frame: The time from enrollment to the first occurrence of endpoint events such as disease progression and death(maximum follow-up time of 2 years)

  4. Adverse event incidence rate

    Adverse events that occurred during the research process

    Time frame: Follow up from enrollment until 90 days after the last treatment

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Cancer Hospital of Shandong First Medical University
    Jinan, Shandong 250117, China
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jul 9, 2025, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT07055841
Lead sponsor
Xiuping Ding
Responsible party
Xiuping Ding (Dr, Shandong Tumor Hospital) — Sponsor-investigator
First posted
Jul 9, 2025
Start date
Apr 1, 2023
Primary completion
Aug 1, 2025 (estimated)
Completion
Aug 1, 2026 (estimated)
Last update
Jul 9, 2025

Study contacts

Xiuping Ding, Dr.
Contact
drdxp85@126.com
+86 18654539599
wanjun chen, physician
principal investigator · Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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