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RecruitingNCT07882888Updated Oct 20, 2026

Iparomlimab and Tuvonralimab With With Cetuximab in Resectable OSCC

A Phase 2 interventional study of iparomlimab and tuvonralimab combined with cetuximab in Head and Neck Cancer, sponsored by Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Recruiting at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 75 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-10-20.

Sponsored by Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

Updated Oct 20, 2026Newly registeredGo to Updates ↓
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
26
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years to 75 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

This is a single-center, single-arm phase II clinical study designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Iparomlimab and Tuvonralimab combined with cetuximab in patients with locally advanced resectable oral squamous cell carcinoma.

The treatment regimen for the experimental group is as follows:

The recommended dose of epalorestivolimab is 5 mg/kg. Cetuximab is administered at an initial dose of 400 mg/m² followed by 250 mg/m² once weekly, or alternatively cetuximab 500 mg/m² once every 2 weeks, via intravenous infusion. Each treatment cycle lasts 21 days, with 3 cycles administered preoperatively. Patients will undergo surgical resection at 3 weeks ± 7 days after completion of neoadjuvant therapy, followed by concurrent radiotherapy or chemoradiotherapy at 6 weeks ± 2 weeks postoperatively.

One clinical tumor imaging assessment will be performed preoperatively per RECIST v1.1 (Appendix 4). In addition, clinically required assessments including vital signs, physical examination, complete blood count, urinalysis, liver and renal function tests, serum electrolytes, thyroid function, electrocardiogram, ECOG performance status, and quality-of-life questionnaires will be completed on Day 1 of each treatment cycle (refer to the study flowchart for specific assessments at each visit). Subjects with hepatitis virus carriage will have viral load monitoring every 2 to 4 treatment cycles.

If PD is assessed per RECIST v1.1 but the subject remains clinically stable or the investigator judges that continued treatment may still benefit the subject, reassessment may be performed 4 weeks later using irRECIST. Treatment may be continued if no progressive disease is identified on reassessment.

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Conditions studied

  • Head and Neck Cancer
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In context

Head and Neck Neoplasms

2,403 studies on the registry are indexed under Head and Neck Neoplasms; 559 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 26 is below the median of 47 across 1,791 interventional studies indexed under Head and Neck Neoplasms.

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Lead sponsor

Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University is the lead sponsor of 162 studies on the registry; 71 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 75 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • - Aged 18-75 years, male or female;
  • Histopathologically confirmed primary stage Ⅲ-Ⅳa surgically resectable oral squamous cell carcinoma, with measurable lesions (≥10 mm on spiral CT, meeting RECIST 1.1 criteria);
  • ECOG performance status of 0 or 1;
  • Expected survival ≥12 weeks;
  • At least one measurable lesion per RECIST 1.1. Previously irradiated lesions may serve as measurable lesions provided disease progression has occurred;
  • Availability of tumor tissue for PD-L1 testing (paraffin-embedded specimens obtained within 2 years or fresh tumor tissue);
  • Adequate organ function assessed within 14 days prior to the first dose of study drug, defined as:
  • Hematology: absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥1.5×10⁹/L, platelets (PLT) ≥100×10⁹/L, hemoglobin (HB) ≥9 g/dL (no blood transfusion or component transfusion within 14 days before testing);
  • Hepatic: serum total bilirubin (TBIL) ≤1.5 × upper limit of normal (ULN); aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤2.5 × ULN (AST and ALT ≤5 × ULN permitted in the presence of liver metastases);
  • Renal: serum creatinine \<1.5 × ULN, or creatinine clearance ≥60 mL/min; blood urea nitrogen ≤200 mg/L;
  • Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) ≤1 × ULN. If TSH is abnormal, free triiodothyronine (FT3) and free thyroxine (FT4) shall be evaluated; subjects with normal FT3 and FT4 may be enrolled;
  • Urine protein ≤1+. If urine protein >1+, 24-hour urine protein quantification is required, with total urinary protein ≤1 g;
  • Normal cardiac function: normal electrocardiogram (ECG) or ECG abnormalities of no clinical significance; left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) >50% on echocardiography.
  • Female subjects of reproductive potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test before the first dose of study drug;
  • Male or female subjects of reproductive potential must use highly effective contraceptive methods throughout the study (e.g., oral contraceptives, intrauterine devices, abstinence, or barrier contraception combined with spermicide), and continue contraception for 90 days after treatment completion;
  • Subjects voluntarily participate in the study, sign the informed consent form, demonstrate good compliance, and agree to follow-up.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • - Presence of distant metastatic lesions or locally unresectable disease (stage Ⅳb or Ⅳc);
  • Prior primary nasopharyngeal carcinoma;
  • Participation in another investigational drug/therapy clinical trial within 4 weeks before the first study drug dose;
  • Major surgery within 4 weeks before the first study drug dose, or unresolved adverse effects from such surgery; receipt of live vaccine or immunotherapy within 4 weeks; radiotherapy within 2 weeks;
  • Concurrent receipt of any other anti-tumor therapy;
  • Active autoimmune disease or history of autoimmune disease (including but not limited to autoimmune hepatitis, interstitial pneumonia, uveitis, enteritis, hepatitis, hypophysitis, vasculitis, nephritis, hyperthyroidism; vitiligo not requiring systemic therapy is allowed; childhood asthma fully resolved with no intervention required in adulthood is allowed; asthma requiring bronchodilator treatment is excluded);
  • Current use of immunosuppressants or systemic corticosteroids for immunosuppressive purposes (>10 mg/day prednisone or equivalent), continued within 2 weeks prior to enrollment;
  • History of other malignant tumors within the past 5 years, except cured basal cell carcinoma of the skin, cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, early prostate cancer, and carcinoma in situ of the cervix;
  • Administration of hematopoietic growth factors such as granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) or erythropoietin within 1 week before the first study drug dose;
  • Prior treatment with anti-PD-1/PD-L1/PD-L2/CTLA-4 antibodies or agonist/antagonist agents targeting T-cell receptors (e.g., OX40, CD137);
  • Positive human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibody or *Treponema pallidum* antibody;
  • Active hepatitis B or hepatitis C infection:
  • If HBsAg or HBcAb is positive, HBV DNA testing will be performed (enrollment excluded if above ULN);
  • If HCV antibody is positive, HCV RNA testing will be performed (enrollment excluded if above ULN);
  • Known hypersensitivity to recombinant humanized anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody or its components;
  • Active pulmonary disease (interstitial pneumonia, pneumonia, obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma) or history of active tuberculosis;
  • Any uncontrolled clinical conditions, including but not limited to:
  • Persistent or active (severe) infection;
  • Poorly controlled hypertension (persistent blood pressure >150/90 mmHg);
  • Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus;
  • Cardiac disease (New York Heart Association grade Ⅲ/Ⅳ congestive heart failure or cardiac block);
  • Events occurring within 6 months before first dose: deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism; myocardial infarction; severe or unstable arrhythmia or angina; percutaneous coronary intervention, acute coronary syndrome, coronary artery bypass grafting; cerebrovascular accident, transient ischemic attack, cerebral embolism;
  • Prior stem cell transplantation or solid organ transplantation;
  • History of substance abuse that cannot be discontinued, or history of psychiatric disorders;
  • Other severe, acute or chronic medical conditions or laboratory abnormalities that, in the investigator's judgment, may increase risks associated with study participation or interfere with interpretation of study results;
  • Poor compliance or other conditions deemed by the investigator to render the subject unsuitable for trial participation.
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Study design

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

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Neoadjuvant treatment arm

    iparomlimab and tuvonralimab is 5 mg/kg. Cetuximab is administered at an initial dose of 400 mg/m² followed by 250 mg/m² once weekly, or alternatively cetuximab 500 mg/m² once every 2 weeks, via intravenous infusion. Each treatment cycle lasts 21 days, with 3 cycles administered preoperatively. Patients will undergo surgical resection at 3 weeks ± 7 days after completion of neoadjuvant therapy, followed by concurrent radiotherapy or chemoradiotherapy at 6 weeks ± 2 weeks postoperatively.

    Drug: iparomlimab and tuvonralimab combined with cetuximab

Interventions

  • Drugiparomlimab and tuvonralimab combined with cetuximab

    The recommended dose of iparomlimab and tuvonralimab is 5 mg/kg. Cetuximab is administered at an initial dose of 400 mg/m² followed by 250 mg/m² once weekly, or alternatively cetuximab 500 mg/m² once every 2 weeks, via intravenous infusion. Each treatment cycle lasts 21 days, with 3 cycles administered preoperatively. Patients will undergo surgical resection at 3 weeks ± 7 days after completion of neoadjuvant therapy, followed by concurrent radiotherapy or chemoradiotherapy at 6 weeks ± 2 weeks postoperatively.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. MPR rate

    the percentage of participants viable tumour cells remaining in the tumour bed after neoadjuvant therapy ≤10%, regardless of the presence or absence of viable tumour cells in the lymph nodes

    Time frame: 12 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. events free survival

    participants documented PD per RECIST 1.1 from enrollment in the neoadjuvant stage, or recurrent or death due to any cause, whichever occurred first.

    Time frame: 12 months

  2. Number of Participants Experiencing an Adverse Event (AE)

    An AE was defined as any untoward medical occurrence in a participant administered a pharmaceutical product and which did not necessarily have to have a causal relationship with this treatment. An AE could therefore be any unfavourable and unintended sign, symptom, or disease temporally associated with the use of a medicinal product or protocol-specified procedure, whether or not considered related to the medicinal product or protocol-specified procedure. Any worsening of a pre-existing condition that was temporally associated with the use of the Sponsor's product was also an AE. The number of participants that experienced at least one AE was reported for each treatment arm.

    Time frame: 12 months

  3. overall survival

    OS was defined as the time from enrollment to death due to any cause. Participants without documented death at the time of the final analysis were censored at the date of the last follow-up.

    Time frame: 12 months

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • the Ninth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
    Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality 200011, China
    Recruiting
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Updates

1 registry update since Sep 25, 2026
Registered
First appeared on the registry. No changes since
Oct 20, 2026
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  1. Oct 20, 2026
    First appeared on the registry

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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT07882888
Responsible party
ren guoxin (Principal Investigator, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University) — Principal investigator
First posted
Oct 20, 2026
Start date
Oct 16, 2026 (estimated)
Primary completion
Oct 16, 2028 (estimated)
Completion
Oct 16, 2029 (estimated)
Last update
Oct 20, 2026

Study contacts

Guoxin Ren, M.D.
Contact
renguoxincn@sina.com
13916948812

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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