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
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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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
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.
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
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
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
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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