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Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and NeckPhase 2NCT05673577

Camrelizumab in Combination With Cetuximab and Chemotherapy for Relapsed/Metastatic HNSCC Patients

A Phase 2 study testing Camrelizumab+cetuximab+chemotherapy in people with Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck, run by Fudan University at 1 site in China.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

This is a single-center, single-arm, phase 2 study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of camrelizumab in combination with cetuximab and chemotherapy as first-line for patients with relapsed/metastastic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 70 years
Conditions the study is for
Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck
What is being tested?
Camrelizumab+cetuximab+chemotherapy
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
41 participants
Where
1 siteChina
Study dates
22 Mar 2023to 31 Dec 2025
Phase
Phase 2
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 to 70 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Main inclusion Criteria:

  1. Histologically- or cytologically-confirmed recurrent disease not amenable to curative treatment with local or systemic therapy, or metastatic (disseminated) HNSCC.
  2. Patients with distant metastases, or patients with local recurrence who are not suitable for local radical therapy, must have previously received radiotherapy (postoperative radiotherapy or radical radiotherapy) for local recurrence and must have ended radiotherapy more than 6 months ago.
  3. Patients who have not received systemic chemotherapy before and who have received systemic chemotherapy as part of multidisciplinary treatment 6 months ago for locally advanced disease can be enrolled.
  4. Age 18-70 years old.
  5. ECOG performance status 0-1.
  6. Patients must have at least one lesion that can be evaluated by enhanced CT or MRI according to Recist v1.1.
  7. Hematopoietic function of bone marrow is basically normal: WBC ≥ 3.5 × 109/L, ANC ≥ 1.5 × 109/L, PLT ≥ 80 × 109/L, Hb ≥ 90 g/L.
  8. Liver and kidney functions are basically normal: total bilirubin, ALT and AST are all<1.5 × UNL (upper limit of normal value); Cr < 1.5 × UNL, and creatinine clearance ≥ 50 ml/min.
  9. Patients must have a life expectancy of at least 3 months.
  10. Patients volunteered to sign informed consent.

Main exclusion Criteria:

  1. Patients with a known history of severe allergy to monoclonal antibody therapy.
  2. Patients with previous camrelizumab therapy or previous cetuximab therapy (cetuximab as part of therapy in multidisciplinary therapy for curative purposes may be included).
  3. Patients with clinically significant heart disease, including severe cardiac insufficiency: New York College of Cardiology (NYHA) Grade IV cardiac insufficiency, unstable angina, acute myocardial infarction within 6 months prior to screening, congestive heart failure, Q-Tc interval greater than 500ms.
  4. Patients who had received secondary or higher gardes surgery within 3 weeks prior to treatment.
  5. Patients suffering from autoimmune disease requiring treatment, or syndrome history requiring systemic use of steroids/immunosuppressants, such as hypophysitis, pneumonia, colitis, hepatitis, nephritis, hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, etc.
  6. Other serious and uncontrollable concomitant diseases that may affect the compliance of the scheme or interfere with the interpretation of the results, including uncontrollable diabetes, or pulmonary diseases (interstitial pneumonia, obstructive pulmonary disease, and symptomatic bronchospasm history).
  7. Patients have evidence of central nervous system disease.
  8. Patients with known hepatitis B (HBV) (HBsAg positive and HBV DNA ≥ 103IU/ml) and hepatitis C (HCV) infection (HCV antibody positive and HCV RNA detectable); And other subjects with acquired and congenital immunodeficiency diseases, including but not limited to those infected with AIDS virus.
  9. Pregnant or lactating woman.
  10. Patients have serious active infection.
  11. Patients have a history of serious neurological or psychiatric diseases, including dementia or epilepsy.
  12. Patients may interfere with the drug abuse, medical, psychological or social conditions of the subject involved in the study or the evaluation of the study results.
  13. Patients considered unsuitable by the investigator.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

China1 site
  • Fudan University

    Shanghai

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About this study

Official title: A Phase II Study of Camrelizumab in Combination With Cetuximab and Chemotherapy as First-line Therapy for Patients With Relapsed/Metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck

This is a single-center, single-arm, phase 2 study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of camrelizumab in combination with cetuximab and chemotherapy as first-line for patients with relapsed/metastastic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

Read the detailed description

Patients with recurrent or metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) not amenable to curative-intent therapies have poor survival.

At present, the standard treatment is cetuximab and chemotherapy plus PD-1 inhibitor Regimen.

This study is a phase II, prospective, single arm,single-center study, which requires a total of 40 R/M HNSCC patients. Patients will receive no more than 6 cycles of albumin paclitaxel and cisplatin, repeated every 3 weeks. PD-1 inhibitor will be administered until progression every 3 weeks. Cetuximab will be administered 400 mg/m2 at first dose, following by 250 mg/m2 after first dose until progression, repeated every 3 weeks.

Being tested
Camrelizumab+cetuximab+chemotherapy
Keywords
Chemo-naive HNSCC, PD-1 inhibitor, cetuximab
Medical subject headings
Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Camrelizumab+cetuximab+chemotherapyDrug

    Camrelizumab: 200mg vgtt q3w, 3 weeks as a cycle; Cetuximab first dose 400mg/m2, vgtt, following by 250 mg/m2 after first dose, qw, 3 weeks as a cycle; albumin paclitaxel: 125mg/m2, vgtt, d1, 8, q3w,for up to 6 cycles; cisplatin: 75mg/m2, vgtt,d1,q3w, for up to 6 cycles;

    Then, in maintenance therapy, Camrelizumab: 200mg vgtt q2w; Cetuximab 500mg/m2, vgtt q2w until intolerable toxicity or disease progression

Study groups in NCT05673577
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Camrelizumab+cetuximab+chemotherapyExperimentalCamrelizumab: 200mg vgtt q3w, 3 weeks as a cycle; Cetuximab first dose 400mg/m2, vgtt, following by 250 mg/m2 after first dose, qw, 3 weeks as a cycle; albumin paclitaxel: 125mg/m2, vgtt, d1, 8, q3w,for up to 6 cycles; cisplatin: 75mg/m2, vgtt,d1,q3w, for up to 6 cycles; Then, in maintenance therapy, Camrelizumab: 200mg vgtt q2w; Cetuximab 500mg/m2, vgtt q2w until intolerable toxicity or disease progression
Receives: Drug: Camrelizumab+cetuximab+chemotherapy

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Objective response rate (ORR)

    Objective response rate measured as number of complete and partial response divided by the number of patients included.

    Measured: 2 years after enrollment of final patient

Secondary outcomes (3)
  1. Adverse events

    Hematologic and non hematologic adverse event (CTCAE 5.0)

    Measured: Since the signing of informed consent forms to 30 days after the last cycle

  2. Progression-free Survival (PFS)

    Progression-free Survival (PFS) (median) was determined using the number of months measured from the initial date of treatment to the date of documented progression, or the date of death (in the absence of progression) of participants. Progression is defined using Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST v1.1), as a 20% increase in the sum of the longest diameter of target lesions, or a measurable increase in a non-target lesion, or the appearance of new lesions.

    Measured: up to 2 years

  3. Overall Survival (OS)

    Overall Survival (OS) (median) was determined using the number of months measured from the initial date of treatment to the recorded date of death of participants.

    Measured: up to 2 years

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted6 Jan 2023
  2. Study start22 Mar 2023
  3. Primary completion30 Jun 2025
  4. Study completion31 Dec 2025

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
41 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT05673577
Sponsor's protocol ID
FUSCC-HN-001
Status last verified
Mar 2026
First submitted
4 Jan 2023
Last updated
2 Apr 2026
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing Camrelizumab+cetuximab+chemotherapy in people with Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck, run by Fudan University at 1 site in China.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 2 Apr 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in China. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Objective response rate (ORR) (time frame: 2 years after enrollment of final patient). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 2 Apr 2026.

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