About this trial
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of the combination therapy of immunotherapy (Tislelizumab), targeted therapy (Cetuximab), with chemotherapy (Cisplatin and Nab-paclitaxel) as a possible treatment before and after salvage surgery for locally recurrent oral/pharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma. The combination of Tislelizumab,Cetuximab, Cisplatin and Nab-paclitaxel will be given prior to your surgery, while Tislelizumab and Cetuximab will be continued for approximately half a year after surgery.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Participants must have histologically or cytologically confirmed locoregionally recurrent oral/oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (including tongue, lips, gums, cheeks, floor of mouth, hard palate, soft palate, posterior molar area, lateral pharyngeal wall, posterior pharyngeal wall, tonsils).
Participants must have documented time of ≥ 16 weeks from completion of prior curative intent treatment for OSCC (surgery and/or radiation therapy with/without platinum chemotherapy or cetuximab targeted therapy) to diagnosis of local or locoregional recurrence.
Age ranges from 18 to 75 years old
ECOG performance status 0 or 1.
Disqualifiers
Has known distant metastasis of the disease.
Has received chemotherapy or radiotherapy for curative treatment of oral/oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma within the 16 weeks prior to enrollment in the study.
Has received therapy treatment with anti-PD-1 antibody, anti-PD-L1 antibody, anti-PD-L2 antibody, or anti-CTLA-4 antibody (or any other antibody acting on T cell co stimulatory or checkpoint pathways).
Has received live or attenuated vaccines within 30 days prior to the first dose of Tislelizumab, inactivated vaccines are allowed.
Trial design
Single group
Treatments tested in this trial
Drug: Tislelizumab, Cetuximab, Cisplatin and Nab-paclitaxel
DrugNeoadjuvant treatment: the participants will receive Tislelizumab 200 mg, Cisplatin 75 mg/m2, Nab-paclitaxel 260 mg/m2 (each 3-week cycle) and Cetuximab (400 mg/m2 first time and followed 250 mg/m2, day 1, day 8, day 15) for 2 cycles. Adjuvant treatment: the participants will receive Tislelizumab 200 mg (each 3-week cycle, a total of 8 cycle) and Cetuximab (250 mg/m2, each 2-week, a total of 12 cycle) for a total of half a year.
Treatment groups
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
Rate of Major Pathological Response (mPR)
Major pathologic response (mPR) is defined as having ≤ 10% invasive squamous cell carcinoma within the resected primary tumor specimen and all sampled regional lymph nodes as assessed by pathologists. Rate is the proportion of treated participants who experienced mPR
Secondary outcomes
Rate of Pathologic complete response (PCR)
Pathologic complete response (PCR) is defined as having no invasive squamous cell carcinoma within the resected primary tumor specimen and all sampled regional lymph nodes as assessed by pathologists. Rate is the proportion of treated participants who experienced PCR.
1 year Event-free Survival (EFS) Rate
EFS is the time from the date of study entry to the date of first record of disease progression as defined by RECIST 1.1
2 year Event-free Survival (EFS) Rate
EFS is the time from the date of study entry to the date of first record of disease progression as defined by RECIST 1.1
1 year Overall Survival (OS) Rate
OS is the time from study entry to death due to any cause
Other outcomes
Changes in the Level of biomarkers for predicting therapeutic efficacy
Changes in the Level of PD-L1 expression, tumor mutation burden, microsatellite instability, immune cell invasion
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