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NCT05287113CompletedPhase 2

Study of Retinfanlimab in Combination With INCAGN02385 and INCAGN02390 as First-Line Treatment in Participants With PD-L1-Positive (CPS ≥ 1) Recurrent/Metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck

A Randomized, Double-Blind, Multicenter, Phase 2 Study of Retifanlimab in Combination With INCAGN02385 (Anti-LAG-3) and INCAGN02390 (Anti-TIM-3) as First-Line Treatment in Participants With PD-L1-Positive (CPS ≥ 1) Recurrent/Metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 25 Sept 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the combination of retifanlimab plus INCAGN02385 and retifanlimab plus INCAGN02385 and INCAGN02390 compared with retifanlimab alone as first-line treatment in PD-L1-positive and systemic therapy-naive recurrent/metastatic (R/M) squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN).

Status (registry)
Completed
Phase (registry)
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
176 (actual)
First submitted
11 Mar 2022
Start date
14 Nov 2022
Primary completion date
14 Mar 2025
Lead sponsor
Incyte Biosciences International Sàrl
NCT number
NCT05287113
EU CT number
2023-504270-38-00

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 2
  • Participants enrolled: 176
  • From 14 Nov 2022 to the primary completion date, 14 Mar 2025
  • 91 sites in 14 countries
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

Built from the registry fields of ClinicalTrials.gov. It describes the study, not your situation.

Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Prior treatment

  • Progressive or recurrent disease within 6 months of the last dose of systemic treatment for locally advanced SCCHN. Prior PD-(L)1, LAG-3, or TIM-3 directed therapy, or any other checkpoint inhibitor therapy, for SCCHN or any other malignancy.
  • Treatment with anticancer therapies or participation in another interventional clinical study within 21 days before the first administration of study treatment.
  • Participant has not recovered to ≤ Grade 1 or baseline from residual toxicities of prior therapy.
  • Participant has not recovered adequately from toxicities and/or complications from surgical intervention before starting study treatment.
  • Palliative radiation therapy administered within 1 week before the first dose of study treatment or radiation therapy in the thoracic region that is \> 30 Gy within 6 months before the first dose of study treatment.
  • Known active CNS metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis. Participants will be excluded if it has been \< 4 weeks since radiation therapy was delivered to the CNS.

Other illness

  • Presence of tumors that invade major blood vessels, as shown unequivocally by imaging, and with active bleeding.

Other

  • Participants with primary tumors of the nasopharynx, sinonasal cavity, or salivary and are excluded.
  • Less than 3-month life expectancy.

Who the study is looking for

  • Histologically or cytologically confirmed R/M SCCHN that is not amenable to therapy with curative intent. Participants who refuse potentially curative salvage surgery for recurrent disease are ineligible.
  • Eligible primary tumor locations are oropharynx, oral cavity, hypopharynx, and larynx.
  • Participants must not have received prior systemic therapy for R/M SCCHN.
  • PD-L1 positive tumor status defined by CPS ≥ 1% per central laboratory determination.
  • For participants with primary oropharyngeal tumors, documentation of HPV p16 status based on local institutional standard is required. HPV p16 status is not required for other eligible SCCHN primary tumor sites.
  • Participant must have at least 1 measurable tumor lesion per RECIST v1.1.
  • Availability of archival tissue for biomarker analysis from a core or excisional biopsy or willingness to undergo a fresh biopsy.
  • ECOG performance status of 0 or 1.
  • Willingness to avoid pregnancy or fathering children.

Age in the registry: 18 years to 99 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (91)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Grand Hospital de Charleroi
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CharleroiBelgiumUnknown status
JESSA Ziekenhuis
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HasseltBelgiumUnknown status
Gza Sint Augustinus
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WilrijkBelgiumUnknown status
McGill University - Jewish General Hospital
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MontrealCanadaUnknown status
Chum Hospital Notre Dame
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MontrealCanadaUnknown status
McGill University Health Centre/Glen Site/Cedars Cancer Centre
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MontrealCanadaUnknown status
University of Cologne
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CologneGermanyUnknown status
Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
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HamburgGermanyUnknown status
Asklepios Klinik Altona
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HamburgGermanyUnknown status
Universitatsmedizin Der Johannes Gutenberg-Universitat Mainz Iii
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MainzGermanyUnknown status
Catalans Institute of Oncology Barcelona
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BarcelonaSpainUnknown status
ICO Girona - Hospital Universitari de Girona Dr Josep Trueta
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GironaSpainUnknown status
Hospital Universitario Quirónsalud Madrid
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MadridSpainUnknown status
Fundación Jiménez Díaz University Hospital
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MadridSpainUnknown status
Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal
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MadridSpainUnknown status
Hospital Regional Universitario Carlos Haya
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MálagaSpainUnknown status
Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra
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PamplonaSpainUnknown status
Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla
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SantanderSpainUnknown status
Hospital Universitari i Politécnic La Fe
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ValenciaSpainUnknown status
Hospital General Universitario de Valencia
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ValenciaSpainUnknown status
Centre hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux
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BordeauxFranceUnknown status
Institut Curie
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ParisFranceUnknown status
Centre Eugène Marquis
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RennesFranceUnknown status
Centre de Lutte Contre Le Cancer - Institut de Cancerologie de L'Ouest - Rene Gauducheau
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Saint-HerblainFranceUnknown status
ICANS - Institut de cancérologie Strasbourg Europe
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StrasbourgFranceUnknown status
Jsc Evex Hospitals
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K'ut'aisiGeorgiaUnknown status
Jsc Evex Corporation-Caraps Medline
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TbilisiGeorgiaUnknown status
LTD Cancer Research Centre
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TbilisiGeorgiaUnknown status
New Hospitals
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TbilisiGeorgiaUnknown status
University Hospital of West Attica - Attikon
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ChaïdáriGreeceUnknown status
Theagenio Anticancer Hospital
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ThessalonikiGreeceUnknown status
Bioclinic Thessaloniki (Galinos clinic)
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ThessalonikiGreeceUnknown status
Saint Lukas Clinic
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ThessalonikiGreeceUnknown status
Fondazione del Piemonte per l'Oncologia IRCC Candiolo
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CandioloItalyUnknown status
European Institute of Oncology
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MilanItalyUnknown status
Fondazione Irccs Istituto Nazionale Del Tumori Di Milano
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MilanItalyUnknown status
Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione Pascale
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NaplesItalyUnknown status
IOV - Istituto Oncologico Veneto IRCCS
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PadovaItalyUnknown status
Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo
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PaviaItalyUnknown status
AUSL IRCCS di Reggio Emilia
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Reggio EmiliaItalyUnknown status
Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital
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BusanSouth KoreaUnknown status
Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital
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GwangjuSouth KoreaUnknown status
CHA Bundang Medical Center
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Seongnam-siSouth KoreaUnknown status
Kangbuk Samsung Hospital
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SeoulSouth KoreaUnknown status
Asan Medical Center
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SeoulSouth KoreaUnknown status
Kunkuk University Medical Center
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SeoulSouth KoreaUnknown status
Korea University Anam Hospital
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SeoulSouth KoreaUnknown status
Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital
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YangsanSouth KoreaUnknown status
The Dutch Cancer Institue
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AmsterdamNetherlandsUnknown status
Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum (Lumc) (Leiden University Medical Center)
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LeidenNetherlandsUnknown status
Centrum Onkologii im. Prof. Franciszka Lukaszczyka
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BydgoszczPolandUnknown status
Przychodnia Lekarska Komed Roman Karaszewski
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KoninPolandUnknown status
Centrum Onkologii Ziemi Lubelskiej im sw Jana z Dukli
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LublinPolandUnknown status
Poznan University of Medical Sciences
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PoznanPolandUnknown status
NZOZ Provita Prolife Centrum Medyczne
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Tomaszów MazowieckiPolandUnknown status
Centrum Onkologii Instytut im.Marii Sklodowskiej-Curie
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WarsawPolandUnknown status
Hospital de Braga
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BragaPortugalUnknown status
Centro Hospitalar Universitario Algarve
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FaroPortugalUnknown status
Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Norte E P E Hospital de Santa Maria
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LisbonPortugalUnknown status
Instituto Portugues de Oncologia do Porto Francisco Gentil, E.P.E.
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PortoPortugalUnknown status
Centro Hospitalar de Sao Joao Alameda
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PortoPortugalUnknown status
Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Epe-Unidade L
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Vila Nova de GaiaPortugalUnknown status
Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital
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Kaohsiung CityTaiwanUnknown status
Chang Gung Medical Foundation - Kaohsiung Branch
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China Medical University Hospital
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TaichungTaiwanUnknown status
Institutional Review Board Taipei Veterans General Hospital
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TaipeiTaiwanUnknown status
National Taiwan University Hospital
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TaipeiTaiwanUnknown status
University of Michigan Cancer Center
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Ann ArborUnited StatesUnknown status
University of Maryland/Greenebaum Cancer Center
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BaltimoreUnited StatesUnknown status
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
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BostonUnited StatesUnknown status
University of Virginia - Emily Couric Clinical Cancer Center
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CharlottesvilleUnited StatesUnknown status
University of Illinois at Chicago
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ChicagoUnited StatesUnknown status
Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Hospital
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DetroitUnited StatesUnknown status
City of Hope National Medical Center
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DuarteUnited StatesUnknown status
Hackensack University Medical Center
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HackensackUnited StatesUnknown status
University of Iowa
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Iowa CityUnited StatesUnknown status
City of Hope Orange County
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IrvineUnited StatesUnknown status
Mayo Clinic- Jacksonville
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JacksonvilleUnited StatesUnknown status
University of Kansas Hospital Authority
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Kansas CityUnited StatesUnknown status
Kadlec Clinic Hematology and Oncology
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KennewickUnited StatesUnknown status
University of California San Diego Medical Center, Moores Cancer Center
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La JollaUnited StatesUnknown status
City of Hope Antelope Valley
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LancasterUnited StatesUnknown status
Innovative Clinical Research Institute
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Long BeachUnited StatesUnknown status
City of Hope National Medical Center
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Long BeachUnited StatesUnknown status
Blessed Health Care
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MiamiUnited StatesUnknown status
Fox Chase Cancer Center
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PhiladelphiaUnited StatesUnknown status
Huntsman Cancer Institute at University of Utah
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Salt Lake CityUnited StatesUnknown status
University of California San Francisco Comprehensive Cancer Center
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San FranciscoUnited StatesUnknown status
Mayo Clinic Rochester
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ScottsdaleUnited StatesUnknown status
Moffitt Cancer Center
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TampaUnited StatesUnknown status
Georgetown University
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Washington D.C.United StatesUnknown status

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