NCT06769698RecruitingPhase 2
A Study to See if Giving Fianlimab and Cemiplimab Together is Better Than Cemiplimab Alone at Treating Recurrent or Metastatic Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Phase II Randomized Study of Fianlimab Plus Cemiplimab Versus Cemiplimab Plus Placebo in First-Line Treatment of Participants With Recurrent or Metastatic (R/M) Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC) That Is Positive for PD-L1 Expression
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 22 Oct 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This study is researching an experimental drug called fianlimab (also called REGN3767), combined with a medication called cemiplimab compared against cemiplimab combined with placebo (a placebo looks like a treatment but does not contain any real medicine), collectively called "study drugs" in this form. The study is focused on participants with head and neck cancers who have not been previously treated for head and neck cancer that has come back or spread to other parts of the body, referred to as recurrent or metastatic (R/M) head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). The study is looking at several other research questions, including: * What side effects may happen from taking the study drugs * How much of each study drug is in the blood at different times * Whether the body makes antibodies against the study drug(s) individually (which could make the study drugs less effective or could lead to side effects) * Compatible research to better understand the study drugs and HNSCC
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Phase (registry)
- Phase 2
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 120 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 6 Jan 2025
- Start date
- 14 Apr 2026
- Primary completion date
- 4 Jun 2028
- Lead sponsor
- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
- Diseases
- Head and neck cancer
- NCT number
- NCT06769698
- EU CT number
- 2024-517620-19-00
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional · Phase 2
- Planned participants: 120
- From 14 Apr 2026 to the primary completion date, 4 Jun 2028
- 38 sites in 6 countries
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- History or current evidence of significant cardiovascular disease including, myocarditis, congestive heart failure (as defined by New York Heart Association Functional Classification III and IV), unstable angina, serious uncontrolled arrhythmia, and myocardial infarction 6 months prior to study enrollment.
- Prior/Concomitant Therapy
- Participants who have received prior systemic anticancer therapy in the R/M HNSCC setting as described in the protocol
Other illness
- Medical Conditions
- Participants who have Progressive Disease (PD) within 6 months of completion of curatively intended systemic treatment for locoregionally advanced HNSCC as described in the protocol
- Participants with active, known, or suspected autoimmune disease that has required systemic therapy within 5 years of the projected enrollment date as described in the protocol
- History of interstitial lung disease (eg, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, organizing pneumonia) or active, noninfectious pneumonitis that required immune-suppressive doses of glucocorticoids to assist with management
- Participants with a condition requiring corticosteroid therapy (\>10 mg prednisone/prednisolone/day or equivalent) within 14 days of the first dose of study drug as described in the protocol
- Note: Other protocol defined Inclusion/ Exclusion Criteria apply
Other
- Participants who have a primary tumor site of nasopharynx, paranasal sinus or salivary gland (any histology)
- Head and neck SCC with unknown primary site as described in the protocol
Who the study is looking for
- Have histologically confirmed (by local pathology) R/M HNSCC that is considered incurable by local therapies
- Primary tumor location of oral cavity, oropharynx, larynx, or hypopharynx (patients with cervical neck node SCC with occult primary as described in the protocol
- PD-L1 expression Combined Positive Score (CPS) ≥1 documented with a previously PD-L1 obtained Immunohistochemistry (IHC) result prior to screening, as described in protocol
- Oropharynx cancer participants only: HPV status, based on a previously documented result prior to screening, must have been established in a surgical biopsy specimen or a core biopsy specimen as described in the protocol
- At least 1 lesion that is measurable by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) v1.1 as described in the protocol
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1
- Adequate organ and bone marrow function as described in the protocol
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (38)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wide Bay Hospital and Health Service - Cancer Care Services - Bundaberg Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bundaberg | Australia | Recruiting |
| Cairns Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cairns | Australia | Recruiting |
| Wide Bay Hospital and Health Service Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hervey Bay | Australia | Recruiting |
| Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre (PMCC) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Melbourne | Australia | Recruiting |
| Centro Oncologico de Galicia Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | A Coruña | Spain | Recruiting |
| Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | A Coruña | Spain | Recruiting |
| University Hospital Vall d'Hebron Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Barcelona | Spain | Recruiting |
| Hospital Clinic Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Barcelona | Spain | Recruiting |
| Hospital Universitario La Paz Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Madrid | Spain | Recruiting |
| Hospital Universitario de Navarra Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pamplona | Spain | Recruiting |
| Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Seville | Spain | Recruiting |
| Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Zaragoza | Spain | Recruiting |
| Centre Jean Perrin Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Clermont-Ferrand | France | Recruiting |
| Timone Hospital - AP-HM Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Marseille | France | Recruiting |
| Hopital Europeen Geroges Pompidou AP-HP Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Paris | France | Recruiting |
| IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Milan | Italy | Recruiting |
| Istituto Europeo di Oncologia Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Milan | Italy | Recruiting |
| Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori di Milano Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Milan | Italy | Recruiting |
| Humanitas Cancer Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pieve Emanuele | Italy | Recruiting |
| Wojewódzki Szpital im. św. Ojca Pio Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Przemyśl | Poland | Recruiting |
| Emory University School of Medicine Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Atlanta | United States | Recruiting |
| Ohio State University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Columbus | United States | Recruiting |
| Henry Ford Cancer Institute/Henry Ford Health System Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Detroit | United States | Recruiting |
| St. Elizabeth Healthcare Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Edgewood | United States | Recruiting |
| Northwestern University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Evanston | United States | Recruiting |
| Inova Schar Cancer Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Fairfax | United States | Recruiting |
| University of Tennessee Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Knoxville | United States | Recruiting |
| University of California, Los Angeles Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Los Angeles | United States | Recruiting |
| Samuel Oschin Cancer Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Los Angeles | United States | Recruiting |
| Norton Cancer Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Louisville | United States | Recruiting |
| Joe Arrington Cancer Research Treatment Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lubbock | United States | Recruiting |
| Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Nashville | United States | Recruiting |
| Oncology Hematology West P.C. dba Nebraska Cancer Specialists Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Omaha | United States | Recruiting |
| Orlando Health Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Orlando | United States | Recruiting |
| Virginia Commonwealth University/Massey Cancer Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Richmond | United States | Recruiting |
| University of Rochester Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Rochester | United States | Recruiting |
| Renovatio Clinical Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | The Woodlands | United States | Recruiting |
| Asplundh Cancer Pavilion Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Willow Grove | United States | Recruiting |
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