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NCT Number: NCT06769698

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

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

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Key information

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 2

Primary location

Wide Bay Hospital and Health Service - Cancer Care Services - Bundaberg, Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Key Inclusion Criteria:

  • 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

Key Exclusion Criteria:

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 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

Treatment and study plan

FDC fianlimab+cemiplimab

Drug

Fixed-Dose Combination (FDC) Administered per the protocol

Other names: REGN3767, REGN2810, Libtayo

cemiplimab

Drug

Administered per the protocol

Other names: R2810, Libtayo

Placebo

Drug

Administered per the protocol

Primary outcomes

  1. Overall Response Rate (ORR)

    Time frame: Up to 90 days after last study treatment, approximately 58 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Incidence of Adverse Events (AEs)

    Time frame: Up to 90 days after last study treatment, approximately 58 months

  2. Severity of AEs

    Time frame: Up to 90 days after last study treatment, approximately 58 months

  3. Incidence of Treatment Emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs)

    Time frame: Up to 90 days after last study treatment, approximately 58 months

  4. Incidence of immune-mediated Adverse Events (imAEs)

    Time frame: Up to 90 days after last study treatment, approximately 58 months

  5. Incidence of treatment-related AEs

    Time frame: Up to 90 days after last study treatment, approximately 58 months

  6. Incidence of Adverse Events of Special Interest (AESIs)

    Time frame: Up to 90 days after last study treatment, approximately 58 months

  7. Incidence of Serious Adverse Events (SAEs)

    Time frame: Up to 90 days after last study treatment, approximately 58 months

  8. Incidence of AEs leading to discontinuation

    Time frame: Up to 90 days after last study treatment, approximately 58 months

  9. Incidence of AEs leading to death

    Time frame: Up to 90 days after last study treatment, approximately 58 months

  10. Incidence of laboratory abnormalities

    Time frame: Up to 90 days after last study treatment, approximately 58 months

    Per National Cancer Institute-Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (NCI-CTCAE) v5.0

  11. Disease Control Rate (DCR) per investigator assessment

    Time frame: Up to 90 days after last study treatment, approximately 58 months

  12. Duration of Response (DOR) per investigator assessment or death, whichever occurs first

    Time frame: Up to 90 days after last study treatment, approximately 58 months

  13. Progression-Free Survival (PFS) per investigator assessment or death, whichever occurs first

    Time frame: Up to 90 days after last study treatment, approximately 58 months

  14. Concentrations of cemiplimab in serum

    Time frame: Up to 90 days after last study treatment, approximately 58 months

  15. Concentrations of fianlimab in serum

    Time frame: Up to 90 days after last study treatment, approximately 58 months

  16. Incidence of Anti-Drug Antibody (ADA) to fianlimab

    Time frame: Up to 90 days after last study treatment, approximately 58 months

  17. Titer of ADA to fianlimab

    Time frame: Up to 90 days after last study treatment, approximately 58 months

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Clinical Trials Administrator

CONTACT

[email protected]

844-734-6643

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

Industry

Registry information

Official study title

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

Important dates

Study start
2026
Primary completion
2028
Study completion
2030
First posted
Jan 10, 2025
Registry last updated
Jul 30, 2026

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