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NCT Number: NCT07402538

Surgery With or Without Neoadjuvant Treatment of SBRT Plus Chemoimmunotherapy in Resectable Locally Advanced Oral and HPV-unrelated Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

The objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of neoadjuvant stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) in combination with chemotherapy and immunotherapy, prior to radical surgery, in enhancing the 2-year event-free survival rate and overall survival rate in patients diagnosed with locally advanced oral or HPV-unrelated oropharyngeal cancer.

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Key information

Age range

18 year–75 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 3

Primary location

Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center

Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510060, China

Location contact

Fang-Yun Xie, M.D.

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Ming Song, M.D.

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Pu-Yun OuYang, M.D.

CONTACT

[email protected]

020-87342925

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

The inclusion criteria for this study are as follows:

  • Histologically and/or cytologically confirmed treatment-naïve oral squamous cell carcinoma or HPV-negative oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma.
  • Clinical stage III -Ⅳa (8th edition of AJCC).
  • Age: 18 to 75 years old.
  • According to the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) criteria (with a performance status score of 0 or 1).
  • Good organ function.
  • Expected survival time: ≥ 3 months.
  • The patient has signed the informed consent form and is willing and able to comply with the study's scheduled visits, treatment plans, laboratory tests, and other research procedures.
  • Females of childbearing potential must have a negative urine or serum pregnancy test within 7 days prior to enrolment and must agree to use highly effective contraceptive measures during the study period and for at least 60 days after the last dose (including chemotherapeutic drugs and Tislelizumab).
  • If the female partner of a male subject is still of childbearing potential, the male subject must agree to use highly effective contraceptive measures during the study period and for at least 60 days after the last dose.

Exclusion criteria

  • Patients with concurrent other malignant tumors
  • Patients with known or suspected autoimmune diseases, including dementia and epilepsy.
  • Patients with severe mental disorders at the same time
  • Patients with necrotic lesions who are assessed by the investigator as having a risk of massive hemorrhage
  • Patients with severe heart disease or pulmonary dysfunction, and those with cardiac or pulmonary function grade ≤ 3 (grade 3 inclusive)
  • Patients with laboratory test results that do not meet the relevant criteria within 7 days prior to enrollment
  • Received systemic or local glucocorticoid therapy within 4 weeks prior to enrollment
  • Patients with comorbidities requiring long-term treatment with immunosuppressive drugs, or requiring systemic or local administration of corticosteroids at immunosuppressive doses.
  • Patients with active tuberculosis (TB), who are receiving anti-tuberculosis treatment or have received anti-tuberculosis treatment within 1 year prior to screening.
  • A history of prior use of anti-Tislelizumab, anti-PD-L1 antibodies, anti-PD-L2 antibodies, or anti-CTLA-4 antibodies (or any other antibodies targeting T-cell co-stimulation or checkpoint pathways).
  • Subjects with any active autoimmune diseases or a history of autoimmune diseases (including but not limited to: interstitial pneumonia, uveitis, enteritis, hepatitis, hypophysitis, nephritis, hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism); subjects with vitiligo or those whose childhood asthma has been completely relieved and who do not require any intervention in adulthood are eligible for enrollment; those with asthma requiring medical intervention with bronchodilators are not eligible for enrollment.
  • HIV-positive subjects
  • Positive for HBsAg with concurrent positive HBV DNA copy number (quantitative test ≥ 1000 cps/ml); positive for chronic hepatitis C on blood screening (HCV antibody positive)
  • Received any anti-infective vaccines (such as influenza vaccine, varicella vaccine, etc.) within 4 weeks prior to enrollment
  • Pregnant women with positive pregnancy test results among females of childbearing potential and lactating women.

Treatment and study plan

Neoadjuvant treatment of SBRT plus chemoimmunotherapy followed by surgery and postoperative radiotherapy or chemoradiotherapy

Combination Product

The patient was initially subjected to a neoadjuvant treatment regime, encompassing stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) and chemoimmunotherapy. The SBRT was administered with a dose of 6 Gy per fraction to the primary tumour and metastatic lymph nodes, administered every other day for a total of three fractions. Following this, a period of one to two weeks was to elapse before the initiation of Tislelizumab (200 mg), Docetaxel (75 mg/m²), and Cisplatin (75 mg/m²), on a three-week cycle, for a total of two cycles. A subsequent imaging re-examination was to be performed for assessment two weeks after the final chemotherapy cycle. Finally, curative surgical resection was to be performed 3-4 weeks after the final chemotherapy cycle, followed by adjuvant postoperative radiotherapy or chemoradiotherapy with cisplatin at a dose of 100 mg/m² for two cycles.

Surgery and postoperative radiotherapy or chemoradiotherapy

Combination Product

Radical surgery followed by postoperative radiotherapy or chemoradiotherapy with cisplatin at a dose of 100 mg/m² for three cycles.

Primary outcomes

  1. 2-year event-free survival

    Time frame: From date of randomization until the date of first documented progression or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to two years.

    The time interval from randomization to the occurrence of imaging tumor progression during the neoadjuvant treatment stage that makes surgery impossible, or postoperative imaging or biopsy results show local tumor recurrence, lymph node recurrence, distant metastasis, or death for any cause.

Secondary outcomes

  1. 2-year overall survival

    Time frame: From date of randomization until the date of death from any cause, assessed up to two years.

    The time interval from random start to death for any cause.

  2. MPR

    Time frame: Three weeks after surgery

    Proportion of patients with ≤10% viable tumor cells identified per AJCC/CAP Tumor Regression Grading (TRG) protocol evaluation of surgical specimens.

  3. pCR

    Time frame: Three weeks after surgery

    Proportion of patients with no viable tumor cells identified upon complete and systematic evaluation of postoperative specimens under the AJCC/CAP Tumor Regression Grading (TRG) protocol, including microscopic examination of all sampled primary tumor sites and regional lymph nodes.

  4. Mandibular Preservation Rate

    Time frame: On the day of surgery

    Proportion of oral cancer patients retaining mandibular continuity after primary tumor resection.

  5. Incidence rates of AEs (Adverse Events) and SAEs (Serious Adverse Events)

    Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 3 year

    Percentage of patients with adverse events ≥ Grade 3 among all treated patients.

  6. Quality of life assessment

    Time frame: Postoperatively at 24 months

    Quality of life was assessed using the EORTC QLQ-C30 scale at postoperative time point of 2 year.

  7. Quality of life assessment

    Time frame: Postoperatively at 24 months

    Quality of life was assessed using the QLQ-H&N35 scale at postoperative time point of 2 year

Study contacts

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

Pu-Yun OuYang, M.D.

CONTACT

[email protected]

020-87342925

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Sun Yat-sen University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

SBRT Followed by Neoadjuvant Chemoimmunotherapy Before Surgery in Resectable Locally Advanced Oral and HPV-unrelated Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: a Randomized Controlled Phase III Trial

Important dates

Study start
2026
Primary completion
2028
Study completion
2030
First posted
Feb 11, 2026
Registry last updated
Feb 11, 2026

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