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Recruiting Phase 2 NCT06130332

NCT06130332 Neoadjuvant Tirellizumab Combined With Chemotherapy for Early Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma(HNC-SYSU-004)

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NCT ID NCT06130332
Status Recruiting
Phase Phase 2
Sponsor Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University
Condition Oral Cancer
Study Type INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment 40 participants
Start Date 2023-09-01
Primary Completion 2027-08-31

Eligibility & Interventions

Sex All sexes
Min Age 18 Years
Max Age 75 Years
Study Type INTERVENTIONAL
All Conditions
Interventions
PD-1 with chemotherapyupright surgery

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What to Expect as a Participant

You will actively receive the study intervention — which may be a drug, biologic, device, or procedure.

In Phase 2, researchers evaluate early signs of effectiveness. You may be randomized to receive the active treatment or a comparator. Monitoring continues closely.

This trial targets 40 participants in total. It began in 2023-09-01 with a primary completion date of 2027-08-31.

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Brief Summary

Surgery is usually the first choice for early-stage oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). However, there is currently a lack of consensus on whether patients with clinically negative cervical lymph nodes (N0) should undergo elective neck dissection (END) at the same time. About 20-30% of cT1-2N0M0 oral cancer patients have occult lymph node metastasis, and existing examination methods cannot accurately predict occult cervical lymph node metastasis. Therefore, most clinical retrospective and prospective studies recommend END for cN0 patients. Previous studies have found that no cancer cells were found in the cervical lymph nodes of 70% of patients after END. This unselective END can cause patients with accessory nerve dysfunction, neck scars, etc., and prolong hospitalization and surgery time. Exploring the treatment model for patients with early-stage oral squamous cell carcinoma is an urgent problem that needs to be solved. This study intends to conduct a study on the neoadjuvant treatment of tislelizumab, carboplatin, and albumin-bound paclitaxel. After neoadjuvant immunotherapy in patients with early-stage oral cancer (T1-2N0M0), the primary tumor is treated with standard surgical treatment. Comparison with A single-center exploratory clinical study of traditional oral cancer radical resection + selective neck lymphadenectomy was conducted to explore its effectiveness through the difference in 2-year disease-free survival (DFS). This research plan covers 40 patients with early-stage oral squamous cell carcinoma. They will be randomly divided into tislelizumab, chemotherapy combined with surgery (experimental group) and traditional surgery (control group) in a 1:1 ratio. The patients' tumors will be collected. Tissues, adjacent cancer tissues, whole blood samples, saliva samples, and matrix samples were used to observe the changes in imaging and pathology compared with treatment. At the same time, the clinical information of the patients was collected, such as quality of life indicators such as judgment function, pathological grading, staging, treatment, Spine, serology, imaging, etc., mainly to evaluate the 2-year event-free survival (EFS) between the experimental group and Weather Forecast, and the 3-year overall survival (OS) and patient quality of life between the experimental group and Weather Forecast.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with early oral squamous cell carcinoma diagnosed as T1-2N0M0 according to the eighth edition of AJCC classification; * No history of other malignant tumors; * 18-75 years old; * Baseline inspection is normal: 1. The absolute value of neutrophil (ANC) ≥1.5x109/L in the past 14 days without the use of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor; 2. Platelets ≥100×109/L without blood transfusion in the past 14 days; 3. In the case of no blood transfusion or use of erythropoietin in the last 14 days, hemoglobin \> 9g/dL; 4. Total bilirubin ≤1.5× upper limit of normal (ULN); 5. Aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT) in ≤2.5×ULN (patients with liver metastases allowed ALT or AST ≤5×ULN); 6. Serum creatinine ≤1.5×ULN and creatinine clearance (calculated by Cockcroft-Gault formula) ≥60 ml/min; 7. Good coagulation function, defined as International standardized ratio (INR) or prothrombin time (PT) ≤1.5 times ULN; 8. Normal thyroid function, defined as thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) within the normal range. If baseline TSH is outside the normal range, subjects with total T3 (or FT3) and FT4 within the normal range can also be enrolled; 9. The myocardial enzyme profile is within the normal range (if the researchers comprehensively judge that the simple laboratory abnormality is not clinically significant, it is also allowed to enter the group); 10. For female subjects of reproductive age, a urine or serum pregnancy test should be performed within 3 days prior to receiving the first study drug administration (day 1 of cycle 1) and the result is negative. If the urine pregnancy test results cannot be confirmed as negative, a blood pregnancy test is requested. Women of non-reproductive age were defined as at least one year after menopause or having undergone surgical sterilization or hysterectomy; 11. If there is a risk of conception, all subjects (male or female) are required to use contraception with an annual failure rate of less than 1% for the entire duration of treatment up to 120 days after the last study drug administration (or 180 days after the last chemotherapy drug administration). * Sign informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: * Other malignant tumors are diagnosed, or oral cancer is not the beginning of neoadjuvant therapy; * Prior to treatment, an active autoimmune disease requiring systemic treatment (such as the use of disease-modifying drugs, glucocorticoids, or immunosuppressants) has occurred within the previous 2 years. Replacement therapies (such as thyroxine, insulin, or physiologic glucocorticoids for adrenal or pituitary insufficiency) are not considered systemic therapy; * known allogeneic organ transplantation (other than corneal transplantation) or allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; * Known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection (i.e. HIV 1/2 antibody positive); * untreated active hepatitis B (defined as HBsAg positive and HBV-DNA copy number detected greater than the upper limit of normal value in the laboratory of the study center); Note: Hepatitis B subjects who meet the following criteria can also be enrolled: 1. HBV viral load \&lt before first dosing; 1000 copies /ml (200 IU/ml), subjects should receive anti-HBV therapy throughout study treatment to avoid viral reactivation; 2. For subjects with anti-HBC (+), HBsAg (-), anti-HBS (-) and HBV viral load (-), prophylactic anti-HBV therapy is not required, but close monitoring of viral reactivation is required; * active HCV-infected subjects (HCV antibody positive and HCV-RNA levels above the lower limit of detection); * Pregnant or lactating women; * The presence of any serious or uncontrolled systemic disease, such as: 1\) The resting electrocardiogram has major abnormal rhythm, conduction or morphology, such as complete left bundle branch block, heart block above Ⅱ degree, ventricular arrhythmia or atrial fibrillation; 2) Unstable angina pectoris, congestive heart failure, New York Heart Association (NYHA) grade ≥ 2 chronic heart failure;

Frequently Asked Questions

Who can join the NCT06130332 clinical trial?

This trial is open to participants of all sexes, aged 18 Years or older, up to 75 Years, studying Oral Cancer. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria are listed in the Eligibility Criteria section. Always confirm your eligibility with the research team before applying.

What phase is the NCT06130332 trial and what does that mean for participants?

Phase 2 trials evaluate whether the treatment shows signs of effectiveness while continuing to monitor safety. More participants are enrolled than in Phase 1 to help refine the treatment protocol.

Is NCT06130332 currently recruiting?

Yes, NCT06130332 is actively recruiting participants. Visit ClinicalTrials.gov or contact Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University to inquire about joining.

Where is the NCT06130332 trial being conducted?

This trial is being conducted at Guangzhou, China.

Who is sponsoring the NCT06130332 clinical trial?

NCT06130332 is sponsored by Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University. The trial plans to enroll 40 participants.

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