Cetuximab After Immunotherapy for the Treatment of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Cancer

NCT04375384 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 38

Last updated 2026-03-18

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Summary

This is a Phase II treatment, non-randomized, open label clinical trial to study the efficacy of the Cetuximab when administered as single agent in recurrent/ metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma after the failure or intolerance of immuno-oncology or immuno-oncology combined with chemotherapy.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

Cetuximab

A loading dose of Cetuximab will be administered intravenously in the first day of treatment. The dose is 400 mg/m2 and will be infused over 2h followed by 1h observation. The maintenance dose of Cetuximab is 250 mg/m2 and will be infused over 1h. No further observation time needed. The maintenance dose of cetuximab will be given every 7 days (+/- 2 days) starting 7 days (+/- 2 days) after the loading dose of cetuximab. Pre-medicate with 50 mg Diphenhydramine IV before the loading dose of Cetuximab and as per standard of care before the maintenance treatment.

OTHER

Questionnaire administration

Ancillary studies

OTHER

Quality of life assessment

Ancillary studies

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH
  • Wake Forest University Health Sciences

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Mercedes Porosnicu, MD · Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-07-01
Primary Completion
2026-12-31
Completion
2027-12-31
FDA Drug
Yes

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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