CUE-101with Pembrolizumab for Locally Advanced HPV+HNSCCs

NCT07172256 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2026-05-13

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Summary

This is a phase 2, pilot, randomized, open-label 3-arm study to assess the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of CUE-101 monotherapy, and CUE-101 in combination with pembrolizumab as neoadjuvant therapy in HLA-A\*0201-positive treatment naive participants with locally advanced HPV-16 associated head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC).

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

CUE-101

CUE-101 will be administered by IV infusion with a commercially available syringe pump or IV infusion pump over 60 minutes on Day 1 and Day 21 after all procedures and assessments are completed. It will be administered at a dosage level of 4 mg/kg x 2

DRUG

Pembrolizumab

Pembrolizumab will be administered on Day 1 and Day 21 after all procedures and assessments are completed according to the Study Calendar. Pembrolizumab will be administered as a dose of 200 mg using a 30-minute (- 5 min/+10 min) IV infusion.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Cue Biopharma

    collaborator INDUSTRY
  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH
  • Yale University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sara Pai, MD · Yale University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-05-07
Primary Completion
2031-02-28
Completion
2031-02-28
FDA Drug
Yes

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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