This study will examine the combination of pembrolizumab and tadalafil for safety and efficacy in advanced head and neck cancer.
Immune competent animal models of HNSCC demonstrate that combination PDE-5 inhibitor (tadalafil) and PD-1 inhibitor therapy is more effective than either therapy alone based on the concept of targeting multiple immune repressive abnormalities simultaneously (PD-1 checkpoint and myeloid suppressive pathways). This trial will test the hypothesis that combination PD-1 inhibition and PDE-5 inhibition can be safely co-administered, and secondarily test the hypothesis that the combination of both therapies will be more effective than PD-1 inhibition alone in recurrent/metastatic HNSCC.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
7
200 mg intravenously every 3 weeks
10 mg by mouth daily
UCSD Moores Cancer Center
La Jolla, California, United States
Rate of Dose Limiting Toxicity (DLT)
Rate of dose limiting toxicity at least possibly attributable to study treatment
Time frame: 2 years
Overall Survival (OS)
Overall survival at 12 months post-enrollment
Time frame: 12 months
Response Measured by RECIST 1.1
Response measured by RECIST 1.1
Time frame: 12 months
Progression Free Survival
Progression free survival
Time frame: 2 years
Adverse Event Rates
Adverse event rates
Time frame: 2 years
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