This proposed study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of preoperative administration of Toripalimab or Toripalimab combined with nab-paclitaxel and carboplatin in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC) who are about to undergo surgery,and it will be helpful for comprehensive exploratory characterization of tumor immune microenvironment and circulating immune cells in these patients. Data obtained in this trial will provide valuable information for planning further prospective clinical trials of anti-PD-1 and other immunotherapies in HNSCC. We are also eager to identify potential biomarkers of response and toxicity that will enable patients with HNSCC who are most likely to benefit to receive anti-PD-1 therapy and, to the contrary, reduce the risk of toxicity and ineffective therapy in patients who are less likely to benefit from it.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
57
Patients receive Toripalimab IV on day 1, nab-paclitaxel IV on day 1 and carboplatin IV on day 1. Treatment repeats every 21 days for up to 2-4 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Patients receive Toripalimab IV on day 1. Treatment repeats every 21 days for up to 2-4 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Surgical therapy will be at the discretion of the treating surgeon per standard of care.
Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
RECRUITINGPercentage of participants demonstrating pathological response
Pathologic response in the primary tumor was assessed using a quantitative grading scheme: pathologic tumor response \[nonviable tumor\] PTR0 = no or \<10% PTR1 = ≥10% PTR2 = ≥50%
Time frame: At time of surgery
Adverse events graded by CTCAE v5.0
Percentage of adverse events that are possibly, probably or definitely related to study treatment per Criteria for Adverse Events version 5 (CTCAE v5.0).
Time frame: 90 days after the first dose of study treatment
Pathologic Response
Pathologic response to neoadjuvant treatment in resected tumor and lymph nodes. The rate of major pathologic response, defined as \<10% residual viable tumor cells in the resection specimen will be compared to historic data with neoadjuvant chemotherapy.
Time frame: 6 weeks
Disease-free survival (DFS)
DFS is defined as the time from treatment until the date of the first relapse (local/regional recurrence or distant metastasis) or death (from any cause) whichever comes firsts and regardless of whether the patient withdraws from treatment or receives another anti-cancer therapy prior to disease relapse.
Time frame: 2 years
Overall survival(OS)
Overall survival will be defined as the time from day 1 of study treatment until death from any cause.
Time frame: 5 years
Radiographic Response
Radiographic response to treatment as defined by RECIST 1.1.
Time frame: 5 weeks
Rate of surgery delay
Rate of patients with an Unplanned Delay to Surgery defined as any change to scheduled surgery date considered to be at least possibly related to neoadjuvant treatment.
Time frame: 8 weeks after the patient receives their last dose
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