Currently, there is a lack of high-quality clinical evidence for subsequent treatment options for recurrent/metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) after first-line treatment, especially for subsequent treatment after first-line therapy combined with PD-1 inhibitors. Increasing evidence suggests that low-dose radiation (LDRT) can reshape the tumor microenvironment.Cadonilimab is a bispecific antibody that specifically binds to CTLA-4 and PD-1 proteins in the human body. Considering that low-dose radiotherapy and cadonilimab both have immunomodulatory effects, this study intends to select recurrent metastatic HNSCC patients who have failed first-line and above treatment to explore the safety and efficacy of cadonilimab combined with low-dose radiotherapy.
Currently, there is a lack of high-quality clinical evidence for subsequent treatment options for recurrent/metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) after first-line treatment, especially for subsequent treatment after first-line therapy combined with PD-1 inhibitors. Increasing evidence suggests that low-dose radiation (LDRT) can reshape the tumor microenvironment, polarize macrophages towards M1, and M1 macrophages secrete chemokines to promote the recruitment of effector T cells while inducing vascular normalization. Cadonilimab is a bispecific antibody that specifically binds to CTLA-4 and PD-1 proteins in the human body. It is the first approved PD-1/CTLA-4 bispecific antibody. In June 2022, cadonilimab was approved by the NMPA for the treatment of recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer patients after platinum-based chemotherapy failure. The drug is currently undergoing clinical trials for other types of cancers, including non-small cell lung cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma, gastric cancer, esophageal cancer, and nasopharyngeal cancer. In view of the subsequent treatment strategies for recurrent metastatic HNSCC after first-line treatment progress, there is still a lack of high-level evidence-based medical evidence to confirm the best recommendation for subsequent treatment. Considering that low-dose radiotherapy and cadonilimab both have immunomodulatory effects, this study intends to select recurrent metastatic HNSCC patients who have failed first-line and above treatment to explore the safety and efficacy of cadonilimab combined with low-dose radiotherapy.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
52
a PD-1/CTLA-4 dual antibody
Low-dose radiation
selected leisions to treat with stereotactic radiotherapy
Capecitabine metronomic chemotherapy
Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center
Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China
RECRUITINGObjective Response Rate
Objective Response Rate (ORR), as assessed by investigators according to RECIST 1.1 criteria. For patients who have received radiotherapy for all lesions, the ORR assessment should be based on the lesions that received SBRT and low-dose radiotherapy. For patients with lesions that did not receive radiotherapy, the ORR assessment should be based on the lesions that received SBRT, low-dose radiotherapy, and those that did not receive radiotherapy
Time frame: Up to two years
Adverse effect
Adverse effects (AE) as evaluated by CTCAE 5.0
Time frame: Up to two years
Disease Control Rate
Disease Control Rate (DCR), as assessed by investigators according to RECIST 1.1 criteria
Time frame: Up to two years
Duration of Response
Duration of Response (DoR), as assessed by investigators according to RECIST 1.1 criteria
Time frame: Up to two years
Progression-free survival
Progression-free survival (PFS): from the start of enrollment to the first recorded date of objective tumor progression or death from any cause, whichever occurs first.
Time frame: Up to two years
Overall survival
Overall survival (OS): the time from enrollment to death due to any cause.
Time frame: Up to two years
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