About this trial

Exploring the safety and effectiveness of neoadjuvant therapy using benmelstobart combined with anlotinib and chemotherapy for locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck patients.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Age 18-75 years old;

ECOG PS score of 0-1;

Pathologically confirmed, untreated patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, classified as stage III, IVa according to AJCC (8th edition), including hypopharyngeal cancer, laryngeal cancer, and oral cancer;

Women of childbearing age must have taken reliable contraceptive measures or undergone a pregnancy test (serum or urine) within 7 days before enrollment, with a negative result, and are willing to use appropriate contraceptive methods during the trial and for 8 weeks after the last administration of the trial drug, or have undergone sterilization. For male participants, they must agree to use appropriate contraceptive methods during the trial and for 8 weeks after the last administration of the trial drug, or have undergone surgical sterilization;

Disqualifiers

Received previous PD-1/PD-L1/CTLA-4 antibody therapy;

Tumor invasion of major blood vessels;

Patients requiring systemic use of glucocorticoids (>10mg daily prednisone equivalent) or other immunosuppressive drugs within 14 days before administration or during treatment. Inhaled or local use of steroids and adrenal corticosteroids at doses >10mg/day prednisone equivalent are allowed in the absence of active autoimmune diseases. Adrenal corticosteroid replacement therapy not exceeding 10mg/day prednisone equivalent is also allowed;

Presence of any history of active immune or autoimmune diseases, or known history of allogeneic organ transplantation or allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation;

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Benmelstobart
  • Anlotinib
  • Cisplatin
  • Paclitaxel for Injection (Albumin Bound)

Treatment groups

45 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group

Locations

1
The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University210029, NanjingJiangsu, China

Sponsors and collaborators

The First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University

Lead sponsor