Cetuximab After Immunotherapy for the Treatment of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Cancer
Pilot Phase II Study to Evaluate Effect of Cetuximab Given as Single Agent After Immunotherapy With PD-1 Inhibitors in Patients With Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
38 participants
Jul 1, 2020
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
This is a Phase II treatment, non-randomized, open label clinical trial to study the efficacy of the Cetuximab when administered as single agent in recurrent/ metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma after the failure or intolerance of immuno-oncology or immuno-oncology combined with chemotherapy.
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Interventions
A loading dose of Cetuximab will be administered intravenously in the first day of treatment. The dose is 400 mg/m2 and will be infused over 2h followed by 1h observation. The maintenance dose of Cetuximab is 250 mg/m2 and will be infused over 1h. No further observation time needed. The maintenance dose of cetuximab will be given every 7 days (+/- 2 days) starting 7 days (+/- 2 days) after the loading dose of cetuximab. Pre-medicate with 50 mg Diphenhydramine IV before the loading dose of Cetuximab and as per standard of care before the maintenance treatment.
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NCT04375384