Clinical trialNCT04862650Active, not recruitingPhase 2Interventional

Cemiplimab, Low-Dose Paclitaxel and Carboplatin for the Treatment of Recurrent/Metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck

SponsorMarcelo BonomiEnrollment46Clinical Stage IV HPV-Mediated (p16-Positive) Oropharyngeal Carcinoma AJCC v8Metastatic Head and Neck Squamous Cell CarcinomaMetastatic Hypopharyngeal Squamous Cell CarcinomaMetastatic Laryngeal Squamous Cell CarcinomaMetastatic Oral Cavity Squamous Cell CarcinomaMetastatic Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma+19 more conditions

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Summary

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This phase II trial studies the effect of cemiplimab in combination with low-dose paclitaxel and carboplatin in treating patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck that has come back (recurrent) or spread to other places in the body (metastatic). Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as cemiplimab , may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Chemotherapy drugs, like paclitaxel and carboplatin, work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Giving cemiplimab in combination with paclitaxel and carboplatin may work better in treating recurrent or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.

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Investigators

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Marcelo R Bonomi, MD
Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
Principal Investigator
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Sites

1 registered facility, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States

Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
Columbus, Ohio, United States

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Drugs studied

The drug and biological interventions registered on this study, normalized to their RxNorm ingredient where possible.

Carboplatin →Cemiplimab →Paclitaxel →

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Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start: 30 Nov 2021
Primary completion: 12 Jun 2026
Completion: 31 Dec 2026
Last update posted: 25 Jun 2026
Registered enrollment: 46
Registry id: NCT04862650

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Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, via the CTTI AACT database, data as of 24 Aug 2026. Registry facts are shown as registered by the study sponsor; findmyKOL does not interpret them.