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Clinical Trial ● Currently Recruiting Phase I NCT06806852

A Study to Test Whether Treatment With BI 770371 in Combination With Pembrolizumab With or Without Cetuximab Helps People With Head and Neck Cancer Compared With Pembrolizumab Alone

A Study to Test Whether Treatment With BI 770371 in Combination With Pembrolizumab With or Without Cetuximab Helps People With Head and Neck Cancer Compared With Pembrolizumab Alone…

📅 01 Apr 2026 ⏱ 2 min read
Currently Recruiting
This trial is actively seeking participants in the UK. Discuss eligibility with your patient before referring.
Status
Currently Recruiting
Phase
Phase I
NCT ID
NCT06806852
Sponsor
Boehringer Ingelheim
Start
2025-05-14
ClinicaliQ Trial Snapshot
  • A Study to Test Whether Treatment With BI 770371 in Combination With Pembrolizumab With or Without Cetuximab Helps People With Head and Neck Cancer Compared With Pembrolizumab Alone — Recruiting • Phase I • Oncology • NCT06806852.
  • This study is open to adults with head and neck cancer. The purpose of this study is to find out whether combining different study medicines makes tumors shrink in people with head and neck cancer. The tested medicines in this study are….
  • Sponsor: Boehringer Ingelheim.

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What This Trial Is Studying

This study is open to adults with head and neck cancer. The purpose of this study is to find out whether combining different study medicines makes tumors shrink in people with head and neck cancer. The tested medicines in this study are antibodies that act in different ways against cancer. BI 770371 and pembrolizumab may help the immune system fight cancer. Cetuximab blocks growth signals and may prevent the tumor from growing. Participants are put into 3 groups randomly. Each group receives a different combination of study medicines. All study…

Eligibility Snapshot
  • : * Patients with histologically confirmed metastatic or recurrent HNSCC of the primary tumour location of oral cavity, oropharynx, hypopharynx, and larynx not amenable to locoregional treatment with curative intent. * Willingness to provide pretreatment (baseline) biopsy/tissue to the sponsor (fresh or archival one). A newly obtained biopsy is preferred but an archival sample is acceptable, with tumor tissue (formalin fixed paraffin embedded [FFPE] block preferred, or at least 10 freshly sectioned unstained FFPE slides) from a core or excisional biopsy. Any deviation from this rule requires approval by the sponsor. Details on the requirements for archival tumour tissue and on biopsy sample collection are provided in the Laboratory Manual. * Patients who have not received prior systemic treatment for metastatic or recurrent HNSCC. Systemic therapy (including cetuximab) which was completed more than 6 months prior to progression of disease if given as part of multimodal treatment for locally advanced disease is allowed. * Patients who do not have contraindications to pembrolizumab monotherapy according to pembrolizumab local label, guidelines, treatment standards, regulations or the document (label of another country if pembrolizumab local label is not available) provided in the investigator site file (ISF) by the sponsor. * Patients who…

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