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. 2017 Jun 2;15:110. doi: 10.1186/s12916-017-0879-4

Table 3.

Ongoing randomised first-line trials with selected immunotherapeuticsa in recurrent and/or metastatic head and neck cancer (also including nasopharyngeal carcinoma) as of April 2017 (≥ 100 patients)

Trial, ClinicalTrials.gov identifier Phase Estimated enrolment Immunotherapeutic approach Regimen (treatment arms A, B, C) Primary completion date
NCT01836029
(ACTIVE8)
IIR 175 TLR8 agonist A: Motolimodc + PFE
B: Placebo + PFE
9/2016
NCT02823574
(CheckMate-714)
IIR 315 Anti-PD-1
Anti-CTLA-4
A: Nivolumabc + ipilimumabc
B: Nivolumabc + placebo
2/2018
NCT02551159
(KESTREL)
III 760 Anti-PD-L1
Anti-CTLA-4
A: Durvalumabc
B: Durvalumabc + tremelimumabc
C: PFE
3/2018
NCT02358031
(KEYNOTE-048)
III 825 Anti-PD-1 A: Pembrolizumabc
B: Pembrolizumabc + PF
C: PFE
3/2018
NCT02578641b III 330 Autologous EBV-specific CTLs A: CTLsc + gemcitabine + carboplatin
B: Gemcitabine + carboplatin
12/2018
NCT02624999 IIR 100 Vaccine A: AlloVax™ c, d
B: Cisplatin
12/2018
NCT02741570
(CheckMate-651)
III 490 Anti-PD-1
Anti-CTLA-4
A: Nivolumabc + ipilimumabc
B: PFE
1/2019

IIR phase II randomised, TLR8 toll-like receptor 8, PD-L1 programmed cell death ligand-1, CTLA-4 cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen-4, PD-1 programmed cell death protein-1, EBV Epstein–Barr virus, CTLs cytotoxic T-lymphocytes, PFE platinum/5-fluorouracil/cetuximab regimen according to the EXTREME trial, PF platinum/5-fluorouracil chemotherapy

aimmune-modulating agents, vaccines, and adoptive T-cell transfer

bonly EBV-positive nasopharyngeal cancer

cimmunotherapeutic approach under investigation

dbioengineered cell allograft combined with chaperone-rich cell lysate