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. 2020 Apr 22;21(8):2956. doi: 10.3390/ijms21082956

Table 2.

Clinical trials of immunotherapy in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (revised until 29 January 2020).

Drug Treatment Conditions Current State NCT Code
Cemiplimab Alone Advanced and metastatic CSCC Completed (47%–50% response rate) Recruiting next phase NCT02383212 NCT02760498
Alone (before surgery) Recurrent stage III-IV head and neck CSCC Recruiting NCT03565783
Alone (pre-operative
therapy intralesional)
Recurrent CSCC Recruiting NCT03889912
Adjuvant therapy
after surgery and radiotherapy
High risk CSCC Recruiting NCT03969004
Alone or
combination with RP1
Advanced or metastatic CSCC Recruiting NCT04050436
Alone Unresectable locally
recurrent and/or metastatic CSCC
Recruiting NCT04242173
Alone (neoadjuvant therapy) Stage II to IV CSCC Recruiting NCT04154943
Pembrolizumab Alone Recurrent/metastatic or locally advanced
unresectable CSCC
Active, not recruiting NCT03284424
Alone Locally advanced or metastatic CSCC Active, not recruiting (preview results presented in ASCO show 42%
response rate)
NCT02883556
Alone Locally advanced and
metastatic CSCC
Active, not recruiting NCT02964559
Adjuvant therapy after surgery and
radiotherapy
High risk locally advanced CSCC Recruiting NCT03833167
Combination with
postoperative radiotherapy
CSCC of head and neck Recruiting NCT03057613
Combination with
cetuximab
Recurrent/metastatic
CSCC
Recruiting NCT03082534
Combination with
AST-008
Advanced/metastatic
CSCC
Recruiting NCT03684785
Combination with
abexinostat
Stage III-IV CSCC of head
and neck
Recruiting NCT03590054
Combination with
sonidegib
Stage IV CSCC of head
and neck
Not yet recruiting NCT04007744
Combination with
nivolumab and CIMAvax vaccine
Stage III-IV CSCC of head and neck Recruiting NCT02955290
Combination with
SO-C101
Advanced/metastatic
CSCC
Recruiting NCT04234113
Nivolumab Alone Locally advanced/metastatic
CSCC
Recruiting NCT04204837
Alone Advanced CSCC Recruiting NCT03834233
Alone or combination with ipilimumab Metastatic CSCC in
immunosuppressed patients
Recruiting NCT03816332
Combination with pembrolizumab and CIMAvax vaccine Stage III-IV CSCC of head and neck Recruiting NCT02955290