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Active, not recruiting Phase 3

A Study of Penpulimab (AK105) in the First-line Treatment of Recurrent or Metastatic Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

NCT04974398 · tracked via the Priya Life Science USA tracker
Sponsor
Phase
Phase 3
Started
2021-08-16
Last updated
2025-04-13

Condition(s) studied

Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

Investigational drug(s) / intervention(s)

Penpulimab →placebo

Penpulimab: Arm A: Penpulimab (200 mg, administered on Day 1 of each cycle, Q3W) +cisplatin (80 mg/m2) or carboplatin (AUC 5) (administered on Day 1 of each cycle, Q3W, up to 6 cycles) + gemcitabine (1000 mg/ m2, administered on Days 1 and 8 of each cycle, Q3W, up to 6 cycles), 3 weeks (21 days) per cycle; followed by penpulimab (200 mg, administered on Day 1 of each cycle, Q3W) as maintenance treatment.

placebo: Arm B: Placebo (200 mg, administered on Day 1 of each cycle, Q3W) + cisplatin (80 mg/m2) or carboplatin (AUC 5) (administered on Day 1 of each cycle, Q3W, up to 6 cycles) + gemcitabine (1000 mg/m2, administered on Days 1 and 8 of each cycle, Q3W, up to 6 cycles), every 3 weeks (21 days) per cycle; followed by placebo(200 mg, administered on Day 1 of each cycle, Q3W) as maintenance treatment. Subjects in Arm B will have the opportunity to crossover to openlabel treatment with penpulimab monotherapy after radiographic disease progression.

Study summary

This study is a randomized, double-blind, multi-center phase III clinical study to compare the efficacy and safety of penpulimab combined with chemotherapy and placebo combined with chemotherapy in the first-line treatment of recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Min age
12 Years
Max age
75 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion Criteria: * Voluntarily signed written Informed Consent Form(ICF). * Main study: Age of ≥ 18 years and ≤ 75 years at the time of enrollment. * Substudy: Age of ≥ 12 years and \< 18 years. Weight≥ 35KG. * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1. * Expected survival of ≥ 3 months. * Histologically or cytologically confirmed nasopharyngeal carcinoma. * Subjects with primary metastatic (nasopharyngeal carcinoma, stage IVB defined by the Union for International Cancer Control and the American Joint Committee on Cancer Staging System edition 8) nasopharyngeal carcinoma who are not suitable for local treatment or radical treatment; subjects who have a local-regional recurrence and/or distant metastasis more than 6 months after the completion of prior radical treatment (radiotherapy with induction, concurrent, adjuvant chemotherapy); No systemic treatment has been received for recurrent or metastatic diseases, not amendable to local treatment or have received local treatment for the local-regional recurrent disease * At least one measurable lesion according to RECIST v1.1; * Has adequate organ function. * All female and male subjects of reproductive potential must agree to use an effective method of contraception, as determined by the Investigator, during and for 150 days after the last dose of study treatment. Exclusion Criteria: * Subjects with pathologically diagnosed nasopharyngeal adenocarcinoma or sarcoma. * Subjects have had another malignancy within 3 years before the first dose, except nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Subjects with other malignancies that have been cured by local therapy such as basal or cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, superficial bladder cancer, cervix or breast carcinoma in situ are not excluded. * Participation in treatment with an investigational drug or use of an investigational device within 4 weeks before first study dosing. * Have previously received immunotherapy, including immune checkpoint inhibitors, immune checkpoint agonists , immune cell therapy, and other treatments against tumor immune mechanism. * Active autoimmune disease requiring systemic treatment within 2 years prior to initial administration, or as an autoimmune disease that can recur or for which treatment is planned determined by the investigator. * Active or past history of definite inflammatory bowel disease (e.g., Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis). * History of immunodeficiency; those who test positive for HIV antibody; current chronic use of systemic corticosteroids or immunosuppressive agents. * Known active tuberculosis (TB) (suspected of having active TB need to undergo clinical examination for exclusion of such possibility); known active syphilis infection. * Known history of allotransplantation and allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. * Has known active Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C. * Active or untreated CNS metastases. * Subjects with peripheral neuropathy. * Unresolved toxicity from prior anti-tumor therapy, defined as toxicity that has not recovered . * Received a live vaccine within 30 days before the first dose or planned to receive a live vaccine during the study. * Known allergy to any study drug component; known history of serious hypersensitivity to other monoclonal antibodies. * Pregnant or nursing (lactating) women.

Primary outcome measure(s)

  • Progression-free survival (PFS) — Up to 2 years
    PFS assessed by BIRC based on RECIST v1.1 .

Trial sites (56)

FacilityCityRegionStatus
City of Hope Duarte California
Winship Cancer Institute/Emory University Atlanta Georgia
University of Michigan Ann Arbor Michigan
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai New York New York
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center New York New York
Chris O'Brien Lifehouse Camperdown New South Wales
St Vincent's Public Hospital Sydney Darlinghurst New South Wales
Genesis Care North Shore St Leonards New South Wales
Sir Charles Gardner Heidelberg Victoria
Austin Health Nedlands Western Australia
Hospital de Câncer de Barretos - Fundação Pio XII Barretos REG1
Grupo Oncoclínicas Botafogo REG1
Hospital Bruno Born Lajeado REG1
Hospital Nossa Senhora da Conceicao Porto Alegre REG1
Centro de Estudos e Pesquisa de Hematologia Santo André REG1
Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo (ICESP) São Paulo REG1
Centro de Câncer A. C. Camargo São Paulo REG1
Alberta Health Services (Tom Baker Cancer Centre) Calgary Alberta
Toronto Sunnybrook Hospital Toronto Ontario
The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University Hefei Anhui
Fujian Cancer Hospital Fuzhou Fujian
The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University Xiamen Fujian
Dongguan People's Hospital Dongguan Guangdong
The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University Guangzhou Guangdong
Affiliated Cancer Hospital and Institute of Guangzhou Medical University Guangzhou Guangdong
Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University Guangzhou Guangdong
The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University Guangzhou Guangdong
Zhujiang Hospital of Southern Medical University Guangzhou Guangdong
Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University Guangzhou Guangdong
The Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University Guangzhou Guangdong
The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Pharmaceutical University Guangzhou Guangdong
Guangzhou Panyu Central Hospital Guangzhou Guangdong
Jiangmen Central Hospital Jiangmen Guangdong
Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College Shantou Guangdong
Shenzhen People's Hospital Shenzhen Guangdong
Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University Zhanjiang Guangdong
The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University Zhuhai Guangdong
Affiliated Hospital of Guilin Medical University Guilin Guangxi
The People's Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Nanning Guangxi
Guangxi Medical University Cancer Hospital Nanning Guangxi

+ 16 more sites — see the full list on the official registry below.

Official registry record

This page summarises publicly available registry data for informational purposes — not medical advice. Eligibility is determined by each study team; patients should discuss participation with their clinician.

View NCT04974398 on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗ ← All trials in the USA