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Registration number
NCT02741570
Ethics application status
Date submitted
13/04/2016
Date registered
18/04/2016
Date last updated
21/09/2023

Titles & IDs
Public title
Study of Nivolumab in Combination With Ipilimumab Compared to the Standard of Care (Extreme Regimen) as First Line Treatment in Patients With Recurrent or Metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck
Scientific title
An Open Label, Randomized, Two Arm Phase III Study of Nivolumab in Combination With Ipilimumab Versus Extreme Study Regimen (Cetuximab + Cisplatin/Carboplatin + Fluorouracil) as First Line Therapy in Recurrent or Metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck (SCCHN)
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
2016-000725-39
Secondary ID [2] 0 0
CA209-651
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
CheckMate 651
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Head and Neck Cancer 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Cancer 0 0 0 0
Non melanoma skin cancer
Cancer 0 0 0 0
Head and neck

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Other interventions - Nivolumab
Other interventions - Ipilimumab
Treatment: Drugs - Cetuximab/Erbitux
Treatment: Drugs - Cisplatin/Platinol
Treatment: Drugs - Carboplatin/Paraplatin
Treatment: Drugs - Fluorouracil/Adrucil

Experimental: Nivolumab and Ipilimumab - Specified dose on specified days

Active Comparator: Extreme Regimen - Specified dose on specified days


Other interventions: Nivolumab


Other interventions: Ipilimumab


Treatment: Drugs: Cetuximab/Erbitux


Treatment: Drugs: Cisplatin/Platinol


Treatment: Drugs: Carboplatin/Paraplatin


Treatment: Drugs: Fluorouracil/Adrucil


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Other interventions
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Treatment: Drugs
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
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Overall Survival (OS) in Participants With Programmed Death-Ligand 1 (PD-L1) With a Combined Positive Score (CPS) =20
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From randomization to date of death or date the participant was last known to be alive (Up to approximately 55 months)
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Overall Survival (OS) in All Randomized Participants
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From randomization to date of death or date the participant was last known to be alive (Up to approximately 55 months)
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Overall Survival (OS) in Randomized Participants With Programmed Death-Ligand 1 (PD-L1) With a Combined Positive Score (CPS) = 1
Timepoint [1] 0 0
From randomization to date of death or date the participant was last known to be alive (Up to approximately 65 months)
Secondary outcome [2] 0 0
Progression Free Survival (PFS)
Timepoint [2] 0 0
From randomization to disease progression or death (Up to approximately 65 months)
Secondary outcome [3] 0 0
Objective Response Rate (ORR)
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From randomization up to approximately 65 months
Secondary outcome [4] 0 0
Duration of Objective Response (DOR)
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From randomization to the first documented response (CR or PR) and progression (up to approximately 65 months)

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
- Histologically confirmed metastatic or recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of the head
and neck (oral cavity, oropharynx, hypopharynx & larynx) that is not amenable to
curative therapy.

- No prior systemic cancer therapy for recurrent or metastatic disease (except if
chemotherapy was part of multimodal treatment completed 6 months prior to enrolment).

- Measurable disease detected by imaging exam (CT or MRI).

- Have tumor tissue for PD L1 expression testing, and for oropharyngeal cancer have
results from testing of HPV p16 status.
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
No limit
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
- Metastatic or recurrent carcinoma of the nasopharynx, squamous cell carcinoma of
unknown primary, squamous cell carcinoma originating from skin and salivary glands or
non squamous histologies (eg. mucosal melanoma).

- No prior treatment with anti PD1, anti PD L1, anti CTLA 4 antibody or any other
antibody or drugs targeting T cell costimulation or checkpoint pathways, or cetuximab
or EGFR inhibitors in any treatment setting.

- Participants with certain diseases such as active autoimmune disease, type I diabetes,
hypothyroidism that needs hormone replacement, active infection, psychiatric disorder.

- Inadequate hematologic, renal or hepatic function.

Other protocol defined inclusion/exclusion criteria could apply

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Open (masking not used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?



Intervention assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Phase
Phase 3
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
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Actual
Date of last participant enrolment
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Actual
Date of last data collection
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Actual
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Final
Recruitment in Australia
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Local Institution - 0142 - Blacktown
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2148 - Blacktown
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2010 - Darlinghurst
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2250 - Gosford
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2065 - St. Leonards
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4102 - Brisbane
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4814 - Douglas
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5112 - Elizabeth Vale
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3168 - Clayton
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3000 - Melbourne
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6009 - Nedlands
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Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Commercial sector/Industry
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Bristol-Myers Squibb
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Ono Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd
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Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
The main purpose of this study is to compare nivolumab and ipilimumab with the extreme
regimen as first line treatment in patients with recurrent or metastatic squamous cell of the
head and neck cancer
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02741570
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
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Bristol-Myers Squibb
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Bristol-Myers Squibb
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Summary Results

For IPD and results data, please see https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02741570