Clinical trial · Interventional
Pembrolizumab Plus Epacadostat, Pembrolizumab Monotherapy, and the EXTREME Regimen in Recurrent or Metastatic Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (KEYNOTE-669/ECHO-304)
A Phase 3 Randomized, Open-Label Clinical Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Pembrolizumab Plus Epacadostat, Pembrolizumab Monotherapy, and the EXTREME Regimen as First Line Treatment for Recurrent or Metastatic Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (KEYNOTE-669/ECHO-304)
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 30, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260930-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of pembrolizumab plus epacadostat, pembrolizumab monotherapy, and the EXTREME regimen (cetuximab + cisplatin or carboplatin + 5-fluorouracil) as first-line treatment for recurrent or metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC).
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head and Neck Cancer | Malignant Head and Neck Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (6)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5-Fluorouracil | Drug | Fluorouracil | ALIAS |
| Carboplatin | Drug | Carboplatin | ALIAS |
| Cetuximab | Drug | Cetuximab | ALIAS |
| Cisplatin | Drug | Cisplatin | ALIAS |
| Epacadostat | Drug | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Pembrolizumab | Drug | Pembrolizumab | ALIAS |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (3)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Pembrolizumab + Epacadostat
- interventionNames
- Drug: Pembrolizumab
- Drug: Epacadostat
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Pembrolizumab
- interventionNames
- Drug: Pembrolizumab
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- EXTREME
- description
- EXTREME regimen includes cetuximab + cisplatin or carboplatin + 5-fluorouracil.
- interventionNames
- Drug: Cetuximab
- Drug: Cisplatin
- Drug: Carboplatin
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Measurable disease based on RECIST v1.1. * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1. * Adequate organ function per protocol-defined criteria. * Documentation of results from testing of human papilloma virus (HPV) status for oropharyngeal cancer. * Baseline archival tumor specimen available or willing to undergo a prestudy treatment tumor core or excisional biopsy of a tumor lesion not previously irradiated, to obtain the specimen. Exclusion Criteria: * Carcinoma of the nasopharynx, salivary gland, unknown primary origin, or nonsquamous histologies as primary tumors. * Disease progression within 6 months of completion of curatively intended systemic treatment for locoregionally advanced HNSCC. * Use of protocol-defined prior/concomitant therapy. * Known additional malignancy that is progressing or has required active treatment within the past 3 years. * Known active central nervous system (CNS) metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis. * Active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in past 2 years. * Known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. HIV testing is not required unless mandated by local health authority. * Known history of or is positive for active hepatitis B (defined as hepatitis B surface antigen \[HBsAg\] reactive) or hepatitis C (defined as HCV RNA \[qualitative\] is detected).
References
Publications (1)
- DERIVEDCho BC, Brana I, Cirauqui B, Aksoy S, Couture F, Hong RL, Miller WH Jr, Chaves-Conde M, Teixeira M, Leopold L, Munteanu M, Ge JY, Swaby RF, Hughes BGM. Pembrolizumab plus epacadostat in patients with recurrent/metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (KEYNOTE-669/ECHO-304): a phase 3, randomized, open-label study. BMC Cancer. 2024 Jul 25;23(Suppl 1):1254. doi: 10.1186/s12885-023-11316-0. PMID 39054467