IRX-2 Regimen in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Stage II, III, or IVA Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oral Cavity

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a pre-operative regimen of the study drug, IRX-2, a human cell-derived biologic with multiple active cytokine components, plus a single dose of cyclophosphamide, followed by 21 days of indomethacin, zinc-containing multivitamins, and omeprazole is active in treatment of oral cavity cancer. The regimen is intended to stimulate an immune response against the cancer.

Timeline

Start

2016-01-11

Primary completion

2022-02-28

Completion

2022-02-28

Publications

• Background Wolf GT, Fee WE Jr, Dolan RW, Moyer JS, Kaplan MJ, Spring PM, Suen J, Kenady DE, Newman JG, Carroll WR, Gillespie MB, Freeman SM, Baltzer L, Kirkley TD, Brandwein HJ, Hadden JW. Novel neoadjuvant immunotherapy regimen safety and survival in head and neck squamous cell cancer. Head Neck. 2011 Dec;33(12):1666-74. doi: 10.1002/hed.21660. Epub 2011 Jan 31.
• Background Berinstein NL, Wolf GT, Naylor PH, Baltzer L, Egan JE, Brandwein HJ, Whiteside TL, Goldstein LC, El-Naggar A, Badoual C, Fridman WH, White JM, Hadden JW. Increased lymphocyte infiltration in patients with head and neck cancer treated with the IRX-2 immunotherapy regimen. Cancer Immunol Immunother. 2012 Jun;61(6):771-82. doi: 10.1007/s00262-011-1134-z. Epub 2011 Nov 6.
• Wolf GT, Liu S, Bellile E, Sartor M, Rozek L, Thomas D, Nguyen A, Zarins K, McHugh JB; INSPIRE Trial Clinical Investigators. Tumor infiltrating lymphocytes after neoadjuvant IRX-2 immunotherapy in oral squamous cell carcinoma: Interim findings from the INSPIRE trial. Oral Oncol. 2020 Dec;111:104928. doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2020.104928. Epub 2020 Jul 29.

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