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CAR T-cell Therapy

CUE-101 + Keytruda for Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Phase 1
Waitlist Available
Research Sponsored by Cue Biopharma
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up 36 months
Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial is testing a new drug, CUE-101, as a possible treatment for HPV16+ Recurrent/Metastatic Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

Eligible Conditions
  • Human Papillomavirus Positive Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
  • Head and Neck Cancers
  • Carcinoma

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~36 months
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 36 months for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Dose Limiting Toxicity
Serum PK parameters for CUE-101
Secondary outcome measures
Overall response rate (ORR)

Side effects data

From 2024 Phase 2 trial • 57 Patients • NCT03004183
21%
Fatigue
13%
Nausea
11%
Back pain
9%
Shortness of Breath
9%
Anemia
9%
Abdominal pain
9%
Diarrhea
7%
Pneumonia
7%
Kidney Injury and/or Infection
7%
Dyspnea
7%
Weight Loss
5%
Malnutrition, Hypercalcemia and Weakness
5%
Pneumothorax
5%
Intractable pain, back pain, hip pain
5%
Activated partial thromboplastin time prolonged
4%
Pleural effusion
4%
Atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular response
2%
Thrombocytopenia
2%
Respiratory failure
2%
Skin rash
2%
colitis
100%
80%
60%
40%
20%
0%
Study treatment Arm
Single Arm

Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Group I: Pembrolizumab and CUE-101Experimental Treatment2 Interventions
Part C&D: CUE-101 Dose Escalation in Combination with KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) for injection, for IV use 200 mg Q3W (Part C). Expansion of pembrolizumab plus CUE-101 at the combination RP2D (Part D)
Group II: CUE-101 dose escalation and expansionExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Part A&B: CUE-101 Monotherapy IV infusion Q3W Dose Escalation (Part A) and Expansion (Part B)

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Cue BiopharmaLead Sponsor
2 Previous Clinical Trials
82 Total Patients Enrolled
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLCIndustry Sponsor
3,886 Previous Clinical Trials
5,054,468 Total Patients Enrolled
Matteo Levisetti, MDStudy DirectorCue Biopharma
1 Previous Clinical Trials
52 Total Patients Enrolled

Media Library

CUE-101 (CAR T-cell Therapy) Clinical Trial Eligibility Overview. Trial Name: NCT03978689 — Phase 1
Oropharyngeal Carcinoma Research Study Groups: CUE-101 dose escalation and expansion, Pembrolizumab and CUE-101
Oropharyngeal Carcinoma Clinical Trial 2023: CUE-101 Highlights & Side Effects. Trial Name: NCT03978689 — Phase 1
CUE-101 (CAR T-cell Therapy) 2023 Treatment Timeline for Medical Study. Trial Name: NCT03978689 — Phase 1

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

How many participants are actively involved in this clinical trial?

"To successfully launch the trial, Cue Biopharma needs to recruit 85 patients who meet all of the study's inclusion criteria. The sponsor will be running this clinical trial from two locations - Gabrail Cancer Center in Canton, Ohio and Affiliated Oncologists, LLC in Chicago, Illinois."

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What indications does CUE-101 typically address?

"CUE-101 has been clinically validated as an effective treatment for malignant neoplasms and can also prove useful in treating conditions such as unresectable melanoma, high microsatellite instability and chemotherapy resistance."

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Does CUE-101 present any risks for patients?

"Prior clinical data is sparse with respect to CUE-101's safety considerations, so this drug received a score of 1."

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Are there any vacancies in this research endeavor for potential participants?

"Affirmative. Clinicaltrials.gov is host to the data that confirms this study's open recruitment, which began on July 30th 2019 and was recently revised on November 15th 2022. Seventeen sites are needed in order to enrol 85 volunteers for the trial."

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How many venues are there conducting this trial?

"This clinical research trial is operating in 17 centres, such as the Gabrail Cancer Center located in Canton, Affiliated Oncologists LLC in Chicago and Barbara Karmanos Cancer Centre/Wayne State University School of Medicine based in Detroit."

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Could you provide a summary of the experiments conducted with CUE-101 to date?

"CUE-101 was initially researched at City of Hope in 2010, with 249 clinical studies concluding since then. Presently, there are 963 trials actively recruiting participants; many of them taking place near Canton, Ohio."

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~15 spots leftby Apr 2025