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Pembrolizumab monotherapy and platinum-based chemotherapy in the combination with pembrolizumab for recurrent or metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (R/M HNSCC) have been widely used in daily clinical practice based on the KEYNOTE-048 study. On the other hand, docetaxel is a commonly used antimitotic agent in cancer therapy and might have potent antitumor effect by the immune response. A combination therapy of docetaxel and pembrolizumab might be a promising treatment for R/M HNSCC. The KEYNOTE-048 study showed that pembrolizumab plus platinum and 5-fluorouracil is a tolerable treatment for R/M HNSCC. The main grade 3/4 adverse event of platinum and 5-fluorouracil was myelosuppression such as neutropenia similar to docetaxel in some studies for R/M HNSCC. The safety profile of platinum and 5-fluorouracil is not much different from docetaxel. Therefore, docetaxel/pembrolizumab combination treatment might also be tolerable. The hypothesis of this study is that a combination therapy of docetaxel and pembrolizumab will provide benefit for patients with R/M HNSCC.


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NCT number NCT05252429
Study type Interventional
Source Hokkaido University Hospital
Contact Yasushi Shimizu
Phone +81117161161
Email y-simz@med.hokudai.ac.jp
Status Recruiting
Phase Phase 2
Start date July 6, 2022
Completion date May 31, 2024

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