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  • Objective:

    Primary Objective:

    • To determine if ado-trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1) shows better progression-free survival (PFS) when compared to docetaxel plus trastuzumab (TH) in recurrent and/or metastatic (R/M) HER2-positive salivary gland cancer (SGC) patients who have not previously received HER2 therapy for unresectable or recurrent and/or metastatic disease, as determined by local assessment.

    Secondary Objectives:

    • To compare the overall response rate (ORR) by RECIST v1.1 criteria between arms;
    • To compare overall survival (OS) between arms;
    • To compare toxicity using CTCAE v5.0 criteria between arms;
    • To assess patient-reported toxicity, as measured by the PRO-CTCAE, between arms, and explore patient-reported symptomatic adverse events (AEs) for tolerability of each treatment arm as measured by the PRO-CTCAE.
    Cancer Categories:
    • Head and Neck
    Principal Investigator:
    • Sukari, Ammar
    Karmanos Trial ID:
    • NRG-HN010
    Age Group:
    • Adult
    Phase:
    • Phase II
  • Objective:

    Primary Objectives:

    • To compare antitumor activity in ORR per
      Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumor
      (RECIST) Guidelines version (v) 1.1 as assessed
      by blinded independent central review (BICR)
      in patients with incurable metastatic /
      recurrent HNSCC patients progressed on after
      anti-PD-1 and platinum containing therapy,
      treated with petosemtamab monotherapy vs
      investigator’s choice monotherapy
    • To compare OS in patients with incurable
      metastatic / recurrent HNSCC progressed on
      after anti-PD-1 and platinum-containing
      therapy, treated with petosemtamab
      monotherapy vs investigator’s choice
      monotherapy

    Secondary Objectives:

    • To evaluate antitumor activity in ORR per
      RECIST v1.1 as assessed by investigator review
    • To evaluate antitumor activity in DOR per
      RECIST v1.1 as assessed by BICR and
      investigator review
    • To evaluate antitumor activity in TTR per
      RECIST v1.1 as assessed by BICR and
      investigator review
    • To evaluate antitumor activity in PFS per
      RECIST v1.1 as assessed by BICR and by
      investigator review
    • To evaluate antitumor activity in CBR per
      RECIST v1.1 as assessed by BICR and by
      investigator review
    • To evaluate safety and tolerability of
      petosemtamab monotherapy
    • To evaluate patient health-related quality of
      life (HRQL) using the European Organisation
      for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC)
      validated Quality of Life of Cancer Patients
      Questionnaire (QLQ-C30)
    • To evaluate patient HRQL using the updated
      EORTC validated Quality of Life of Head and
      Neck Cancer Patients Questionnaire (QLQH&N43)
    • To characterize the PK of petosemtamab
    • To characterize the population PK of
      petosemtamab
    • To characterize the immunogenicity of
      petosemtamab
    Cancer Categories:
    • Head and Neck
    Principal Investigator:
    • Hadid, Tarik
    Karmanos Trial ID:
    • 2024-023
    Age Group:
    • Adult
    Phase:
    • Phase III
  • Objective:

    Primary Objectives:

    • To evaluate the feasibility of molecular characterization based on TMB for
      participant stratification, as assessed by the proportion of participants with less
      than or equal to a 21-day turnaround time for biopsy results in Stage I of the study.
    • To evaluate the feasibility of molecular characterization based on TMB and GEP
      (for TIS) for stratification in the overall study (Stage I and Stage II).
    • To evaluate the efficacy by overall response rate (ORR – defined as confirmed
      and unconfirmed partial responses plus complete responses) of cabozantinib plus
      nivolumab in each disease cohort, both across and within tumor biomarker
      subgroups.

    Secondary Objectives:

    • To assess the difference in ORR in each disease cohort between tumor marker
      subgroups separately for each disease cohort.
    • To assess safety and tolerability of this treatment in these populations.
    • To estimate disease control rate (DCR) in participants receiving cabozantinib plus
      nivolumab in each disease cohort, stratified by tumor biomarkers.
    • To estimate progression-free survival (PFS) in participants receiving cabozantinib
      plus nivolumab in each disease cohort, stratified by tumor biomarkers.
    • To estimate overall survival (OS) in participants receiving cabozantinib plus
      nivolumab in each disease cohort, stratified by tumor biomarkers.
    • To assess the proportion of patients with assay failure, and the time from the date
      of tissue collection to molecular group determination at the end of Stage I.
    • To assess turnaround time for TIS for at least 30 patients in Stage I to ensure that
      at least 75% have a turnaround time of <21 days. If TIS is not ready for real-time
      testing when 30 slots remain for Stage I, accrual will be paused until assay
      validation is complete
    Cancer Categories:
    • Head and Neck,Skin
    Principal Investigator:
    • Sukari, Ammar
    Karmanos Trial ID:
    • S2101
    Age Group:
    • Adult
    Phase:
    • Phase II
  • Objective:

    Primary Objectives Phase II:

      To determine if patient-reported neck and shoulder function and related quality of life (QOL) at 6 months after surgery using the Neck Dissection Impairment Index (NDII) is superior with Sentinel Lymph Node (SLN) biopsy compared to Elective Neck Dissection (END) for treatment of early-stage oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma (OCSCC) (cT1-2N0).

    Primary Objectives Phase III:

    • To determine if disease-free survival (DFS) is non-inferior with SLN biopsy compared to END for treatment of early-stage OCSCC (cT1-2N0).
    • To determine if patient-reported neck and shoulder function and related QOL at 6 months after surgery using NDII is superior with SLN biopsy compared to END for treatment of early-stage OCSCC (cT1-2N0).

    Secondary Objectives:

    • To compare patterns of failure (local-regional relapse and distant metastasis) between surgical arms.
    • To measure and compare overall survival (OS) between surgical arms.
    • To measure and compare the toxicity of the two surgical arms.
    • To measure longitudinal patient-reported neck and shoulder function and related QOL between surgical arms, using the following instruments:
      • Neck Dissection Impairment Index (NDII)
      • Abbreviated Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (QuickDASH)
      • Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Head and Neck (FACT-H&N)
    • To assess the length of hospitalization, post-operative drain placement, and operative morbidity between arms.
    • To estimate the negative predictive rate of FDG PET/CT for N0 neck in patients with T1 and T1-2 oral cavity squamous cell cancer (OCSCC) patients in the END arm.
    • To assess nodal metastases rates between arms.
    • To assess the pathologic false omission rate (FOR) in the SLN biopsy arm.
    • To determine if patient-reported neck and shoulder function and related QOL at 6 months after surgery using the NDII is superior with the SLN biopsy compared to the END in low-risk patients.
    Cancer Categories:
    • Head and Neck
    Principal Investigator:
    • Cramer, John
    Karmanos Trial ID:
    • NRG-HN006
    Age Group:
    • Adult
    Phase:
    • Phase II/III
  • Objective:

    Module A Monotherapy—dose escalation

    Primary Objective:

    • To investigate the safety and tolerability of EP0031 given as monotherapy

    Secondary Objective:

    • To characterize the PK of EP0031 given as monotherapy, after a single dose and at steady state after multiple dosing

    Modules B and C Monotherapy—dose expansion

    Primary Objective:

    • To assess the efficacy of EP0031 given as monotherapy in patients with RET-altered tumours who have progressed following firstgeneration SRI therapy and in patients with RET-altered tumors with no prior SRI therapy (by RECIST v1.1)

    Secondary Objectives:

    • To investigate the safety and tolerability of EP0031 given as monotherapy
    • To characterize the PK of EP0031 given as monotherapy
    Cancer Categories:
    • Gastrointestinal (GI),Head and Neck,Lung
    Principal Investigator:
    • Sukari, Ammar
    Karmanos Trial ID:
    • 2023-066
    Age Group:
    • Adult
    Phase:
    • Phase I/II
  • Objective:

    Arm 1a and Arm 1b

    Primary Objectives:

    • Select 2 doses of CHS-114 as a monotherapy to be considered as recommended dose for expansion (RDEs) in participants with advanced solid tumors and HNSCC following standard first-line therapy.

    Secondary Objectives:

    • Evaluate the safety and tolerability of CHS114 monotherapy.
    • Evaluate the PK of CHS-114 as monotherapy.
    • Evaluate the preliminary antitumor activity of CHS-114 administered as monotherapy.
    • Evaluate the changes in FOXP3 levels within the tumor tissue (in participants undergoing pretreatment and on-treatment tumor biopsies).

    Arm 2

    Primary Objectives:

    • Evaluate the safety and tolerability of CHS-114 in combination with toripalimab in participants with HNSCC following standard first-line therapy

    Secondary Objectives:

    • Evaluate the PK of CHS-114 and toripalimab when administered in combination.
    • Evaluate the preliminary antitumor activity of CHS-114 administered in combination with toripalimab.
    Cancer Categories:
    • Head and Neck
    Principal Investigator:
    • Sukari, Ammar
    Karmanos Trial ID:
    • 2023-099
    Age Group:
    • Adult
    Phase:
    • Phase I
  • Objective:

    Primary Objectives:

    • To evaluate the safety and tolerability of FT825 with or without cetuximab following CY/FLU or bendamustine
    • To define the RP2D of FT825 with or without cetuximab following CY/FLU or bendamustine

    Secondary Objectives:

    • To evaluate the antitumor activity of FT825 with or without cetuximab following CY/FLU or bendamustine
    • To characterize the PK of FT825 with or without cetuximab following CY/FLU or bendamustine
    Cancer Categories:
    • Breast,Gastrointestinal (GI),Head and Neck,Lung
    Principal Investigator:
    • Assad, Hadeel
    Karmanos Trial ID:
    • 2023-100
    Age Group:
    • Adult
    Phase:
    • Phase I
  • Objective:

    Primary Objectives:

    • To assess the safety and tolerability of AB598 in participants with advanced malignancies

    Secondary Objectives:

    • To describe the pharmacokinetic (PK) profile of AB598 in participants with advanced malignancies
    • To assess the immunogenicity to AB598 in participants with advanced malignancies
    • To assess the preliminary clinical activity of AB598 in patients with advanced malignancies
    Cancer Categories:
    • Breast,Gastrointestinal (GI),Genitourinary (GU),Gynecologic,Head and Neck,Lung
    Principal Investigator:
    • Uprety, Dipesh
    Karmanos Trial ID:
    • 2023-077
    Age Group:
    • Adult
    Phase:
    • Phase I
  • Objective:

    Primary Objective:

    • To evaluate the antitumor activity of disitamab vedotin in subjects with previously treated, locally-advanced unresectable or metastatic (LA/m) HER2 expressing solid tumors

    Secondary Objectives:

    • To evaluate the safety and tolerability profile of disitamab vedotin
    • To assess other measures of antitumor activity of disitamab vedotin per investigator assessment by other clinically relevant measures
    • To evaluate the pharmacokinetics (PK) of disitamab vedotin
    • To evaluate the immunogenicity of disitamab vedotin
    Cancer Categories:
    • Gastrointestinal (GI),Gynecologic,Head and Neck,Lung,Skin
    Principal Investigator:
    • Sukari, Ammar
    Karmanos Trial ID:
    • 2023-069
    Age Group:
    • Adult
    Phase:
    • Phase II
  • Objective:

    Primary Objectives:

    • To characterize the safety and tolerability of different dose levels of ZL-1218 when administered as a single agent and in combination with pembrolizumab (200 mg IV Q3 week), including dose-limiting toxicity (DLT), maximum tolerated dose (MTD) and recommended dose (RD) of ZL-1218.

    Secondary Objectives:

    • To assess the preliminary efficacy of ZL-1218 when administered as a single agent and in combination with pembrolizumab.
    • To characterize the pharmacokinetics (PK) of ZL-1218 as a single agent or in combination with pembrolizumab, after a single dose and multiple doses.
    • To evaluate the immunogenicity of ZL-1218 as a single agent or in combination with pembrolizumab, after a single dose and multiple doses.
    Cancer Categories:
    • Gastrointestinal (GI),Genitourinary (GU),Head and Neck,Lung
    Principal Investigator:
    • Mamdani, Hirva
    Karmanos Trial ID:
    • 2023-081
    Age Group:
    • Adult
    Phase:
    • Phase I