FORTIFI-HN01: A Study of Ficerafusp Alfa (BCA101) or Placebo in Combination With Pembrolizumab in First-Line PD-L1-pos, R or M HNSCC
Public ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT06788990. Field values are reproduced from the official study page; the official ClinicalTrials.gov record remains the source of truth for eligibility, enrollment, and contact information.
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Official title
A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-blind, Phase 2/3 Study of Ficerafusp Alfa (BCA101) or Placebo in Combination With Pembrolizumab for First-Line Treatment of PD-L1-positive, Recurrent or Metastatic Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Brief summary
Reproduced verbatim from the official ClinicalTrials.gov record. Not medical advice.
Ficerafusp alfa is directed against two targets, Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) and Transforming Growth Factor beta (TGF-β). This study intends to evaluate the safety and efficacy of ficerafusp alfa in combination with pembrolizumab versus placebo with pembrolizumab in 1L PD-L1-positive, recurrent or metastatic Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC).
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT06788990
- Recruitment status
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 2, Phase 3
- Enrollment
- 650 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Jan 28, 2025 (Actual)
- Primary completion
- Apr 2028 (Estimated)
- Completion
- Jul 2029 (Estimated)
- Last update posted
- Oct 2, 2026
2025 – 2029
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 55
- U.S. states
- 28
- U.S. cities
- 44
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Site # 0137 | Birmingham | Alabama | 35233 | Recruiting |
| Site #0147 | Phoenix | Arizona | 85054 | Recruiting |
| Site #0107 | La Jolla | California | 92093 | Recruiting |
| Site #0106 | Los Angeles | California | 90095 | Recruiting |
| Site#0144 | Sacramento | California | 95817 | Recruiting |
| Site #0130 | San Francisco | California | 94143 | Recruiting |
| Site #0150 | Stanford | California | 94305 | Recruiting |
| Site #0122 | Aurora | Colorado | 80012 | Recruiting |
| Site #0124 | Aurora | Colorado | 80045 | Recruiting |
| Site#0121 | Aurora | Colorado | 80045 | Recruiting |
| ChristianaCare Helen F. Graham Cancer Center and Research Institute (Site # 127) | Newark | Delaware | 19713 | Recruiting |
| Site #0148 | Jacksonville | Florida | 32224 | Recruiting |
| Site #0136 | Palm Bay | Florida | 32901 | Recruiting |
| Site #0105 | Tampa | Florida | 33612 | Recruiting |
| Captain James A Lovell Federal Health Care Center-VA North Chicago (Site # 133) | Chicago | Illinois | 60064 | Recruiting |
| Site#0140 | Iowa City | Iowa | 52242 | Recruiting |
| Site #0149 | Westwood | Kansas | 66205 | Recruiting |
| University of Kentucky, Markey Cancer Center (Site # 109) | Lexington | Kentucky | 40536 | Recruiting |
| Site#0111 | Louisville | Kentucky | 40202 | Recruiting |
| Site#0115 | Louisville | Kentucky | 40202 | Recruiting |
| Site #0112 | Baltimore | Maryland | 21201 | Recruiting |
| Site #0131 | Boston | Massachusetts | 02114 | Recruiting |
| Site#0101 | Boston | Massachusetts | 02136 | Recruiting |
| University of Michigan (Site # 161) | Ann Arbor | Michigan | 48109 | Recruiting |
| Site #0156 | Maplewood | Minnesota | 55109 | Recruiting |
| Site #0146 | Rochester | Minnesota | 55905 | Recruiting |
| Site #0114 | St Louis | Missouri | 63110 | Recruiting |
| Hackensack Meridian Health (Site # 119) | Hackensack | New Jersey | 07601 | Recruiting |
| Site #0145 | Newark | New Jersey | 07103 | Recruiting |
| Site #0155 | New York | New York | 10003 | Recruiting |
| Site#0142 | New York | New York | 10021 | Recruiting |
| Site#0118 | Durham | North Carolina | 27703 | Recruiting |
| Site#0154 | Canton | Ohio | 44708 | Recruiting |
| Site#0117 | Cincinnati | Ohio | 45221 | Recruiting |
| Site #0151 | Cleveland | Ohio | 44106 | Recruiting |
| Site #0108 | Cleveland | Ohio | 44195 | Recruiting |
| Site #0113 | Portland | Oregon | 97213 | Recruiting |
| Site #0103 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | 15206 | Recruiting |
| Site #0123 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | 15240 | Recruiting |
| Site #0132 | Providence | Rhode Island | 02903 | Recruiting |
| Site#0104 | Charleston | South Carolina | 29425 | Recruiting |
| Site#0126 | Nashville | Tennessee | 37203 | Recruiting |
| Site #0116 | Nashville | Tennessee | 37232 | Recruiting |
| Site#0102 | Houston | Texas | 77005 | Recruiting |
| Site #0152 | Waco | Texas | 676712 | Recruiting |
| Site#0134 | Charlottesville | Virginia | 22904 | Recruiting |
| Site #0129 | Richmond | Virginia | 23219 | Recruiting |
| Site #0138 | Richmond | Virginia | 23249 | Recruiting |
| Site # 0160 | Edmonds | Washington | 98026 | Recruiting |
| Site # 0159 | Seattle | Washington | 98104 | Recruiting |
| Site #0125 | Seattle | Washington | 98109 | Recruiting |
| Site#0120 | Vancouver | Washington | 98684 | Recruiting |
| Site #0141 | Madison | Wisconsin | 53705 | Recruiting |
| Site #0157 | Madison | Wisconsin | 53792 | Recruiting |
| Site # 0153 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | 53233 | Recruiting |
Site contact phone numbers, emails, and investigator names are intentionally not displayed here. Open the official ClinicalTrials.gov record for site contact information.
Non-U.S. locations
This page focuses on the U.S. directory. The official record also lists 176 non-U.S. sites.
About this trial record page
- What this page shows
- Public field values for ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT06788990, including study identification, conditions, interventions, eligibility (age, sex, healthy volunteer), timeline, and U.S. site list.
- What this page does not do
- No medical advice, eligibility judgments, treatment recommendations, study quality scoring, or AI-generated medical summaries. No site contact phone numbers, emails, or investigator names.
- Where the data comes from
- Sourced from the official ClinicalTrials.gov public API. The official record is the source of truth.
- Last refresh
- Last update posted Oct 2, 2026 · Synced Oct 27, 2026
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