A Safety and Efficacy Study of Combined Fianlimab + Cemiplimab in Children and Young Adults With Recurrent or Progressive High-Grade Glioma or Posterior Fossa-A Ependymoma
A Phase 1/2 Open-Label, Safety and Efficacy Study of Neoadjuvant Fianlimab (Anti-LAG-3 Antibody) in Combination With Cemiplimab (Anti-PD-1 Antibody) and Cemiplimab Alone Followed by Adjuvant Fianlimab in Combination With Cemiplimab in Pediatric and Young Adult Participants With Recurrent or Progressive High-Grade Glioma or Pediatric and Adult Participants With Recurrent or Progressive Posterior Fossa-A Ependymoma
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Brief Summary
This study is researching an experimental drug called cemiplimab (called "study drug") and the combination of experimental drugs of fianlimab and cemiplimab (called "study drugs"). The study is focused on children and young adults with recurrent or progressive High-Grade Glioma (HGG) or ependymoma. "Recurrent" means that the cancer came back after treatment. "Progressive" means that the tumor has grown or spread. The aim of the study is to see how safe, tolerable, and effective cemiplimab and the combination of fianlimab and cemiplimab are. The study is looking at several other research questions, including:
- What side effects may happen from receiving the study drug(s)
- Do the study drug(s) help study participants live longer without their tumors growing or spreading
- How much of the study drug(s) is in the blood at different times
- Whether the body makes antibodies against the study drug(s) (which could make the study drug\[s\] less effective or lead to side effects)
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P75+ for phase_1
Started Aug 2026
Longer than P75 for phase_1
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
Trial Relationships
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
April 28, 2026
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
May 5, 2026
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
August 31, 2026
ExpectedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
August 27, 2032
Study Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
August 17, 2034
May 5, 2026
April 1, 2026
6 years
April 28, 2026
April 28, 2026
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (4)
Occurrence of Treatment Emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs)
Up to 26 months
Severity of TEAEs
Up to 26 months
Overall Survival (OS)
12 months
Progression Free Survival (PFS)
12 months
Secondary Outcomes (11)
Concentrations of fianlimab in serum
Up to 5 years
Concentrations of cemiplimab in serum
Up to 5 years
Occurrence of Anti-Drug Antibody (ADA) to fianlimab
Up to 5 years
Occurrence of ADA to cemiplimab
Up to 5 years
Magnitude of ADA to fianlimab
Up to 5 years
- +6 more secondary outcomes
Study Arms (3)
Phase 1 Arm A
EXPERIMENTALNeoadjuvant Period: cemiplimab Adjuvant Period: fianlimab+cemiplimab
Phase 1 Arm B
EXPERIMENTALNeoadjuvant Period: fianlimab+cemiplimab Adjuvant Period: fianlimab+cemiplimab
Phase 2
EXPERIMENTALNeoadjuvant Period: fianlimab+cemiplimab Adjuvant Period: fianlimab+cemiplimab
Interventions
Administered per the protocol
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Participant must be diagnosed with recurrent/progressive HGG or PF-A ependymoma with unequivocal progression on Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) as described in the protocol
- Participant must have histologically confirmed (at initial diagnosis or relapse) HGG or PF-A ependymoma
- Participant must be an adequate medical candidate for surgical resection as described in the protocol
- Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) score ≥50 (in participants ≥16 years) or Lansky Performance Status (LPS) score ≥50 (in participants \<16 years) as described in the protocol
- Adequate organ function as described in the protocol
You may not qualify if:
- Active autoimmune disease requiring systemic immunosuppressive therapy in the past 2 years
- Active, serious medical illness, infection or other systemic illness which would limit participation in the trial
- Has not yet recovered from any acute toxicities resulting from prior therapy
- History of myocarditis
- Prior treatment with antibodies to Programmed Cell Death Protein -1 (PD-1), Programmed Cell Death Protein Ligand -1 (PD-L1), Lymphocyte Activation Gene 3 (LAG3), or Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte Associated protein 4 (CTLA-4)
- Treatment with high dose systemic corticosteroids as described in the protocol
- History of interstitial lung disease (eg, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, organizing pneumonia) or active, noninfectious pneumonitis that required immune-suppressive doses of glucocorticoids to assist with management
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Interventions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- STUDY DIRECTOR
Clinical Trial Management
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Central Study Contacts
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- phase 1
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- INDUSTRY
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
April 28, 2026
First Posted
May 5, 2026
Study Start (Estimated)
August 31, 2026
Primary Completion (Estimated)
August 27, 2032
Study Completion (Estimated)
August 17, 2034
Last Updated
May 5, 2026
Record last verified: 2026-04
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will share
- Shared Documents
- STUDY PROTOCOL, SAP, ICF, CSR, ANALYTIC CODE
- Time Frame
- When Regeneron has: * received marketing authorization from major health authorities (e.g., FDA, European Medicines Agency (EMA), Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA), etc.) for the product and indication or has globally discontinued development of the product for all indications on or after April 2020 and has no plans for future development * made the study results publicly available (e.g., scientific publication, scientific conference, clinical trial registry) * the legal authority to share the data, and * ensured the ability to protect participant privacy
- Access Criteria
- Qualified researchers can submit a proposal for access to individual patient or aggregate level data from a Regeneron-sponsored clinical trial through Vivli. Regeneron's Independent Research Request Evaluation Criteria can be found at: https://www.regeneron.com/sites/default/files/Regeneron-External-Data-Sharing-Policy-and-Independent-Research-Request-Evaluation-Criteria.pdf
All Individual Patient Data (IPD) that underlie publicly available results will be considered for sharing