Head and Neck Tumor clinical trials at University of California Health
29 in progress, 19 open to eligible people
Therapeutic Effects of BNT113 in Combination With Pembrolizumab Versus Pembrolizumab Alone for Patients With a Form of Head and Neck Cancer Positive for Human Papilloma Virus 16 and Expressing the Protein PD-L1
open to eligible people ages 18 years and up
An open-label, controlled, multi-site, interventional, 2-arm, Phase II trial of BNT113 in combination with pembrolizumab vs pembrolizumab monotherapy as first line treatment in patients with unresectable recurrent or metastatic HPV16+ HNSCC…
at UCLA
Dostarlimab vs Placebo After Chemoradiation in Adult Participants With Locally Advanced Unresected Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
open to eligible people ages 18 years and up
The goal of this study is to assess the safety and effectiveness of Dostarlimab compared to Placebo in adult participants with HNSCC (Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma)
at UCLA
TAK-186 (Also Known as MVC-101) in Adults With Advanced or Metastatic Cancer
open to eligible people ages 18 years and up
The main aim of this study is to check for side effects and tolerability of TAK-186 (also known as MVC-101) in adults with unremovable advanced or metastatic cancer. Another aim is to characterize and evaluate the activity of TAK-186 (MVC-101).…
at UCSD UCSF
TAK-500 With or Without Pembrolizumab in Adults With Select Locally Advanced or Metastatic Solid Tumors
open to eligible people ages 18 years and up
This study is about TAK-500, given either alone or with pembrolizumab, in adults with select locally advanced or metastatic solid tumors. The aims of the study are: - to assess the safety profile of TAK-500 when given alone and when given with…
at UCSD
Taste Dysfunction With Miraculin in Head and Neck Cancer Patients Receiving Radiation Therapy
open to eligible people ages 18 years and up
Patients diagnosed with head and neck cancer who receive radiation therapy with and without chemotherapy develop altered sense of taste due to treatment effect, which typically arises in the second week of radiation therapy and progresses throughout …
at UCSF
Adoptive Cell Transfer of Autologous Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes and High-Dose Interleukin 2 in Select Solid Tumors
open to eligible people ages 18 years and up
To determine whether special tumor fighting cells that is taken from participants' tumors and grown in the laboratory and then given back to the participant will fight the participant's cancer when their immune system is suppressed from attacking…
at UCSD
Chemoradiation vs Immunotherapy and Radiation for Head and Neck Cancer
open to eligible people ages 18 years and up
The purpose of this study is to compare any good or bad effects of using pembrolizumab (an experimental drug) and radiation therapy (RT), compared to using cisplatin chemotherapy and radiation therapy (RT) in the treatment of patients with head and…
at UCSD
Low-Cost Therapeutic Device in Managing Head and Neck Cancer Patients With Radiation-Related Trismus
open to eligible people ages 18 years and up
This trial evaluates how well a new therapeutic device works in managing trismus in patients who received radiation treatment for head and neck cancer. Radiation therapy is a common form of treatment in patients with head and neck cancers. However,…
at UCSF
Exercise and Nutritional Prehabilitation for Head and Neck Cancer Patients
open to eligible people ages 18 years and up
This study examines the acceptability, feasibility, and safety in developing a prehabilitation program for head and neck cancer patients. The purpose of this research is to access the safety and acceptability of using a prehabilitation program…
at UC Davis
Locally AblatiVe TherApy in OLigO-pRogressive SOlid TUmorS (VALOROUS)
open to eligible people ages 18 years and up
This is a phase 2 pragmatic study that evaluates the clinical benefit of continuing systemic therapy with the addition of locally ablative therapies for oligo-progressive solid tumors as the primary objective. The primary outcome measure is the time …
at UC Davis
Pea Protein Oral Nutrition Supplement for the Reduction of Gastrostomy Tube Placement Rate in Patients With Locally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer Undergoing Chemoradiation Therapy
open to eligible people ages 18 years and up
This phase II trial studies the effect of a plant-based oral nutrition supplement, Kate Farms Standard 1.4 and/or Standard 1.0. as a primary source of nutrition in reducing the gastrostomy tube placement rate in patients with head and neck cancer…
at UCLA
Personalized Ultrafractionated Stereotactic Adaptive Radiotherapy for Palliative Head and Neck Cancer Treatment (PULS-Pal)
open to eligible people ages 18 years and up
This trial tests how well personalized ultra fractionated stereotactic adaptive radiotherapy (PULSAR) works together with HyperArc© radiation treatment planning technology for palliative (holistic pain and symptom control) tumor control in patients…
at UCLA
Participants Continuing From Pfizer-sponsored Palbociclib (a Study Medicine) Studies
open to eligible people ages 18 years and up
The purpose of this clinical trial is to provide study medicine(s) and learn about their safety. This study is seeking participants who: - Have benefited from ongoing study treatment as determined by the study doctor in a Pfizer-sponsored…
at UCSF
BCA101 Monotherapy and in Combination Therapy in Patients With EGFR-driven Advanced Solid Tumors
open to eligible people ages 18 years and up
The investigational drug to be studied in this protocol, BCA101, is a first-in-class compound that targets both EGFR with TGFβ. Based on preclinical data, this bifunctional antibody may exert synergistic activity in patients with EGFR-driven tumors.
at UCLA UCSD
Anti-cancer Drug, Ipatasertib, to the Usual Immunotherapy Treatment (Pembrolizumab) in Patients With Recurrent or Metastatic Squamous Cell Cancer of the Head and Neck
open to eligible people ages 18 years and up
This phase II trial compares the effect of adding ipatasertib to pembrolizumab (standard immunotherapy) vs. pembrolizumab alone in treating patients with squamous cell cancer of the head and neck that has come back (recurrent) or that has spread…
at UC Davis
Testing the Use of Investigational Drugs Atezolizumab and/or Bevacizumab With or Without Standard Chemotherapy in the Second-Line Treatment of Advanced-Stage Head and Neck Cancers
open to eligible people ages 18 years and up
This phase II/III compares the standard therapy (chemotherapy plus cetuximab) versus adding bevacizumab to standard chemotherapy, versus combination of just bevacizumab and atezolizumab in treating patients with head and neck cancer that has spread…
at UC Irvine
Tumescence in HNC Skin Graft Reconstruction
open to eligible people ages 18 years and up
Our primary objective is to determine if the use of tumescence has a meaningful effect on STSG uptake at the recipient site. This is an important outcome because poor graft uptake results in the need for prolonged local wound care, additional clinic …
at UC Davis
Window of Opportunity Study of IPI-549 in Patients With Locally Advanced HPV+ and HPV- Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
open to eligible people ages 18 years and up
The purpose of this study is to investigate how effective the study drug IPI-549 is against types of cancers. IPI-549 is considered experimental because it is not approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of cancer.…
at UCSD
Tumor-Informed ctDNA Testing of Head & Neck Intent Treatment of Squamous Cell Carcinoma
open to eligible people ages 18 years and up
This is a single-center, non-interventional, observational study that evaluates the correlation of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) testing to cancer relapse for participants with head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNC) after curative-intent…
at UCSF
Entrectinib (RXDX-101) for the Treatment of Patients With Solid Tumors Harboring NTRK 1/2/3 (Trk A/B/C), ROS1, or ALK Gene Rearrangements (Fusions)
Sorry, in progress, not accepting new patients
This is an open-label, multicenter, global Phase 2 basket study of entrectinib (RXDX-101) for the treatment of patients with solid tumors that harbor an NTRK1/2/3, ROS1, or ALK gene fusion. Patients will be assigned to different baskets according to …
at UC Irvine UCSD UCSF
Chemotherapy With or Without Bevacizumab in Treating Patients With Recurrent or Metastatic Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Sorry, in progress, not accepting new patients
This randomized phase III trial studies chemotherapy to see how well it works with or without bevacizumab in treating patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma that has come back (recurrent) or that has spread to other parts of the body…
at UCSD
Pembrolizumab Combined With Cetuximab for Treatment of Recurrent/Metastatic Head & Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Sorry, in progress, not accepting new patients
This is a prospective, multi-center, open-label, non-randomized, multi-arm phase II trial to evaluate the efficacy of combination therapy with pembrolizumab and cetuximab for patients with recurrent/metastatic HNSCC. There will be four patient…
at UCLA UCSD
Radiation Therapy With Durvalumab or Cetuximab in Treating Patients With Locoregionally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer Who Cannot Take Cisplatin
Sorry, in progress, not accepting new patients
This phase II/III trial studies how well radiation therapy works with durvalumab or cetuximab in treating patients with head and neck cancer that has spread to a local and/or regional area of the body who cannot take cisplatin. Radiation therapy…
at UC Davis UCSD UCSF
RT With or Without Cetuximab in Treating Patients Who Have Undergone Surgery for Locally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer
Sorry, in progress, not accepting new patients
RATIONALE: Giving radiation therapy that uses a 3-dimensional (3-D) image of the tumor to help focus thin beams of radiation directly on the tumor, and giving radiation therapy in higher doses over a shorter period of time, may kill more tumor cells …
at UC Davis UCSD UCSF
EOS-448 With Standard of Care and/or Investigational Therapies in Participants With Advanced Solid Tumors
Sorry, in progress, not accepting new patients
This is a multicenter, open-label, phase I/II basket study, evaluating the safety, tolerability, RP2D, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and antitumor activity of EOS-448 (also known as GSK4428859A or belrestotug) combined with standard of care…
at UCSD
PDS0101 and Pembrolizumab Combination I/O in Subjects with HPV16 + Recurrent And/or Metastatic HNSCC
Sorry, in progress, not accepting new patients
VERSATILE-002 is a Phase 2, open-label, multicenter study of the efficacy and safety of PDS0101 administered in combination with pembrolizumab in adults with HPV16 and PD-L1 positive recurrent or metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma…
at UCSF
Pembrolizumab Given Prior to Surgery and in Combination With Radiotherapy Given Post-surgery for Advanced Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (MK-3475-689)
Sorry, in progress, not accepting new patients
This is a randomized, active-controlled, open-label study of pembrolizumab (Pembro) given prior to surgery and pembrolizumab in combination with standard of care radiotherapy (with or without cisplatin), as post-surgical therapy in treatment naïve…
at UC Davis
Tadalafil and Pembrolizumab in Recurrent or Metastatic Head and Neck Cancer
Sorry, in progress, not accepting new patients
This study will examine the combination of pembrolizumab and tadalafil for safety and efficacy in advanced head and neck cancer.
at UCSD
Veliparib, Paclitaxel, and Carboplatin in Treating Patients With Solid Tumors That Are Metastatic or Cannot Be Removed by Surgery and Liver or Kidney Dysfunction
Sorry, in progress, not accepting new patients
This phase I trial studies the side effects and the best dose of veliparib when given together with paclitaxel and carboplatin in treating patients with solid tumors that are metastatic or cannot be removed by surgery and liver or kidney…
at UC Davis
Our lead scientists for Head and Neck Tumor research studies include Andrea Park, MD Bridget Keenan Loren Mell, MD Shirin Attarian Collin Blakely Gregory Daniels, MD, PhD Ezra Cohen, MD Jason W Chan, MD Jie Deng Marianne S Abouyared, MD Siao-Yi Wang Joseph Califano Sue Yom, MD, PhD Deborah Jean Lee Wong Xiao Zhao, MD.
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