- Conditions
- Cancer of the Head and Neck, Oropharynx Cancer, HPV Positive Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Throat Carcinoma
- Interventions
- Cisplatin injection
- Drug
- Lead sponsor
- University of Missouri-Columbia
- Other
- Eligibility
- 18 Years and older
- Enrollment
- 28 participants
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
- Timeline
- 2020 – 2026
- U.S. locations
- 1
- States / cities
- Columbia, Missouri
Head and Neck Cancer clinical trials
Directory of U.S. ClinicalTrials.gov public records for Head and Neck Cancer. Browse Head and Neck Cancer recruiting trials, filter by phase, sponsor, location, or intervention, and open the official ClinicalTrials.gov study record for each result.
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Data is sourced from official ClinicalTrials.gov public API records. Always review the official ClinicalTrials.gov record for the latest information.
These results were retrieved from the live ClinicalTrials.gov registry. Filters and sort order apply to this result list.
How Head and Neck Cancer studies are organized in the registry
Most records use the formal phrase “squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck” or the abbreviation HNSCC, and site-specific terms like “oropharyngeal” mark distinct subsets. HPV status is a common population-defining label in this portfolio, and combined-modality studies (radiation plus systemic therapy) are frequent.
These describe how studies tend to be titled and grouped on ClinicalTrials.gov — they are search vocabulary, not medical guidance.
Live official records
Open in full search- Conditions
- Human Papilloma Virus, Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
- Interventions
- PET/CT, Radiotherapy, Concurrent Chemoradiation
- Procedure · Radiation
- Lead sponsor
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Other
- Eligibility
- 18 Years and older
- Enrollment
- 112 participants
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
- Timeline
- 2014 – 2022
- U.S. locations
- 2
- States / cities
- New York, New York
- Conditions
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell, Head and Neck Neoplasms, Oropharyngeal Neoplasms
- Interventions
- Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT), Cisplatin (or alternative), Assessment for surgical evaluation
- Radiation · Drug · Procedure
- Lead sponsor
- UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Other
- Eligibility
- 18 Years and older
- Enrollment
- 195 participants
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
- Timeline
- 2016 – 2022
- U.S. locations
- 4
- States / cities
- Gainesville, Florida • Jacksonville, Florida • Chapel Hill, North Carolina + 1 more
- Conditions
- CDKN2A-p16 Positive, HPV Positive Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Stage I Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma AJCC V7, Stage II Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma AJCC V7, Stage III Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma AJCC v7, Stage IVA Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma AJCC v7
- Interventions
- Alpelisib, Laboratory Biomarker Analysis, Pharmacodynamic Study, Therapeutic Conventional Surgery
- Drug · Other · Procedure
- Lead sponsor
- University of Arizona
- Other
- Eligibility
- Not listed
- Enrollment
- 9 participants
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
- Timeline
- 2019 – 2022
- U.S. locations
- 1
- States / cities
- Tucson, Arizona
- Conditions
- Clinical Stage II HPV-Mediated (p16-Positive) Oropharyngeal Carcinoma AJCC v8, Clinical Stage III HPV-Mediated (p16-Positive) Oropharyngeal Carcinoma AJCC v8, Locally Advanced Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Pathologic Stage II HPV-Mediated (p16-Positive) Oropharyngeal Carcinoma AJCC v8, Pathologic Stage III HPV-Mediated (p16-Positive) Oropharyngeal Carcinoma AJCC v8, Stage III Oropharyngeal (p16-Negative) Carcinoma AJCC v8, Stage IVA Oropharyngeal (p16-Negative) Carcinoma AJCC v8, Stage IVB Oropharyngeal (p16-Negative) Carcinoma AJCC v8
- Interventions
- Fludeoxyglucose F-18, Positron Emission Tomography
- Radiation · Procedure
- Lead sponsor
- Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Other
- Eligibility
- 18 Years and older
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
- Timeline
- 2020 – 2023
- U.S. locations
- 1
- States / cities
- Columbus, Ohio
- Conditions
- Adult Solid Tumor
- Interventions
- SQZ-AAC-HPV, Ipilimumab, Nivolumab
- Biological · Drug
- Lead sponsor
- SQZ Biotechnologies
- Industry
- Eligibility
- 18 Years and older
- Enrollment
- 5 participants
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
- Timeline
- 2021 – 2023
- U.S. locations
- 6
- States / cities
- Duarte, California • La Jolla, California • Detroit, Michigan + 3 more
- Conditions
- Clinical Stage I HPV-Mediated (p16-Positive) Oropharyngeal Carcinoma AJCC v8, Clinical Stage II HPV-Mediated (p16-Positive) Oropharyngeal Carcinoma AJCC v8, Clinical Stage III HPV-Mediated (p16-Positive) Oropharyngeal Carcinoma AJCC v8, Head and Neck Carcinoma of Unknown Primary, Pathologic Stage I HPV-Mediated (p16-Positive) Oropharyngeal Carcinoma AJCC v8, Pathologic Stage II HPV-Mediated (p16-Positive) Oropharyngeal Carcinoma AJCC v8
- Interventions
- Medical Chart Review, Patient Observation, Quality-of-Life Assessment, Questionnaire Administration
- Other
- Lead sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
- Other
- Eligibility
- 18 Years and older
- Enrollment
- 2 participants
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
- Timeline
- 2020 – 2024
- U.S. locations
- 2
- States / cities
- Scottsdale, Arizona • Rochester, Minnesota
- Conditions
- Cancer of Head and Neck, Cancer of Cervix, Cancer of Anus
- Interventions
- DPX-E7 vaccine, Cyclophosphamide
- Drug
- Lead sponsor
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
- Other
- Eligibility
- 18 Years and older
- Enrollment
- 11 participants
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
- Timeline
- 2017 – 2023
- U.S. locations
- 1
- States / cities
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Conditions
- Clinical Stage I HPV-Mediated (p16-Positive) Oropharyngeal Carcinoma AJCC (American Joint Committee on Cancer) v8, Clinical Stage II HPV-Mediated (p16-Positive) Oropharyngeal Carcinoma AJCC v8, Clinical Stage III HPV-Mediated (p16-Positive) Oropharyngeal Carcinoma AJCC v8, Human Papillomavirus Positive, Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, p16 Positive Neoplastic Cells Present, Pathologic Stage I HPV-Mediated (p16-Positive) Oropharyngeal Carcinoma AJCC v8, Pathologic Stage II HPV-Mediated (p16-Positive) Oropharyngeal Carcinoma AJCC v8, Pathologic Stage III HPV-Mediated (p16-Positive) Oropharyngeal Carcinoma AJCC v8
- Interventions
- Durvalumab, Modified Radical Neck Dissection, Quality-of-Life Assessment, Questionnaire Administration, Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy, Transoral Robotic Surgery, Tremelimumab
- Biological · Procedure · Other + 1 more
- Lead sponsor
- Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Other
- Eligibility
- 18 Years and older
- Enrollment
- 19 participants
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
- Timeline
- 2018 – 2023
- U.S. locations
- 1
- States / cities
- Los Angeles, California
- Conditions
- HPV-Mediated (P16-Positive) Oropharyngeal Carcinoma by AJCC V8 Clinical Stage, Oropharynx Cancer
- Interventions
- Transoral robotic surgery, Cisplatin - Dose Level 1, Cisplatin - Dose Level 2, Dose Level 1, Dose Level 2
- Procedure · Drug · Radiation
- Lead sponsor
- Nebraska Methodist Health System
- Other
- Eligibility
- 19 Years and older
- Enrollment
- 150 participants
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
- Timeline
- 2018 – 2030
- U.S. locations
- 1
- States / cities
- Omaha, Nebraska
- Conditions
- Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck (SCCHN)
- Interventions
- palbociclib, Cetuximab, Placebo
- Drug
- Lead sponsor
- Pfizer
- Industry
- Eligibility
- 18 Years and older
- Enrollment
- 125 participants
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
- Timeline
- 2015 – 2022
- U.S. locations
- 14
- States / cities
- La Jolla, California • San Diego, California • Louisville, Kentucky + 7 more
- Conditions
- Head and Neck Cancer
- Interventions
- fluorine-18-labeled fluoro-misonidazole (18F-FMISO), 18F-FMISO PET scan, MRI, FDG PET/CT scan
- Radiation · Device
- Lead sponsor
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- Other
- Eligibility
- 18 Years and older
- Enrollment
- 216 participants
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
- Timeline
- 2004 – 2023
- U.S. locations
- 5
- States / cities
- Basking Ridge, New Jersey • Commack, New York • Harrison, New York + 2 more
About this Head and Neck Cancer clinical trials directory page
- What this page lists
- U.S. ClinicalTrials.gov public records that list Head and Neck Cancer as a study condition, including recruiting, not yet recruiting, and active not recruiting trials across phase 1, phase 2, and phase 3.
- How to narrow results
- Use the filters above to scope by intervention, sponsor, city, state, recruitment status, phase, study type, healthy volunteer eligibility, sex, age, or NCT ID within Head and Neck Cancer.
- Where the data comes from
- Records are sourced from the official ClinicalTrials.gov public API. Each result links back to the official study page, which is the source of truth for eligibility, enrollment, and contact information.
- What this page does not do
- No medical advice, eligibility judgments, treatment recommendations, ranking of trials by quality, or AI-generated medical summaries.
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