- Conditions
- Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma, HPV-Negative Squamous Cell Carcinoma
- Interventions
- Hypofractionated Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT), Pembrolizumab, Ficerafusp alfa
- Radiation · Biological · Drug
- Lead sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
- Other
- Eligibility
- 18 Years and older
- Enrollment
- 45 participants
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
- Timeline
- 2026 – 2033
- U.S. locations
- 1
- States / cities
- St Louis, 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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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
- Head and Neck Cancer, Head and Neck Carcinoma, Head and Neck Neoplasms, Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
- Interventions
- 18F-FMISO PET/CT scan, Chemoradiation therapy, Carboplatin
- Diagnostic Test · Radiation · Drug
- Lead sponsor
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- Other
- Eligibility
- 18 Years and older
- Enrollment
- 12 participants
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
- Timeline
- 2022 – 2027
- U.S. locations
- 6
- States / cities
- Basking Ridge, New Jersey • Middletown, New Jersey • Montvale, New Jersey + 3 more
- Conditions
- Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, Nasopharyngeal Cancer, Nasopharynx Carcinoma, Nasopharynx Cancer
- Interventions
- Cemiplimab, Fianlimab
- Drug
- Lead sponsor
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- Other
- Eligibility
- 18 Years and older
- Enrollment
- 60 participants
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
- Timeline
- 2026 – 2030
- U.S. locations
- 7
- States / cities
- Basking Ridge, New Jersey • Middletown, New Jersey • Montvale, New Jersey + 4 more
- Conditions
- Cancer, Carcinoma, Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Head and Neck Cancer
- Interventions
- Atezolizumab, Tocilizumab, Tiragolumab
- Biological
- Lead sponsor
- Alain Algazi
- Other
- Eligibility
- 18 Years and older
- Enrollment
- 55 participants
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
- Timeline
- 2019 – 2027
- U.S. locations
- 1
- States / cities
- San Francisco, California
- Conditions
- Head and Neck Cancer
- Interventions
- Xevinapan, Cisplatin, External beam
- Drug · Radiation
- Lead sponsor
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- Other
- Eligibility
- 18 Years and older
- Enrollment
- 4 participants
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
- Timeline
- 2023 – 2026
- U.S. locations
- 7
- States / cities
- Basking Ridge, New Jersey • Middletown, New Jersey • Montvale, New Jersey + 4 more
- Conditions
- Head and Neck Cancer, Hypoxia, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cancer Neck
- Interventions
- [18F]MISO-PET/CT
- Diagnostic Test
- Lead sponsor
- University of Utah
- Other
- Eligibility
- 18 Years and older
- Enrollment
- 20 participants
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
- Timeline
- 2024 – 2027
- U.S. locations
- 1
- States / cities
- Salt Lake City, Utah
- Conditions
- Oropharyngeal Cancer, Carcinoma
- Interventions
- Cisplatin
- Drug
- Lead sponsor
- Zachary Zumsteg
- Other
- Eligibility
- 18 Years and older
- Enrollment
- 50 participants
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
- Timeline
- 2025 – 2032
- U.S. locations
- 4
- States / cities
- Beverly Hills, California • Los Angeles, California • Tarzana, California + 1 more
- Conditions
- Clinical Stage II HPV-Mediated (p16-Positive) Oropharyngeal Carcinoma AJCC v8, Clinical Stage III HPV-Mediated (p16-Positive) Oropharyngeal Carcinoma AJCC v8
- Interventions
- Biospecimen Collection, Cisplatin, Computed Tomography, Echocardiography Test, Fludeoxyglucose F-18, Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy, Nivolumab, Patient Observation, Positron Emission Tomography
- Procedure · Drug · Other + 2 more
- Lead sponsor
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- NIH
- Eligibility
- 18 Years and older
- Enrollment
- 636 participants
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
- Timeline
- 2019 – 2027
- U.S. locations
- 727
- States / cities
- Fairhope, Alabama • Mobile, Alabama • Anchorage, Alaska + 462 more
- Conditions
- Clinical Stage III Esophageal Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8, Clinical Stage III Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma AJCC v8, Clinical Stage III Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8, Clinical Stage IV Esophageal Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8, Clinical Stage IV Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma AJCC v8, Clinical Stage IV Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8, Clinical Stage IVA Esophageal Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8, Clinical Stage IVA Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma AJCC v8, Clinical Stage IVA Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8, Clinical Stage IVB Esophageal Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8, Clinical Stage IVB Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma AJCC v8, Clinical Stage IVB Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8, Distal Esophagus Adenocarcinoma, Gastric Cardia Adenocarcinoma, Metastatic Esophageal Adenocarcinoma, Metastatic Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Metastatic Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma, Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm in the Brain, Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm in the Leptomeninges, Pathologic Stage III Esophageal Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8, Pathologic Stage III Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma AJCC v8, Pathologic Stage III Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8, Pathologic Stage IIIA Esophageal Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8, Pathologic Stage IIIA Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma AJCC v8, Pathologic Stage IIIA Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8, Pathologic Stage IIIB Esophageal Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8, Pathologic Stage IIIB Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma AJCC v8, Pathologic Stage IIIB Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8, Pathologic Stage IV Esophageal Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8, Pathologic Stage IV Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma AJCC v8, Pathologic Stage IV Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8, Pathologic Stage IVA Esophageal Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8, Pathologic Stage IVA Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma AJCC v8, Pathologic Stage IVA Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8, Pathologic Stage IVB Esophageal Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8, Pathologic Stage IVB Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma AJCC v8, Pathologic Stage IVB Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8, Postneoadjuvant Therapy Stage III Esophageal Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8, Postneoadjuvant Therapy Stage III Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma AJCC v8, Postneoadjuvant Therapy Stage III Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8, Postneoadjuvant Therapy Stage IIIA Esophageal Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8, Postneoadjuvant Therapy Stage IIIA Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma AJCC v8, Postneoadjuvant Therapy Stage IIIA Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8, Postneoadjuvant Therapy Stage IIIB Esophageal Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8, Postneoadjuvant Therapy Stage IIIB Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma AJCC v8, Postneoadjuvant Therapy Stage IIIB Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8, Postneoadjuvant Therapy Stage IV Esophageal Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8, Postneoadjuvant Therapy Stage IV Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma AJCC v8, Postneoadjuvant Therapy Stage IV Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8, Postneoadjuvant Therapy Stage IVA Esophageal Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8, Postneoadjuvant Therapy Stage IVA Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma AJCC v8, Postneoadjuvant Therapy Stage IVA Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8, Postneoadjuvant Therapy Stage IVB Esophageal Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8, Postneoadjuvant Therapy Stage IVB Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma AJCC v8, Postneoadjuvant Therapy Stage IVB Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma AJCC v8, Unresectable Esophageal Adenocarcinoma, Unresectable Esophageal Carcinoma, Unresectable Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Unresectable Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma
- Interventions
- Adavosertib, Radiation Therapy
- Drug · Radiation
- Lead sponsor
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- NIH
- Eligibility
- 18 Years and older
- Enrollment
- 4 participants
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
- Timeline
- 2021 – 2026
- U.S. locations
- 7
- States / cities
- Duarte, California • Chicago, Illinois • Lexington, Kentucky + 3 more
- Conditions
- Esophageal Cancer, Oesophageal Cancer, GastroEsophageal Cancer
- Interventions
- Induction Chemotherapy (modified FLOT or modified FOLFOX-6), Chemotherapy, Conventional Radiation, Pulsed Low-Dose-Rate (PLDR) Radiation, Surgery
- Drug · Radiation · Procedure
- Lead sponsor
- Medical College of Wisconsin
- Other
- Eligibility
- 18 Years and older
- Enrollment
- 50 participants
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
- Timeline
- 2025 – 2032
- U.S. locations
- 1
- States / cities
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Conditions
- 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, Locally Advanced Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Locally Advanced Hypopharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Locally Advanced Laryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Locally Advanced Nasal Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Locally Advanced Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Locally Advanced Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Locally Advanced Paranasal Sinus Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Locally Advanced Sinonasal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Maxillary Sinus Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Stage III Hypopharyngeal Carcinoma AJCC v8, Stage III Laryngeal Cancer AJCC v8, Stage III Lip and Oral Cavity Cancer AJCC v8, Stage III Oropharyngeal (p16-Negative) Carcinoma AJCC v8, Stage III Sinonasal Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IVA Hypopharyngeal Carcinoma AJCC v8, Stage IVA Laryngeal Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IVA Lip and Oral Cavity Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IVA Oropharyngeal (p16-Negative) Carcinoma AJCC v8, Stage IVA Sinonasal Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IVB Hypopharyngeal Carcinoma AJCC v8, Stage IVB Laryngeal Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IVB Lip and Oral Cavity Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IVB Oropharyngeal (p16-Negative) Carcinoma AJCC v8, Stage IVB Sinonasal Cancer AJCC v8
- Interventions
- Biopsy Procedure, Biospecimen Collection, Cisplatin, Computed Tomography, Ipatasertib, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Positron Emission Tomography, Radiation Therapy
- Procedure · Drug · Radiation
- Lead sponsor
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- NIH
- Eligibility
- 18 Years and older
- Enrollment
- 46 participants
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
- Timeline
- 2022 – 2027
- U.S. locations
- 17
- States / cities
- Tampa, Florida • Chicago, Illinois • Fairway, Kansas + 13 more
- Conditions
- Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
- Interventions
- Tiragolumab, Atezolizumab, Tiragolumab Matching Placebo, Atezolizumab Matching Placebo
- Drug
- Lead sponsor
- Hoffmann-La Roche
- Industry
- Eligibility
- 18 Years and older
- Enrollment
- 760 participants
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
- Timeline
- 2020 – 2027
- U.S. locations
- 3
- States / cities
- Fort Myers, Florida • Wichita, Kansas • Williamsville, New York
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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