- Conditions
- Neoplasms (Cancer / Tumors), Colorectal Neoplasms, Lung Neoplasms, Endometrial Neoplasms, Breast Neoplasms, Pancreatic Neoplasms, Head and Neck Neoplasms, Kidney Neoplasms, Glioma, Ovarian Neoplasms, Stomach Neoplasms
- Interventions
- Not listed
- Lead sponsor
- Harvard Medical School (HMS and HSDM)
- Other
- Eligibility
- Not listed
- Enrollment
- 30,000 participants
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
- Timeline
- 2026
- U.S. locations
- 1
- States / cities
- Boston, Massachusetts
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
- HIV Infections, Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
- Interventions
- Group Meeting (Focus Group), Questionnaires
- Other
- Lead sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
- Other
- Eligibility
- 18 Years and older
- Enrollment
- 133 participants
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
- Timeline
- 2025 – 2029
- U.S. locations
- 1
- States / cities
- San Francisco, California
- Conditions
- Head Cancer, Neck Cancer, Sarcopenia, Head and Neck Cancer
- Interventions
- exercise and nutritional prehabilitation
- Behavioral
- Lead sponsor
- University of California, Davis
- Other
- Eligibility
- 18 Years and older
- Enrollment
- 20 participants
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
- Timeline
- 2024 – 2026
- U.S. locations
- 2
- States / cities
- Sacramento, California
- Conditions
- Sub-study 1 Cervical Cancer (Volrustomig Monotherapy), Sub-study 2 Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (Volrustomig Monotherapy), Sub-study 3 Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (Volrustomig in Combination With Chemotherapy), Sub-study 4 Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma (Volrustomig in Combination With Chemotherapy), Sub-study 5 Unresectable Pleural Mesothelioma (Volrustomig Monotherapy)
- Interventions
- Volrustomig, Cisplatin, Carboplatin, Paclitaxel, 5-FU
- Biological · Drug
- Lead sponsor
- AstraZeneca
- Industry
- Eligibility
- 18 Years and older
- Enrollment
- 257 participants
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
- Timeline
- 2024 – 2028
- U.S. locations
- 6
- States / cities
- Los Angeles, California • Baltimore, Maryland • New York, New York + 3 more
- Conditions
- Thyroid Carcinoma, Metastatic Thyroid Carcinoma
- Interventions
- PET/CT Scan, Iodine-124
- Device · Drug
- Lead sponsor
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- Other
- Eligibility
- 18 Years and older
- Enrollment
- 75 participants
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
- Timeline
- 2018 – 2027
- U.S. locations
- 1
- States / cities
- New York, New York
- Conditions
- Selected Advanced Solid Tumors, Colorectal Cancer (CRC), Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC), Biliary Tract Cancer (BTC), Gastric Cancer (GC), Esophageal Cancer (EC), Head and Neck Squamous Cell Cancer (HNSCC)
- Interventions
- SKL35501, SKL35502
- Drug · Diagnostic Test
- Lead sponsor
- SK Life Science, Inc.
- Industry
- Eligibility
- 18 Years and older
- Enrollment
- 100 participants
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
- Timeline
- 2026 – 2030
- U.S. locations
- 2
- States / cities
- Glen Burnie, Maryland • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Conditions
- Gastric Cancer, Colon Cancer, Esophageal Cancer, Rectal Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer, Gastrointestinal Cancer
- Interventions
- Phase 2 Intervention - Geriatric Co-Management
- Other
- Lead sponsor
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
- Other
- Eligibility
- 65 Years and older
- Enrollment
- 147 participants
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
- Timeline
- 2022 – 2026
- U.S. locations
- 1
- States / cities
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Conditions
- Metastatic Esophageal Adenocarcinoma, Metastatic Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Metastatic Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma, Recurrent Esophageal Adenocarcinoma, Recurrent Esophageal Carcinoma, Recurrent Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Recurrent Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma, Stage IV Esophageal Cancer AJCC v7
- Interventions
- Cixutumumab, Laboratory Biomarker Analysis, Paclitaxel, Pharmacological Study
- Biological · Other · Drug
- Lead sponsor
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- NIH
- Eligibility
- 18 Years and older
- Enrollment
- 94 participants
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
- Timeline
- 2010 – 2027
- U.S. locations
- 232
- States / cities
- Scottsdale, Arizona • Palo Alto, California • Aurora, Colorado + 173 more
- Conditions
- Esophageal Cancer, Esophagus Cancer
- Interventions
- Esophagectomy
- Procedure
- Lead sponsor
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- Other
- Eligibility
- 18 Years and older
- Enrollment
- 4,000 participants
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
- Timeline
- 2016 – 2027
- U.S. locations
- 1
- States / cities
- New York, New York
- Conditions
- Thyroid Cancer
- Interventions
- Pembrolizumab
- Drug
- Lead sponsor
- Saad A Khan
- Other
- Eligibility
- 18 Years and older
- Enrollment
- 9 participants
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
- Timeline
- 2022 – 2027
- U.S. locations
- 1
- States / cities
- Palo Alto, California
- Conditions
- Head and Neck Cancer, Thoracic Cancer, Abdominal Cancer, Pelvic Cancer
- Interventions
- HyperSight imaging
- Device
- Lead sponsor
- Varian, a Siemens Healthineers Company
- Industry
- Eligibility
- 18 Years and older
- Enrollment
- 40 participants
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
- Timeline
- 2023 – 2026
- U.S. locations
- 1
- States / cities
- Cleveland, Ohio
- Conditions
- Breast Cancer, Head and Neck Cancer
- Interventions
- Palbociclib, Cetuximab, Fulvestrant, Letrozole
- Drug
- Lead sponsor
- Pfizer
- Industry
- Eligibility
- 18 Years and older
- Enrollment
- 35 participants
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
- Timeline
- 2022 – 2029
- U.S. locations
- 1
- States / cities
- San Francisco, California
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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