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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.

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HNSCC oropharyngeal HPV-positive chemoradiation

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Conditions: Metastatic Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, Recurrent Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, Stage IV Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma AJCC v8
Interventions: Biospecimen Collection, Bone Scan, Carboplatin, Cisplatin, Computed Tomography, Gemcitabine, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Nivolumab, Positron Emission Tomography, Relatlimab; Procedure · Drug · Biological
Lead sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI); NIH
Eligibility: 18 Years and older
Enrollment: 156 participants
Healthy volunteers: Healthy volunteers not accepted
Timeline: 2024 – 2029
U.S. locations: 83
States / cities: Dublin, California • Fremont, California • Fresno, California + 62 more

Conditions: Thoracic Cancers, Malignant Pleural Mesotheliomas NOS, Lung Cancer NOS, Esophageal Cancers NOS, Cancers of Non Thoracic Origin With Metastases to the Lungs or Pleura, Thoracic Malignancies
Interventions: Not listed
Lead sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI); NIH
Eligibility: 2 Years to 120 Years
Enrollment: 1,559 participants
Healthy volunteers: Healthy volunteers not accepted
Timeline: Started 2005
U.S. locations: 1
States / cities: Bethesda, Maryland

Conditions: Thyroid Cancer
Interventions: Avutometinib, Defactinib; Drug
Lead sponsor: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Other
Eligibility: 18 Years and older
Enrollment: 30 participants
Healthy volunteers: Healthy volunteers not accepted
Timeline: 2023 – 2027
U.S. locations: 7
States / cities: Basking Ridge, New Jersey • Middletown, New Jersey • Montvale, New Jersey + 4 more

Conditions: Biliary Tract Cancer, Breast Cancer, Cervical Cancer, Colon Cancer, Endometrial Cancer, Esophageal Cancer, Gastric Cancer, GastroEsophageal Cancer, Head and Neck Cancer, Hepatocellular Cancer, Non-small Cell Lung Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Rectal Cancer, Renal Cancer, Thyroid Cancer, Urothelial Carcinoma (UC), Cholangiocarcinoma, Mesothelioma, Gallbladder Cancer, Ovarian Cancer
Interventions: MDX2001; Drug
Lead sponsor: ModeX Therapeutics, An OPKO Health Company; Industry
Eligibility: 18 Years and older
Enrollment: 330 participants
Healthy volunteers: Healthy volunteers not accepted
Timeline: 2024 – 2029
U.S. locations: 6
States / cities: Denver, Colorado • Miami, Florida • Boston, Massachusetts + 3 more

Conditions: Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC)
Interventions: FDC fianlimab+cemiplimab, Cemiplimab, Placebo; Drug
Lead sponsor: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals; Industry
Eligibility: 18 Years and older
Enrollment: 120 participants
Healthy volunteers: Healthy volunteers not accepted
Timeline: 2026 – 2030
U.S. locations: 18
States / cities: Los Angeles, California • Orlando, Florida • Atlanta, Georgia + 14 more

Conditions: Solid Tumors (Phase 1), HNSCC, Endometrial Cancer, Her2-negative Metastatic Breast Cancer, Pan-RAS and BRAF Wild-type Advanced, Metastatic Colorectal Cancer (CRC), Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Interventions: MTX-531; Drug
Lead sponsor: MEKanistic Therapeutics, Inc.; Industry
Eligibility: 18 Years and older
Enrollment: 71 participants
Healthy volunteers: Healthy volunteers not accepted
Timeline: 2026 – 2029
U.S. locations: 1
States / cities: Newport Beach, California

Conditions: Solid Tumor
Interventions: SMP3124LP; Drug
Lead sponsor: Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.; Industry
Eligibility: 18 Years and older
Enrollment: 120 participants
Healthy volunteers: Healthy volunteers not accepted
Timeline: 2024 – 2029
U.S. locations: 11
States / cities: Los Angeles, California • San Francisco, California • Denver, Colorado + 6 more

Conditions: Dysplasia, Lip and Oral Cavity Carcinoma, Oral Disorder, Premalignant Lesion
Interventions: Biopsy, Fluorescence Imaging, High-Resolution Microendoscopy, Proflavine Hemisulfate; Procedure · Drug
Lead sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center; Other
Eligibility: 18 Years and older
Enrollment: 63 participants
Healthy volunteers: Healthy volunteers not accepted
Timeline: 2016 – 2028
U.S. locations: 1
States / cities: Houston, Texas

Conditions: Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck
Interventions: 0.5 mL Candin®/injection, Placebo: 0.5 mL Intravenous 0.9% NaCl solution (Saline); Biological · Other
Lead sponsor: University of Arkansas; Other
Eligibility: 18 Years to 100 Years
Enrollment: 100 participants
Healthy volunteers: Healthy volunteers not accepted
Timeline: 2024 – 2032
U.S. locations: 6
States / cities: Fayetteville, Arkansas • Little Rock, Arkansas • Rogers, Arkansas + 3 more

Conditions: Head and Neck Cancer, Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, Cervical Cancer, Esophageal Cancer, Gastric Cancer (GC)
Interventions: Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT), Pembrolizumab, Nivolumab, Atezolizumab, Ipilimumab; Radiation · Drug
Lead sponsor: Mark Bernard; Other
Eligibility: 18 Years to 99 Years
Enrollment: 35 participants
Healthy volunteers: Healthy volunteers not accepted
Timeline: 2026 – 2040
U.S. locations: 1
States / cities: Lexington, Kentucky

Conditions: Clinical Stage III Cutaneous Melanoma AJCC v8, Clinical Stage III HPV-Mediated (p16-Positive) Oropharyngeal Carcinoma AJCC v8, Clinical Stage IV Cutaneous Melanoma AJCC v8, Clinical Stage IV HPV-Mediated (p16-Positive) Oropharyngeal Carcinoma AJCC v8, Locally Recurrent Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Locally Recurrent Hypopharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Locally Recurrent Laryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Locally Recurrent Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Locally Recurrent Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Metastatic Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Metastatic Hypopharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Metastatic Laryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Metastatic Melanoma, Metastatic Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Metastatic Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Recurrent Melanoma, 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 IV Hypopharyngeal Carcinoma AJCC v8, Stage IV Laryngeal Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IV Lip and Oral Cavity Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IV Oropharyngeal (p16-Negative) Carcinoma AJCC v8, Unresectable Melanoma
Interventions: Biopsy Procedure, Biospecimen Collection, Cabozantinib S-malate, Computed Tomography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Nivolumab; Procedure · Drug · Biological
Lead sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI); NIH
Eligibility: 18 Years and older
Enrollment: 150 participants
Healthy volunteers: Healthy volunteers not accepted
Timeline: 2022 – 2027
U.S. locations: 230
States / cities: Phoenix, Arizona • Little Rock, Arkansas • Beverly Hills, California + 178 more

Conditions: Clinical Stage II HPV-Mediated (p16-Positive) Oropharyngeal Carcinoma AJCC v8, Clinical Stage III HPV-Mediated (p16-Positive) Oropharyngeal Carcinoma AJCC v8, Locally Recurrent Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Locally Recurrent Hypopharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Locally Recurrent Laryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Locally Recurrent Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Locally Recurrent Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Stage II Laryngeal Cancer AJCC v8, Stage II Lip and Oral Cavity Cancer AJCC v8, Stage II Oropharyngeal (p16-Negative) 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 IVA Laryngeal Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IVA Lip and Oral Cavity Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IVA Oropharyngeal (p16-Negative) Carcinoma AJCC v8, Stage IVB Laryngeal Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IVB Oropharyngeal (p16-Negative) Carcinoma AJCC v8
Interventions: Biospecimen Collection, Carboplatin, Cemiplimab, Cisplatin, Computed Tomography, Paclitaxel, Positron Emission Tomography, Radiation Therapy, Salvage Surgery; Procedure · Drug · Biological + 1 more
Lead sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI); NIH
Eligibility: 18 Years and older
Enrollment: 180 participants
Healthy volunteers: Healthy volunteers not accepted
Timeline: 2026 – 2033
U.S. locations: 113
States / cities: Tucson, Arizona • Los Angeles, California • Palo Alto, California + 83 more

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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.
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Testing the Addition of BMS-986016 (Relatlimab) to the Usual Immunotherapy After Initial Treatment for Recurrent or Metastatic Nasopharyngeal Cancer

Evaluation of Cell Changes in Blood and Tissue in Cancers of the Lung, Esophagus and Lung Lining

A Study of Avutometinib and Defactinib in People With Thyroid Cancer

Dose Escalation and Dose Expansion Study of MDX2001 in Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors

A Study to See if Giving Fianlimab and Cemiplimab Together is Better Than Cemiplimab Alone at Treating Recurrent or Metastatic Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

MTX-531-001 Phase 1 Study in Advanced Solid Tumors

SMP-3124LP in Adults With Advanced Solid Tumors

Multimodal Imaging for Surveillance in Patients With Oral Potentially Malignant Disorders

Candida Therapeutic Vaccine in Head and Neck Cancer Patients to Reduce Recurrence

Concurrent Immunotherapy and Systemic Therapy With Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) for Stage IV Cancers (COINSSS IV)

BiCaZO: A Study Combining Two Immunotherapies (Cabozantinib and Nivolumab) to Treat Patients With Advanced Melanoma or Squamous Cell Head and Neck Cancer, an immunoMATCH Pilot Study

Testing the Addition of Chemotherapy or Chemo-Immunotherapy to the Usual Surgery for Advanced Head and Neck Cancer

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