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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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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: 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

Conditions: Unresectable Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Metastatic Head and Neck Cancer, Recurrent Head and Neck Cancer
Interventions: BNT113, Pembrolizumab; Biological
Lead sponsor: BioNTech SE; Industry
Eligibility: 18 Years and older
Enrollment: 358 participants
Healthy volunteers: Healthy volunteers not accepted
Timeline: 2021 – 2028
U.S. locations: 15
States / cities: Los Angeles, California • Palo Alto, California • New Haven, Connecticut + 11 more

Conditions: Metastatic Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Recurrent Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Interventions: Ficerafusp alfa, Pembrolizumab (KEYTRUDA®); Drug
Lead sponsor: Bicara Therapeutics; Industry
Eligibility: 18 Years and older
Enrollment: 160 participants
Healthy volunteers: Healthy volunteers not accepted
Timeline: 2026 – 2029
U.S. locations: 7
States / cities: Fort Myers, Florida • Orlando, Florida • St. Petersburg, Florida + 4 more

Conditions: Advanced Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Advanced Hypopharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Advanced Laryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Advanced Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Advanced Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Clinical Stage III HPV-Mediated (p16-Positive) Oropharyngeal Carcinoma AJCC v8, 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 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 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
Interventions: Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy, Peposertib; Radiation · Drug
Lead sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI); NIH
Eligibility: 18 Years and older
Enrollment: 21 participants
Healthy volunteers: Healthy volunteers not accepted
Timeline: 2021 – 2026
U.S. locations: 27
States / cities: Gilbert, Arizona • Phoenix, Arizona • Tucson, Arizona + 20 more

Conditions: Clinical Stage III HPV-Mediated (p16-Positive) Oropharyngeal Carcinoma AJCC v8, Human Papillomavirus-Related Carcinoma, Locally Advanced Oropharyngeal Carcinoma, Stage IVA Oropharyngeal (p16-Negative) Carcinoma AJCC v8, Stage IVB Oropharyngeal (p16-Negative) Carcinoma AJCC v8
Interventions: Liposomal HPV-16 E6/E7 Multipeptide Vaccine PDS0101, Pembrolizumab, Computed Tomography, FDG-Positron Emission Tomography, Biospecimen Collection, Biopsy; Biological · Procedure
Lead sponsor: Mayo Clinic; Other
Eligibility: 18 Years and older
Enrollment: 20 participants
Healthy volunteers: Healthy volunteers not accepted
Timeline: 2022 – 2027
U.S. locations: 1
States / cities: Rochester, Minnesota

Conditions: Carcinoma of Unknown Primary, 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, Metastatic Head and Neck Carcinoma, Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm in the Uterine Cervix, 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, Stage I Hypopharyngeal Carcinoma AJCC v8, Stage I Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma AJCC v8, Stage II Hypopharyngeal Carcinoma AJCC v8, Stage II Laryngeal Cancer AJCC v8, Stage II Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma AJCC v8, Stage II Oropharyngeal (p16-Negative) Carcinoma AJCC v8, Stage III Hypopharyngeal Carcinoma AJCC v8, Stage III Laryngeal Cancer AJCC v8, Stage III Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma AJCC v8, Stage III Oropharyngeal (p16-Negative) Carcinoma AJCC v8, Stage IV Hypopharyngeal Carcinoma AJCC v8, Stage IV Laryngeal Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IV Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma AJCC v8, Stage IV Oropharyngeal (p16-Negative) Carcinoma AJCC v8, Stage IVA Hypopharyngeal Carcinoma AJCC v8, Stage IVA Laryngeal Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IVA Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma AJCC v8, Stage IVA Oropharyngeal (p16-Negative) Carcinoma AJCC v8, Stage IVB Hypopharyngeal Carcinoma AJCC v8, Stage IVB Laryngeal Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IVB Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma AJCC v8, Stage IVB Oropharyngeal (p16-Negative) Carcinoma AJCC v8
Interventions: Biospecimen Collection, Questionnaire Administration; Procedure · Other
Lead sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center; Other
Eligibility: 18 Years and older
Enrollment: 471 participants
Healthy volunteers: Healthy volunteers not accepted
Timeline: 2016 – 2028
U.S. locations: 1
States / cities: Houston, Texas

Conditions: HPV-Associated Cervical Carcinoma, HPV-Related Carcinoma, HPV-Related Malignancy, HPV Positive Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, HPV-Related Adenocarcinoma, HPV-Related Adenosquamous Carcinoma, HPV-Related Squamous Cell Carcinoma, HPV-Related Anal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, HPV-Related Penile Squamous Cell Carcinoma, HPV-Related Vulvar Squamous Cell Carcinoma, HPV-Related Endocervical Adenocarcinoma, Cervical Cancer, Oropharynx Cancer, Anal Cancer, Vulvar Cancer, Penile Cancer, Vaginal Cancer
Interventions: E7 TCR-T cells, Aldesleukin; Biological · Drug
Lead sponsor: Christian Hinrichs; Other
Eligibility: 18 Years and older
Enrollment: 15 participants
Healthy volunteers: Healthy volunteers not accepted
Timeline: 2025 – 2028
U.S. locations: 2
States / cities: New Brunswick, New Jersey

Conditions: Clinical Stage IV HPV-Mediated (p16-Positive) Oropharyngeal Carcinoma AJCC v8, Metastatic Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Metastatic Hypopharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Metastatic Laryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Metastatic Lip and Oral Cavity Carcinoma, Metastatic Nasal Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Metastatic Nasopharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Metastatic Pharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Metastatic Sinonasal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Recurrent Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Recurrent Hypopharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Recurrent Laryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Recurrent Lip and Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Recurrent Nasopharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Recurrent Pharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Recurrent Sinonasal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Stage IV Head and Neck Cutaneous Squamous Cell 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 Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma AJCC v8, Stage IV Oropharyngeal (p16-Negative) Carcinoma AJCC v8, Stage IV Sinonasal Cancer AJCC v8
Interventions: Atezolizumab, Bevacizumab, Biospecimen Collection, Carboplatin, Cetuximab, Cisplatin, Computed Tomography, Docetaxel, Echocardiography Test, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Positron Emission Tomography; Biological · Procedure · Drug
Lead sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI); NIH
Eligibility: 18 Years and older
Enrollment: 430 participants
Healthy volunteers: Healthy volunteers not accepted
Timeline: 2023 – 2027
U.S. locations: 172
States / cities: Little Rock, Arkansas • Dublin, California • Emeryville, California + 135 more

Conditions: Metastatic Oral Cavity Carcinoma, Recurrent Oral Cavity Carcinoma, Stage IVC Lip and Oral Cavity Cancer AJCC v8, Head and Neck Cancer, Hypopharynx Cancer, Oropharynx Cancer, Clinical Stage IV HPV-Mediated (p16-Positive) Oropharyngeal Carcinoma AJCC v8, Metastatic Hypopharyngeal Carcinoma, Metastatic Laryngeal Carcinoma, Metastatic Malignant Head and Neck Neoplasm, Metastatic Oropharyngeal Carcinoma, Recurrent Hypopharyngeal Carcinoma, Recurrent Laryngeal Carcinoma, Recurrent Malignant Head and Neck Neoplasm, Recurrent Oropharyngeal Carcinoma, Stage IVC Hypopharyngeal Carcinoma AJCC v8, Stage IVC Laryngeal Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IVC Oropharyngeal (p16-Negative) Carcinoma AJCC v8
Interventions: Celecoxib, Erlotinib Hydrochloride, Imaging Procedure, Interview, Methotrexate, Questionnaire Administration; Drug · Procedure · Other
Lead sponsor: Mayo Clinic; Other
Eligibility: 18 Years and older
Enrollment: 25 participants
Healthy volunteers: Healthy volunteers not accepted
Timeline: 2025 – 2029
U.S. locations: 1
States / cities: Rochester, Minnesota

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, Human Papillomavirus-Related Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Stage I Oropharyngeal (p16-Negative) Carcinoma AJCC v8, Stage II Oropharyngeal (p16-Negative) Carcinoma AJCC v8, Stage III Oropharyngeal (p16-Negative) Carcinoma AJCC v8
Interventions: Biospecimen Collection, Cisplatin, Computed Tomography, Diffusing Alpha-emitter Radiation Therapy, Docetaxel, Intensity-Modulated Proton Therapy, Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Modified Barium Swallow Study, Observation Activity, Positron Emission Tomography, Quality-of-Life Assessment, Questionnaire; Procedure · Drug · Radiation + 1 more
Lead sponsor: Mayo Clinic; Other
Eligibility: 18 Years and older
Enrollment: 455 participants
Healthy volunteers: Healthy volunteers not accepted
Timeline: 2023 – 2029
U.S. locations: 3
States / cities: Scottsdale, Arizona • Jacksonville, Florida • Rochester, Minnesota

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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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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

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

A Clinical Trial Investigating the Safety, Tolerability, and 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

A Study Evaluating Ficerafusp Alfa (BCA101) QW in Combination With Pembrolizumab vs Alternative Ficerafusp Alfa Dosing in 1L R or M HNSCC

Testing the Addition of M3814 (Peposertib) to Radiation Therapy for Patients With Advanced Head and Neck Cancer Who Cannot Take Cisplatin

A Vaccine (PDS0101) Alone or in Combination With Pembrolizumab for the Treatment of Locally Advanced Human Papillomavirus-Associated Oropharynx Cancer

Blood Tests and Questionnaires in Studying Adherence to Preventative Swallowing Exercises in Participants With Metastatic Head and Neck Cancer

E7 T-cell Receptor (TCR) -T Cell Induction Therapy for Locoregionally Advanced HPV-associated Cancers

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

Methotrexate, Erlotinib, and Celecoxib for the Treatment of Recurrent/Metastatic Head and Neck Cancer in a Rural Midwest United States Population

De-Escalated Adjuvant and Definitive Radiation Therapy Informed by DART 2.0 ctHPV-DNA

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