Head and Neck Cancer clinical trials at UCLA
31 in progress, 21 open to eligible people
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
open to eligible people ages 18 years and up
An open-label, controlled, multi-site, interventional, 2-arm, Phase II/III trial of BNT113 in combination with pembrolizumab vs pembrolizumab monotherapy as first line treatment in patients with unresectable recurrent or metastatic HPV16+ HNSCC…
Los Angeles, California and other locations
KVA12123 Treatment Alone and in Combination With Pembrolizumab In Advanced Solid Tumors (VISTA-101)
open to eligible people ages 18 years and up
The goal of this clinical trial is to test the safety and efficacy of KVA12123 alone or combined with pembrolizumab in patients with advanced solid tumors. The main questions this study aims to answer are: 1. What is the safety of KVA12123 when…
Santa Monica, California and other locations
Global Study of Volrustomig (MEDI5752) for Participants With Unresected Locally Advanced Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Following Definitive Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy
open to eligible people ages 18-130
The main purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy and safety of volrustomig compared to observation in participants with unresected locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (LA-HNSCC) who have not progressed after receiving…
Los Angeles, California and other locations
AB248 Alone or in Combination with Pembrolizumab in Adult Patients with Solid Tumors
open to eligible people ages 18 years and up
This is a phase I, First-in-Human (FIH), open-label study to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetic (PK) profile, and preliminary efficacy of AB248 as monotherapy OR in combination with pembrolizumab in adult participants with locally…
Los Angeles, California and other locations
Dostarlimab vs Placebo After Chemoradiation in Adult Participants With Locally Advanced Unresected Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
open to eligible people ages 18 years and up
The goal of this study is to assess the safety and effectiveness of Dostarlimab compared to Placebo in adult participants with HNSCC (Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma)
Los Angeles, California and other locations
Ficlatuzumab in Combination With Cetuximab in Participants With Recurrent or Metastatic (R/M) HPV Negative Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
open to eligible people ages 18 years and up
The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy and safety of ficlatuzumab plus cetuximab compared to placebo plus cetuximab in participants with recurrent/metastatic (R/M) HPV-negative Head and Neck Cancer. The primary hypothesis is that…
Westwood, California and other locations
NT-175 in Adult Subjects With Unresectable, Advanced, and/or Metastatic Solid Tumors That Are Positive for HLA-A*02:01 and the TP53 R175H Mutation
open to eligible people ages 18 years and up
Phase I Study of NT-175, an autologous T cell therapy product genetically engineered to express an HLA-A*02:01-restricted T cell receptor (TCR), targeting TP53 R175H mutant solid tumors.
Los Angeles, California and other locations
PF-08046052/SGN-EGFRd2 in Advanced Solid Tumors
open to eligible people ages 18 years and up
This study will test the safety of a drug called PF-08046052/SGN-EGFRd2 in participants with advanced solid tumors. It will also study the side effects of this drug. A side effect is anything a drug does to the body besides treating the disease.…
Santa Monica, California and other locations
SGN-B6A in Advanced Solid Tumors
open to eligible people ages 18 years and up
This trial will look at a drug called sigvotatug vedotin (SGN-B6A) alone and with pembrolizumab, with or without chemotherapy, to find out whether it is safe for people who have solid tumors. It will study sigvotatug vedotin to find out what its…
Los Alamitos, California and other locations
SNS-101 (Anti VISTA) Monotherapy and in Combination With Cemiplimab in Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors
open to eligible people ages 18 years and up
Phase 1/2 study to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and efficacy of SNS-101, a novel anti VISTA IgG1 monoclonal antibody as monotherapy or in combination with cemiplimab in patients with advanced solid tumors.
Los Angeles, California and other locations
Activity and Safety of Danvatirsen and Pembrolizumab in HNSCC
open to eligible people ages 18 years and up
Open-label, Phase II, randomized, controlled study evaluating the efficacy and safety of danvatirsen in combination with pembrolizumab compared with pembrolizumab alone as first-line treatment of patients with recurrent/metastatic (R/M) HNSCC.…
Westwood, California and other locations
Gene Modified Immune Cells (IL13Ralpha2 CAR T Cells) After Conditioning Regimen for the Treatment of Stage IIIC or IV Melanoma or Metastatic Solid Tumors
open to eligible people ages 18-75
This phase I trial studies the side effects and best dose of modified immune cells (IL13Ralpha2 CAR T cells) after a chemotherapy conditioning regimen for the treatment of patients with stage IIIC or IV melanoma or solid tumors that have spread to…
Los Angeles, California and other locations
Pea Protein Oral Nutrition Supplement for the Reduction of Gastrostomy Tube Placement Rate in Patients With Locally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer Undergoing Chemoradiation Therapy
open to eligible people ages 18 years and up
This phase II trial studies the effect of a plant-based oral nutrition supplement, Kate Farms Standard 1.4 and/or Standard 1.0. as a primary source of nutrition in reducing the gastrostomy tube placement rate in patients with head and neck cancer…
Los Angeles, California
Personalized Ultrafractionated Stereotactic Adaptive Radiotherapy for Palliative Head and Neck Cancer Treatment (PULS-Pal)
open to eligible people ages 18 years and up
This trial tests how well personalized ultra fractionated stereotactic adaptive radiotherapy (PULSAR) works together with HyperArc© radiation treatment planning technology for palliative (holistic pain and symptom control) tumor control in patients…
Los Angeles, California
STK-012 Monotherapy and in Combination Therapy in Patients with Solid Tumors
open to eligible people ages 18 years and up
This is a first-in-human, phase 1a/1b, multicenter, open-label, dose escalation study of STK-012 as monotherapy and in combination therapy in patients with selected advanced solid tumors.
Santa Monica, California and other locations
AB598 Monotherapy and Combination Therapy in Participants With Advanced Cancers
open to eligible people ages 18 years and up
The primary purpose of this study is to assess the safety and tolerability of AB598 when taken alone, and in combination with zimberelimab and standard chemotherapy in participants with advanced malignancies.
Santa Monica, California and other locations
BCA101 Monotherapy and in Combination Therapy in Patients With EGFR-driven Advanced Solid Tumors
open to eligible people ages 18 years and up
The investigational drug to be studied in this protocol, BCA101, is a first-in-class compound that targets both EGFR with TGFβ. Based on preclinical data, this bifunctional antibody may exert synergistic activity in patients with EGFR-driven tumors.
Los Angeles, California and other locations
CHK1 Inhibitor BBI-355, an EcDNA-directed Therapy (ecDTx), in Subjects with Tumors with Oncogene Amplifications
open to eligible people ages 18 years and up
BBI-355 is an oral, potent, selective checkpoint kinase 1 (or CHK1) small molecule inhibitor in development as an ecDNA (extrachromosomal DNA) directed therapy (ecDTx). This is a first-in-human, open-label, 3-part, Phase 1/2 study to determine the…
Los Angeles, California and other locations
Solid Tumor Analysis for HLA Loss of Heterozygosity (LOH) and Apheresis for CAR T- Cell Manufacturing
open to eligible people ages 18 years and up
Objective: To collect information on how often a solid tumor cancer might lose the Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) by next generation sequencing and perform apheresis to collect and store an eligible participant's own T cells for future use to make…
Santa Monica, California and other locations
Experimental PET Imaging Scans Before Cancer Surgery to Study the Amount of PET Tracer Accumulated in Normal and Cancer Tissues
open to eligible people ages 18 years and up
This phase I trial studies a new imaging technique called FAPi PET/CT to determine where and to which degree the FAPI tracer (68Ga-FAPi-46) accumulate in normal and cancer tissues in patients with non-prostate cancer. The research team also want to…
Los Angeles, California
First-in-human, Dose-finding and Expansion Study to Evaluate XmAb®808 in Combination With Pembrolizumab in Advanced Solid Tumors
open to eligible people ages 18 years and up
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics of intravenous (IV) administration of XmAb808 in combination with pembrolizumab in subjects with selected advanced solid tumors and to identify the minimum safe…
Los Angeles, California and other locations
Phase I-II, FIH, TROP2 ADC, Advanced Unresectable/Metastatic Solid Tumors, Refractory to Standard Therapies
Sorry, not currently recruiting here
A Phase I-II, First-in-Human Study of SKB264 in Patients with Locally Advanced Unresectable/Metastatic Solid Tumors who are refractory to Available Standard Therapies. Patient must have historically documented, incurable, locally advanced or…
Los Angeles, California and other locations
[225Ac]-FPI-2068 in Adult Patients with Advanced Solid Tumours
Sorry, not currently recruiting here
This is a first-in-human, Phase 1, non-randomized, multicenter, open-label clinical study designed to investigate the safety, tolerability, dosimetry, biodistribution, and pharmacokinetics (PK) of [225Ac]-FPI-2068, [111In]-FPI-2107, and FPI-2053 in…
Santa Monica, California and other locations
Atezolizumab Plus Tiragolumab and Atezolizumab Plus Placebo as First-Line Treatment in Participants With Recurrent/Metastatic PD-L1 Positive Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck
Sorry, in progress, not accepting new patients
The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of atezolizumab plus tiragolumab and atezolizumab plus placebo as first-line (1L) treatment in recurrent/metastatic PD-L1-positive squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN)…
Los Angeles, California and other locations
Intravenous QEQ278 in Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors
Sorry, in progress, not accepting new patients
To characterize safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and preliminary anti-tumor activity of QEQ278 in adult patients with advanced/metastatic non-small cell lung cancer, esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, renal cell carcinoma,…
Los Angeles, California and other locations
Pembrolizumab in Relapsed, Locally Recurrent Squamous Cell Cancer of the Head and Neck
Sorry, in progress, not accepting new patients
The purpose of this study is to determine whether pembrolizumab, when given after salvage surgery, is effective in increasing the time a person with squamous cell cancer of the head and neck remains disease-free following locoregional disease…
Torrance, California and other locations
Lenvatinib (E7080/MK-7902) in Combination With Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) vs. Standard Chemotherapy and Lenvatinib Monotherapy in Participants With Recurrent/Metastatic Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma That Progressed After Platinum Therapy and Immunotherapy (MK-7902-009/E7080-G000-228/LEAP-009)
Sorry, in progress, not accepting new patients
Researchers are looking for new ways to treat people with head and neck cancer whose cancer has come back after treatment (recurrent) or whose cancer has spread to other parts of the body (metastatic). Some people with recurrent or metastatic head…
Los Angeles, California and other locations
Pembrolizumab Combined With Cetuximab for Treatment of Recurrent/Metastatic Head & Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Sorry, in progress, not accepting new patients
This is a prospective, multi-center, open-label, non-randomized, multi-arm phase II trial to evaluate the efficacy of combination therapy with pembrolizumab and cetuximab for patients with recurrent/metastatic HNSCC. There will be four patient…
Los Angeles, California and other locations
Autologous Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes in Patients With Solid Tumors
Sorry, not currently recruiting here
A prospective, open-label, multi-cohort, non-randomized, multicenter Phase 2 study evaluating adoptive cell therapy (ACT) with TIL LN-144 (Lifileucel)/LN-145 in combination with checkpoint inhibitors or TIL LN-144 (Lifileucel)/LN-145/LN-145-S1 as a…
Los Angeles, California and other locations
PC14586 in Patients with Advanced Solid Tumors Harboring a TP53 Y220C Mutation (PYNNACLE)
Sorry, not currently recruiting here
The Phase 2 monotherapy portion of this study is currently enrolling and will evaluate the efficacy and safety of PC14586 (INN rezatapopt) in participants with locally advanced or metastatic solid tumors harboring a TP53 Y220C mutation. The Phase 1…
Los Angeles, California and other locations
Transoral Surgery Followed By Low-Dose or Standard-Dose Radiation Therapy With or Without Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With HPV Positive Stage III-IVA Oropharyngeal Cancer
Sorry, in progress, not accepting new patients
This randomized phase II trial studies how well transoral surgery followed by low-dose or standard-dose radiation therapy works in treating patients with human papilloma virus (HPV) positive stage III-IVA oropharyngeal cancer. Radiation therapy uses …
Los Angeles, California and other locations
Our lead scientists for Head and Neck Cancer research studies include Wanxing Chai-Ho, MD Jeremie Calais, MD Antoni Ribas, MD Zev A. Wainberg, MD Deborah J. Wong, MD, PhD Aaron Lisberg, MD Jonathan Goldman, MD Edward B. Garon, MD, MS Lee S. Rosen, MD Jie Deng, MD, PhD J. Randolph Hecht, MD.
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