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Head and Neck Cancer clinical trials in Illinois

36 actively recruiting head and neck cancer trials at 62 sites across Illinois.

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Payments from drug makers to the doctors running these trials

For 3 of the trials on this page, the pharmaceutical company funding the trial also disclosed payments to the physicians leading it — public data from the federal CMS Open Payments database. Paying clinical-trial investigators for site work is expected and necessary for industry-funded trials; the scale and source are simply useful context when you're deciding whether to enroll.

Phase 3 Recruiting Academic/Other

Comparing Radiation Plus Cetuximab to Radiation Plus Chemotherapy in People With Advanced Head and Neck Cancer Who Cannot Receive Cisplatin

This phase III trial compares cetuximab to chemotherapy, carboplatin and paclitaxel, with intensity modulated radiation therapy for the treatment of patients with head and neck cancer that may have spread from where it first started to nea…

Sponsor: NRG Oncology
NCT ID: NCT07441681
Sites in Illinois:
  • OSF Saint Joseph Medical Center — Bloomington, Illinois
  • Illinois CancerCare-Bloomington — Bloomington, Illinois
  • Illinois CancerCare-Canton — Canton, Illinois
  • Illinois CancerCare-Carthage — Carthage, Illinois
  • Northwestern University — Chicago, Illinois
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Phase 3 Recruiting Industry

A Study of Amivantamab in Addition to Standard of Care Agents (SOC) Compared With SOC Alone in Participants With Recurrent/Metastatic Head and Neck Cancer

The purpose of this study is to compare anti-tumor activity of amivantamab in addition to pembrolizumab and carboplatin versus pembrolizumab, 5-fluorouracil (FU), and platinum therapy (carboplatin or cisplatin) in participants with refract…

Sponsor: Janssen Research & Development, LLC
NCT ID: NCT07276399
Sites in Illinois:
  • Rush University Medical Center Rush University Cancer Center Chicago — Chicago, Illinois
  • The University of Chicago Medical Center (UCMC) — Chicago, Illinois
  • Cancer Care Specialists of Central Illinois — O'Fallon, Illinois
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Phase 3 Recruiting Industry

A Study to Evaluate CRB-701 Compared to Investigator's Choice Therapy in Previously Treated Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

The goal of this study is to understand whether CRB-701, a targeted form of chemotherapy called an anti-body drug conjugate, will work as a treatment for oropharyngeal (throat, tonsil) cancer. In patients who have already received platinum…

Sponsor: Corbus Pharmaceuticals Inc.
NCT ID: NCT07768189
Sites in Illinois:
  • University of Chicago — Chicago, Illinois
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Phase 3 Recruiting Industry

A Study of Ficlatuzumab in Combination With Cetuximab in Participants With Recurrent or Metastatic (R/M) HPV Negative Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

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 …

Sponsor: AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
NCT ID: NCT06064877
Sites in Illinois:
  • University of Illinois Cancer Center — Chicago, Illinois
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Phase 3 Recruiting Industry

Using 18F-FAPI PET to Detect Metastatic Disease in Patients That Have Gastric or Esophageal Cancer.

This is a multi-site, open-label, non-randomized, single dose study to assess the clinical utility of \[¹⁸F\]FAPI-74 PET/CT in the detection of metastatic disease in individuals with pathologically confirmed gastric, gastroesophageal junct…

Sponsor: SOFIE
NCT ID: NCT07217704
Sites in Illinois:
  • Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University — Chicago, Illinois
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Phase 2, Phase 3 Recruiting Industry

A Study Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of PRV111, PRV211, and PRV131 in Subjects With Oral and Lung Cancers

Arm 1 ( Phase 2/3 Run in ): PRV111: Topical Locoregional Delivery Placed Over the Tumor Region Primary Endpoint: Overall Response Rate (ORR) Primary Objective: Demonstrate the safety and efficacy of PRV111 in patients with Carcinoma in Sit…

Sponsor: Privo Technologies
NCT ID: NCT05893888
Sites in Illinois:
  • The University of Chicago — Chicago, Illinois
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Phase 2 Recruiting Network

Radiation Therapy With or Without Cisplatin in Treating Patients With Stage III-IVA Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck Who Have Undergone Surgery

This phase II trial studies how well radiation therapy with or without cisplatin works in treating patients with stage III-IVA squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck who have undergone surgery. Radiation therapy uses high energy x-ra…

Sponsor: ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group
NCT ID: NCT02734537
Sites in Illinois:
  • OSF Saint Anthony's Health Center — Alton, Illinois
  • Rush-Copley Medical Center — Aurora, Illinois
  • Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital — Barrington, Illinois
  • OSF Saint Joseph Medical Center — Bloomington, Illinois
  • Illinois CancerCare-Bloomington — Bloomington, Illinois
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Phase 2 Recruiting NIH

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

This phase II trial tests the addition of chemotherapy, with carboplatin and paclitaxel, or chemo-immunotherapy, with carboplatin, paclitaxel and cemiplimab to standard salvage surgery followed by post operative radiation therapy and cispl…

Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
NCT ID: NCT07195734
Sites in Illinois:
  • Northwestern University — Chicago, Illinois
  • Rush MD Anderson Cancer Center — Chicago, Illinois
  • Carle at The Riverfront — Danville, Illinois
  • Northwestern Medicine Cancer Center Kishwaukee — DeKalb, Illinois
  • Carle Physician Group-Effingham — Effingham, Illinois
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Phase 1, Phase 2 Recruiting Industry

A Study of Repotrectinib (TPX-0005) in Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors Harboring ALK, ROS1, or NTRK1-3 Rearrangements

Phase 1 dose escalation will determine the first cycle dose-limiting toxicities (DLTs), the maximum tolerated dose (MTD), the biologically effective dose and recommended Phase 2 dose (RP2D) of repotrectinib given to adult subjects with adv…

Sponsor: Turning Point Therapeutics, Inc.
NCT ID: NCT03093116
Sites in Illinois:
  • University of Chicago — Chicago, Illinois
  • Local Institution - 2142 — Peoria, Illinois
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Phase 1, Phase 2 Recruiting Industry

Study of INBRX-106 and INBRX-106 in Combination With Pembrolizumab (Keytruda®) in Subjects With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Solid Tumors (Hexavalent OX40 Agonist)

This is a Phase 1/2, open-label, non-randomized, 4-part trial to determine the safety profile and identify the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) and/or recommended Phase 2 dose (RP2D) of INBRX 106 administered as a single agent or in combinatio…

Sponsor: Inhibrx Biosciences, Inc
NCT ID: NCT04198766
Sites in Illinois:
  • University of Illinois Cancer Center — Chicago, Illinois
  • The University of Chicago Medical Center — Chicago, Illinois
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Phase 2 Recruiting Industry

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

This study is researching an experimental drug called fianlimab (also called REGN3767), combined with a medication called cemiplimab compared against cemiplimab combined with placebo (a placebo looks like a treatment but does not contain a…

Sponsor: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
NCT ID: NCT06769698
Sites in Illinois:
  • Northwestern University — Evanston, Illinois
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Phase 1, Phase 2 Recruiting Industry

A Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Ifinatamab Deruxtecan (I-DXd) in Subjects With Recurrent or Metastatic Solid Tumors (IDeate-PanTumor02)

This study is designed to assess the efficacy and safety of ifinatamab deruxtecan (I-DXD) in the following tumor types: endometrial cancer (EC); head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC); pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC); colore…

Sponsor: Daiichi Sankyo
NCT ID: NCT06330064
Sites in Illinois:
  • Orchard Healthcare Research Inc — Skokie, Illinois
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Phase 1, Phase 2 Recruiting Industry

A Phase 1/2 Trial of TER-2013 in Patients With Solid Tumors Harboring AKT/PI3K/PTEN Pathway Alterations

This is a Phase 1/2, open-label, multicenter study evaluating the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and anti-tumor activity of TER-2013 in patients with advanced solid tumors harboring AKT/PI3K/PTEN pathway alteratio…

Sponsor: Terremoto Biosciences Inc.
NCT ID: NCT07109726
Sites in Illinois:
  • City of Hope, Chicago — Zion, Illinois
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Phase 2 Recruiting Industry

A Study of HER3-DXd in Subjects With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Solid Tumors

This is a proof-of-concept study designed to investigate HER3-DXd monotherapy in locally advanced unresectable or metastatic solid tumors. The study is enrolling cohorts of participants with melanoma \[cutaneous/acral\], squamous cell carc…

Sponsor: Daiichi Sankyo
NCT ID: NCT06172478
Sites in Illinois:
  • University of Illinois Cancer Center — Chicago, Illinois
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Phase 2 Recruiting Academic/Other

Post-op T-DM1 in HER-2+ Salivary Gland Carcinomas

This research is being done to see how safe and effective the use of the study drug Ado-trastuzumab (T) emtansine (DM1), T-DM1, and standard of care chemoradiation are when used together in treating HER2-positive salivary gland cancer. It …

Sponsor: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
NCT ID: NCT04620187
Sites in Illinois:
  • University of Chicago — Chicago, Illinois
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Phase 1, Phase 2 Recruiting Industry

A Study to Investigate ALE.P02 as a Monotherapy or in Combination With Pembrolizumab in Adult Patients With Selected CLDN1+ Solid Tumors

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetic, pharmacodynamic, preliminary anti-tumor activity, and to determine the recommended Phase II dose (RP2D) of the ALE.P02 as a monotherapy or in combination w…

Sponsor: Alentis Therapeutics AG
NCT ID: NCT06747585
Sites in Illinois:
  • The University of Chicago Medical Center - Oncology — Chicago, Illinois
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Phase 2 Recruiting Academic/Other

Toripalimab in Combination With Standard Treatment for Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Positive Throat Cancer

This is a single-center phase 2 study of to test how well the combination of toripalimab with chemotherapy followed by TORS or risk and response stratified de-escalated (chemo)radiotherapy works in patients with in HPV16+ locoregionally ad…

Sponsor: University of Chicago
NCT ID: NCT07290621
Sites in Illinois:
  • The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center — Chicago, Illinois
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Phase 2 Recruiting Academic/Other

A Study of Pembrolizumab in Combination With Chemotherapy for Head and Neck Cancer

By doing this study, the research team would like to learn if using a blood test that measures the amount of tumor DNA in blood can help guide how to use chemotherapy combined with immunotherapy for individuals with head and neck cancer. U…

Sponsor: University of Chicago
NCT ID: NCT05420948
Sites in Illinois:
  • University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center — Chicago, Illinois
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Phase 2 Recruiting Academic/Other

Response-Adaptive Treatment in Untreated Locoregional HPV-Negative Head and Neck Cancer

The purpose of this study is to assess the objective response rate following neoadjuvant therapy with volrustomig, paclitaxel, and carboplatin in previously untreated human papillomavirus (HPV)-negative locally advanced head and neck squam…

Sponsor: University of Chicago
NCT ID: NCT07065630
Sites in Illinois:
  • The University of Chicago — Chicago, Illinois
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Phase 1, Phase 2 Recruiting Academic/Other

BMS-986504 in Combination With Pemetrexed for the Treatment of Metastatic Solid Tumors With MTAP Deletion

This phase Ib/II trial tests the safety and side effects of BMS-986504 in combination with pemetrexed and how well the combination works in treating patients with solid tumors with MTAP deletion and that has spread from where it first star…

Sponsor: Northwestern University
NCT ID: NCT07594626
Sites in Illinois:
  • Northwestern University — Chicago, Illinois
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Phase 1 Recruiting Industry

A Study of Sigvotatug Vedotin in Advanced Solid Tumors

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 wh…

Sponsor: Seagen, a wholly owned subsidiary of Pfizer
NCT ID: NCT04389632
Sites in Illinois:
  • Ingalls Family Care Center — Calumet City, Illinois
  • UChicago Medicine - River East — Chicago, Illinois
  • The University Of Chicago — Chicago, Illinois
  • University of Chicago Medical Center — Chicago, Illinois
  • UChicago Medicine at Ingalls - Flossmoor — Flossmoor, Illinois
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Phase 1 Recruiting Industry

Study of Zanzalintinib in Combination With Immuno-Oncology or Other Agents in Participants With Solid Tumors

This is a multicenter Phase 1b, open label, dose-escalation and cohort-expansion study, evaluating the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK), preliminary antitumor activity, and effect of biomarkers of zanzalintinib administered alon…

Sponsor: Exelixis
NCT ID: NCT05176483
Sites in Illinois:
  • Exelixis Clinical Site #26 — Chicago, Illinois
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Phase 1 Recruiting Industry

A Study of IDE892 as Monotherapy and Combination in MTAP-deleted Advanced Solid Tumors

This is a multicenter clinical study to evaluate the safety, efficacy, and Pharmacokinetics (PK) of IDE892 as monotherapy and in combination with other agents including IDE397 in participants with methylthioadenosine phosphorylase (MTAP)-d…

Sponsor: IDEAYA Biosciences
NCT ID: NCT07277413
Sites in Illinois:
  • City of Hope Cancer Center-Chicago — Zion, Illinois
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