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Head and Neck Cancer clinical trials in Illinois

37 actively recruiting head and neck cancer trials at 60 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 2, Phase 3 Recruiting NIH

Testing Docetaxel-Cetuximab or the Addition of an Immunotherapy Drug, Atezolizumab, to the Usual Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy in High-Risk Head and Neck Cancer

This phase II/III trial studies how well radiation therapy works when given together with cisplatin, docetaxel, cetuximab, and/or atezolizumab after surgery in treating patients with high-risk stage III-IV head and neck cancer the begins i…

Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
NCT ID: NCT01810913
Sites in Illinois:
  • Northwestern University — Chicago, Illinois
  • John H Stroger Jr Hospital of Cook County — Chicago, Illinois
  • Rush MD Anderson Cancer Center — Chicago, Illinois
  • University of Illinois — Chicago, Illinois
  • Decatur Memorial Hospital — Decatur, Illinois
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Phase 3 Recruiting NIH

Testing the Addition of Anti-Cancer Drug, Cetuximab, to Standard of Care Treatment (Pembrolizumab) for Returning or Spreading Head and Neck Cancer After Previous Treatment

This phase III trial compares the effect of adding cetuximab to pembrolizumab versus pembrolizumab alone in treating patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) that has come back after a period of improvement (recurrent) a…

Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
NCT ID: NCT06589804
Sites in Illinois:
  • Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital — Barrington, Illinois
  • University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center — Chicago, Illinois
  • Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center — Chicago, Illinois
  • AMG Crystal Lake - Oncology — Crystal Lake, Illinois
  • Cancer Care Specialists of Illinois - Decatur — Decatur, Illinois
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Phase 2, Phase 3 Recruiting Academic/Other

Comparing Sentinel Lymph Node (SLN) Biopsy With Standard Neck Dissection for Patients With Early-Stage Oral Cavity Cancer

This phase II/III trial studies how well sentinel lymph node biopsy works and compares sentinel lymph node biopsy surgery to standard neck dissection as part of the treatment for early-stage oral cavity cancer. Sentinel lymph node biopsy s…

Sponsor: NRG Oncology
NCT ID: NCT04333537
Sites in Illinois:
  • Northwestern University — Chicago, Illinois
  • Rush MD Anderson Cancer Center — Chicago, Illinois
  • Southern Illinois University School of Medicine — Springfield, Illinois
  • Springfield Memorial Hospital — Springfield, Illinois
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Phase 3 Recruiting Industry

A Phase 3 Study to Evaluate Petosemtamab Compared With Investigator's Choice Monotherapy in Previously Treated Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Patients (LiGeR-HN2)

This is a phase 3 open-label, randomized, controlled, multicenter study to compare petosemtamab vs investigator's choice monotherapy in HNSCC patients for the second- and third-line treatment of incurable metastatic/recurrent disease.

Sponsor: Merus B.V.
NCT ID: NCT06496178
Sites in Illinois:
  • Site 152 — Chicago, Illinois
  • Site 213 — Chicago, Illinois
  • Site 68 — 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 Phase 3 Study to Evaluate Petosemtamab Plus Pembrolizumab vs Pembrolizumab in First-line Treatment of Head and Neck Cancer (LiGeR - HN1)

This is a Phase 3 randomized, open-label study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of petosemtamab plus pembrolizumab vs pembrolizumab in first-line treatment of recurrent or metastatic PD-L1+ head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

Sponsor: Merus B.V.
NCT ID: NCT06525220
Sites in Illinois:
  • Site 197 — Chicago, Illinois
  • Site 50 — 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 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

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

This phase II trial studies the good and bad effects of the combination of drugs called cabozantinib and nivolumab in treating patients with melanoma or squamous cell head and neck cancer that may have spread from where it first started to…

Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
NCT ID: NCT05136196
Sites in Illinois:
  • Rush-Copley Medical Center — Aurora, Illinois
  • Illinois CancerCare-Bloomington — Bloomington, Illinois
  • Illinois CancerCare-Canton — Canton, Illinois
  • Illinois CancerCare-Carthage — Carthage, Illinois
  • Centralia Oncology Clinic — Centralia, Illinois
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Phase 2 Recruiting NIH

Testing What Happens When an Immunotherapy Drug (Pembrolizumab) is Given by Itself Compared to the Usual Treatment of Chemotherapy With Radiation After Surgery for Recurrent Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

This phase II trial studies the effect of pembrolizumab alone compared to the usual approach (chemotherapy \[cisplatin and carboplatin\] plus radiation therapy) after surgery in treating patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma …

Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
NCT ID: NCT04671667
Sites in Illinois:
  • Northwestern University — Chicago, Illinois
  • John H Stroger Jr Hospital of Cook County — Chicago, Illinois
  • University of Illinois — Chicago, Illinois
  • Carle at The Riverfront — Danville, Illinois
  • Cancer Care Specialists of Illinois - Decatur — Decatur, Illinois
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Phase 2 Recruiting Academic/Other

Testing the Addition of the Drug BMX-001, a Radioprotector, or a Placebo to the Usual Chemoradiation Therapy for Patients With Head and Neck Cancer

This phase II trial compares the effectiveness of adding BMX-001 to usual symptom management versus usual symptom management alone for reducing oral mucositis in patients who are receiving chemoradiation for head and neck cancer. Oral muco…

Sponsor: NRG Oncology
NCT ID: NCT06532279
Sites in Illinois:
  • OSF Saint Joseph Medical Center — Bloomington, Illinois
  • Illinois CancerCare-Bloomington — Bloomington, Illinois
  • Illinois CancerCare-Canton — Canton, Illinois
  • Northwestern University — Chicago, Illinois
  • Carle at The Riverfront — Danville, Illinois
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Phase 2 Recruiting Academic/Other

Testing the Use of Ado-Trastuzumab Emtansine Compared to the Usual Treatment (Chemotherapy With Docetaxel Plus Trastuzumab) or Trastuzumab Deruxtecan for Recurrent, Metastatic, or Unresectable HER2-Expressing Salivary Gland Cancers

This phase II trial compares the effect of usual treatment of docetaxel chemotherapy plus trastuzumab, to ado-emtansine (T-DM1) in patients with HER2-postive salivary gland cancer that has come back (recurrent), that has spread from where …

Sponsor: NRG Oncology
NCT ID: NCT05408845
Sites in Illinois:
  • Carle at The Riverfront — Danville, Illinois
  • Carle Physician Group-Effingham — Effingham, Illinois
  • Carle Physician Group-Mattoon/Charleston — Mattoon, Illinois
  • Memorial Hospital East — Shiloh, Illinois
  • Carle Cancer Center — Urbana, Illinois
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Phase 2 Recruiting NIH

A Study Using Nivolumab, in Combination With Chemotherapy Drugs to Treat Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma (NPC)

This phase II trial tests effects of nivolumab in combination with chemotherapy drugs prior to radiation therapy patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as nivolumab, may help the body's…

Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
NCT ID: NCT06064097
Sites in Illinois:
  • Lurie Children's Hospital-Chicago — Chicago, Illinois
  • University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center — Chicago, Illinois
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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 Study to Investigate ALE.P02 as Monotherapy 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 monotherapy in adult patients with s…

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

Androgen Deprivation Therapy (ADT) and Pembrolizumab for Advanced Stage Androgen Receptor-positive Salivary Gland Carcinoma

A Phase II, multi-center, single-arm, non-blinded study combining androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) and pembrolizumab for patients with metastatic or locally recurrent androgen receptor-positive salivary gland carcinoma, not amenable to s…

Sponsor: Manish Patel
NCT ID: NCT03942653
Sites in Illinois:
  • Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine — Chicago, Illinois
  • University of Illinois Cancer Center — Chicago, Illinois
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Phase 2 Recruiting Academic/Other

Neoadjuvant Pembrolizumab and IO102-103 for Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck (SCCHN).

This research is being done to see if it is safe to give investigational combination of study drugs (Pembrolizumab and IO102-103) before surgery to people with surgically resectable (removable) newly diagnosed or recurrent metastatic SCCHN…

Sponsor: Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
NCT ID: NCT05977907
Sites in Illinois:
  • Northwestern Memorial Hospital — Chicago, Illinois
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Phase 2 Recruiting Academic/Other

Evaluating a Decreased Dose of Radiation Therapy to the Elective Neck for the Treatment of HPV-Related Oropharyngeal Cancer, ENLIGHT Trial

This clinical trial evaluates how decreasing the dose of radiation to the elective neck (areas of lymph nodes not directly involved in the cancer) impacts treatment outcomes in patients with human papillomavirus (HPV)-related oropharyngeal…

Sponsor: Northwestern University
NCT ID: NCT07178301
Sites in Illinois:
  • Northwestern University — Chicago, Illinois
  • Northwestern Medicine Warrenville — Warrenville, 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 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 1, Phase 2 Recruiting Industry

Study of RiMO-301 and Radiotherapy With PD-1 Inhibitor for the Treatment of Head-Neck Cancer

This is a prospective, open-label, single arm, non-randomized study of RiMO-301 with hypofractionated radiation and a PD-1 Inhibitor in patients with unresectable, recurrent or metastatic head-neck cancer.

Sponsor: Coordination Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
NCT ID: NCT05838729
Sites in Illinois:
  • University of Illinois at Chicago — 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

Evaluate BL-B01D1 in Patients With Metastatic or Unresectable Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) and Other Solid Tumors

The objective of this study is to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of BL-B01D1 in patients with Metastatic or Unresectable Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) and Other Solid Tumors.

Sponsor: SystImmune Inc.
NCT ID: NCT05983432
Sites in Illinois:
  • Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine — Chicago, Illinois
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