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Head and Neck Cancer clinical trials in Iowa

16 actively recruiting head and neck cancer trials at 16 sites across Iowa.

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Phase 3 Recruiting Academic/Other

High-dose Prophylactic Gabapentin (HOPE) vs. Placebo to Prevent Opioid Use for Oral Mucositis Pain During Concurrent Chemoradiation for Head and Neck Cancer

This phase III trial tests if gabapentin can prevent the need for opiate pain medication for mouth sores (oral mucositis) in patients undergoing treatment with chemotherapy and radiation for squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck reg…

Sponsor: Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
NCT ID: NCT06992427
Sites in Iowa:
  • Mary Greeley Medical Center — Ames, Iowa
  • McFarland Clinic - Ames — Ames, Iowa
  • McFarland Clinic - Boone — Boone, Iowa
  • Saint Luke's Hospital — Cedar Rapids, Iowa
  • Mercy Hospital — Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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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 Iowa:
  • Mary Greeley Medical Center — Ames, Iowa
  • McFarland Clinic - Ames — Ames, Iowa
  • McFarland Clinic - Boone — Boone, Iowa
  • Mercy Hospital — Cedar Rapids, Iowa
  • Oncology Associates at Mercy Medical Center — Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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Phase 3 Recruiting Industry

Sonesitatug Vedotin in Combination With Capecitabine With or Without Rilvegostomig in Participants With Advanced or Metastatic Gastric, Gastroesophageal Junction, or Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Expressing Claudin18.2

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of sonesitatug vedotin in combination with capecitabine with or without rilvegostomig in first-line (1L) Claudin18.2 (CLDN18.2)-positive, human epidermal growth factor recept…

Sponsor: AstraZeneca
NCT ID: NCT07431281
Sites in Iowa:
  • Research Site — Waukee, Iowa
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Phase 3 Recruiting Academic/Other

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

This phase III trial compares cetuxumab to chemotherapy, carboplatin and paclitaxel, with intensity modulated radiation therapy for the treatment of patients with head and neck cancer who are unable to receive cisplatin. Cetuximab is in a …

Sponsor: NRG Oncology
NCT ID: NCT07441681
Sites in Iowa:
  • Mercy Hospital — Cedar Rapids, Iowa
  • Oncology Associates at Mercy Medical Center — Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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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 Iowa:
  • McFarland Clinic - Ames — Ames, Iowa
  • UI Health Care Mission Cancer and Blood - Ankeny Clinic — Ankeny, Iowa
  • Mercy Hospital — Cedar Rapids, Iowa
  • Oncology Associates at Mercy Medical Center — Cedar Rapids, Iowa
  • UI Health Care Mission Cancer and Blood - West Des Moines Clinic — Clive, Iowa
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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 Iowa:
  • McFarland Clinic - Ames — Ames, Iowa
  • UI Health Care Mission Cancer and Blood - Ankeny Clinic — Ankeny, Iowa
  • Saint Anthony Regional Hospital — Carroll, Iowa
  • UI Health Care Mission Cancer and Blood - West Des Moines Clinic — Clive, Iowa
  • Iowa Methodist Medical Center — Des Moines, Iowa
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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 Iowa:
  • UI Health Care Mission Cancer and Blood - Ankeny Clinic — Ankeny, Iowa
  • UI Health Care Mission Cancer and Blood - West Des Moines Clinic — Clive, Iowa
  • Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital — Council Bluffs, Iowa
  • Iowa Methodist Medical Center — Des Moines, Iowa
  • UI Health Care Mission Cancer and Blood - Des Moines Clinic — Des Moines, Iowa
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Phase 2 Recruiting NIH

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

This phase II trial tests the addition of BMS-986016 (relatlimab) to the usual immunotherapy after initial treatment for nasopharyngeal cancer that has come back after a period of improvement (recurrent) or that has spread from where it fi…

Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
NCT ID: NCT06029270
Sites in Iowa:
  • UI Health Care Mission Cancer and Blood - Ankeny Clinic — Ankeny, Iowa
  • Saint Anthony Regional Hospital — Carroll, Iowa
  • UI Health Care Mission Cancer and Blood - West Des Moines Clinic — Clive, Iowa
  • Heartland Oncology and Hematology LLP — Council Bluffs, Iowa
  • Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital — Council Bluffs, Iowa
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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 Iowa:
  • University of Iowa — Iowa City, Iowa
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Phase 1, Phase 2 Recruiting Industry

First-in-Human Study of Tersolisib (STX-478) as Monotherapy and in Combination With Other Antineoplastic Agents in Participants With Advanced Solid Tumors

Study STX-478-101 (LY4064809) is a multipart, open-label, phase 1/2 study evaluating the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK), and preliminary antitumor activity of STX-478 (LY4064809) in participants with advanced solid tumors with…

Sponsor: Eli Lilly and Company
NCT ID: NCT05768139
Sites in Iowa:
  • University of Iowa — Iowa City, Iowa
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Phase 1, Phase 2 Recruiting Industry

A Study of BMS-986340 as Monotherapy and as Combination Therapy in Participants With Advanced Solid Tumors

The purpose of this study is to assess the safety, tolerability, and recommended dose(s) of BMS-986340 as monotherapy and in combination with nivolumab, docetaxel, or Pumitamig in participants with advanced solid tumors. This study is a fi…

Sponsor: Bristol-Myers Squibb
NCT ID: NCT04895709
Sites in Iowa:
  • University of Iowa — Iowa City, Iowa
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Phase 1 Recruiting Industry

A Study of [225Ac]Ac-AKY-1189 in Patients With Solid Tumors

This is a first-in-human Phase 1b, 2-part, multicenter open-label clinical study to evaluate safety and efficacy of a Nectin-4 radiopharmaceutical (\[225Ac\]Ac-AKY-1189) in patients with locally advanced or metastatic solid tumors and to e…

Sponsor: Aktis Oncology, Inc.
NCT ID: NCT07020117
Sites in Iowa:
  • University of Iowa — Iowa City, Iowa
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NA Recruiting Academic/Other

Studying the PAGODA Algorithm for Chemotherapy Dose Changes to Prevent Unplanned Treatment Delays

This study seeks to learn whether using the PAGODA algorithm to guide chemotherapy dosing will lower the chance of unplanned delays during chemotherapy for cancer in the gastrointestinal system compared to usual care.

Sponsor: Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
NCT ID: NCT07283939
Sites in Iowa:
  • Mary Greeley Medical Center — Ames, Iowa
  • McFarland Clinic - Ames — Ames, Iowa
  • UI Health Care Mission Cancer and Blood - Ankeny Clinic — Ankeny, Iowa
  • McFarland Clinic - Boone — Boone, Iowa
  • Mercy Hospital — Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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Recruiting Academic/Other

Integrated Cancer Repository for Cancer Research

The iCaRe2 is a multi-institutional resource created and maintained by the Fred \& Pamela Buffett Cancer Center to collect and manage standardized, multi-dimensional, longitudinal data and biospecimens on consented adult cancer patients, h…

Sponsor: University of Nebraska
NCT ID: NCT02012699
Sites in Iowa:
  • Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital — Council Bluffs, Iowa
  • Covenant Medical Center, Inc — Waterloo, Iowa
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Source: ClinicalTrials.gov API v2 · Last checked: 2026-10-01