New drug duo tested to fight tough head and neck cancers

NCT ID NCT03468218

Summary

This study is testing whether combining two existing drugs, pembrolizumab and cabozantinib, can help control advanced head and neck cancer that has come back or spread. It will involve about 36 patients whose cancer cannot be removed by surgery. The main goal is to see how many patients' tumors shrink or disappear with this combination treatment.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Emory University Hospital Midtown

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30308, United States

  • Moffitt Cancer Center

    Tampa, Florida, 33612, United States

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