New drug duo tested for Tough-to-Treat head and neck cancers

NCT ID NCT03082534

Summary

This study tested whether combining two existing cancer drugs, pembrolizumab and cetuximab, could help control advanced head and neck cancer that had returned or spread. It involved 78 patients at four US cancer centers, grouped based on their prior treatments. The main goal was to see how many patients' tumors shrank in response to the combination therapy.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • UCSD Moores Cancer Center

    La Jolla, California, 92093, United States

  • University of California Los Angeles Cancer Center

    Los Angeles, California, 90095, United States

  • University of Michigan Cancer Center

    Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, United States

  • Washington School of Medicine Cancer Center

    St Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States

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