New hope for throat cancer: testing a powerful immune drug against standard treatment

NCT ID NCT03383094

Summary

This study is testing whether a newer immunotherapy drug (pembrolizumab) combined with radiation works better than the current standard treatment of chemotherapy plus radiation for people with advanced head and neck cancer. It will involve 126 patients whose cancer is linked to the HPV virus (p16-positive). The main goal is to see which treatment better prevents the cancer from growing back or spreading.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Facility

    Tampa, Florida, 33612, United States

  • UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center

    La Jolla, California, 92093, United States

  • University of Arizona Cancer Center

    Tucson, Arizona, 85719, United States

  • University of Cincinnati Medical Center

    Cincinnati, Ohio, 45219, United States

  • Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

    Nashville, Tennessee, 37203, United States

  • Washington University School of Medicine, Siteman Cancer Center

    St Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States

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