New vaccine combo aims to fight recurrent head and neck cancer

NCT ID NCT06868433

First seen Mar 15, 2026 · Last updated May 14, 2026 · Updated 9 times

Summary

This early-stage trial tests a personalized vaccine made from a patient's own tumor cells, alone or with the immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab, for head and neck cancer that has returned or spread. The goal is to find the safest dose and see if the vaccine helps the immune system attack the cancer. About 40 adults with certain types of advanced head and neck cancer are being recruited.

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Contacts and locations

Study contacts

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Locations

  • Emory University Hospital Midtown

    RECRUITING

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30308, United States

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  • Emory University Hospital/Winship Cancer Institute

    RECRUITING

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30322, United States

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    Contact Phone: •••-•••-•••• Email: •••••@•••••

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CLINICAL STAGE IV HPV-MEDIATED (P16-POSITIVE) OROPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA AJCC V8 CLINICAL STAGE IV HPV-MEDIATED (P16-POSITIVE) OROPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA AJCC V8 METASTATIC HEAD AND NECK SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA METASTATIC HYPOPHARYNGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA METASTATIC LARYNGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA METASTATIC NASOPHARYNGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA METASTATIC ORAL CAVITY SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA METASTATIC ORAL CAVITY SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA METASTATIC OROPHARYNGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA METASTATIC SINONASAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA RECURRENT HEAD AND NECK SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA RECURRENT HYPOPHARYNGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA RECURRENT LARYNGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA RECURRENT NASOPHARYNGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA RECURRENT ORAL CAVITY SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA RECURRENT ORAL CAVITY SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA RECURRENT OROPHARYNGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA RECURRENT OROPHARYNGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA RECURRENT SINONASAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA OF UNKNOWN PRIMARY STAGE IV CUTANEOUS SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA OF THE HEAD AND NECK AJCC V8 STAGE IV CUTANEOUS SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA OF THE HEAD AND NECK AJCC V8 STAGE IV HYPOPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA AJCC V8 STAGE IV HYPOPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA AJCC V8 STAGE IV LARYNGEAL CANCER AJCC V8 STAGE IV LARYNGEAL CANCER AJCC V8 STAGE IV LIP AND ORAL CAVITY CANCER AJCC V8 STAGE IV LIP AND ORAL CAVITY CANCER AJCC V8 STAGE IV NASOPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA AJCC V8 STAGE IV NASOPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA AJCC V8 STAGE IV OROPHARYNGEAL (P16-NEGATIVE) CARCINOMA AJCC V8 STAGE IV OROPHARYNGEAL (P16-NEGATIVE) CARCINOMA AJCC V8 STAGE IV SINONASAL CANCER AJCC V8 STAGE IV SINONASAL CANCER AJCC V8