Nasopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma
MONDO:0006060A squamous cell carcinoma that arises from the nasopharynx.
2858 clinical trials for this condition and its sub-types, 12 tagged with Nasopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma itself.
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Drug combo targets rare cancers in early trial
Disease control OngoingThis early-phase trial tests the combination of two drugs, vorinostat and azacitidine, in people with nasopharyngeal cancer or nasal NK-T cell lymphoma that has come back or spread. The main goal is to find the safest dose and see how the body responds. Only 18 participants are e…
Phase 1 • Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI) • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Aug 21, 2026 00:00 UTC
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Experimental drug combo aims to fight returning head and neck tumors
Disease control OngoingThis early-phase trial tests a drug called birinapant together with a second course of targeted radiation for people whose head and neck cancer has come back in the same area. The drug works by blocking a protein that helps cancer cells survive. The main goals are to find the saf…
Phase 1 • Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI) • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Aug 05, 2026 00:00 UTC
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New hope for head and neck cancer: Three-Drug showdown after immunotherapy fails
Disease control OngoingThis study tests three different drug combinations in 430 adults with advanced head and neck cancer that has spread or returned after prior immunotherapy. The goal is to see if adding bevacizumab to standard chemo, or using atezolizumab plus bevacizumab, works better than the usu…
Phase 2/3 • Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI) • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Aug 02, 2026 00:00 UTC
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Immunotherapy may replace chemo in head and neck cancer trial
Disease control OngoingThis study tests whether the immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab (Keytruda) combined with radiation works better than the standard chemotherapy drug cisplatin with radiation for patients with a certain type of head and neck cancer (p16-positive). About 126 adults with advanced or in…
Phase 2 • Sponsor: Loren Mell, MD • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Jun 27, 2026 07:53 UTC
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New combo therapy offers hope for head and neck cancer patients unable to take standard chemo
Symptom relief OngoingThis early-phase study tests the safety of combining the drug tolinapant with radiation therapy for people with head and neck cancer that has spread locally but hasn't been treated yet. Participants are those who cannot receive the standard chemotherapy drug cisplatin. The goal i…
Early phase 1 • Sponsor: Emory University • Aim: Symptom relief
Last updated Aug 23, 2026 00:00 UTC