New scan could spot hidden cancer spread in head and neck patients
NCT ID NCT05747625
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a new imaging agent called 89Zr panitumumab to see if it can more accurately find cancer that has spread in people with head and neck cancer. Standard PET/CT scans often miss or wrongly identify these spots. About 60 participants will receive the new agent and then have a PET/CT scan, and researchers will compare the results to standard imaging to see which is more reliable.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1
The first testing in people. Mainly checks safety and dose, usually in a small group.
- Participants
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About 60 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2023
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2030
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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19 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Age \>= 19 years * Biopsy confirmed diagnosis of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck * Subjects diagnosed with any T stage, any subsite within the head and neck. Subjects with recurrent disease or a new primary will be allowed * Must have evidence of indeterminate metastatic squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) based on 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-PET/CT or Primary SCC with suspicious Lymph Nodes on CT prior to surgical removal * Hemoglobin \>= 9gm/dL * White blood cell count \> 3000/mm\^3 * Platelet count \>= 100,000/mm\^3 * Serum creatinine =\< 1.5 times upper reference range Exclusion Criteria: * Myocardial infarction (MI); cerebrovascular accident (CVA); uncontrolled congestive heart failure (CHF); significant liver disease; or unstable angina within 6 months prior to enrollment * History of infusion reactions to other monoclonal antibody therapies * Pregnant (based on screening serum pregnancy test and day 0 urine pregnancy test administered before unlabeled panitumumab), or breastfeeding * Magnesium or potassium lower than the normal institutional values * Subjects receiving class IA (quinidine, procainamide) or class III (dofetilide, amiodarone, sotalol) antiarrhythmic agents * Subjects with a history or evidence of interstitial pneumonitis or pulmonary fibrosis * Severe renal disease or anuria * Known hypersensitivity to deferoxamine or any of its components
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Vanderbilt University/Ingram Cancer Center
RECRUITINGNashville, Tennessee, 37232, United States
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