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Microdose drug test aims to find best cancer fighters

NCT ID NCT06366451

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Not a trial. The treatment could once be requested outside a study, but no longer can.
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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This early-phase study tested very small amounts of several cancer drugs (rilvegostomig, volrustomig, sabestomig, AZD9592, and pembrolizumab) injected directly into head and neck tumors in 17 people. The goal was to see how each drug affects the tumor's environment at the injection site. This approach helps researchers compare drugs quickly without exposing patients to full doses, but it cannot determine if the drugs actually treat the cancer.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance
rilvegostomig, volrustomig, sabestomig, AZD9592, and pembrolizumab (Keytruda)
What this could lead to
If successful, this study could help identify which drugs are most promising for treating head and neck cancer, guiding future larger trials.
What could go wrong
This is a very early (Phase 0) study with only 17 people, so it cannot prove any drug works. It only looks at immediate effects in the tumor, not long-term outcomes.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

Early phase 1

The earliest testing in people: a first look at safety, in a very small group.

Participants

17 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

May 2024

Finished

Mar 2026

Lead sponsor

A company

The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.

Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Ages

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

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: 1. Ability and willingness to provide written informed consent. Voluntary written consent must be given before performance of any study related procedure not part of standard medical care, with the understanding that consent may be withdrawn by the patient at any time without prejudice to future medical care. 2. Male or female ≥ 18 years of age at Visit 1 (Screening). 3. Pathologic diagnosis of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC) of the oropharynx, hypopharynx, oral cavity, or larynx. 4. Ability and willingness to comply with the study's visits and assessment schedule. 5. At least one lesion (primary tumor, recurrent tumor, metastasis, or metastatic lymph node) that is surface accessible for CIVO injection that contains viable minimum tumor tissue volume and characteristics (e.g., based on clinical evaluation, available pre-operative imaging, pre-injection ultrasound imaging, or pathology reports indicating lesion with appropriate viable tumor volume without excessive cysts or necrosis) and for which there is a planned surgical intervention. The patient's presentation, surgical and pathology plan may determine whether a lesion is eligible with respect to a given CIVO MID needle configuration. 6. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0-2. 7. Female patients who: * Are postmenopausal for at least one year before the screening visit, OR * Are surgically sterile, OR * Are of childbearing potential who agree to practice a highly effective method of contraception from the time of signing the Informed Consent Form (ICF) until 7 months after the CIVO injection OR agree to completely abstain from heterosexual intercourse. * Agree to refrain from donating, or retrieving for their own use, ova until 7 months after the CIVO injection. * Agree to refrain from breastfeeding until 7 months after the CIVO injection. 8. Male patients, even if surgically sterile (i.e., status post-vasectomy), who: * Agree to practice effective barrier contraception from the time of signing the ICF until 7 months after the CIVO injection OR agree to completely abstain from heterosexual intercourse. * Agree to refrain from fathering a child or donating sperm until 7 months after the CIVO injection. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Tumors and/or effaced nodes that are anticipated by the Investigator to lack a sufficient volume of viable tumor tissue (Based on available pre-operative imaging, pre-injection ultrasound imaging, or pathology reports) for CIVO microdose injection due to necrosis, cysts, excessive stroma, fibrosis, or treatment-induced tissue changes. 2. Tumors near or involving critical structures for which, in the opinion of the treating clinician, injection would pose undue risk to the patient. 3. Prior exposure to immune-mediated therapy including, but not limited to, other anti-CTLA-4, anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, and anti-PD-L2 antibodies within the last 5 years. 4. Previous treatment with another ADC containing a chemotherapeutic agent that inhibits topoisomerase 1 activity or with another epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and/or mesenchymal-epithelial transition factor (c-MET) targeted ADC. 5. Patients with concurrent cancer, immune disease or active infection requiring systemic or radiotherapy. 6. Female patients who: * Intend to become pregnant during the study, * Are both lactating and breastfeeding, OR * Have a positive beta-subunit human chorionic gonadotropin (beta-hCG) pregnancy test at screening verified by the Investigator. 7. Any uncontrolled intercurrent illness, condition, serious medical or psychiatric illness, or circumstance that, in the opinion of the Investigator, could interfere with adherence to the study's procedures or requirements, or otherwise compromise the study's objectives. 8. History of organ transplant. 9. Major surgery within 4 weeks prior to injection: subject must have adequate wound healing and have recovered from any prior surgery.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

Head and Neck Neoplasms head and neck squamous cell carcinoma Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Medical University of South Carolina

    Charleston, South Carolina, 29407, United States

  • Montefiore Medical Center

    The Bronx, New York, 10467, United States

  • Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU)

    Portland, Oregon, 97239, United States

  • Sarah Cannon Medical Center

    Charleston, South Carolina, 29406, United States

  • UC Davis

    Sacramento, California, 95817, United States

  • University of North Carolina

    Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599, United States

  • University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107, United States

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