Active clinical trials for "Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck"

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is increasingly recognized in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN). The prevalence prior and after cancer therapy is not well understood. OSA is identified as a contributing factor for daytime somnolence and quality of life (QOL), yet treatment of OSA in the SCCHN population has not been studied. The investigators hope to identify the disease course of sleep apnea, risk factors for development, and impact on QOL with treatment of OSA in a population of patients with SCCHN.

In this single-arm study, pathologically confirmed advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma will be enrolled to investigate the efficacy and safety of Camrelizumab in combination With albumin paclitaxel and cisplatin.

This clinical study is designed as a prospective, open-label, single arm, multicenter study to evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of Sintilimab and Nimotuzumab in combination with chemotherapy in patients with newly diagnosed recurrent/metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (R/M HNSCC). The main endpoint is progression free survival (PFS); the secondary endpoint are objective response rate (ORR), disease control rate (DCR), overall survival (OS) and safety.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of radiotherapy combine with raltitrexed in older patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

The investigators will perform a randomized phase II study to investigate if the addition of cetuximab to MTX is beneficial for the patient. Because no data on this combination are available the investigators will start with a phase Ib study to investigate the feasibility of the schedule.

The aim of this prospective, observational, multicenter, post-marketing study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Cetuximab (Erbitux) in combination with platinum based chemotherapy, in the first line therapy of recurrent/ metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of head and neck (SCCHN). A total of 100 subjects with SCCHN will be recruited in 20 centres across India.

Because of the advantageous activity against VEGF-C and FGF pathways and favorable toxicity profile comparing with sunitinib, the investigators plan this phase II trial of pazopanib in cisplatin-refractory recurrent or metastatic HNSCC.

The prognosis of patients with locally advanced SCCHN is poor. Results of recent randomized trials evaluating induction chemotherapy by docetaxel, cisplatin, 5 fluorouracil are conflicting, and benefit on overall survival is uncertain. Improve efficacy of induction chemotherapy is important without increase toxicities. Durvalumab is a promising agent in SSCHN. The safety of combination of docetaxel, cisplatin, 5 fluorouracil with durvalumab is unknown. The aim of the study is to evaluate the feasibility and the safety of the association of DCF (standard regimen for induction in SSCCHN) and durvalumab. The safety profile of DCF and durvalumab are different, so the expected toxicities should not be additive. The addition of durvalumab to DCF could improve the efficacy of induction chemotherapy and the prognostic of patients with SSCCHN. Concerning the translational research, the aim will be to explore the relationships between immune capacity, specificity, activation state and clinical outcome to help elucidate the determinants of response to immunotherapy.

The aim of this trial is to compare the accelerated fractionation radiotherapy and concurrent chemo-radiotherapy in locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma patients in terms of loco-regional control, toxicities and quality of life.

Controversy over surgical treatment of clinically negative neck in early stage oral squamous cell carcinoma revolves around the uncertainty of its impact on patient prognosis. The efficacy of elective neck dissection on prognosis in T1, 2 N0M0 patients continues to be the subject of clinical debate. Currently the clinically negative patients are treated by one of the two main policies: one is elective neck dissection; the other is "watchful waiting". The objective of this multi-institutional prospective randomized controlled study is to evaluate the survival benefit of elective neck dissection on the prognosis of T1, 2 N0M0 patients with carcinoma of oral cavity. The enrolled patients with T1, 2 N0M0 oral cancer will be randomized into two groups: elective neck dissection versus watch and wait. The survival rate and the recurrence rate between two groups will be compared. The result of the study will give surgeons evidence-based instructions for the management of clinically negative neck in patients with cancer of oral cavity.