Active clinical trials for "Carcinoma, Squamous Cell"

The purpose of this study is to test a new method of experimental treatment for cutaneous squamous cell skin cancer, using small adhesive-like patches (a micro-needle applicator or MNA for short), which have dozens of very small micro-needles loaded with extremely low doses of doxorubicin, a chemotherapy agent. The overall goal of this study is to test the safety and effectiveness of these patches. The investigators have established the highest tolerated dose at 50 micrograms in a previous study for a different type of cancer that affects the skin. The investigators will thoroughly evaluate the skin where the patches are applied.

This is a single institution and single-arm phase I/II study to assess the feasibility and efficacy of tislelizumab plus chemoradiation for conversion therapy of patients with locally nonresectable ESCC.

This is an open-label, single-arm, phase II clinical trial to explore the efficacy and safety of neoadjuvant low-dose radiotherapy combined with chemoimmunotherapy in resectable locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. The eligible patients are scheduled to administered neoadjuvant low-dose radiotherapy, tislelizumab, combined with albumin-bound paclitaxel and cisplatin for two cycles. Radical resection will be performed in 3-4 weeks after two cycles of neoadjuvant therapy. The overall primary study hypothesis is that the novel neoadjuvant combination regime improves the pathological complete response (pCR) rate, with tolerable side effects.

Radiotherapy for advanced-stage head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) results in an unfavorable 5-year overall survival of 40%, and there is a strong biological rationale for improving outcome by combinatorial treatment with immunotherapy. However, also immunosuppressive effects of radiotherapy have been reported and recently a randomized phase-III trial failed to show any survival benefit following the combination of a PD-L1 inhibitor with chemoradiotherapy. The hypothesis is that the combination of these individually effective treatments failed because of radiation-induced lymphodepletion and that the key therefore lies in reforming conventional radiotherapy, which typically consists of large lymphotoxic radiation fields of 35 fractions. By integrating modern radiobiology and individually established innovative radiotherapy concepts, the patient's immune system could be maximally retained. This will be achieved by 1) increasing the radiation dose per fraction so that the total number of fractions can be reduced (HYpofractionation), 2) by redistributing the radiation dose towards a higher peak dose within the tumor center and a lowered elective-field dose (Dose-redistribution) and 3) by using RAdiotherapy with protons instead of photons (HYDRA). The objectives of this study are to determine the safety of HYDRA with protons and photons by conducting two parallel phase-I trials. HYDRA's efficacy will be compared to standard of care (SOC). The immune effects of HYDRA-protons will be evaluated by longitudinal immune profiling and compared to HYDRA-photons and SOC (with protons and photons). There will be a specific focus on actionable immune targets and their temporal patterns that can be tested in future hypofractionated-immunotherapy combination trials. This trial therefore is an important step towards future personalized immuno-radiotherapy combinations with the ultimate goal to improve survival for patients with HNSCC.

The purpose of this study is to assess the safety and effects of PF-07265028 as monotherapy and in combination with sasanlimab. The study aims to identify the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of PF-07265028 as monotherapy; evaluate the clinical activity of monotherapy and combination; and select the recommended dose of PF-07265028 monotherapy and in combination for potential further studies and development. The study contains 2 parts, Dose Escalation (Part 1) to determine the recommended dose of PF-07265028 as single agent and in combination, followed by Dose Expansion (Part 2) in selected tumor types at the recommended dose. It is expected that most participants will take part in this study for up to 1 year with six on-site visits in the first month and then at least twice every subsequent month while they are on treatment.

This phase I/Ib trial tests the safety and best dose of ipatasertib in combination with the usual treatment approach using chemotherapy together with radiation therapy ("chemo-radiation") in patients with stage III-IVB head and neck cancer. Ipatasertib is in a class of medications called protein kinase B (AKT) inhibitors. It may stop the growth of tumor cells and may kill them. Cisplatin which is a chemotherapy used in this trial is in a class of medications known as platinum-containing compounds. It works by killing, stopping or slowing the growth of cancer cells. Radiation therapy uses high energy to kill tumor cells and shrink tumors. Giving ipatasertib in combination with chemo-radiation may be better than chemo-radiation alone in treating patients with advanced head and neck cancer.

This is a phase 2, single-arm clinical trial, with the purpose to evaluate the therapeutic efficacy and safety of PD-1 Blockade camrelizumab combined with induction chemotherapy followed by concurrent chemoradiotherapy and as adjuvant monotherapy in patients with locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

This is a Phase 1, open-label, dose escalation and expansion study of MT-8421 (an Engineered Toxin Body (ETB)) as monotherapy and in combination with nivolumab in patients with selected advanced solid cancer types. MT-8421 is an investigational drug that specifically targets and depletes cytotoxic T-lymphocytes-associated protein 4 (CTLA-4) expressing cells in an effort to directly dismantle the tumor microenvironment for the treatment of patients with advanced solid tumors.

This clinical trial is studying advanced or metastatic solid tumors. Once a solid tumor has grown very large in one spot or has spread to other places in the body, it is called advanced or metastatic cancer. Participants in this study must have head and neck squamous cell cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, endometrial cancer, or ovarian cancer. Participants must have tumors that have a marker called HER2. This clinical trial uses an experimental drug called disitamab vedotin (DV). DV is a type of antibody-drug conjugate or ADC. ADCs are designed to stick to cancer cells and kill them. In this study, all participants will get DV once every 2 weeks. This study is being done to see if DV works to treat different types of solid tumors that express HER2. It will also test how safe the drug is for participants. This trial will also study what side effects happen when participants get the drug. A side effect is anything a drug does to your body besides treating the disease.

The aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy and safety of pembrolizumab combined with albumin paclitaxel and cisplatin versus albumin paclitaxel and cisplatin or 5-fluorouracil and cisplatin in neoadjuvant therapy for stage II-IVa resectable esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. The study plans to enroll 114 eligible patients who will be randomly assigned in a 1:1:1 ratio to receive 3 cycles of neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy (pembrolizumab plus albumin paclitaxel and cisplatin;Pembrolizumab plus 5-fluorouracil and cisplatin) or chemotherapy alone (5-fluorouracil and cisplatin), followed by surgery 3 weeks later, followed by 16 cycles of adjuvant immunotherapy (pembrolizumab).Patients were followed up for efficacy and safety during treatment.Tumor evaluation will be performed at screening, after neoadjuvant therapy, before surgery, and after adjuvant therapy until objective disease progression is confirmed.