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Head and Neck Cancer clinical trials in New York

75 actively recruiting head and neck cancer trials at 30 sites across New York.

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Payments from drug makers to the doctors running these trials

For 3 of the trials on this page, the pharmaceutical company funding the trial also disclosed payments to the physicians leading it — public data from the federal CMS Open Payments database. Paying clinical-trial investigators for site work is expected and necessary for industry-funded trials; the scale and source are simply useful context when you're deciding whether to enroll.

Phase 3 Recruiting Academic/Other

High-dose Prophylactic Gabapentin (HOPE) vs. Placebo to Prevent Opioid Use for Oral Mucositis Pain During Concurrent Chemoradiation for Head and Neck Cancer

This phase III trial tests if gabapentin can prevent the need for opiate pain medication for mouth sores (oral mucositis) in patients undergoing treatment with chemotherapy and radiation for squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck reg…

Sponsor: Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
NCT ID: NCT06992427
Sites in New York:
  • Roswell Park Cancer Institute — Buffalo, New York
  • Northwell Health Physicians Partners Radiation Medicine at Queens — Forest Hills, New York
  • Northwell Health/Center for Advanced Medicine — Lake Success, New York
  • Manhattan Eye Ear and Throat Hospital — New York, New York
  • Lenox Hill Hospital — New York, New York
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Phase 2, Phase 3 Recruiting Academic/Other

Comparing Sentinel Lymph Node (SLN) Biopsy With Standard Neck Dissection for Patients With Early-Stage Oral Cavity Cancer

This phase II/III trial studies how well sentinel lymph node biopsy works and compares sentinel lymph node biopsy surgery to standard neck dissection as part of the treatment for early-stage oral cavity cancer. Sentinel lymph node biopsy s…

Sponsor: NRG Oncology
NCT ID: NCT04333537
Sites in New York:
  • Roswell Park Cancer Institute — Buffalo, New York
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Commack — Commack, New York
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester — Harrison, New York
  • Northwell Health/Center for Advanced Medicine — Lake Success, New York
  • NYU Langone Hospital - Long Island — Mineola, New York
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Phase 3 Recruiting Industry

A Study of Amivantamab in Addition to Standard of Care Agents (SOC) Compared With SOC Alone in Participants With Recurrent/Metastatic Head and Neck Cancer

The purpose of this study is to compare anti-tumor activity of amivantamab in addition to pembrolizumab and carboplatin versus pembrolizumab, 5-fluorouracil (FU), and platinum therapy (carboplatin or cisplatin) in participants with refract…

Sponsor: Janssen Research & Development, LLC
NCT ID: NCT07276399
Sites in New York:
  • Laura & Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Hospital - Long Island — Mineola, New York
  • Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Health — New York, New York
  • Montefiore Medical Center — The Bronx, New York
  • Bronx Veterans Affairs Medical Center — The Bronx, New York
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Phase 3 Recruiting Industry

A Study of Ficlatuzumab in Combination With Cetuximab in Participants With Recurrent or Metastatic (R/M) HPV Negative Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy and safety of ficlatuzumab plus cetuximab compared to placebo plus cetuximab in participants with recurrent/metastatic (R/M) HPV-negative Head and Neck Cancer. The primary hypothesis is …

Sponsor: AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
NCT ID: NCT06064877
Sites in New York:
  • Northwell Health Cancer Institute — Lake Success, New York
  • Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital — New York, New York
  • Montefiore Medical Center — The Bronx, New York
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Phase 2, Phase 3 Recruiting Industry

A Clinical Trial Investigating the Safety, Tolerability, and Therapeutic Effects of BNT113 in Combination With Pembrolizumab Versus Pembrolizumab Alone for Patients With a Form of Head and Neck Cancer Positive for Human Papilloma Virus 16 and Expressing the Protein PD-L1

An open-label, controlled, multi-site, interventional, 2-arm, Phase II/III trial of BNT113 in combination with pembrolizumab vs pembrolizumab monotherapy as first line treatment in patients with unresectable recurrent or metastatic HPV16+ …

Sponsor: BioNTech SE
NCT ID: NCT04534205
Sites in New York:
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center — Long Island City, New York
  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai — New York, New York
  • Montefiore Medical Center — The Bronx, New York
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Phase 3 Recruiting Industry

Using 18F-FAPI PET to Detect Metastatic Disease in Patients That Have Gastric or Esophageal Cancer.

This is a multi-site, open-label, non-randomized, single dose study to assess the clinical utility of \[¹⁸F\]FAPI-74 PET/CT in the detection of metastatic disease in individuals with pathologically confirmed gastric, gastroesophageal junct…

Sponsor: SOFIE
NCT ID: NCT07217704
Sites in New York:
  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai — New York, New York
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center — New York, New York
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Phase 2 Recruiting Network

Radiation Therapy With or Without Cisplatin in Treating Patients With Stage III-IVA Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck Who Have Undergone Surgery

This phase II trial studies how well radiation therapy with or without cisplatin works in treating patients with stage III-IVA squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck who have undergone surgery. Radiation therapy uses high energy x-ra…

Sponsor: ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group
NCT ID: NCT02734537
Sites in New York:
  • Northwell Health Imbert Cancer Center — Bay Shore, New York
  • Roswell Park Cancer Institute — Buffalo, New York
  • Northwell Health/Center for Advanced Medicine — Lake Success, New York
  • Garnet Health Medical Center — Middletown, New York
  • Long Island Jewish Medical Center — New Hyde Park, New York
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Phase 2 Recruiting NIH

BiCaZO: A Study Combining Two Immunotherapies (Cabozantinib and Nivolumab) to Treat Patients With Advanced Melanoma or Squamous Cell Head and Neck Cancer, an immunoMATCH Pilot Study

This phase II trial studies the good and bad effects of the combination of drugs called cabozantinib and nivolumab in treating patients with melanoma or squamous cell head and neck cancer that may have spread from where it first started to…

Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
NCT ID: NCT05136196
Sites in New York:
  • Northwell Health/Center for Advanced Medicine — Lake Success, New York
  • NYU Langone Hospital - Long Island — Mineola, New York
  • Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone — New York, New York
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Phase 2 Recruiting Academic/Other

Testing the Addition of the Drug BMX-001, a Radioprotector, or a Placebo to the Usual Chemoradiation Therapy for Patients With Head and Neck Cancer

This phase II trial compares the effectiveness of adding BMX-001 to usual symptom management versus usual symptom management alone for reducing oral mucositis in patients who are receiving chemoradiation for head and neck cancer. Oral muco…

Sponsor: NRG Oncology
NCT ID: NCT06532279
Sites in New York:
  • Montefiore Medical Center-Einstein Campus — The Bronx, New York
  • Montefiore Medical Center - Moses Campus — The Bronx, New York
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Phase 2 Recruiting NIH

Testing the Addition of Chemotherapy or Chemo-Immunotherapy to the Usual Surgery for Advanced Head and Neck Cancer

This phase II trial tests the addition of chemotherapy, with carboplatin and paclitaxel, or chemo-immunotherapy, with carboplatin, paclitaxel and cemiplimab to standard salvage surgery followed by post operative radiation therapy and cispl…

Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
NCT ID: NCT07195734
Sites in New York:
  • Stony Brook University Medical Center — Stony Brook, New York
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Phase 1, Phase 2 Recruiting Industry

A Study of Repotrectinib (TPX-0005) in Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors Harboring ALK, ROS1, or NTRK1-3 Rearrangements

Phase 1 dose escalation will determine the first cycle dose-limiting toxicities (DLTs), the maximum tolerated dose (MTD), the biologically effective dose and recommended Phase 2 dose (RP2D) of repotrectinib given to adult subjects with adv…

Sponsor: Turning Point Therapeutics, Inc.
NCT ID: NCT03093116
Sites in New York:
  • Local Institution - 2117 — New York, New York
  • Local Institution - 1002 — New York, New York
  • Local Institution - 2102 — New York, New York
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Phase 1, Phase 2 Recruiting Industry

A Study of Bispecific Antibody MCLA-158 in Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors

This is a Phase 1/2 open-label, multi-center, multi-national study with an initial dose escalation part to determine the recommended Phase II dose (RP2D) of MCLA-158 single agent in patients with mCRC. The dose escalation part has been com…

Sponsor: Merus B.V.
NCT ID: NCT03526835
Sites in New York:
  • Cayuga Medical Center — Ithaca, New York
  • Mt. Sinai — New York, New York
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center — New York, New York
  • Hematology-Oncology Associates of Central New York — Syracuse, New York
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Phase 1, Phase 2 Recruiting Industry

Study of INBRX-106 and INBRX-106 in Combination With Pembrolizumab (Keytruda®) in Subjects With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Solid Tumors (Hexavalent OX40 Agonist)

This is a Phase 1/2, open-label, non-randomized, 4-part trial to determine the safety profile and identify the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) and/or recommended Phase 2 dose (RP2D) of INBRX 106 administered as a single agent or in combinatio…

Sponsor: Inhibrx Biosciences, Inc
NCT ID: NCT04198766
Sites in New York:
  • Montefiore Medical Center — The Bronx, New York
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Phase 1, Phase 2 Recruiting Industry

Study of Elironrasib and Daraxonrasib as Monotherapies and Combination Therapy in Participants With Advanced KRAS G12C Mutant Solid Tumors

This study is to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and PK profiles of Elironrasib and Daraxonrasib as monotherapies and combination therapy in patients with KRAS G12C-mutated solid tumors.

Sponsor: Revolution Medicines, Inc.
NCT ID: NCT06128551
Sites in New York:
  • Columbia University — New York, New York
  • NYU Langone Health — New York, New York
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center — New York, New York
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Phase 1, Phase 2 Recruiting Industry

A Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Ifinatamab Deruxtecan (I-DXd) in Subjects With Recurrent or Metastatic Solid Tumors (IDeate-PanTumor02)

This study is designed to assess the efficacy and safety of ifinatamab deruxtecan (I-DXD) in the following tumor types: endometrial cancer (EC); head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC); pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC); colore…

Sponsor: Daiichi Sankyo
NCT ID: NCT06330064
Sites in New York:
  • NYU Langone Health — New York, New York
  • Icahn School of Medicine At Mount Sinai Prime — New York, New York
  • Clinical Research Alliance, Inc — Westbury, New York
  • White Plains Hospital — White Plains, New York
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Phase 1, Phase 2 Recruiting Industry

AVENTINE-1: Study of AVZO-1418 as a Single Agent and in Combination Therapy in Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Solid Tumors (AVZO-1418-1001)

This study, the first clinical trial of AVZO-1418, aims to determine the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, maximum tolerated dose, and antitumor activity of AVZO-1418 when administered intravenously as a monotherapy…

Sponsor: Avenzo Therapeutics, Inc.
NCT ID: NCT07038343
Sites in New York:
  • Avenzo Therapeutics Recruiting Site — New York, New York
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Phase 1, Phase 2 Recruiting Industry

A Study of a Selective T Cell Receptor (TCR) Targeting, Bifunctional Antibody-fusion Molecule STAR0602 in Participants With Advanced Solid Tumors

This is an open label, multicenter, phase 1/2 study to assess the safety/tolerability and preliminary clinical activity of STAR0602 as a single agent administered intravenously in participants with advanced solid tumors that are antigen-ri…

Sponsor: Marengo Therapeutics, Inc.
NCT ID: NCT05592626
Sites in New York:
  • Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center — New York, New York
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Phase 2 Recruiting Industry

A Phase 2 Study of Zanidatamab in Patients With HER2-expressing Tumors

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of zanidatamab for the treatment of participants with previously treated solid tumors that have Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 (HER2) Immunohistochemistry (IHC) 3+ …

Sponsor: Jazz Pharmaceuticals
NCT ID: NCT06695845
Sites in New York:
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center — New York, New York
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Phase 1, Phase 2 Recruiting Industry

VMD-928 Monotherapy and in Combination With Pembrolizumab to Treat TrkA Overexpression Driven Solid Tumors or Lymphoma

This is a multicenter, open-label, Phase 1/2 study of orally administered VMD-928 monotherapy and in combination with pembrolizumab in adult subjects with advanced solid tumors or lymphoma that have progressed or are non responsive to avai…

Sponsor: VM Oncology, LLC
NCT ID: NCT03556228
Sites in New York:
  • Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University (site 126) — New York, New York
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Phase 1, Phase 2 Recruiting Industry

A Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of A2B395, an Allogeneic Logic-gated CAR T, in Participants With Solid Tumors That Express EGFR and Have Lost HLA-A*02 Expression

The goal of this study is to test A2B395, an allogeneic logic-gated Tmod™ CAR T-cell product in subjects with solid tumors including colorectal cancer (CRC), non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC)…

Sponsor: A2 Biotherapeutics Inc.
NCT ID: NCT06682793
Sites in New York:
  • NYU Langone Health — New York, New York
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Phase 2 Recruiting Industry

Ph1b/2 Study of the Safety and Efficacy of T-DXd Combinations in Advanced HER2-expressing Gastric Cancer (DESTINY-Gastric03)

DESTINY-Gastric03 will investigate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, immunogenicity, and preliminary antitumor activity of trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd) alone or in combination with chemotherapy and/or immunotherapy in HER2-expr…

Sponsor: AstraZeneca
NCT ID: NCT04379596
Sites in New York:
  • Research Site — New York, New York
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Phase 2 Recruiting Industry

Treatment of Radiation and Cisplatin Induced Toxicities with Tempol

A 10 week trial to assess the ability of Tempol to prevent and/or reduce toxicities associated with cisplatin and radiation treatment in head and neck cancer patients. Over the course of the 10 week trial, mucositis, nephrotoxicity, and ot…

Sponsor: Matrix Biomed, Inc.
NCT ID: NCT03480971
Sites in New York:
  • Montefiore Medical Center-Einstein Campus — The Bronx, New York
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Phase 2 Recruiting Academic/Other

A Study of Sacituzumab Govitecan in Combination With Cetuximab in People With Head and Neck Squamous Cell Cancer (HNSCC)

The purpose of this study to find out whether sacituzumab govitecan in combination with cetuximab is an effective and safe treatment approach for people with recurrent and/or metastatic head and neck squamous cell cancer (HNSCC).

Sponsor: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
NCT ID: NCT07063212
Sites in New York:
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Suffolk- Commack (Limited Protocol Activities) — Commack, New York
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester (All Protocol Activities) — Harrison, New York
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (All Protocol Activites) — New York, New York
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau (Limited Protocol Activities) — Uniondale, New York
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Phase 2 Recruiting Academic/Other

A Study of Reduced Radiation Therapy and Standard-of-Care Chemotherapy in People With HPV-Positive Throat Cancer

The purpose of this study is to find out if lower doses of radiation may help reduce the side effects of radiation therapy in combination with standard-of-care chemotherapy in people with HPV-positive throat cancer. The chemotherapy drugs …

Sponsor: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
NCT ID: NCT05491512
Sites in New York:
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center at Suffolk-Commack (Limited Protocol Activities) — Commack, New York
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester (Limited Protocol Activities) — Harrison, New York
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (All Protocol Activities) — New York, New York
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau (Limited Protocol Activities) — Uniondale, New York
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Source: ClinicalTrials.gov API v2 · Last checked: 2026-08-10