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Head and Neck Neoplasms clinical trials

The registry lists 2,713 studies for Head and Neck Neoplasms across more than 10 countries. 596 are recruiting or about to start. 1,516 of them are mainly about Head and Neck Neoplasms (how this is decided). Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-11-12. Counting its 24 narrower conditions too, such as Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck: 8,917 studies, 2,531 open.

ClinicalTrials.gov finds 8,814 studies for Head and Neck Neoplasms. How that becomes 2,709 here

This page counts the studies the registry files under Head and Neck Neoplasms, and those it files under no condition that list Head and Neck Neoplasmsthemselves. Each study its search finds is placed by how the registry filed it and by the conditions it lists. ClinicalTrials.gov counts as of Nov 8, 2026. How condition pages count

  1. 8,814Found by its condition searchIt reads the conditions a study lists and their synonyms, and also titles and keywords.
  2. −5,673Filed under a narrower condition, counted on its own pageEsophageal Neoplasms 1,708 · Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck 1,314 · Thyroid Neoplasms 644 · Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma 601 · Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma 430 · Mouth Neoplasms 215 · 15 more
  3. −32List Head and Neck Neoplasms as a condition, but the registry did not file them under itMost often written as “Head and Neck Cancer Squamous Cell Carcinoma” (7), “Squamous Cell Cancer of Head and Neck (SCCHN)” (5), and “Squamous Cell Cancer of Head and Neck” (3). The registry filed 21 of them under no condition at all, and the others under other conditions only, most often Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung (5) and Melanoma (5).
  4. −400Match it another way196 name it in the title, 2 in a keyword, and 202 by a synonym or other text the search reads.
  5. 2,709The count on this page

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Status

Completed
1,321
Recruiting
453
Terminated
281
Status unknown
247
Active, not recruiting
151
Not yet recruiting
126

Phase

Phase 2
835
Phase 1
527
Phase 3
209
Early Phase 1
58
Phase 4
45

Where

United States
1,315
France
236
Canada
202
China
172
United Kingdom
151
Italy
133

Who runs them

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center (74) · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (52) · National Cancer Institute (NCI) (35) · Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (30) · University Health Network, Toronto (30) · Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (27) · Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (27) · University of Chicago (27)

What is being tested here

Drugs under test in Head and Neck Neoplasms studies, those with the most open studies first. Medicines only given beside them are not counted. How drugs are counted

DrugOpenPhase 3All
Cisplatin1114127
Pembrolizumab10637
Paclitaxel8461
Carboplatin7339
Toripalimab509
Fluorouracil41044
Nimotuzumab439
Ficerafusp alfa414
Docetaxel3668
Panitumumab3214

Drug classes tested here Immune checkpoint inhibitors 40 open · Antimitotic agents 12 open · Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) 8 open · Antimetabolites 7 open · NSAIDs 4 open

Coming up

44phase 3 studies under way
217studies finish main data collection within a year8 of them phase 3

Studies recruiting or running, from their records. “Main data collection” ends at the primary completion date, the sponsor’s own estimate, which often moves.

The 10 nearest, phase 3 first

Who these studies take

Of the 453 Head and Neck Neoplasms studies recruiting now, 345 (76%) set no upper age limit and 51 (11%) stop at 75 or younger. 21 (5%) take children under 18. 1 (<1%) are for women only and 0 (0%) for men only; 27 (6%) take healthy volunteers.

Recruiting studies that take each age, of 453
AgeWomenMen
1016 (4%)15 (3%)
18427 (94%)426 (94%)
30447 (99%)446 (98%)
40448 (99%)447 (99%)
50448 (99%)447 (99%)
65448 (99%)447 (99%)
75440 (97%)439 (97%)
85373 (82%)372 (82%)

Across all 2,713 studies, recruiting or not: 10% stop at 75 or younger and 2% at 65; 6% take children; <1% are for women only and <1% for men only; 5% take healthy volunteers. From each study’s registry entry; the criteria on its page decide.

How long Head and Neck Neoplasms studies take

Of 259 phase 2 interventional studies under Head and Neck Neoplasms, half reached primary completion within 51 months of starting, counting those still running.

Start to primary completionEvery sponsorIndustryNon-industry
Phase 145 mo31–65 · 176 studies45 mo29–66 · 86 studies42 mo32–63 · 90 studies
Phase 1/254 mo41–79 · 90 studies55 mo44–78 · 51 studies54 mo31–97 · 39 studies
Phase 251 mo30–76 · 259 studies32 mo20–45 · 44 studies57 mo37–84 · 215 studies
Phase 361 mo34–100 · 66 studies—76 mo53–108 · 48 studies
Interventional, no phase32 mo18–70 · 455 studies—33 mo18–71 · 437 studies
Observational71 mo29–144 · 237 studies—71 mo28–144 · 215 studies

Each figure is the month by which half the studies had reached primary completion, with the range in which the middle half did. Studies still running count until their last registry update; studies that stopped early are left out. Phase 1 includes early phase 1; observational means prospective or not stated, as retrospective and cross-sectional studies date a window of data rather than a study. How these figures are worked out

What changed recently

From the registry's own updates since Oct 14, 2026.

Started recruiting12

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Results posted1

Stopped2

Newly registered24

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Studies

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