Summary: This study will test the safety of a drug called SGN-PDL1V in participants with solid tumors. It will also study the side effects of this drug. A side effect is anything a drug does to your body besides treating your disease.~Participants will have solid tumor cancer that has spread through the body (metastatic) or cannot be removed with surgery (unresectable).~This study will have three parts. Pa...

Summary: Laryngeal cancer is responsible for 2-5% of all new cancer cases worldwide. Squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx (LSCC) is the most common malignant tumor of the larynx, accounting for 85-90% of all laryngeal malignancies.~Despite significant therapeutic developments in recent decades, increases in patients' 5-year survival rates are still minimal , which is likely due to late-stage diagnosis and...

Summary: In the current protocol, we propose a study to evaluate a novel, combined esophageal sponge-methylation biomarker strategy for the early detection of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) as well as its precursor, esophageal squamous dysplasia (ESD). This strategy leverages the 'EsophaCap', a swallowable, retrievable sponge, with subsequent evaluation of the sample using a novel molecular biom...

Summary: Oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC), commonly known as throat cancer or tonsil cancer, has seen a dramatic rise in incidence over the last twenty years. There are two types of OPSCC: human papillomavirus-positive (HPV+) and human papillomavirus-negative (HPV-). People with OPSCC, regardless of their type, typically receive standard treatment with a combination of chemotherapy, radiation ...

Summary: The study is phase II, open label, clinical trial of the Combination of GX-188E Vaccination, GX-I7 and Pembrolizumab in Patients With Advanced, Non-Resectable HPV Type 16 and/or 18 Positive Head and Neck Cancer

Summary: This study builds on the results of several prior studies that we have been involved with to test the hypothesis that Risk-Adapted De-Intensification of Radiation Therapy and chemotherapy based on HPV subtype, plasma circulating free HPV DNA (cfHPV DNA) level, and cfHPV DNA clearance rate produces Local-Regional Control rates that are similar to what has been achieved with more aggressive therapy ...

Summary: This phase I trial is to find out the possible side effects of pembrolizumab and radiation therapy before and during surgery in treating patients with head and neck squamous cell cancer that remains despite treatment (persistent) or has come back (recurrent). Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as pembrolizumab, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with...

Summary: The purpose of this research study is to find out what effects, good and/or bad, topical application of the drug Aldara will have on patients and on their oral cancer. Aldara is a drug that activates toll-like receptor (TLR) in oral cancer cells causing self-destruction of tumor cells. It also activates immune cells to attack and eliminate cancer cells. Aldara is currently approved by the Food and...

Summary: 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 cycl...

Summary: The purpose of this clinical research study is to study safety and efficacy of orally administered APG-157 as the neoadjuvant/induction therapy in newly diagnosed, locally advanced patients with Head & Neck Cancer of oral cavity and/or oropharynx.~The study hypothesis is that neoadjuvant use of APG-157 will reduce the tumor burden prior to any definitive therapy to improve the outcomes over curren...

Summary: Previous work by a number of scientific teams has revealed that the types of bacteria that colonize the mouth differ between health and pre-cancerous or cancerous oral lesions. The purpose of this study is to investigate the extent of these changes and to correlate the changes with alterations in the activities of the host's own oral tissues. In doing so, we believe we can gain a better understand...

Summary: This phase II trial compares the effect of adding ipatasertib to pembrolizumab (standard immunotherapy) vs. pembrolizumab alone in treating patients with squamous cell cancer of the head and neck that has come back (recurrent) or has spread to other places in the body (metastatic). Ipatasertib is in a class of medications called protein kinase B (AKT) inhibitors. It may stop the growth of tumor ce...