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Brief Title: PembROlizumab With or Without Microbial EcOsystem ThErapeutic 4 (MET4) in Advanced Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Official Title: A Phase II Study of PembROlizumab With or Without Microbial EcOsystem ThErapeutic 4 (MET4) in Advanced Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Study ID: NCT05743777
Brief Summary: The usual approach for patients who are not in a study is treatment with pembrolizumab, a type of immunotherapy drug. Immunotherapy works by allowing the immune system to detect your cancer and reactivate the immune response. This may help to slow down the growth of cancer and may cause cancer cells to die.
Detailed Description: This study is being done to answer the following question: Can the addition of a new treatment improve the cancer-shrinking ability of the usual treatment in patients with advanced head and neck cancer? This study is being done in order to find out if this approach is better or worse than the usual approach for advanced head and neck cancer. The usual approach is defined as the care most people get for advanced head and neck cancer.
Minimum Age: 18 Years
Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: ALL
Healthy Volunteers: No
Name: Anna Spreafico
Affiliation: University Health Network, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto ON Canada
Role: STUDY_CHAIR