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Brief Title: Gene Therapy in Treating Patients With Unresectable, Recurrent, or Refractory Head and Neck Cancer
Official Title: A Multi-Center, Open-Label, Multiple Administration, Rising Dose Study of the Safety, Tolerability, and Efficacy of IL-12 Gene Medicine in Patients With Unresectable or Recurrent/Refractory Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck (SCCHN)
Study ID: NCT00004070
Brief Summary: Participant with squamous cell cancer of head and neck are invited to participate in this study. In this study the investigators will be Inserting the gene for interleukin-12 into a person's cancer cells with the anticipation to make the body build an immune response to kill more tumor cells.
Detailed Description: This is a Phase I/II trial to study the effectiveness of gene therapy in treating patients who have unresectable, recurrent, or refractory head and neck cancer.
Minimum Age: 18 Years
Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: ALL
Healthy Volunteers: No
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Name: A. Dimitrios Colevas, MD
Affiliation: NCI-Investigational Drug Branch
Role: STUDY_CHAIR