Spots Global Cancer Trial Database for Screening Trial of Nivolumab With Image Guided, Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) Versus Nivolumab Alone in Patients With Metastatic Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC)

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Trial Identification

Brief Title: Screening Trial of Nivolumab With Image Guided, Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) Versus Nivolumab Alone in Patients With Metastatic Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC)

Official Title: A Phase II Randomized Controlled Screening Trial of Nivolumab With Image Guided, Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) Versus Nivolumab Alone in Patients With Metastatic Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC)

Study ID: NCT02684253

Conditions

Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC)

Interventions

Nivolumab

Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT)

Study Description

Brief Summary: Nivolumab is an antibody (a type of human protein) that is designed to boost your body's immune system. It does this by allowing immune cells to grow and fight the cancer. Nivolumab has been approved by the FDA for the treatment of melanoma (a form of skin cancer) and lung cancer. It is currently under study for the treatment of head and neck squamous cell cancer.

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