Spots Global Cancer Trial Database for Dendritic Cell Vaccine for Head and Neck Cancer

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Trial Identification

Brief Title: Dendritic Cell Vaccine for Head and Neck Cancer

Official Title: 0608 GCC:Phase I Study of Intra-tumoral Injection of Dendritic Cells for the Recurrent or Metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck

Study ID: NCT00492947

Conditions

Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck

Interventions

dendritic cell vaccine

Study Description

Brief Summary: This research study is testing a new treatment of cancer of the head and neck. Purpose This research study is being done to: 1. Test the safety of the experimental cancer vaccine made of dendritic cells. An experimental vaccine is one that is not approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). 2. To learn what effects (good and bad) the vaccine will have on you and your head and neck cancer. 3. To learn if the vaccine will stimulate your body's white blood cells, which are part of your immune system (your body's natural defense system).

Detailed Description: White blood cells are part of the body's defense system. Sometimes when you have cancer, your body does not know that the cancer cells are making you sick. We hope to teach your white blood cells to find and destroy your cancer cells with a vaccine. The vaccine will be made from a special kind of blood cell called a dendritic cell. This is the cell that will carry the information about your cancer to your white blood cells in your body.