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Oral Cancer: early-phase trial registry

9 of 18 indexed Oral Cancer trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 1-2.

Corpus placement: #953 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.

18 US clinical trials · 9 currently recruiting · #953 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count

Oral Cancer: 18 US clinical trials tracked, 9 recruiting.

Oral Cancer is the subject of 18 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 9 of them currently open to new participants. 0 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 6 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, running 2 of these trials.

Enrollment posture brief

Registry condition oral-cancer

OPEN 9 | RECR 50% | LATE 0 | EARLY 6 | RANK #953 | SPON 2

Nearest open-share peer: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms (50% recruiting · 6 trials)

Oral Cancer (this)50%Arrhythmias, Cardiac27.8%Androgenetic Alopecia16.7%Anemia, Sickle Cell16.7%Acquired Immunodeficiency Sy5.6%
Open-enrollment share among volume-matched conditions near Oral Cancer

Oral Cancer lists 9 open slots (50% of 18 indexed trials). Peers are matched on registered volume, not therapeutic-area browse lists. How peer matching works →

Key findings

What ClinicalTrials.gov does not surface for Oral Cancer on its own pages , computed from the registry mirror as of 2026-08-08. Each line carries its own denominator so it can be quoted as it stands.

  1. Oral Cancer is recruiting above its size-band peers.

    9 of 18 indexed trials (50%) are open to enrollment, against a 46.5% average across 27,806 conditions with fewer than 20 trials. The peer set uses the same ClinicalTrials.gov-derived counts as this page.

  2. Sponsorship of Oral Cancer trials is spread across many organizations.

    UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center accounts for 2 of 18 trials (11.1%). 16 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.

  3. Most Oral Cancer trials plan to enrol fewer than 100 people.

    Median target enrolment is 55 among the 18 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 13 of those (72.2%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.

  4. Oral Cancer research is mostly interventional.

    14 interventional and 4 observational studies make up this index (77.8% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Phase 12Phase 24

Open and recent trials

18 total, page 1 of 1

RECRUITING 1,000 participants

Clinical and Molecular Features of Oral Premalignancy and Oral Cancer

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT06550050

RECRUITING NA 200 participants

Surgeon-performed Ultrasound for Real-time Guidance In Oral Cancer Surgeries - A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial

Tobias Todsen

NCT07203911

RECRUITING NA 80 participants

Defining TRPV4 Contribution of Schwann Cells to Oral Cancer Pain

New York University

NCT07095608

RECRUITING 60 participants

Microbiome in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

University of Colorado, Denver

NCT05837221

RECRUITING NA 60 participants

Enhancing Oral Cancer Awareness

Virginia Commonwealth University

NCT06682494

RECRUITING 40 participants

Defining Mechanisms of Surgical Site Infection After Oral Cancer Surgery

Medical College of Wisconsin

NCT06681935

RECRUITING NA 40 participants

Prosthesis Guided Speech Rehabilitation of T1/T2 Cancers of the Tongue

University of Michigan

NCT02584270

RECRUITING NA 40 participants

Tongue Proactive Strengthening Exercise Program Following Partial/Hemi Glossectomy and Reconstruction

Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

NCT07110142

RECRUITING Phase 2 30 participants

Antibiotic Treatment Effects on Intratumoral Bacteria Modulation in Surgical Patients With Oral Cancer

Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

NCT06627270

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 643 participants

Enhancing Self Care Among Oral Cancer Survivors: The Empowered Survival Trial

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

NCT04713449

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 126 participants

Chemoradiation vs Immunotherapy and Radiation for Head and Neck Cancer

Loren Mell, MD

NCT03383094

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 39 participants

Carboplatin, Nab-Paclitaxel, Durvalumab Before Surgery and Adjuvant Therapy in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

NCT03174275

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 36 participants

The Use of Functional Confections in Promoting Oral Health

Ohio State University

NCT01514552

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 18 participants

Durvalumab With Radiotherapy for Adjuvant Treatment of Intermediate Risk SCCHN

UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

NCT03529422

COMPLETED NA 1,053 participants

Evaluations of Alcohol Warning Labels

University of Connecticut

NCT06129487

COMPLETED Phase 1 55 participants

A Study of the Effects of PEITC on Oral Cells With Mutant p53

Georgetown University

NCT01790204

COMPLETED NA 53 participants

Low-Cost, Portable Flexible Nasopharyngoscope in Head & Neck Cancers in Low Resource Settings - Optimization Phase

Duke University

NCT04905134

COMPLETED 50 participants

Cigarette Smoking and Oral Microbiota

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT01862809

Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 2
Phase 2 4

Named interventions

Most-linked intervention names on Oral Cancer records (sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov). Counts are trial links, not unique products.

Durvalumab Drug
2 trials
Cisplatin Drug
2 trials
Non-narrative pictorial warning labels for alcoholic beverages Behavioral
1 trials
Narrative pictorial warning labels for alcoholic beverages Behavioral
1 trials
Watercress Juice Dietary supplement
1 trials
Nasopharyngoscope Device
1 trials
Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy Treatments Radiation
1 trials
Springboard Beyond Cancer Other
1 trials

US sites by state

Facility locations filed on Oral Cancer trials. A trial with sites in several states counts in each.

Ohio 4 trials
North Carolina 3 trials
Tennessee 2 trials
New York 2 trials
California 2 trials
Wisconsin 1 trials
Virginia 1 trials
Texas 1 trials

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, National Library of Medicine. Data is informational only.

What to do with this Oral Cancer page

18 registered trials, 9 currently recruiting, is a starting point for a conversation, not a diagnosis or a recommendation.

Trial and recruiting counts reflect ClinicalTrials.gov registry status as of the data vintage above; individual trial eligibility and enrollment status can change.

Every figure on PlainTrial is rendered directly from the ClinicalTrials.gov registry, no number is typed in by an editor. This Oral Cancer condition card totals 18 registered trials; most-linked intervention Durvalumab; top US site state Ohio. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.