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Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma: early-phase trial registry

7 of 9 indexed Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 1-2.

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9 US clinical trials · 7 currently recruiting · #1,916 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count

Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma: 9 US clinical trials tracked, 7 recruiting.

Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma is the subject of 9 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 7 of them currently open to new participants. 0 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 8 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is NRG Oncology, running 2 of these trials.

Enrollment posture brief

Registry condition oral-cavity-squamous-cell-carcinoma

OPEN 7 | RECR 78% | LATE 0 | EARLY 8 | RANK #1916 | SPON 2

Nearest open-share peer: Advanced Colorectal Carcinoma (78% recruiting · 9 trials)

Oral Cavity Squamous Cel (th…78%Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia55.6%Acute Respiratory Distress S55.6%Acute Otitis Media22.2%Acute Heart Failure11.1%
Open-enrollment share among volume-matched conditions near Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma lists 7 open slots (78% of 9 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 Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma 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 Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma is recruiting above its size-band peers.

    7 of 9 indexed trials (77.8%) 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. One sponsor concentrates Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma research.

    NRG Oncology accounts for 2 of 9 trials (22.2%). 8 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.

  3. Most Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma trials plan to enrol fewer than 100 people.

    Median target enrolment is 45 among the 9 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 8 of those (88.9%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.

  4. Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma research is mostly interventional.

    8 interventional and 1 observational studies make up this index (88.9% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Phase 11Phase 27

Open and recent trials

9 total, page 1 of 1

RECRUITING Phase 2 686 participants

Comparing Sentinel Lymph Node (SLN) Biopsy With Standard Neck Dissection for Patients With Early-Stage Oral Cavity Cancer

NRG Oncology

NCT04333537

RECRUITING Phase 2 98 participants

Testing the Addition of the Drug BMX-001, a Radioprotector, or a Placebo to the Usual Chemoradiation Therapy for Patients With Head and Neck Cancer

NRG Oncology

NCT06532279

RECRUITING Phase 2 50 participants

Personalized Neck Radiation Therapy Directed by Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for the Treatment of Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma, PRECEDENT Trial

University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center

NCT07121595

RECRUITING Phase 2 44 participants

Testing Whether Cemiplimab (REGN2810) Plus CDX-1140 Given Prior to Surgery Are Better Than Cemiplimab (REGN2810) Alone in Patients With Stage III-IV Head and Neck Cancer

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT06980038

RECRUITING Phase 1 40 participants

Nisin in Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma (OCSCC)

University of California, San Francisco

NCT06097468

RECRUITING Phase 2 32 participants

First Line Weekly Chemo/Immunotherapy for Metastatic Head/Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Patients

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

NCT04858269

RECRUITING Phase 2 29 participants

Phase 2 Trial of Neoadjuvant and Adjuvant Tiragolumab Plus Atezolizumab in Patients With Newly Diagnosed PD-L1 CPS Positive Resectable Stage 3-4 Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma (OCSCC).

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT05681039

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 45 participants

Nivolumab and BMS986205 in Treating Patients With Stage II-IV Squamous Cell Cancer of the Head and Neck

Thomas Jefferson University

NCT03854032

COMPLETED 85 participants

Saliva-based Detection of CD44

Joseph Califano

NCT03148665

Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 1
Phase 2 7

Named interventions

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

Computed Tomography Procedure
4 trials
Biospecimen Collection Procedure
3 trials
Cisplatin Drug
2 trials
Carboplatin Drug
2 trials
OncAlert Device
1 trials
IDO1 Inhibitor BMS-986205 Biological
1 trials
Anti-CD40 Agonist Monoclonal Antibody CDX-1140 Biological
1 trials
Cisplatin Radiation
1 trials

US sites by state

Facility locations filed on Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma trials. A trial with sites in several states counts in each.

California 5 trials
Florida 2 trials
Arizona 2 trials
Arkansas 2 trials
Virginia 1 trials
Texas 1 trials
Pennsylvania 1 trials
Ohio 1 trials

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

What to do with this Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma page

9 registered trials, 7 currently recruiting, is a starting point for a conversation, not a diagnosis or a recommendation.

  • 7 Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma trials are currently recruiting, check eligibility criteria before contacting a site. Browse recruiting trials
  • NRG Oncology sponsors the most Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma trials on record, review their full trial history before evaluating a specific study. See NRG Oncology's trials
  • Bring the specific trial ID (NCT number) to your own doctor before enrolling, this page is a directory, not medical guidance. Read the trial-finding guide

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 Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma condition card totals 9 registered trials; most-linked intervention Computed Tomography; top US site state California. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.