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Androgen Deprivation Therapy (ADT) and Pembrolizumab for Advanced Stage Androgen Receptor-positive Salivary Gland Carcinoma

Is NCT03942653 recruiting? Yes, currently enrolling (May 2026). This Phase 2 trial studies multiple treatments including Goserelin Acetate and Pembrolizumab for salivary gland carcinoma.

Phase 2RecruitingManish PatelNCT03942653Data as of May 2026

Treatment: Goserelin Acetate · PembrolizumabA Phase II, multi-center, single-arm, non-blinded study combining androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) and pembrolizumab for patients with metastatic or locally recurrent androgen receptor-positive salivary gland carcinoma, not amenable to surgery or radiation.

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Extracted eligibility criteria

Cancer type

Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Biomarker criteria

Required: AR overexpression (IHC ≥ 20% tumor cells positive with moderate intensity (1+ or greater))

androgen receptor-positive salivary gland carcinoma...AR positivity will be defined according to IHC staining of tumor tissue with at least 20% of tumor staining positive with moderate intensity (1+ or greater)

Performance status

ECOG 0–1(Restricted strenuous activity)

Prior therapy

Cannot have received: anti-PD-1/PD-L1/PD-L2 or co-inhibitory T-cell receptor therapy

Has received prior therapy with an anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, or anti-PD-L2 agent or with an agent directed to another stimulatory or co-inhibitory T-cell receptor (eg, CTLA-4, OX40, CD137)

Cannot have received: androgen deprivation therapy (orchiectomy, gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists/antagonists, androgen receptor blocker, abiraterone, enzalutamide)

Has received prior androgen deprivation therapy including orchiectomy, gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists/antagonists, androgen receptor blocker, abiraterone, or enzalutamide

Cannot have received: systemic anti-cancer therapy

Exception: within 14 days prior to registration

Has received prior systemic anti-cancer therapy including investigational agents within 14 days prior to registration

Cannot have received: palliative radiotherapy

Exception: within 7 days of start of study treatment

Has received prior palliative radiotherapy within 7 days of start of study treatment

Lab requirements

Blood counts

Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥1500/µL; Platelets ≥100,000/µL; Hemoglobin ≥9.0 g/dL or ≥5.6 mmol/L

Kidney function

Creatinine ≤1.5 × ULN OR measured/calculated creatinine clearance ≥30 mL/min for participant with creatinine levels >1.5 × institutional ULN

Liver function

Total bilirubin ≤1.5 ×ULN OR direct bilirubin ≤ULN for participants with total bilirubin levels >1.5 × ULN; AST (SGOT) and ALT (SGPT) ≤2.5 × ULN (≤5 × ULN for participants with liver metastases)

Adequate organ function as defined below; all screening labs to be obtained within 28 days prior to registration.

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US trial sites

  • Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine · Chicago, Illinois
  • University of Illinois Cancer Center · Chicago, Illinois
  • University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics · Iowa City, Iowa
  • Univeristy of Maryland · Baltimore, Maryland
  • University of Michigan Health System · Ann Arbor, Michigan

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