PRINCETON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Advaxis, Inc., (NASDAQ:ADXS), a leader in developing the next generation of cancer immunotherapies, announced that the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS) will initiate a Phase 1/2 study of ADXS-HPV in 25 patients with Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)-positive head and neck cancer, a type of cancer which is increasing at an epidemic rate. This clinical trial will be the first study to evaluate the effects of ADXS-HPV in patients when they are initially diagnosed with HPV-associated head and neck cancer, prior to receiving any chemotherapy or radiation. This study will be an important first step toward understanding ADXS-HPV's potential to treat this type of cancer before chemotherapy and/or radiation and its potential to reduce the need for these treatments.
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