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 — Stella
Phase 2 — Testing in a larger group (up to a few hundred people) to further evaluate safety and begin to assess effectiveness.
(149 sites) United States
Arizona Center for Cancer Care - Gilbert, Gilbert, Arizona Arizona Center for Cancer Care-Peoria, Peoria, Arizona Arizona Center for Cancer Care - Phoenix, Phoenix, Arizona Arizona Center for Cancer Care - Scottsdale, Scottsdale, Arizona Arizona Center for Cancer Care-Surprise, Surprise, Arizona Arizona Center for Cancer Care, Tempe, Arizona NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital and Fowler Family Cancer Center - Jonesboro, Jonesboro, Arkansas Keck Medicine of USC Buena Park, Buena Park, California UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center, La Jolla, California Los Angeles General Medical Center, Los Angeles, California USC / Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California USC Norris Oncology/Hematology-Newport Beach, Newport Beach, California
Key details Enrollment target
~98 participants
Primary completion
January 2027
Age range
18 Years and older
Last updated April 2026
Interested in joining? UC San Diego Medical Center - Hillcrest, San Diego, California
Shaw Cancer Center, Edwards, Colorado George Washington University Medical Center, Washington D.C., District of Columbia Sarasota Memorial Hospital-Venice, N. Venice, Florida Moffitt Cancer Center at SouthShore, Ruskin, Florida Florida Cancer Specialists - Sarasota, Sarasota, Florida Florida Cancer Specialists - Sarasota Downtown, Sarasota, Florida Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Sarasota, Florida Sarasota Memorial Health Care Center at University Parkway, Sarasota, Florida Moffitt Cancer Center-International Plaza, Tampa, Florida Moffitt Cancer Center - McKinley Campus, Tampa, Florida Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida Florida Cancer Specialists - Venice Pinebrook, Venice, Florida Moffitt Cancer Center at Wesley Chapel, Wesley Chapel, Florida OSF Saint Joseph Medical Center, Bloomington, Illinois Illinois CancerCare-Bloomington, Bloomington, Illinois Illinois CancerCare-Canton, Canton, Illinois Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois Carle at The Riverfront, Danville, Illinois Northwestern Medicine Cancer Center Kishwaukee, DeKalb, Illinois Carle Physician Group-Effingham, Effingham, Illinois Illinois CancerCare-Eureka, Eureka, Illinois Illinois CancerCare-Galesburg, Galesburg, Illinois Northwestern Medicine Cancer Center Delnor, Geneva, Illinois Illinois CancerCare-Kewanee Clinic, Kewanee, Illinois Illinois CancerCare-Macomb, Macomb, Illinois Carle Physician Group-Mattoon/Charleston, Mattoon, Illinois Northwestern Medicine Orland Park, Orland Park, Illinois Illinois CancerCare-Ottawa Clinic, Ottawa, Illinois Illinois CancerCare-Pekin, Pekin, Illinois Illinois CancerCare-Peoria, Peoria, Illinois OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, Peoria, Illinois Illinois CancerCare-Peru, Peru, Illinois Illinois CancerCare-Princeton, Princeton, Illinois Carle Cancer Center, Urbana, Illinois Northwestern Medicine Cancer Center Warrenville, Warrenville, Illinois Illinois CancerCare - Washington, Washington, Illinois McFarland Clinic - Ames, Ames, Iowa UI Health Care Mission Cancer and Blood - Ankeny Clinic, Ankeny, Iowa Mercy Hospital, Cedar Rapids, Iowa Oncology Associates at Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids, Iowa UI Health Care Mission Cancer and Blood - West Des Moines Clinic, Clive, Iowa Iowa Methodist Medical Center, Des Moines, Iowa UI Health Care Mission Cancer and Blood - Des Moines Clinic, Des Moines, Iowa Mercy Medical Center - Des Moines, Des Moines, Iowa UI Health Care Mission Cancer and Blood - Laurel Clinic, Des Moines, Iowa University of Iowa/Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, Iowa City, Iowa UI Health Care Mission Cancer and Blood - Waukee Clinic, Waukee, Iowa University of Kansas Cancer Center, Kansas City, Kansas Salina Regional Health Center, Salina, Kansas University of Kansas Hospital-Westwood Cancer Center, Westwood, Kansas Baptist Health Hardin, Elizabethtown, Kentucky Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts McLaren Cancer Institute-Bay City, Bay City, Michigan McLaren Cancer Institute-Clarkston, Clarkston, Michigan Wayne State University/Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, Michigan Weisberg Cancer Treatment Center, Farmington Hills, Michigan McLaren Cancer Institute-Flint, Flint, Michigan Karmanos Cancer Institute at McLaren Greater Lansing, Lansing, Michigan McLaren Cancer Institute-Lapeer Region, Lapeer, Michigan McLaren Cancer Institute-Macomb, Mount Clemens, Michigan McLaren Cancer Institute-Central Michigan, Mount Pleasant, Michigan McLaren Cancer Institute-Northern Michigan, Petoskey, Michigan McLaren-Port Huron, Port Huron, Michigan Miller-Dwan Hospital, Duluth, Minnesota Baptist Memorial Hospital and Cancer Center-Golden Triangle, Columbus, Mississippi Baptist Cancer Center-Grenada, Grenada, Mississippi Baptist Memorial Hospital and Cancer Center-Union County, New Albany, Mississippi Baptist Memorial Hospital and Cancer Center-Oxford, Oxford, Mississippi Baptist Memorial Hospital and Cancer Center-Desoto, Southhaven, Mississippi Saint Francis Medical Center, Cape Girardeau, Missouri Lake Regional Hospital, Osage Beach, Missouri Renown Regional Medical Center, Reno, Nevada Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center/Dartmouth Cancer Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire University of New Mexico Cancer Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico Montefiore Medical Center-Einstein Campus, The Bronx, New York Montefiore Medical Center - Moses Campus, The Bronx, New York Atrium Health Stanly/LCI-Albemarle, Albemarle, North Carolina Carolinas Medical Center/Levine Cancer Institute, Charlotte, North Carolina Atrium Health Pineville/LCI-Pineville, Charlotte, North Carolina Atrium Health University City/LCI-University, Charlotte, North Carolina Atrium Health Cabarrus/LCI-Concord, Concord, North Carolina Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina CaroMont Regional Medical Center, Gastonia, North Carolina Levine Cancer Institute-Gaston, Gastonia, North Carolina Hayworth Cancer Center, High Point, North Carolina Atrium Health Union/LCI-Union, Monroe, North Carolina Atrium Health Cleveland/LCI-Cleveland, Shelby, North Carolina Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, North Carolina Summa Health System - Akron Campus, Akron, Ohio Aultman Health Foundation, Canton, Ohio University of Cincinnati Cancer Center-UC Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, Ohio University of Cincinnati Cancer Center-West Chester, West Chester, Ohio University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Chambersburg Hospital, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania Ephrata Cancer Center, Ephrata, Pennsylvania UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania UPMC Cancer Center at UPMC Horizon, Farrell, Pennsylvania Adams Cancer Center, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania UPMC Pinnacle Cancer Center/Community Osteopathic Campus, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania Sechler Family Cancer Center, Lebanon, Pennsylvania UPMC Hillman Cancer Center at Rocco And Nancy Ortenzio Cancer Pavilion, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania UPMC Cancer Center - Monroeville, Monroeville, Pennsylvania UPMC Hillman Cancer Center - Monroeville, Monroeville, Pennsylvania UPMC Hillman Cancer Center - New Castle, New Castle, Pennsylvania UPMC-Saint Margaret, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania UPMC-Shadyside Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania UPMC-Passavant Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania UPMC-Saint Clair Hospital Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania WellSpan Health-York Cancer Center, York, Pennsylvania Lancaster Radiation Therapy Center, Lancaster, South Carolina Rock Hill Radiation Therapy Center, Rock Hill, South Carolina Levine Cancer Institute-Rock Hill, Rock Hill, South Carolina Baptist Memorial Hospital and Cancer Center-Collierville, Collierville, Tennessee University of Tennessee - Knoxville, Knoxville, Tennessee Baptist Memorial Hospital and Cancer Center-Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee Dartmouth Cancer Center - North, Saint Johnsbury, Vermont VCU Massey Cancer Center at Stony Point, Richmond, Virginia VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center, Richmond, Virginia Langlade Hospital and Cancer Center, Antigo, Wisconsin Northwest Wisconsin Cancer Center, Ashland, Wisconsin Froedtert Menomonee Falls Hospital, Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Zablocki Veterans Administration Medical Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin ProHealth D N Greenwald Center, Mukwonago, Wisconsin Drexel Town Square Health Center, Oak Creek, Wisconsin ProHealth Oconomowoc Memorial Hospital, Oconomowoc, Wisconsin Aspirus Cancer Care - James Beck Cancer Center, Rhinelander, Wisconsin Aspirus Cancer Care - Stevens Point, Stevens Point, Wisconsin UW Cancer Center at ProHealth Care, Waukesha, Wisconsin Aspirus Regional Cancer Center, Wausau, Wisconsin Froedtert West Bend Hospital/Kraemer Cancer Center, West Bend, Wisconsin Aspirus Cancer Care - Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin