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FORM 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Report of Foreign Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of November 2016
Commission File Number:  001-11960
AstraZeneca PLC
 
1 Francis Crick Avenue
Cambridge Biomedical Campus
Cambridge CB2 0AA
 United Kingdom
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AstraZeneca PLC
 
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
 
1. AZ head and neck cancer trials resume enrolment dated 22nd November 2016
 
 22 November 2016, 07:00
 
 
ASTRAZENECA HEAD AND NECK CANCER TRIALS
RESUME NEW PATIENT ENROLMENT AS FDA LIFTS
PARTIAL CLINICAL HOLD
 
 
AstraZeneca today announced that the US FDA has lifted the partial clinical hold on the enrolment of new patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) for clinical trials of durvalumab as monotherapy and in combination with tremelimumab or other potential medicines.
The Phase III KESTREL trial has already re-opened for new patient enrolment at some clinical study sites and the EAGLE trial is expected to resume recruitment shortly, without amendments to either protocol. AstraZeneca will progressively resume enrolment for all HNSCC trials across the participating sites in the US and globally, subject to national health authority and ethics committee approval where required. The status of active recruitment will be reflected on clinicaltrials.gov in the coming days.
The partial clinical hold on new patient enrolment was communicated on 27 October, after preliminary findings from ongoing clinical trials related specifically to head and neck cancer. The FDA lifted the partial clinical hold following a review of the comprehensive analysis provided by AstraZeneca of bleeding events that were observed as part of the routine safety monitoring of the Phase III KESTREL and EAGLE trials.
Monitoring of safety signals is an integral part of the development process for new medicines. Bleeding is a known complication in treatments of head and neck cancers primarily due to the nature of the underlying disease, the proximity of tumours to major blood vessels and use of prior cancer therapies, which may involve surgery and radiation.
  
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SIGNATURES
 
 
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
 
                                                                                                        AstraZeneca PLC
 
 
 
 
Date: 22 November 2016
 
By:  /s/ Adrian Kemp
 
 
Name: Adrian Kemp
 
 
Title: Company Secretary