New gel could slash facial skin cancers in rare genetic condition

NCT ID NCT06050122

First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This Phase 3 study tests whether a gel containing patidegib can lower the number of new basal cell carcinomas (a type of skin cancer) on the face of adults with Gorlin syndrome. Participants apply the gel or a placebo to their face twice daily for a year. The study will compare how many new cancers appear between the two groups.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance

Patidegib gel 2%

What this could lead to

If it works, this could provide a topical treatment to reduce the number of new skin cancers on the face for people with Gorlin syndrome.

What could go wrong

This is a relatively small Phase 3 trial (140 people). The gel may not significantly reduce new BCCs compared to placebo, and long-term safety is not yet established.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • AOU Maggiore della Carita

    Novara, Italy

  • ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia

    Brescia, Italy

  • Apex Clinical Research Center

    Canton, Ohio, 44718, United States

  • Apex Clinical Research Center

    Mayfield Heights, Ohio, 44124, United States

  • Barts Health NHS Trust - The Royal London Hospital

    London, United Kingdom

  • Center for Dermatology Clinical Research

    Fremont, California, 94538, United States

  • Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud

    Pierre-Bénite, France

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Nantes

    Nantes, France

  • Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin - Campus Charité Mitte

    Berlin, Germany

  • Cleveland Clinic - Main Campus

    Cleveland, Ohio, 44195, United States

  • DRK Gemeinnützige Krankenhaus GmbH Sachsen

    Chemnitz, Germany

  • Dermatology Associates of Tallahassee

    Tallahassee, Florida, 32308, United States

  • Duke University Health System

    Durham, North Carolina, 27710, United States

  • Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS

    Rome, Italy

  • Hopital Avicenne

    Bobigny, France

  • Hospital Clinic Barcelona

    Barcelona, Spain

  • Hospital Universitartio 12 De Octubre

    Madrid, Spain

  • Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau

    Barcelona, Spain

  • Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen (LMU) - Klinik und Poliklinik fuer Dermatologie und Allergologie

    Munich, Bavaria, Germany

  • Maastricht University Medical Center

    Maastricht, Netherlands

  • MediSearch Clinical Trials

    Saint Joseph, Missouri, 64506, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    New York, New York, 10065, United States

  • Minnesota Clinical Study Center

    New Brighton, Minnesota, 55112, United States

  • North Texas Center for Clinical Research

    Frisco, Texas, 75034, United States

  • Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

    Salford, United Kingdom

  • Northwest Arkansas Clinical Trials Center

    Rogers, Arkansas, 72758, United States

  • Oregon Health and Science University

    Portland, Oregon, 97239, United States

  • Penn State Hershey Medical Center

    Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, United States

  • SSM Health Dermatology

    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73102, United States

  • Schweiger Dermatology P.C.

    Verona, New Jersey, 07044, United States

  • Stanford University - Lucille Packard's Children's Hospital

    Redwood City, California, 94063, United States

  • The Dermatology Center of Newport

    Newport Beach, California, 92660, United States

  • The Johns Hopkins Hospital

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21287-0006, United States

  • The University of Birmingham

    Birmingham, United Kingdom

  • The University of Chicago Medicine

    Chicago, Illinois, 60637, United States

  • The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

    Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

  • University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) - Center for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases - Westwood Location

    Los Angeles, California, 90024, United States

  • University of Michigan Health - Michigan Medicine - University Hospital

    Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, United States

  • University of South Florida Health

    Tampa, Florida, 33612, United States

  • Yale University

    New Haven, Connecticut, 06519, United States