Drug shrinks tumors before surgery in skin cancer trial

NCT ID NCT04154943

Summary

This study tested whether giving an immunotherapy drug called cemiplimab to patients before surgery could help shrink their advanced skin cancer tumors. The goal was to see if this approach led to better surgical outcomes and longer survival. The trial involved 79 patients with a type of skin cancer called cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma that had not spread to other organs.

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Locations

  • Regeneron Study Site

    Palo Alto, California, 94304, United States

  • Regeneron Study Site

    Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20037, United States

  • Regeneron Study Site

    Miami, Florida, 33176, United States

  • Regeneron Study Site

    Tampa, Florida, 33612, United States

  • Regeneron Study Site

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21231, United States

  • Regeneron Study Site

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States

  • Regeneron Study Site

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States

  • Regeneron Study Site

    Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, United States

  • Regeneron Study Site

    Omaha, Nebraska, 68114, United States

  • Regeneron Study Site

    New York, New York, 10065, United States

  • Regeneron Study Site

    Charlotte, North Carolina, 28204, United States

  • Regeneron Study Site

    Durham, North Carolina, 27710, United States

  • Regeneron Study Site

    Cleveland, Ohio, 44195, United States

  • Regeneron Study Site

    Dallas, Texas, 75390, United States

  • Regeneron Study Site

    Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

  • Regeneron Study Site

    St Leonards, New South Wales, 2065, Australia

  • Regeneron Study Site

    Herston, Queensland, 4029, Australia

  • Regeneron Study Site

    Melbourne, Victoria, 3000, Australia

  • Regeneron Study Site

    Dresden, 01307, Germany

  • Regeneron Study Site

    Essen, 45147, Germany

  • Regeneron Study Site

    Kiel, 24105, Germany

  • Regeneron Study Site

    Tübingen, 72076, Germany

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