New approach: boosting immune system to fight skin cancer before surgery

NCT ID NCT04315701

Summary

This study is testing whether giving an immunotherapy drug called cemiplimab before surgery helps treat a type of skin cancer called cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma. The drug aims to help the patient's own immune system attack the cancer and shrink the tumor, potentially making surgery more effective. The trial involves about 35 adults with high-risk, recurrent, or regionally advanced skin cancer that is still considered removable by surgery.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Hoag Memorial Hospital

    Newport Beach, California, 92663, United States

  • Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center

    Los Angeles, California, 90033, United States

  • Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

    Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States

  • USC / Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Los Angeles, California, 90033, United States

  • University of Nebraska

    Omaha, Nebraska, 68198, United States

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