New drug aims to stop aggressive skin Cancer's return

NCT ID NCT03969004

Summary

This study is testing whether a drug called cemiplimab can prevent a serious type of skin cancer from returning after initial treatment. It involves 415 people with high-risk cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma who have already had surgery and radiation. Participants receive either the active drug or a placebo (inactive substance) for about a year to see if it reduces the chance of the cancer coming back.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • A. Gemelli University Hospital, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

    Rome, 00168, Italy

  • ANIMI

    Lages, Santa Catarina, 88501-001, Brazil

  • AOU Citta della Salute e della Scienza di Torino

    Torino, 10126, Italy

  • ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII

    Bergamo, 24128, Italy

  • ASST Spedali Civili Brescia

    Brescia, 089263, Italy

  • Ashford Cancer Centre Research-Adelaide Cancer Centre

    Kurralta Park, South Australia, 5037, Australia

  • Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center

    Gilbert, Arizona, 85234, United States

  • Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre - Greater Glasgow Health Board

    Glasgow, G12 0YN, United Kingdom

  • Bendigo Health

    Bendigo, Victoria, 3550, Australia

  • CIC Cochin Pasteur, Hopital Cochin

    Paris, 7504, France

  • Cairns Hospital

    Cairns, Queensland, 4870, Australia

  • Calvary Mater Newcastle

    Waratah, New South Wales, 2298, Australia

  • Cancer Care Associates (CCA) Riverina Cancer Care Centre (RCCC)

    Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, 2650, Australia

  • Catalan institute of Oncology Badalona

    Badalona, 8916, Spain

  • Central Coast Cancer Centre-Gosford and Wyong Hospitals

    Gosford, New South Wales, 2250, Australia

  • Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud

    Pierre-Bénite, 69495, France

  • Centre Hospitalier Regional Universitaire de Lille - Hopital Claude Huriez

    Lille, 59037, France

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Dijon - Hopital du Bocage

    Dijon, Dijon Cedex, 21079, France

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Grenoble- Hopital Albert Michallon

    La Tronche, 38700, France

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes (CHU de Nantes) - Hopital Hotel Dieu

    Nantes, 44093, France

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice,Hopital l Archet

    Nice, 06202, France

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rouen-Hopital Charles Nicolle

    Rouen, 76031, France

  • Centre Leon-Berard (CLB) - Centre de Recherche en Cancerologie Lyon-Est (CRCL)

    Lyon, 69008, France

  • Centro De Novos Tratamentos Itajai

    Itajaí, Santa Catarina, 88301-220, Brazil

  • Centro Oncologico Mogi das Cruzes

    Mogi das Cruzes, São Paulo, 08730-500, Brazil

  • Centro de Pesquisa em Oncologia - Uniao Brasileira de Educacao e Assistencia Hospital Sao Lucas da PUCRS

    Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, 90610-000, Brazil

  • Charite- Universitaetsmedizin Berlin

    Berlin, 10117, Germany

  • Clinica Universidad de Navarra

    Madrid, 28027, Spain

  • Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc

    Brussels, 1200, Belgium

  • Coffs Harbour Health Campus

    Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, 2450, Australia

  • Columbia University

    New York, New York, 10032, United States

  • Dana Farber/Harvard Cancer Center

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States

  • Derriford Hospital

    Plymouth, Devon, PL6 8DH, United Kingdom

  • Elbekliniken Buxtehude

    Buxtehude, 21614, Germany

  • Federal State Budgetary Institution Rostov Research Institute of Oncology of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation

    Rostov-on-Don, 344037, Russia

  • Fundacao Pio XII - Hospital de Cancer de Barretos

    Barretos, Porte Alegre, 90610-000, Brazil

  • Fundacao Sao Francisco Xavier - Hospital Marcio Cunha (HMC) - Unidade I

    Ipatinga, Minas Gerais, 35160-158, Brazil

  • Genesis Care Tugun - John Flynn Private Hospital

    Tugun, Queensland, 4224, Australia

  • Genesis Care hospital San Francisco de Asis

    Madrid, 28002, Spain

  • George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences

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

  • Hopital Ambroise Pare

    Boulogne-Billancourt, 92100, France

  • Hopital Saint Andre - CHU de Bordeaux

    Bordeaux, 33604, France

  • Hospital Clinic de Barcelona - Institut Clinic de Malalties Hematologiques i Oncologiques (ICMHO)

    Barcelona, 08036, Spain

  • Hospital Clinico Universitario de Salamanca

    Salamanca, 37007, Spain

  • Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Maranon (HGUGM)

    Madrid, 28007, Spain

  • Hospital Saint-Louis - APHP

    Paris, 75475, France

  • Hospital Sao Vicente de Paulo (HSVP)

    Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, 99010-080, Brazil

  • Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron

    Barcelona, Catalonia, 08035, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre-Centro de Actividades Ambulatorias

    Madrid, 28041, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Fundacion Alcorcon

    Alcorcón, Madrid, 28922, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro de Majadahonda

    Majadahonda, 28222, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena-merge

    Seville, 41009, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario de Torrejon

    Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, 28850, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario y Politecnico La Fe-merge

    Valencia, 46026, Spain

  • Hospital das Clinicas da Faculdade de Medician de Ribeirao Preto FMRP USP

    Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, 14049-900, Brazil

  • ICON Cancer Care

    Southport, Queensland, 4215, Australia

  • IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas

    Rozzano, 20089, Italy

  • IRCCS-Istituto Europeo di Oncologia

    Milan, 20141, Italy

  • Illawarra Cancer Care Centre (ICCC)

    Wollongong, New South Wales, 2500, Australia

  • Institut Gustave Roussy-Gustave Roussy Cancer Center -DITEP

    Villejuif, 94805, France

  • Instituto Nacional de Cancer Jose Alencar Gomes da Silva ¿ INCA

    Santo Cristo, Rio de Janiero, 20220-410, Brazil

  • Instituto Valenciano de Oncología

    Valencia, 46009, Spain

  • Instituto do Cancer do Estado de Sao Paulo - ICESP

    São Paulo, 05403-000, Brazil

  • Klinikum der Universitaet zu Koeln

    Cologne, 50937, Germany

  • LMU Munchen

    München, 80337, Germany

  • Liverpool Cancer Therapy Center

    Liverpool, 2170, Australia

  • Massachusetts General Cancer Center

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States

  • Mayo Clinic Hospital

    Phoenix, Arizona, 85054, United States

  • Melanoma Institute

    Sydney, North South Wales, 2060, Australia

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering

    Basking Ridge, New Jersey, 07920, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering

    Middletown, New Jersey, 07748, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering

    Montvale, New Jersey, 07645, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering

    New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08903, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering

    Commack, New York, 11725, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering

    Harrison, New York, 10604, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering

    Uniondale, New York, 11553, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    New York, New York, 10065, United States

  • Miami Cancer Institute at Baptist Health, Inc.

    Miami, Florida, 33176, United States

  • Michigan Medicine- University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, United States

  • N.N.Blokhin Cancer Research Center

    Moscow, 33756, Russia

  • NCT Dermatoonkologie -Hautklinik Heidelberg

    Heidelberg, Baden-Wurttemberg, 69120, Germany

  • NYU Langone Health

    New York, New York, 10016, United States

  • Narodowy Instytut Onkologii im. Marii Sklodowskiej-Curie Panstwowy Instytut Badawczy

    Warsaw, 20-090, Poland

  • Narodowy Instytut Onkologii im. Marii Sk¿odowskiej-Curie - Panstwowy Instytut Badawczy, Oddzial w Gliwicach

    Gliwice, 44-102, Poland

  • National Cancer Center Hospital - Gastrointestinal Oncology

    Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-0045, Japan

  • Nebraska Methodist Hospital

    Omaha, Nebraska, 68114, United States

  • Niigata Cancer Center Hospital

    Niigata, 951-8566, Japan

  • North Shore Private Hospital

    St Leonards, New South Wales, 2065, Australia

  • Office of Dr. Aimilios Lallas MD

    Thessaloniki, 546 23, Greece

  • Olivia Newton -John Cancer Wellness & Research Centre

    Heidelberg, Victoria, 3084, Australia

  • Osaka International Cancer Institute - Clinical Oncology

    Osaka, 541-8567, Japan

  • Palmerston North Hospital

    Palmerston North, 4410, New Zealand

  • Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital

    Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17025, United States

  • Peter Maccallum Cancer Centre (PMCC)

    Melbourne, Victoria, 3000, Australia

  • Policlinico S.Orsola-Malpighi U.O. Dermatologia - University of Bologna

    Bologna, 40138, Italy

  • Princess Alexandra Hospital

    Woolloongabba, Queensland, 4102, Australia

  • Regeneron Research Site

    Cincinnati, Ohio, 45267, United States

  • Regeneron Research Site

    Omsk, 644013, Russia

  • Regeneron Study Site

    Tucson, Arizona, 85724-5024, United States

  • Regeneron Study Site

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30342, United States

  • Regeneron Study Site

    Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States

  • Regeneron Study Site

    Louisville, Kentucky, 40202, United States

  • Regeneron Study Site

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21287, United States

  • Regeneron Study Site

    Auckland, 1023, New Zealand

  • Regeneron Study Site

    Krakow, 30-820, Poland

  • Regeneron Study Site

    Poznan, 61-306, Poland

  • Regeneron Study Site

    Warsaw, 04-141, Poland

  • Regeneron Study Site

    Magnitogorsk, 455001, Russia

  • Regeneron Study Site

    Saint Petersburg, 198255, Russia

  • Royal Adelaide Hospital

    Adelaide, 5000, Australia

  • Royal Hobart Hospital

    Hobart, Tasmania, 7000, Australia

  • Royal Hobart Hospital-Hobart Hospital

    Hobart, Tasmania, 7000, Australia

  • SBHI of Stavropol Region Pyatigorsk Interdistrict Oncology Dispensary

    Pyatigorsk, Stavropol Kray, 357502, Russia

  • SLK-Kliniken Heilbronn GmbH

    Heilbronn, 74078, Germany

  • Sapporo Medical University Hospital

    Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-8543, Japan

  • Sarah Cannon Research Institute - Tennessee Oncology

    Nashville, Tennessee, 37203, United States

  • Shizuoka Cancer Center - Oncology

    Nagaizumi-Cho, Shizuoka, 411-8777, Japan

  • Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital

    Nedlands, Western Australia, 6009, Australia

  • St George Hospital

    Kogarah, New South Wales, 2217, Australia

  • St George's Hospital - St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    London, SW17 0QT, United Kingdom

  • St. Vincent's Hospital

    Fitzroy, Victoria, 3065, Australia

  • St. Vincent's University Hospital

    Dublin, Leinster, DO4 YN63, Ireland

  • Stanford Cancer Institute, Stanford Medicine at Stanford University

    Palo Alto, California, 94304, United States

  • State Healthcare Institution Oncology Dispensary 2 Ministry of Healthcare of Krasnodar Region

    Sochi, Krasnodarskiy Kray, 354057, Russia

  • Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Miami, Florida, 33136, United States

  • Texas Oncology - Baylor Charles A. Simmons Cancer Center

    Dallas, Texas, 75246, United States

  • The Angeles Clinic

    Los Angeles, California, 90025, United States

  • The Border Cancer Hospital Dispensary - Albury Wodonga Regional Cancer Centre

    Albury, New South Wales, 2640, Australia

  • The Christie - The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

    Manchester, M20 4QL, United Kingdom

  • The Lothian University Hospitals NHS Lothian - Western General Hospital (WGH)

    Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, United Kingdom

  • The Ohio State University

    Gahanna, Ohio, 43230, United States

  • The Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital

    Herston, Queensland, 4029, Australia

  • The Townsville Hospital and Health Service

    Townsville, 4814, Australia

  • Toowoomba Hospital

    Toowoomba, Queensland, 4350, Australia

  • U.O.S.C Di Oncologia Medica E Terapie Innovative

    Naples, 43100, Italy

  • UOC Oncoematologia AOU Luigi Vanvitelli

    Naples, 80131, Italy

  • UT Southwestern Medical Center

    Dallas, Texas, 75390, United States

  • Universita di Firenze - Azienda Sanitaria Firenze

    Florence, 50125, Italy

  • Universitaetsklinikum Essen (AoR)

    Essen, 45147, Germany

  • Universitaetsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel

    Kiel, 24105, Germany

  • Universitaetsklinikum der Ruhr Universitaet Bochum (UKRUB), St. Josef Hospital

    Bochum, 44791, Germany

  • Universitaetsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz KoeR

    Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, 55131, Germany

  • Universitair Ziekenhuis Leuven Gasthuisberg Campus

    Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, 3000, Belgium

  • University College Cork-Cork University Maternity Hospital

    Cork, Ireland

  • University Health Network- Princess Margaret Cancer Center

    Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2M9, Canada

  • University Hospital Dresden

    Dresden, 01307, Germany

  • University Hospital Galway

    Galway, H91 YR71, Ireland

  • University Hospital Tuebingen

    Tübingen, 72076, Germany

  • University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust - Bristol Haematology And Oncology Centre (BHOC) - Bristol Cancer Institute

    Bristol, Somerset, BS2 8ED, United Kingdom

  • University L'Aquila

    L’Aquila, 67100, Italy

  • University Of California San Francisco (UCSF) - Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

    San Francisco, California, 94143-0981, United States

  • University Of Virginia Health System

    Charlottesville, Virginia, 22908, United States

  • University of Athens - Hospital of Venereology Dermatology Diseases Andreas Syggros

    Athens, Attica, 16121, Greece

  • University of Brescia

    Brescia, 25121, Italy

  • University of Florida Health

    Gainesville, Florida, 032608, United States

  • University of Missouri Health Care - University Physicians - Medicine Specialty Clinic

    Columbia, Missouri, 65212, United States

  • University of New South Wales (UNSW) - Liverpool Hospital - Liverpool Cancer Therapy Centre

    Liverpool, 2170, Australia

  • University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States

  • University of South Florida (USF) - H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute

    Tampa, Florida, 33612, United States

  • University of Southern California (USC)

    Los Angeles, California, 90033, United States

  • Velindre NHS Trust, Velindre Cancer Centre

    Cardiff, CF14 2TL, United Kingdom

  • Washington University in Saint Louis

    St Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States

  • Westmead Hospital

    Westmead, New South Wales, 2145, Australia

  • Wide Bay Hospital and Health Service - Cancer Care Services

    Bundaberg, Queensland, 4670, Australia

  • Wide Bay Hospital and Health Service - Cancer Care Services - Hervey Bay

    Urraween, Queensland, 4655, Australia

  • Ynova pesquisa clinica

    Florianópolis, 88020-210, Brazil

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