Laser guided by High-Tech camera could zap skin cancer with less scarring
NCT ID NCT04744935
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a laser, guided by a special camera (OCT), can effectively treat basal cell carcinoma, a common skin cancer. About 40 adults with confirmed BCC will receive the laser treatment. The goal is to see if the cancer is completely removed, potentially offering a less invasive option with better cosmetic results.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- 1064 nm long-pulse Nd:YAG laser
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could offer a precise, less invasive treatment for basal cell carcinoma with better cosmetic outcomes.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial with only 40 participants. The laser may not clear all cancer cells, and long-term effectiveness is unknown.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 40 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2021
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 99 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Ability to understand and carry out subject instructions or be represented by a legally authorized guardian or representative * Ages 18 and older * Seeks and is scheduled for treatment of a BCC previously confirmed with biopsy Exclusion Criteria: Any of the following will exclude participation in the study: * Inability to understand and/or carry out instructions * Patients with a BCC lesion that requires excision. This would include relatively large lesions (\>2.5 cm diameter), lesions that penetrate deep into the skin beyond the depth of the OCT image capture, high risk lesions as defined by the American Academy of Dermatology as recurrent and sclerosing subtype BCC, or metastases. * Patients with periocular BCCs which might expose the patient to risk of damage to eyes from the laser. * BCCs on legs due to their tendency towards poor wound healing. * Pregnancy * Patients unable to follow-up for the full 12 months.
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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
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UCI Health Dermatology Clinic
Irvine, California, 92617, United States
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