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NCT06585410RecruitingPhase 3

Study of Intralesional Cemiplimab in Adult Patients With Early Stage Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma

A Phase 3 Randomized Study of Intralesional Cemiplimab Versus Primary Surgery in Participants With Early Stage Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma (CSCC)

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 16 Sept 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

This study will test a study drug called cemiplimab to see if it can help treat early-stage Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma (CSCC), a type of skin cancer. Cemiplimab works by helping the immune system to kill cancer cells. It binds to a protein called Programmed cell Death-1 (PD-1) on the surface of certain immune cells. The main purpose of this study is to compare how well cemiplimab works compared to surgery, when injected into the lesion. The study is looking at: * The side effects cemiplimab might cause * How well cemiplimab works compared to surgery

Status (registry)
Recruiting
Phase (registry)
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
369 (estimated)
First submitted
3 Sept 2024
Start date
2 Jan 2025
Primary completion date
3 May 2030
Lead sponsor
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Diseases
Melanoma
NCT number
NCT06585410

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 3
  • Planned participants: 369
  • From 2 Jan 2025 to the primary completion date, 3 May 2030
  • 53 sites in 2 countries
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Prior treatment

  • Ongoing or recent (within 5 years) evidence of significant autoimmune disease that required treatment with systemic immunosuppressive treatments, which may suggest risk for immune-mediated Adverse Events (imAEs), as described in the protocol
  • TL (lesion planned for intralesional therapy) or other non-target CSCC lesion in dry red lip (vermillion), oral cavity, or nasal mucosa
    • NOTE: Other protocol defined inclusion / exclusion criteria apply.

Other illness

  • Participant in which the TL is a keratoacanthoma (KA), adenosquamous carcinoma, desmoplastic carcinoma, sarcomatoid carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma, basosquamous carcinoma, Bowen's disease, or CSCC in situ without an invasive component. (Note: For participants with invasive CSCC with a minor basaloid component, the patient may be eligible after discussion with the sponsor medical director.)
  • History of non-infectious pneumonitis within the last 5 years

Who the study is looking for

  • Participants who have a histologically confirmed invasive CSCC TL, as described in the protocol
  • Participants who have CSCC TL ≥1 cm and ≤2.0 cm (longest diameter) prior to biopsy and \>0.7 cm to ≤2.0 cm after biopsy, located in either the Head or Neck (HN), hand, or pre-tibial surface, as described in the protocol
  • Participants who are judged to be eligible for surgical resection of their CSCC TL and the method of planned surgical resection would be Micrographically oriented histographic surgery (Mohs) or other surgical method of Complete Margin Assessment (CMA). Participants for whom the planned surgery is surgical excision without margin control are not eligible
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status (PS) ≤1
  • Adequate hepatic, renal and bone marrow functions, as described in the protocol

Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (53)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
The Skin Hospital
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DarlinghurstAustraliaRecruiting
Fremantle Dermatology
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FremantleAustraliaRecruiting
Dermatology Institute of Victoria (DIV)
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South YarraAustraliaRecruiting
Westmead Hospital
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WestmeadAustraliaRecruiting
Princess Alexandra Hospital
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WoolloongabbaAustraliaRecruiting
University of New Mexico
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AlbuquerqueUnited StatesRecruiting
The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School Ascension Medical Group
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AustinUnited StatesRecruiting
Dermatology Health Specialists
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BendUnited StatesRecruiting
Northeast Dermatology Associates
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BeverlyUnited StatesRecruiting
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
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BostonUnited StatesRecruiting
Equity Medical, LLC
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Bowling GreenUnited StatesWithdrawn
U.S. Dermatology Partners
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Cedar ParkUnited StatesRecruiting
UNC Hospitals Dermatology and Skin Cancer Center at Southern Village
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Chapel HillUnited StatesRecruiting
Clinical Research Center of the Carolinas
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CharlestonUnited StatesRecruiting
University of Chicago Medical Center
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ChicagoUnited StatesRecruiting
Metropolitan Dermatology
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ClarkUnited StatesWithdrawn
Cleveland Clinic
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ClevelandUnited StatesRecruiting
Life Clinical Trials
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Coral SpringsUnited StatesRecruiting
Reveal Research Institute
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DallasUnited StatesRecruiting
Dermatology Associates of the Palm Beaches, Integri Research at Dermatology Associates
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Delray BeachUnited StatesRecruiting
Penn State Hershey Medical Center
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HersheyUnited StatesRecruiting
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
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HoustonUnited StatesRecruiting
Dawes Fretzin Clinical Research - Shadeland Ave.
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IndianapolisUnited StatesWithdrawn
UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center
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La JollaUnited StatesRecruiting
Las Vegas Dermatology
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Las VegasUnited StatesRecruiting
Dermatology and Skin Cancer Center
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Lee's SummitUnited StatesRecruiting
Epiphany Dermatology
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LewisvilleUnited StatesRecruiting
MyMichigan Dermatologic Oncology
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MidlandUnited StatesRecruiting
Oak Dermatology
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NapervilleUnited StatesRecruiting
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
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New YorkUnited StatesRecruiting
Columbia University Medical Center - Herbert Irving Center for Dermatology and Skin Cancer - Herbert Irving Pavilion
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New YorkUnited StatesRecruiting
Arkansas Research Trials
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North Little RockUnited StatesRecruiting
Profound Research, Dermatology Medical Group - Oceanside
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OceansideUnited StatesRecruiting
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
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Oklahoma CityUnited StatesRecruiting
Penn Medicine - Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
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PhiladelphiaUnited StatesRecruiting
Medical Dermatology Specialists Phoenix
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PhoenixUnited StatesRecruiting
Oregon Health Science University
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PortlandUnited StatesRecruiting
StracSkin, PLLC
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PortsmouthUnited StatesRecruiting
Stanford University
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Redwood CityUnited StatesRecruiting
VCU Massey Cancer Center
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RichmondUnited StatesRecruiting
US Dermatology Partners DBA DermAssociates, PC
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RockvilleUnited StatesRecruiting
University of Utah Hospital
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Salt Lake CityUnited StatesRecruiting
Texas Dermatology and Laser Specialists
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San AntonioUnited StatesRecruiting
Mayo Clinic - Arizona
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ScottsdaleUnited StatesRecruiting
Buckeye Dermatology - Springfield Office
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SpringfieldUnited StatesRecruiting
Washington University in St. Louis - Center for Dermatologic and Cosmetic Surgery
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St LouisUnited StatesRecruiting
University of South Florida
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TampaUnited StatesRecruiting
Somerset Skin Centre
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TroyUnited StatesRecruiting
University of Arizona Cancer Center
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TucsonUnited StatesRecruiting
Rochester Dermatologic Surgery, P.C.
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VictorUnited StatesRecruiting
Peak Dermatology, Aesthetics and Wellness
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VisaliaUnited StatesRecruiting
George Washington University- Medical Faculty Associates
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Washington D.C.United StatesRecruiting
Center for Clinical Studies at Webster Clear Lake
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WebsterUnited StatesRecruiting

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