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
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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
Sites (53)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Skin Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Darlinghurst | Australia | Recruiting |
| Fremantle Dermatology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Fremantle | Australia | Recruiting |
| Dermatology Institute of Victoria (DIV) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | South Yarra | Australia | Recruiting |
| Westmead Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Westmead | Australia | Recruiting |
| Princess Alexandra Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Woolloongabba | Australia | Recruiting |
| University of New Mexico Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Albuquerque | United States | Recruiting |
| The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School Ascension Medical Group Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Austin | United States | Recruiting |
| Dermatology Health Specialists Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bend | United States | Recruiting |
| Northeast Dermatology Associates Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Beverly | United States | Recruiting |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Boston | United States | Recruiting |
| Equity Medical, LLC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bowling Green | United States | Withdrawn |
| U.S. Dermatology Partners Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cedar Park | United States | Recruiting |
| UNC Hospitals Dermatology and Skin Cancer Center at Southern Village Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chapel Hill | United States | Recruiting |
| Clinical Research Center of the Carolinas Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Charleston | United States | Recruiting |
| University of Chicago Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chicago | United States | Recruiting |
| Metropolitan Dermatology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Clark | United States | Withdrawn |
| Cleveland Clinic Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cleveland | United States | Recruiting |
| Life Clinical Trials Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Coral Springs | United States | Recruiting |
| Reveal Research Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Dallas | United States | Recruiting |
| Dermatology Associates of the Palm Beaches, Integri Research at Dermatology Associates Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Delray Beach | United States | Recruiting |
| Penn State Hershey Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hershey | United States | Recruiting |
| The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Houston | United States | Recruiting |
| Dawes Fretzin Clinical Research - Shadeland Ave. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Indianapolis | United States | Withdrawn |
| UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | La Jolla | United States | Recruiting |
| Las Vegas Dermatology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Las Vegas | United States | Recruiting |
| Dermatology and Skin Cancer Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lee's Summit | United States | Recruiting |
| Epiphany Dermatology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lewisville | United States | Recruiting |
| MyMichigan Dermatologic Oncology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Midland | United States | Recruiting |
| Oak Dermatology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Naperville | United States | Recruiting |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New York | United States | Recruiting |
| Columbia University Medical Center - Herbert Irving Center for Dermatology and Skin Cancer - Herbert Irving Pavilion Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New York | United States | Recruiting |
| Arkansas Research Trials Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | North Little Rock | United States | Recruiting |
| Profound Research, Dermatology Medical Group - Oceanside Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Oceanside | United States | Recruiting |
| University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Oklahoma City | United States | Recruiting |
| Penn Medicine - Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Philadelphia | United States | Recruiting |
| Medical Dermatology Specialists Phoenix Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Phoenix | United States | Recruiting |
| Oregon Health Science University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Portland | United States | Recruiting |
| StracSkin, PLLC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Portsmouth | United States | Recruiting |
| Stanford University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Redwood City | United States | Recruiting |
| VCU Massey Cancer Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Richmond | United States | Recruiting |
| US Dermatology Partners DBA DermAssociates, PC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Rockville | United States | Recruiting |
| University of Utah Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Salt Lake City | United States | Recruiting |
| Texas Dermatology and Laser Specialists Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | San Antonio | United States | Recruiting |
| Mayo Clinic - Arizona Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Scottsdale | United States | Recruiting |
| Buckeye Dermatology - Springfield Office Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Springfield | United States | Recruiting |
| Washington University in St. Louis - Center for Dermatologic and Cosmetic Surgery Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | St Louis | United States | Recruiting |
| University of South Florida Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tampa | United States | Recruiting |
| Somerset Skin Centre Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Troy | United States | Recruiting |
| University of Arizona Cancer Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tucson | United States | Recruiting |
| Rochester Dermatologic Surgery, P.C. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Victor | United States | Recruiting |
| Peak Dermatology, Aesthetics and Wellness Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Visalia | United States | Recruiting |
| George Washington University- Medical Faculty Associates Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Washington D.C. | United States | Recruiting |
| Center for Clinical Studies at Webster Clear Lake Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Webster | United States | Recruiting |
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