Clinical trials: Basal Cell Carcinomas
Skin Cancer
An Appearance-Based Intervention to Reduce Teen Skin Cancer Risk
The purpose of this study is to determine whether a skin cancer prevention website is effective at reduce female teenagers' desire to use indoor tanning and ultimately their use of indoor tanning over an 18 month period.
- Trial name
- iSTART (NCT01508013)
- Testing
- Appearance-Focused Website Intervention, Control Website
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 443 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- East Tennessee State University
Non-melanomatous Skin Cancer, Precancerous Condition
Photodynamic Therapy in Treating Patients With Skin Cancer
RATIONALE: Photodynamic therapy uses light and drugs that make cancer cells more sensitive to light to kill tumor cells. Photodynamic therapy using aminolevulinic acid may be effective in treating patients with skin cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT00002975
- Testing
- aminolevulinic acid
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 180 people
- Sponsor
- Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Melanoma, Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck
Treatment of Solid Tumors With Intratumoral Hiltonol® (Poly-ICLC)
The purpose of this study is to test the safety of a course of injections containing Poly-ICLC in patients with advanced solid tumors that can be easily and safely reached with a needle.
- Conditions
- Melanoma, Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck, Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Skin, Sarcoma of the Skin
- Trial name
- Hiltonol (NCT01984892)
- Testing
- Poly-ICLC
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 8 people
- Sponsor
- Nina Bhardwaj
Carcinoma, Basal Cell, Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
CSP #562 - The VA Keratinocyte Carcinoma Chemoprevention Trial
The main purpose of this study is to see if 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) skin cream can prevent the growth of new skin cancers on the face and ears.
- Conditions
- Carcinoma, Basal Cell, Carcinoma, Squamous Cell, Skin Neoplasms, Skin Diseases
- Trial name
- VAKCCT (NCT00847912)
- Testing
- 5-fluorouracil
- Where
- 13 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 954 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Desmoplastic/Nodular Medulloblastoma, Medulloblastoma
Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Younger Patients With Newly Diagnosed, Non-metastatic Desmoplastic Medulloblastoma
This phase II trial studies how well combination chemotherapy works in treating younger patients with newly diagnosed, non-metastatic desmoplastic medulloblastoma.
- Conditions
- Desmoplastic/Nodular Medulloblastoma, Medulloblastoma, Medulloblastoma With Extensive Nodularity, Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma Syndrome
- Trial name
- NCT02017964
- Testing
- Carboplatin, Cognitive Assessment, Cyclophosphamide
- Where
- 173 sites in United States, Australia and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 26 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Oncology Group
Basal Cell Nevus Syndrome
Blue vs Red Light During Levulan Based Photodynamic Therapy in Patients With Basal Cell Nevus Syndrome
The investigators will be testing whether aminolevulinate-based (Levulan™) Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) shows effectiveness in the treatment and prevention of cutaneous basal cell carcinoma (BCC) in Basal Cell Nevus Syndrome (BCNS)…
- Trial name
- NCT02157623
- Testing
- Levulan, Red Light PDT, Blue Light PDT
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3 people
- Sponsor
- Edward Maytin, MD, PhD