Clinical trials: Non-melanomatous Skin Cancer
Melanoma (Skin), Non-melanomatous Skin Cancer
Computer-Based Continuing Education for Doctors in Examination and Counseling of Patients on Skin Cancer or Weight Control
RATIONALE: Computer-based continuing education courses may be effective in improving the skills of primary care doctors to identify skin cancer risk factors, perform skin cancer exams, and counsel patients.
- Trial name
- NCT00295906
- Testing
- educational intervention, internet-based intervention
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 4,550 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rhode Island Hospital
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 (Skin), Non-melanomatous Skin Cancer
LMB-2 Immunotoxin and Vaccine Therapy in Treating Patients With Metastatic Melanoma That Cannot Be Removed By Surgery
RATIONALE: The LMB-2 immunotoxin can find tumor cells and kill them without harming normal cells. Vaccines made from peptides may help the body build an effective immune response to kill tumor cells.
- Trial name
- NCT00295958
- Testing
- LMB-2 immunotoxin, MART-1 antigen, gp100 antigen
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 26 people
- Sponsor
- National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
Lymphoma, Non-melanomatous Skin Cancer
Photodynamic Therapy Using Silicon Phthalocyanine 4 in Treating Patients With Actinic Keratosis, Bowen's Disease, Skin Cancer, or Stage I or Stage II Mycosis Fungoides
RATIONALE: Photodynamic therapy uses a drug that becomes active when it is exposed to a certain kind of light. When the drug is active, tumor cells are killed.
- Conditions
- Lymphoma, Non-melanomatous Skin Cancer, Precancerous Condition
- Trial name
- NCT00103246
- Testing
- silicon phthalocyanine 4
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 43 people
- Sponsor
- Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Non-melanomatous Skin Cancer, Precancerous/Nonmalignant Condition
Eflornithine With or Without Triamcinolone in Preventing Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer in Patients With Actinic Keratosis
RATIONALE: Chemoprevention therapy is the use of certain drugs to try to prevent the development or recurrence of cancer. Eflornithine with or without triamcinolone may be effective in preventing nonmelanoma skin cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT00021294
- Testing
- eflornithine, triamcinolone
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- University of Arizona
Non-melanomatous Skin Cancer
Imiquimod Cream in Treating Patients With Basal Cell Skin Cancer
RATIONALE: Biological therapies, such as imiquimod cream, work in different ways to stimulate the immune system and stop tumor cells from growing.
- Trial name
- NCT00079300
- Testing
- imiquimod, conventional surgery
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- National Naval Medical Center
Non-melanomatous Skin Cancer
Eflornithine to Prevent Skin Cancer in Patients With Previously Treated Early Stage Skin Cancer
RATIONALE: Chemoprevention therapy is the use of certain drugs to try to prevent the development or recurrence of cancer. The use of eflornithine may be an effective way to prevent the recurrence of or further development of skin…
- Trial name
- NCT00005884
- Testing
- eflornithine
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Non-melanomatous Skin Cancer
Photodynamic Therapy Using Aminolevulinic Acid in Treating Patients With Skin Cancer
RATIONALE: Photodynamic therapy uses a drug that becomes active when it is exposed to a certain kind of light. When the drug is active, tumor cells are killed. This may be an effective treatment against skin cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT00747903
- Testing
- aminolevulinic acid hydrochloride
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Laser and Skin Surgery Center of New York
Non-melanomatous Skin Cancer
Celecoxib in Preventing Basal Cell Carcinoma in Patients With Basal Cell Nevus Syndrome
RATIONALE: Chemoprevention therapy is the use of certain drugs to try to prevent the development of cancer. The use of celecoxib may be an effective way to prevent the development of basal cell carcinoma.
- Trial name
- NCT00023621
- Testing
- celecoxib
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Non-melanomatous Skin Cancer, Precancerous Condition
Effect of Solar-Simulated Ultraviolet Radiation on Gene Expression in Unprotected and Sunscreen-Protected Skin of Healthy Adults With Fitzpatrick Skin Type II
RATIONALE: Testing of skin that has been exposed to artificial sunlight may help in understanding the genetic processes involved in the development of skin cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT00099112
- Testing
- microarray analysis, biopsy, evaluation of cancer risk factors
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Non-melanomatous Skin Cancer
Gefitinib and PEG-Interferon Alfa-2a in Treating Patients With Unresectable or Metastatic Skin Cancer
RATIONALE: Gefitinib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. PEG-interferon alfa-2a may interfere with the growth of tumor cells and slow the growth of skin cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT00423397
- Testing
- PEG-interferon alfa-2a, gefitinib
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
Non-melanomatous Skin Cancer
Topical Imiquimod Compared With Surgery in Treating Patients With Basal Cell Skin Cancer
RATIONALE: Biological therapies such as imiquimod use different ways to stimulate the immune system and stop cancer cells from growing.
- Trial name
- NCT00066872
- Testing
- imiquimod, conventional surgery
- Where
- 3 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 500 people
- Sponsor
- Queen's Medical Center
Non-melanomatous Skin Cancer
Celecoxib in Preventing Skin Cancer
RATIONALE: Celecoxib may be effective in preventing skin cancer by decreasing redness caused by exposure to ultraviolet light and changing potential skin cancer biomarkers.
- Trial name
- NCT00025051
- Testing
- celecoxib, anti-cytokine therapy, antiangiogenesis therapy
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Non-Melanomatous Skin Cancer
Low Fat Diet to Prevent Disease Progression in Patients With Skin Cancer
RATIONALE: A low-fat, balanced diet may prevent disease progression in patients with nonmelanomatous skin cancer. PURPOSE: Randomized phase II trial to study the effectiveness of a low-fat, balanced diet to prevent disease…
- Trial name
- NCT00003097
- Testing
- preventative dietary intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 175 people
- Sponsor
- Baylor College of Medicine
Carcinoma of Unknown Primary, Head and Neck Cancer
SU5416 in Treating Patients With Advanced or Recurrent Cancer of the Head and Neck
RATIONALE: SU5416 may stop the growth of cancer cells by stopping blood flow to the tumor. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of SU5416 in treating patients who have advanced or recurrent cancer of the head and…
- Conditions
- Carcinoma of Unknown Primary, Head and Neck Cancer, Non-melanomatous Skin Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT00006361
- Testing
- semaxanib
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Head and Neck Cancer, Non-melanomatous Skin Cancer
Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Head and Neck Cancer
RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. It is not yet known which regimen of radiation therapy is more effective for head and neck cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT00021125
- Testing
- adjuvant therapy, radiation therapy
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 460 people
- Sponsor
- Medical Research Council
Non-melanomatous Skin Cancer
Acitretin in Preventing Skin Cancer in Patients at High Risk for Skin Cancer
RATIONALE: Chemoprevention is the use of certain drugs to keep cancer from forming. The use of acitretin may stop cancer from growing in patients at high risk for basal cell carcinoma or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin.
- Trial name
- NCT00644384
- Testing
- acitretin, gene expression analysis, northern blotting
- Volunteers
- 130 people
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Recurrent Skin Cancer, Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Skin
Gefitinib in Treating Patients Who Are Undergoing Surgery and/or Radiation Therapy for Locally Advanced or Recurrent Squamous Cell Skin Cancer
The goal of this clinical research study is to learn if giving Iressa (Gefitinib or ZD1839) with surgery and/or radiation will help to control squamous cell carcinoma of the skin. The safety of this treatment will also be studied
- Trial name
- NCT00126555
- Testing
- Gefitinib, Radiotherapy, Conventional surgery
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 23 people
- Sponsor
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Non-melanomatous Skin Cancer
Topical Aminolevulinic Acid in Patients With Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer
RATIONALE: Studying samples of tumor tissue in the laboratory from patients with nonmelanoma skin cancer that has been treated with topical aminolevulinic acid may help doctors predict how patients will respond to photodynamic…
- Trial name
- NCT00663910
- Testing
- Aminolevulinic Acid, biopsy, diagnostic imaging technique
- Volunteers
- 18 people
- Sponsor
- The Cleveland Clinic
Non-melanomatous Skin Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer
Studying a Tumor Marker for Testicular Cancer, Skin Cancer, Small Intestine Cancer, and Pancreatic Cancer
RATIONALE: Studying samples of tumor tissue from patients with cancer in the laboratory may help doctors learn more about changes that occur in DNA and identify biomarkers related to cancer.
- Conditions
- Non-melanomatous Skin Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer, Small Intestine Cancer, Testicular Germ Cell Tumor
- Trial name
- NCT00899132
- Testing
- in situ hybridization, protein expression analysis, immunologic technique
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 180 people
- Sponsor
- Case Comprehensive Cancer Center