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N/A N=15 Treatment

Cetuximab Before Surgery in Treating Patients With Aggressive Locally Advanced Skin Cancer

Recurrent Skin Cancer · Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Skin

Enrolled (actual)
15
Serious AEs
13.3%
Results posted
Dec 2023
Primary outcome: Primary: Response Rate of Cetuximab by RECIST Criteria — 15 Participants

Study Design & Population

Study type
Interventional
Phase
N/A
Interventions
cetuximab (Biological); laboratory biomarker analysis (Other)
Age
Adult, Older Adult · 18+ yrs
Sex
All
Sponsor
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Primary completion
Dec 2020

Outcome Measures

OutcomeResultp-value
PRIMARY
Response Rate of Cetuximab by RECIST Criteria
15
SECONDARY
Progression-free Survival
4
SECONDARY
Overall Survival
8
SECONDARY
Downstream Activation of Signaling Pathways Without a Known Driver, Including the EGFRpathway
SECONDARY
Potential Markers of Response and/or Resistance to Cetuximab Therapy

Summary

This pilot clinical trial studies the side effects and how well cetuximab before surgery works in treating patients with skin cancer that forms, grows, and spreads quickly and has spread from where it started to nearby tissue or lymph nodes. Monoclonal antibodies, such as cetuximab, may block tumor growth in different ways be targeting certain cells. Giving cetuximab before surgery may make the tumor smaller and reduce the amount of normal tissue that needs to be removed.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Patients must have untreated or relapsed SCCS that is considered to be aggressive and locally advanced by the following criteria: tumors 2 cm or more, tumors invading deep tissues such as muscle, cartilage or bone; tumors showing perineural invasion, and/or tumors metastatic to loco-regional lymph nodes; patients may have had prior surgical interventions or been treated with investigational agents with residual or recurrent disease
  • Patients must give informed consent
  • Patients must agree to pre- and post-treatment biopsies
  • Patients must have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status = 12.5 mg/dl (> 3.1 mmol/L) despite intervention to normalize levels
  • Magnesium 3 mg/dl (> 1.23 mmol/L) despite intervention to normalize levels
  • Potassium 6 mmol/L despite intervention to normalize levels
  • Prior radiation therapy is not an exclusion however, patient must have documented progression at the radiation site
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Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT02324608). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.

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