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Spots Global Cancer Trial Database for Neoadjuvant Vismodegib in Patients With Large and/or Recurrent Resectable Basal Cell Carcinoma

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Trial Identification

Brief Title: Neoadjuvant Vismodegib in Patients With Large and/or Recurrent Resectable Basal Cell Carcinoma

Official Title: A Phase II, Single-armed, Multicenter Trial of Neoadjuvant Vismodegib in Patients With Large and/or Recurrent Resectable Basal Cell Carcinoma

Study ID: NCT03035188

Interventions

Vismodegib

Study Description

Brief Summary: In this study patients with resectable basal cell carcinoma (BCC) who usually undergo surgery without prior anticancer treatment will be treated with antitumor medication. But since BCC is mainly localized in clearly visible regions of the body, as e.g. the face, there is also a need to reduce scars as a consequence of surgery which will be accomplished by neoadjuvant therapy. The used medication - vismodegib - displays controllable adverse events and shows a good efficacy for reduction of BCC lesions. It is expected that the neoadjuvant setting will lead to minor surgical intervention thus minimising surgical risks and scars for the patients.

Detailed Description: Patients with resectable BCC will receive neoadjuvant vismodegib therapy for a time period of 12 weeks which applies to the routine use of vismodegib. This period is chosen because within this time side effects are acceptable and response is expected. Tumor examination will be performed monthly to expeditiously identify patients with progressive disease. This will be done by non-invasive imaging techniques thus a further objective of this study is the testing of diagnostic suitability of non-invasive methodology for the evaluation of response status of the patients. Patients in this clinical trial will be treated with an effective medication which is approved for the therapy of metastatic and locally advanced BCC for a time having been shown to be effective in neoadjuvant setting The same dose as approved for the advanced BCC disease is used, therefore it can be expected that the side effects will be predictable. Furthermore there are no hints in literature that the efficacy of the used medication may be decreased in patients with resectable BCC. Since the study patients are less sick than those for whom treatment with vismodegib is approved, surgery would be their therapy according to guideline. Thus the risk of vismodegib treatment has to be judged against the greater surgical risk if BCC will be operated directly without prior reduction of tumor lesion. A benefit for the great majority of the patients will be that smaller lesions result in minor scars and better cosmetically outcome of surgery.

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Eligibility

Minimum Age: 18 Years

Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT

Sex: ALL

Healthy Volunteers: No

Locations

SRH Wald-Klinikum Gera GmbH, Gera, Thuringia, Germany

Klinikum Augsburg Süd, Augsburg, , Germany

Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, , Germany

Elbe Kliniken Stade - Buxtehude GmbH, Buxtehude, , Germany

Universitätsklinik Carl Gustav Carus der Technischen Universität Dresden, Dresden, , Germany

HELIOS Klinikum Erfurt, Erfurt, , Germany

Universitätsklinikum Leipzig, Leipzig, , Germany

Universitätsklinikum Münster, Münster, , Germany

Fachklinik Hornheide, Münster, , Germany

Klinikum Nürnberg Nord, Nürnberg, , Germany

Harzklinikum Dorothea Christiane Erxleben GmbH, Quedlinburg, , Germany

Universitätsklinikum Tübingen, Tübingen, , Germany

Contact Details

Name: Martin Kaatz, PD Dr.

Affiliation: martin.kaatz@wkg.srh.de

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Useful links and downloads for this trial

Clinicaltrials.gov

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