Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma

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Neoadjuvant Cemiplimab in Newly Diagnosed or Recurrent Stage I-II Merkel Cell Carcinoma and Locoregionally Advanced Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma

The goal of this clinical research study is to determine if Cemiplimab-rwlc (called Cemiplimab in this document) given prior to tumor resection surgery is safe and effective in treating (1) Merkel Cell Carcinoma or (2) Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma (CSCC).

Participants needed: 36
Trial details
Phase: Phase 1Age: 18+Biological sex: AllType: InterventionalSponsor: H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research InstituteUpdated: Jun 25, 2026Locations: 1
Eligibility criteria

Histologically proven diagnosis of Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC). [+13]

Concurrent malignancy other than localized CSCC and/or history of malignancy oth... [+23]

Status: Recruiting

Phase 2 Study of Ivonescimab in Patients With Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma

To learn if ivonescimab can help to control advanced cSCC. The safety and effects of ivonescimab will also be studied.

Participants needed: 24
Trial details
Phase: Phase 2Age: 18+Biological sex: AllType: InterventionalSponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer CenterUpdated: Jun 11, 2026Locations: 1
Eligibility criteria

Ability to understand and willingness to sign informed consent form prior to ini... [+23]

Patients who have previously been treated with PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors and require... [+21]

Status: Recruiting

MEM-288 Oncolytic Virus Alone and in Combination With Standard of Care Therapy in Advanced Solid Tumors

This is a multipart, open-label, multi-center dose escalation, dose expansion phase I clinical trial designed to evaluate the safety, tolerability, maximum tolerated dose (MTD), recommended phase 2 dose (RP2D), and preliminary efficacy of MEM-288 in patients with advanced solid tumors. Eligible subjects must have a tumor lesion(s) which is accessible for injection. The dose escalation phase (Part 1A - advanced solid tumors) has completed and is closed to enrollment. This phase evaluated multiple doses of MEM-288 dosed via intratumoral injection once every 3 weeks to assess safety, tolerability, preliminary efficacy, and to determine the MTD. The dose expansion phase has multiple parts for advanced NSCLC. Part 1B has completed after evaluation of MEM-288 dosed via intratumoral injection in combination with standard of care nivolumab dosed via intravenous injection. In a separate dose expansion arm (Part 1C) that is open for enrollment, patients with advanced NSCLC will be randomized to receive either an initial priming dose of MEM-288 injected into an accessible lesion (s) alone (Day 1) followed by MEM-288 in combination with standard of care docetaxel every 3 weeks up to 6 doses or MEM-288 injected into an accessible lesion(s) in combination with standard of care docetaxel therapy Day 1 and every 3 weeks up to 6 doses. The study rationale is that the oncolytic effect of MEM-288 combined with the presence of CD40L and type 1 IFN in injected tumors will provide a strong signal for DC-mediated T cell activation leading to generation of systemic anti-tumor T cell responses with broad specificity akin to what is observed in the abscopal effect.

Participants needed: 40
Trial details
Phase: Phase 1Age: 18+Biological sex: AllType: InterventionalSponsor: Memgen, Inc.Updated: Jun 11, 2026Locations: 2
Eligibility criteria

Ability to understand and provide informed consent. [+46]

Pregnant or breast feeding. [+18]

Status: Not yet recruiting

A Study of IDP-001 in Advanced or Metastatic Solid Tumors

This clinical study is to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK), and preliminary antitumor activity of IDP-001 in participants with advanced or metastatic squamous and non-squamous NSCLC and other squamous cell solid tumors (for example, head and neck, esophageal, cervical, cutaneous).

Participants needed: 132
Trial details
Phase: Phase 1, Phase 2Age: 18+Biological sex: AllType: InterventionalSponsor: InduPro, Inc.Updated: May 22, 2026Locations: 1
Eligibility criteria

Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0-1 [+7]

Any clinically significant cardiac disease [+21]

Status: Recruiting

Microneedle Array Plus Doxorubicin in Cutaneous Squamous Cell Cancer (cSCC)

The purpose of this study is to test a new method of experimental treatment for cutaneous squamous cell skin cancer, using small adhesive-like patches (a micro-needle applicator or MNA for short), which have dozens of very small micro-needles loaded with extremely low doses of doxorubicin, a chemotherapy agent. The overall goal of this study is to test the safety and effectiveness of these patches. The investigators have established the highest tolerated dose at 50 micrograms in a previous study for a different type of cancer that affects the skin. The investigators will thoroughly evaluate the skin where the patches are applied.

Participants needed: 48
Trial details
Phase: Phase 1, Phase 2Age: 18+Biological sex: AllType: InterventionalSponsor: Falo, Louis, MDUpdated: Apr 9, 2026Locations: 1
Eligibility criteria

Subjects must have a histological diagnosis of cSCC based upon a skin biopsy. [+10]

Patients with HIV infection with CD4+ T-cell (CD4+) counts ≥ 350 cells/uL will b... [+26]

Status: Recruiting

Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma Staging Study

Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (CSCC) is the second most common form of skin cancer, and one of the most common cancers worldwide. The majority of CSCCs are easily removed by surgery and have excellent prognosis. However, a small subset has poor outcomes, including secondary spread in the body (metastasis) and death. The investigators will look at existing CSCC in people from two UK dermatology centres. The investigators will then evaluate the accuracy of current staging systems in predicting risk of poor outcomes in people. The investigators hope that this project will improve the management of patients with CSCC by validating the predictive power of currently available histological staging classifications for cSCC. In the second stage of the study, The investigators will see whether better prediction tools can be found.

Participants needed: 1,500
Trial details
Age: 18-120Biological sex: AllType: ObservationalSponsor: Queen Mary University of LondonUpdated: Apr 2, 2026Locations: 2
Eligibility criteria

Over 18 years old with diagnosis of CSCC

Patients who decline for their data to be used for research purposes

Status: Recruiting

ctDNA in Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma

The purpose of this study is to test the potential for a liquid biopsy assay to detect residual disease after surgery in patients with cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma as well as the potential for this assay to monitor response to immunotherapy treatment.

Participants needed: 60
Trial details
Age: 18+Biological sex: AllType: ObservationalSponsor: Massachusetts Eye and Ear InfirmaryUpdated: Mar 30, 2026Locations: 1
Eligibility criteria

Patients with surgically resectable primary CSCC with PNI (>0.1mm caliber nerve)... [+1]

Patients with Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma not amenable to surgical resecti... [+5]

Status: Recruiting

Phase I Study of Tolododekin Alfa (ANK-101) in Advanced Solid Tumors

This is a Phase 1, multicenter, open-label dose escalation study to determine the safety and tolerability of intratumoral (IT) injection of tolododekin alfa (ANK-101) in participants with advanced solid tumors who have progressed during or after receiving standard of care (SOC) therapy or who will not benefit from such therapy. The study will be conducted in three parts; in Part 1, participants with superficial lesions will receive ANK-101 as a single agent; in Part 2, participants with visceral lesions will receive ANK-101 as a single agent; and in Part 3, participants with cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (CSCC) will receive ANK-101 in combination with cemiplimab.

Participants needed: 97
Trial details
Phase: Phase 1Age: 18+Biological sex: AllType: InterventionalSponsor: Ankyra Therapeutics, IncUpdated: Mar 6, 2026Locations: 5
Eligibility criteria

≥ 18 years of age on day of signing informed consent [+13]

injectable tumors impinging upon major airways or blood vessels [+17]

Status: Not yet recruiting

Cosibelimab for CSCC in Patients With Kidney Transplant or Hematologic Malignancy

This is study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of cosibelimab in special populations with advanced cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (CSCC). The name of the drug involved in this research study is: -cosibelimab (a type of an anti-PD-L1 antibody)

Participants needed: 80
Trial details
Phase: Phase 4Age: 18+Biological sex: AllType: InterventionalSponsor: Dana-Farber Cancer InstituteUpdated: Feb 23, 2026Locations: 2
Eligibility criteria

COHORT A: Participant must have a history of kidney transplant (at least 6 month... [+34]

Prior treatment within the past 12 months with any of the following classes of d... [+16]

Status: Recruiting

TIL Therapy in cSCC and MCC

The purpose of this research study is to test the safety and effectiveness of a tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) cellular therapy, also called LN-145 or lifileucel, and chemotherapy in combination with Interleukin-2 (IL-2) to find out what effects, if any, the combination has on participants with Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (CSCC) or Merkel Cell Carcinoma (MCC) who were previously treated with immunotherapy. The names of the study interventions involved in this study are: * Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes (a type of cellular therapy) * Fludarabine and Cyclophosphamide (types of standard of care chemotherapy drugs) * Interleukin-2 (a type of recombinant, human glycoprotein)

Participants needed: 14
Trial details
Phase: Phase 2Age: 18+Biological sex: AllType: InterventionalSponsor: Karam Khaddour, MD, MSUpdated: Feb 13, 2026Locations: 1
Eligibility criteria

Provide written informed consent, which includes understanding that there may be... [+31]

Have a history of allogenic organ transplant. [+15]

Status: Recruiting

Ex Vivo Cutaneous SCC

This is a prospective study including patients ( ≥ 18 years) referred for surgical treatment of primary cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma at the Department of Plastic Surgery, Rigshospitalet. After written and informed consent, patients will undergo standard surgical excision, followed by ex vivo 3D ultrasonography of the specimen using a 3Sonic device connected to a high-frequency ultrasound machine. This will create 3D ultrasound tomographic scans which will be interpreted by one investigator blinded to histopathology. The investigated outcomes will primarily be the deep margin distance. This will be compared to histopathology, where a pathologist - blinded to the ultrasonography results - will slice the entire specimen parallel to the ultrasound images. A third investigator will then match the histopathology images to the ultrasound images for correlation of the measured deep margins.

Participants needed: 30
Trial details
Age: 18+Biological sex: AllType: InterventionalSponsor: Rigshospitalet, DenmarkUpdated: Feb 11, 2026Locations: 1
Eligibility criteria

Adults with primary cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma.

Carcinomas located on the eyelids, vulva, penis, or perianal. [+1]

Status: Recruiting

Thermotherapy in Addition to SOC Palliative Radiotherapy

This study aims to investigate the efficacy and safety profile of superficial hyperthermia (wIRA) in addition to standard of care (SOC) palliative radiotherapy in patients with inoperable/incurable locally advanced or recurrent/metastatic HNSCC or cutaneous SCC superficial tumours not suitable for radical treatment. The investigators will assess the best objective response rate (ORR) of patients with Inoperable/incurable or recurrent/metastatic HNSCC or cSCC with superficial lesion(s) treated with the combination of superficial hyperthermia (wIRA) and palliative radiotherapy.

Participants needed: 60
Trial details
Age: 18+Biological sex: AllType: InterventionalSponsor: King's College LondonUpdated: Dec 22, 2025Locations: 2
Eligibility criteria

Patient with histologically confirmed incurable or inoperable cancers with disea... [+4]

No superficial tumour lesion or lymph node that is suitable for hydrosun® TWH150... [+2]

Status: Recruiting

Neoadjuvant Nivolumab and Relatlimab in Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma

The goal of this study is to test neoadjuvant therapy with the dual inhibition of Programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) and lymphocyte activation gene 3 (LAG-3) immune checkpoint pathways in a cohort of treatment-naïve, resectable stage II to IV cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma on the pathological response rate (pCR) and recurrence-free survival.

Participants needed: 20
Trial details
Phase: Phase 2Age: 18+Biological sex: AllType: InterventionalSponsor: Melanoma Institute AustraliaUpdated: Dec 16, 2025Locations: 1
Eligibility criteria

≥ 18 years of age [+15]

Clinical or radiographic evidence of distant metastasis [+39]

Status: Recruiting

A Study of MQ710 With and Without Pembrolizumab in People With Solid Tumor Cancer

Participants of this study will have a diagnosis of a solid tumor cancer that has come back to its original location or spread beyond its original location (advanced), came back (relapsed) or worsened (refractory) after standard treatments, or no standard treatments are available for the participants' cancer. The purpose of this study if to find the highest dose of MQ710 that causes few or mild side effects in participants with a solid tumor cancer diagnosis.

Participants needed: 56
Trial details
Phase: Phase 1Age: 18+Biological sex: AllType: InterventionalSponsor: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterUpdated: Dec 3, 2025Locations: 7
Eligibility criteria

Age 18 or over [+25]

Splenectomy [+25]

Status: Recruiting

Personalised Immunotherapy Platform

This is a non-interventional study to prospectively test a suite of predictive biomarker models of immunotherapy resistance in patients with melanoma, non-melanoma skin cancers and other solid tumours. The study will evaluate the documentation, processes, accuracy and utility of the predictive biomarker model in clinical practice.

Participants needed: 1,000
Trial details
Age: 18+Biological sex: AllType: ObservationalSponsor: Melanoma Institute AustraliaUpdated: Sep 18, 2025Locations: 3
Eligibility criteria

Written informed consent to participation for the use of tumour tissue, blood an... [+9]

Written informed consent to participation for the use of tumour tissue and colle... [+12]

Status: Recruiting

Study of Safety and Tolerability of BCA101 Monotherapy and in Combination Therapy in Patients With EGFR-driven Advanced Solid Tumors

The investigational drug to be studied in this protocol, BCA101, is a first-in-class compound that targets both EGFR with TGFβ. Based on preclinical data, this bifunctional antibody may exert synergistic activity in patients with EGFR-driven tumors.

Participants needed: 292
Trial details
Phase: Phase 1Age: 18+Biological sex: AllType: InterventionalSponsor: Bicara TherapeuticsUpdated: Aug 15, 2025Locations: 20
Eligibility criteria

Patient must have measurable disease amendable to biopsy and be willing to under... [+5]

For Part A: Exposure to anti-EGFR antibodies within 4 weeks of the first dose of... [+8]

Status: Recruiting

A Beta-only IL-2 ImmunoTherapY Study

This is a Phase 1/2, multi-center, open-label, dose-escalation and expansion study to evaluate safety and tolerability, PK, pharmacodynamic, and early signal of anti-tumor activity of MDNA11 alone or in combination with a checkpoint inhibitor in patients with advanced solid tumors.

Participants needed: 115
Trial details
Phase: Phase 1, Phase 2Age: 18+Biological sex: AllType: InterventionalSponsor: Medicenna Therapeutics, Inc.Updated: Jul 9, 2025Locations: 27
Eligibility criteria

Aged at least 18 years (inclusive at the time of informed consent). [+8]

Prior systemic anti-cancer therapy including investigational agents within 4 wee... [+16]

Status: Recruiting

Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck

The purpose of this study is to research if a type of biopsy known as sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) can help in determining the rate of tumor deposits that are hard to detect and identify in node-negative cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma of the head or neck.

Participants needed: 94
Trial details
Age: 18+Biological sex: AllType: InterventionalSponsor: Indiana UniversityUpdated: Jun 11, 2025Locations: 1
Eligibility criteria

Patients ≥ 18 years old at the time of informed consent [+6]

Clinical evidence of satellite lesions, in-transit, regional nodal or distant me... [+5]

Status: Recruiting

Towards Cure Via Only Ultra-short ICB in CSCC

The goal of this clinical trial is to determine whether cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma patients can be cured using only immunotherapy, without surgery or radiotherapy.

Participants needed: 41
Trial details
Phase: Phase 2Age: 18+Biological sex: AllType: InterventionalSponsor: The Netherlands Cancer InstituteUpdated: May 29, 2025Locations: 5
Eligibility criteria

18 years of age or older [+9]

Distantly metastasized (stadium IVb) CSCC [+12]

Status: Recruiting

Outcome Research of a European Registry Platform on Real-world Treatment Data of Patients with Advanced NMSC

This current registry study will analyze real-world data to address questions about disease characteristics and treatment patterns in NMSC patients based on the European NMSC-Registry. The overall objective is to describe characteristics, management and treatment outcomes for patients presenting with advanced NMSC (cSCC/BCC) or HR-cSCC in routine clinical practice, independent of treatments used across different European regions.

Participants needed: 1,300
Trial details
Age: 18+Biological sex: AllType: ObservationalSponsor: EuMelaReg gGmbHUpdated: Mar 12, 2025Locations: 1Duration: 5 Years
Eligibility criteria

Patients aged ≥18 years at index date [+2]

Status: Recruiting

Evaluating the Use of Photodynamic Therapy to Treat Facial Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Situ (SCCis)

The goal of this clinical trial is to test how safe and effective it is to treat early form of cancer cells found in the upper skin layer of the face, using a light-sensitive gel used in combination with a light source. The main questions this trial aims to answer are: * to confirm using laboratory testing, how much of the affected facial skin cancer section the treatment was able to remove, and; * seeing how many participants had no remaining affected facial skin cancer sections after treatment. Participants who qualify will be asked to complete 14 visits in total and will receive a total of two treatments, after voluntarily consent has been given.

Participants needed: 20
Trial details
Phase: Phase 2Age: 18+Biological sex: AllType: InterventionalSponsor: The Center for Clinical and Cosmetic ResearchUpdated: Aug 29, 2024Locations: 1
Eligibility criteria

Must be an adult (18 years of age or older) [+6]

Pregnant or lactating [+6]

Status: Available

IFx-Hu2.0 Expanded Access Program

Expanded access requests for IFx-Hu2.0 may be considered for the treatment of adult patients (greater than or equal to 18 years of age) with stage III through IV cutaneous melanoma, advanced Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC), or advanced cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) who have failed all available treatment options. To request access, use Responsible Party contact information provided in this record..

Trial details
Age: 18+Biological sex: AllType: Expanded AccessSponsor: TuHURA Biosciences, Inc.Updated: Aug 12, 2024
Eligibility criteria

To request more information use Responsible Party contact information provided i...

To request more information use Responsible Party contact information provided i...

Status: Recruiting

B-catenin in Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Its Mimickers

Examine the role of B-catenin in differentiation of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma from other lesions that may be similar to it

Participants needed: 50
Trial details
Biological sex: AllType: ObservationalSponsor: Sohag UniversityUpdated: Aug 6, 2024Locations: 1
Eligibility criteria

tissue blocks with sufficient materials Cases with sufficient data

tissue blocks with insufficient and necrotic materials. Casas with insufficient...