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A Study to Evaluate Effectiveness of Imiquimod 5% Cream in Superficial Basal Cell Carcinoma

An Open-Label Study to Evaluate the Safety and Long-Term Clinical Efficacy of Imiquimod 5% Cream Applied Once Daily 5 Days Per Week for 6 Weeks in the Treatment of Superficial Basal Cell Carcinoma

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT00189241
Enrollment
160
Registered
2005-09-19
Start date
2001-02-28
Completion date
2007-02-28
Last updated
2022-02-07

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Conditions

Basal Cell Carcinoma

Keywords

Aldara, Superficial Basal Cell Carcinoma, Long-Term Study

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the long-term sustained clearance rate of superficial basal cell carcinoma during a 5 year period following treatment with imiquimod

Interventions

DRUGimiquimod

Sponsors

MEDA Pharma GmbH & Co. KG
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Have one superficial BCC - primary tumour * Minimum tumour area of 0.5cm2, maximum diameter of 2.0cm. * If female and of child bearing potential, negative pregnancy test and willing to use medically acceptable method of contraception.

Exclusion criteria

* Evidence of clinically significant, unstable medical conditions. * Evidence of Gorlin syndrome, metastatic tumour or tumour with high probability of metastatic spread, have or have had within last 5 years other malignant cancers of the skin at target tumour site. * Have received defined treatments in tumour site or surrounding area. * Any dermatological disease in the target tumour site or surrounding area. * Have had a systemic bacterial or viral infection within 2 weeks prior to study initiation.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
To evaluate the long-term sustained clearance rate, defined as the proportion of subjects who are clinically clear of sBCC at the treated sBCC target tumour site at the 12 week posttreatment visit and remain clear during the 5 year follow-up period.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
To evaluate the safety and cosmetic outcome of once daily 5 days per week dosing for 6 weeks with imiquimod 5% cream in the treatment of sBCC

Countries

Germany

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026