Skin cream treatment for small early non-melanoma skin cancers
Treatments studied
Part of Cancer, Skin clinical trials.
This study tests whether 5-fluorouracil and calcipotriene (medicines used on the skin) can treat certain small, early skin cancers or pre-cancers without surgery. It’s for specific types and locations of lesions and aims to see how well the treatment works and how safe it is.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You need to speak English and be able to follow study instructions and visits.
- You have an un-treated, biopsy-proven superficial basal cell cancer (sBCC) or squamous cell carcinoma in situ (SCCis).
- Your lesion must be small (less than 2 cm) and located on the scalp, trunk, neck, or arms/legs (excluding hands, feet, and genital area)—OR you have certain lesions on face/hands/feet/genital area where surgery isn’t possible.
- You must not have had treatment right at the spot before (including “field” skin treatments within 2 cm) and no radiation to that area.
- If you can become pregnant, you must take a pregnancy test before starting and use birth control during treatment; you cannot be pregnant or breastfeeding.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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