Clinical Trials Unit
Stanford University School of Medicine's Center for Advanced Dermatologic Investigation is the Dermatology Department's clinical trials unit.
The Center is home to 12-15 ongoing clinical studies, investigating the safety and efficacy of new and currently available drugs and over-the-counter medications. The Center works with Stanford's own panel on medical research, leading pharmaceutical companies,and the Food and Drug Administration to safely and ethically expand the medical field's knowledge of dermatologic treatments. New studies begin regularly, and the Center continues to recruit patients with skin aging, sun damage, skin cancer (including basal cell carcinomas), psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, rosacea, and other dermatologic diseases for ongoing studies.
Skin Aging Studies
We seek to understand the human aging processes as it relates to skin on a fundamental level. To this end, our studies focus on clinical and translational research efforts ranging from: (1) the analysis of gene changes which predispose individuals to exceptionally youthful skin to (2) molecular signatures that may be biomarkers for aging skin to (3) the careful study of new candidate agents which might affect the skin aging process.
Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer
Recent advances in our understanding of basal cell skin cancer biology have enabled the development of cutting edge study drugs which combat tumor growth. We are currently home to a number of clinical trials at the forefront of potential therapy for advanced or metastatic basal cell cancer. In addition, we seek to understand the biology of basal cell skin cancers and to identify molecular predictors for treatment success.
Acne Rosecea
This is a common and frustrating chronic inflammatory condition of the face, usually affecting older individuals. The causes of this complex condition are the subject of much study. Our clinical studies seek to identify new topical or oral medications to improve the symptoms of acne rosacea.
Contact
For more information, please email dermtrials@stanford.edu
Featured Clinical Trials
Genomic Profiling in Recommending Treatment for Patients With Metastatic Solid Tumors
This research trial studies using genomic profiling to recommend anticancer treatment to patients with cancer that has spread beyond the original site of the tumor (metastatic cancer). Genomic profiling studies the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) of a tumor to detect genetic changes or abnormalities. This information can then be used to recommend treatments that may be more likely to result in a beneficial response. It is not yet known whether genomic profiling will detect abnormalities that can be used to make treatment recommendations and whether treatment based on genomic profiling is more effective than standard treatment.
Stanford is currently accepting patients for this trial.
Stanford Investigator(s):
Intervention(s):
- genetic: mutation analysis
- other: cytology specimen collection procedure
- other: laboratory biomarker analysis
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Understand and provide written informed consent and Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA) authorization prior to initiation of any study-specific
procedures
- Have a diagnosis of metastatic, incurable cancer and have progressed on at least one
line of systemic therapy OR a cancer with no standard 1st-line systemic therapy shown
to prolong survival (or where a clinical trial recommended as the 1st-line option)
- Measurable disease (RECIST 1.1)
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0 or 1
- In the opinion of the investigator, be medically suitable for and willing to undergo a
biopsy or surgical procedure to obtain tissue as a part of routine care for their
malignancy OR have adequate archival tissue from a previous biopsy available for
profiling
- Female patients of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test and
agree to use at least one form of contraception during the study and for at least one
month after treatment discontinuation; for the purposes of this study, child-bearing
potential is defined as: all female patients that were not in post-menopause for at
least one year or are surgically sterile
- Male patients must use a form of barrier contraception approved by the
investigator/treating physician during the study and for at least one month after
treatment discontinuation
Exclusion Criteria:
- Have lesions that are not accessible to biopsy or not planned for biopsy as part of
routine care OR if archival tissue will be used for profiling, an insufficient amount
is available
- Have diagnosis of a hematologic malignancy
- Have symptomatic central nervous system (CNS) metastasis; patients with a history of
CNS metastases who have been treated with whole brain irradiation must be stable
without symptoms for 4 weeks after completion of treatment, with image documentation
required, and must be either off steroids or on a stable dose of steroids for >= 2
weeks prior to enrollment
- Have uncontrolled concurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active
serious infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris,
unstable cardiac arrhythmias, psychiatric illness, or situations that would limit
compliance with the study requirements or the ability to willingly give written
informed consent
- Have known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C
virus (HCV) infection
- Are pregnant or breast-feeding patients or any patient with childbearing potential not
using adequate contraception
Ages Eligible for Study
18 Years - N/A
Genders Eligible for Study
All
Now accepting new patients
Contact Information
Stanford University
School of Medicine
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford,
CA
94305
Meredith Mills
650-724-5223
I'm interested
Psoriasis Clinical Trials
Genomic Profiling in Recommending Treatment for Patients With Metastatic Solid Tumors
This research trial studies using genomic profiling to recommend anticancer treatment to patients with cancer that has spread beyond the original site of the tumor (metastatic cancer). Genomic profiling studies the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) of a tumor to detect genetic changes or abnormalities. This information can then be used to recommend treatments that may be more likely to result in a beneficial response. It is not yet known whether genomic profiling will detect abnormalities that can be used to make treatment recommendations and whether treatment based on genomic profiling is more effective than standard treatment.
Stanford is currently accepting patients for this trial.
Stanford Investigator(s):
Intervention(s):
- genetic: mutation analysis
- other: cytology specimen collection procedure
- other: laboratory biomarker analysis
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Understand and provide written informed consent and Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA) authorization prior to initiation of any study-specific
procedures
- Have a diagnosis of metastatic, incurable cancer and have progressed on at least one
line of systemic therapy OR a cancer with no standard 1st-line systemic therapy shown
to prolong survival (or where a clinical trial recommended as the 1st-line option)
- Measurable disease (RECIST 1.1)
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0 or 1
- In the opinion of the investigator, be medically suitable for and willing to undergo a
biopsy or surgical procedure to obtain tissue as a part of routine care for their
malignancy OR have adequate archival tissue from a previous biopsy available for
profiling
- Female patients of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test and
agree to use at least one form of contraception during the study and for at least one
month after treatment discontinuation; for the purposes of this study, child-bearing
potential is defined as: all female patients that were not in post-menopause for at
least one year or are surgically sterile
- Male patients must use a form of barrier contraception approved by the
investigator/treating physician during the study and for at least one month after
treatment discontinuation
Exclusion Criteria:
- Have lesions that are not accessible to biopsy or not planned for biopsy as part of
routine care OR if archival tissue will be used for profiling, an insufficient amount
is available
- Have diagnosis of a hematologic malignancy
- Have symptomatic central nervous system (CNS) metastasis; patients with a history of
CNS metastases who have been treated with whole brain irradiation must be stable
without symptoms for 4 weeks after completion of treatment, with image documentation
required, and must be either off steroids or on a stable dose of steroids for >= 2
weeks prior to enrollment
- Have uncontrolled concurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active
serious infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris,
unstable cardiac arrhythmias, psychiatric illness, or situations that would limit
compliance with the study requirements or the ability to willingly give written
informed consent
- Have known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C
virus (HCV) infection
- Are pregnant or breast-feeding patients or any patient with childbearing potential not
using adequate contraception
Ages Eligible for Study
18 Years - N/A
Genders Eligible for Study
All
Now accepting new patients
Contact Information
Stanford University
School of Medicine
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford,
CA
94305
Meredith Mills
650-724-5223
I'm interested
Dermatology Clinical Trials
Genomic Profiling in Recommending Treatment for Patients With Metastatic Solid Tumors
This research trial studies using genomic profiling to recommend anticancer treatment to patients with cancer that has spread beyond the original site of the tumor (metastatic cancer). Genomic profiling studies the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) of a tumor to detect genetic changes or abnormalities. This information can then be used to recommend treatments that may be more likely to result in a beneficial response. It is not yet known whether genomic profiling will detect abnormalities that can be used to make treatment recommendations and whether treatment based on genomic profiling is more effective than standard treatment.
Stanford is currently accepting patients for this trial.
Stanford Investigator(s):
Intervention(s):
- genetic: mutation analysis
- other: cytology specimen collection procedure
- other: laboratory biomarker analysis
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Understand and provide written informed consent and Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA) authorization prior to initiation of any study-specific
procedures
- Have a diagnosis of metastatic, incurable cancer and have progressed on at least one
line of systemic therapy OR a cancer with no standard 1st-line systemic therapy shown
to prolong survival (or where a clinical trial recommended as the 1st-line option)
- Measurable disease (RECIST 1.1)
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0 or 1
- In the opinion of the investigator, be medically suitable for and willing to undergo a
biopsy or surgical procedure to obtain tissue as a part of routine care for their
malignancy OR have adequate archival tissue from a previous biopsy available for
profiling
- Female patients of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test and
agree to use at least one form of contraception during the study and for at least one
month after treatment discontinuation; for the purposes of this study, child-bearing
potential is defined as: all female patients that were not in post-menopause for at
least one year or are surgically sterile
- Male patients must use a form of barrier contraception approved by the
investigator/treating physician during the study and for at least one month after
treatment discontinuation
Exclusion Criteria:
- Have lesions that are not accessible to biopsy or not planned for biopsy as part of
routine care OR if archival tissue will be used for profiling, an insufficient amount
is available
- Have diagnosis of a hematologic malignancy
- Have symptomatic central nervous system (CNS) metastasis; patients with a history of
CNS metastases who have been treated with whole brain irradiation must be stable
without symptoms for 4 weeks after completion of treatment, with image documentation
required, and must be either off steroids or on a stable dose of steroids for >= 2
weeks prior to enrollment
- Have uncontrolled concurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active
serious infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris,
unstable cardiac arrhythmias, psychiatric illness, or situations that would limit
compliance with the study requirements or the ability to willingly give written
informed consent
- Have known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C
virus (HCV) infection
- Are pregnant or breast-feeding patients or any patient with childbearing potential not
using adequate contraception
Ages Eligible for Study
18 Years - N/A
Genders Eligible for Study
All
Now accepting new patients
Contact Information
Stanford University
School of Medicine
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford,
CA
94305
Meredith Mills
650-724-5223
I'm interested
Pediatric Dermatology Clinical Trials
Genomic Profiling in Recommending Treatment for Patients With Metastatic Solid Tumors
This research trial studies using genomic profiling to recommend anticancer treatment to patients with cancer that has spread beyond the original site of the tumor (metastatic cancer). Genomic profiling studies the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) of a tumor to detect genetic changes or abnormalities. This information can then be used to recommend treatments that may be more likely to result in a beneficial response. It is not yet known whether genomic profiling will detect abnormalities that can be used to make treatment recommendations and whether treatment based on genomic profiling is more effective than standard treatment.
Stanford is currently accepting patients for this trial.
Stanford Investigator(s):
Intervention(s):
- genetic: mutation analysis
- other: cytology specimen collection procedure
- other: laboratory biomarker analysis
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Understand and provide written informed consent and Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA) authorization prior to initiation of any study-specific
procedures
- Have a diagnosis of metastatic, incurable cancer and have progressed on at least one
line of systemic therapy OR a cancer with no standard 1st-line systemic therapy shown
to prolong survival (or where a clinical trial recommended as the 1st-line option)
- Measurable disease (RECIST 1.1)
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0 or 1
- In the opinion of the investigator, be medically suitable for and willing to undergo a
biopsy or surgical procedure to obtain tissue as a part of routine care for their
malignancy OR have adequate archival tissue from a previous biopsy available for
profiling
- Female patients of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test and
agree to use at least one form of contraception during the study and for at least one
month after treatment discontinuation; for the purposes of this study, child-bearing
potential is defined as: all female patients that were not in post-menopause for at
least one year or are surgically sterile
- Male patients must use a form of barrier contraception approved by the
investigator/treating physician during the study and for at least one month after
treatment discontinuation
Exclusion Criteria:
- Have lesions that are not accessible to biopsy or not planned for biopsy as part of
routine care OR if archival tissue will be used for profiling, an insufficient amount
is available
- Have diagnosis of a hematologic malignancy
- Have symptomatic central nervous system (CNS) metastasis; patients with a history of
CNS metastases who have been treated with whole brain irradiation must be stable
without symptoms for 4 weeks after completion of treatment, with image documentation
required, and must be either off steroids or on a stable dose of steroids for >= 2
weeks prior to enrollment
- Have uncontrolled concurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active
serious infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris,
unstable cardiac arrhythmias, psychiatric illness, or situations that would limit
compliance with the study requirements or the ability to willingly give written
informed consent
- Have known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C
virus (HCV) infection
- Are pregnant or breast-feeding patients or any patient with childbearing potential not
using adequate contraception
Ages Eligible for Study
18 Years - N/A
Genders Eligible for Study
All
Now accepting new patients
Contact Information
Stanford University
School of Medicine
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford,
CA
94305
Meredith Mills
650-724-5223
I'm interested
Genomic Profiling in Recommending Treatment for Patients With Metastatic Solid Tumors
This research trial studies using genomic profiling to recommend anticancer treatment to patients with cancer that has spread beyond the original site of the tumor (metastatic cancer). Genomic profiling studies the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) of a tumor to detect genetic changes or abnormalities. This information can then be used to recommend treatments that may be more likely to result in a beneficial response. It is not yet known whether genomic profiling will detect abnormalities that can be used to make treatment recommendations and whether treatment based on genomic profiling is more effective than standard treatment.
Stanford is currently accepting patients for this trial.
Stanford Investigator(s):
Intervention(s):
- genetic: mutation analysis
- other: cytology specimen collection procedure
- other: laboratory biomarker analysis
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Understand and provide written informed consent and Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA) authorization prior to initiation of any study-specific
procedures
- Have a diagnosis of metastatic, incurable cancer and have progressed on at least one
line of systemic therapy OR a cancer with no standard 1st-line systemic therapy shown
to prolong survival (or where a clinical trial recommended as the 1st-line option)
- Measurable disease (RECIST 1.1)
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0 or 1
- In the opinion of the investigator, be medically suitable for and willing to undergo a
biopsy or surgical procedure to obtain tissue as a part of routine care for their
malignancy OR have adequate archival tissue from a previous biopsy available for
profiling
- Female patients of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test and
agree to use at least one form of contraception during the study and for at least one
month after treatment discontinuation; for the purposes of this study, child-bearing
potential is defined as: all female patients that were not in post-menopause for at
least one year or are surgically sterile
- Male patients must use a form of barrier contraception approved by the
investigator/treating physician during the study and for at least one month after
treatment discontinuation
Exclusion Criteria:
- Have lesions that are not accessible to biopsy or not planned for biopsy as part of
routine care OR if archival tissue will be used for profiling, an insufficient amount
is available
- Have diagnosis of a hematologic malignancy
- Have symptomatic central nervous system (CNS) metastasis; patients with a history of
CNS metastases who have been treated with whole brain irradiation must be stable
without symptoms for 4 weeks after completion of treatment, with image documentation
required, and must be either off steroids or on a stable dose of steroids for >= 2
weeks prior to enrollment
- Have uncontrolled concurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active
serious infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris,
unstable cardiac arrhythmias, psychiatric illness, or situations that would limit
compliance with the study requirements or the ability to willingly give written
informed consent
- Have known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C
virus (HCV) infection
- Are pregnant or breast-feeding patients or any patient with childbearing potential not
using adequate contraception
Ages Eligible for Study
18 Years - N/A
Genders Eligible for Study
All
Now accepting new patients
Contact Information
Stanford University
School of Medicine
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford,
CA
94305
Meredith Mills
650-724-5223
I'm interested
Genomic Profiling in Recommending Treatment for Patients With Metastatic Solid Tumors
This research trial studies using genomic profiling to recommend anticancer treatment to patients with cancer that has spread beyond the original site of the tumor (metastatic cancer). Genomic profiling studies the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) of a tumor to detect genetic changes or abnormalities. This information can then be used to recommend treatments that may be more likely to result in a beneficial response. It is not yet known whether genomic profiling will detect abnormalities that can be used to make treatment recommendations and whether treatment based on genomic profiling is more effective than standard treatment.
Stanford is currently accepting patients for this trial.
Stanford Investigator(s):
Intervention(s):
- genetic: mutation analysis
- other: cytology specimen collection procedure
- other: laboratory biomarker analysis
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Understand and provide written informed consent and Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA) authorization prior to initiation of any study-specific
procedures
- Have a diagnosis of metastatic, incurable cancer and have progressed on at least one
line of systemic therapy OR a cancer with no standard 1st-line systemic therapy shown
to prolong survival (or where a clinical trial recommended as the 1st-line option)
- Measurable disease (RECIST 1.1)
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0 or 1
- In the opinion of the investigator, be medically suitable for and willing to undergo a
biopsy or surgical procedure to obtain tissue as a part of routine care for their
malignancy OR have adequate archival tissue from a previous biopsy available for
profiling
- Female patients of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test and
agree to use at least one form of contraception during the study and for at least one
month after treatment discontinuation; for the purposes of this study, child-bearing
potential is defined as: all female patients that were not in post-menopause for at
least one year or are surgically sterile
- Male patients must use a form of barrier contraception approved by the
investigator/treating physician during the study and for at least one month after
treatment discontinuation
Exclusion Criteria:
- Have lesions that are not accessible to biopsy or not planned for biopsy as part of
routine care OR if archival tissue will be used for profiling, an insufficient amount
is available
- Have diagnosis of a hematologic malignancy
- Have symptomatic central nervous system (CNS) metastasis; patients with a history of
CNS metastases who have been treated with whole brain irradiation must be stable
without symptoms for 4 weeks after completion of treatment, with image documentation
required, and must be either off steroids or on a stable dose of steroids for >= 2
weeks prior to enrollment
- Have uncontrolled concurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active
serious infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris,
unstable cardiac arrhythmias, psychiatric illness, or situations that would limit
compliance with the study requirements or the ability to willingly give written
informed consent
- Have known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C
virus (HCV) infection
- Are pregnant or breast-feeding patients or any patient with childbearing potential not
using adequate contraception
Ages Eligible for Study
18 Years - N/A
Genders Eligible for Study
All
Now accepting new patients
Contact Information
Stanford University
School of Medicine
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford,
CA
94305
Meredith Mills
650-724-5223
I'm interested