Clinical trialNCT06223659RecruitingPhase 2Interventional

EMLA Topical Cream for Treatment of Pain in Patients Receiving Intra-Dermal Technetium 99 Injections for Lymphoscintigraphy for Skin Cancers

SponsorOhio State University Comprehensive Cancer CenterEnrollment100Cutaneous MelanomaMerkel Cell CarcinomaSkin Squamous Cell Carcinoma

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Summary

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This phase II trial tests how well EMLA topical cream works in treating pain in patients with skin cancers receiving Technetium 99 injections for a lymphoscintigraphy mapping procedure. A lymphoscintigraphy mapping procedure is used to find the main or lead lymph node (tissue that fight infection) so it can be removed and checked for tumor cells. Using lymphoscintigraphy to highlight and then surgically remove lymph nodes is standard way to treat skin cancer for many patients. The Technetium 99 injections used for lymphoscintigraphy can be briefly painful due to the sensitivity of the nerve endings in the skin. The EMLA topical cream, which contains a numbing medicine to block pain from nerve endings, has been studied in breast cancer patients with a difference in pain reported, but this is the first time it has been studied in patients undergoing lymphoscintigraphy for skin cancer. This study may help researchers learn whether the use of EMLA cream may improve the associated pain at the time of the lymphoscintigraphy procedure.

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Investigators

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Carlo M Contreras, MD
Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
Principal Investigator
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Sites

1 registered facility, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States

Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
Columbus, Ohio, United States
Carlo M. Contreras, MD
Recruiting

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Drugs studied

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Eutectic Mixture of Local AnestheticsPlacebo Administration

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Registration & key dates

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Start: 19 Dec 2023
Primary completion: 31 Oct 2026
Completion: 31 Oct 2026
Last update posted: 10 Mar 2026
Registered enrollment: 100
Registry id: NCT06223659

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