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L19IL2/TNF in Patients With Basal Cell Carcinoma

  • PhasePhase 2
  • StatusRecruiting
  • Planned enrollment92 people
  • Recruiting US sites3
  • SponsorPhilogen S.p.A.
  • RegistryNCT07227870

Recruitment re-checked on ClinicalTrials.gov Oct 30, 2026. Public record; not medical advice.

L19IL2/TNF in Patients With Basal Cell Carcinoma: a one-minute explainerNCT072278701 min

Eligibility

Who can join

The film gives the main points. The full list below is copied from the registry; the study team makes the final decision.

  • Age18 Years to no maximum
  • SexAll
  • Healthy volunteersNo

You may be able to join if

  • Patients must have histologically documented, locally advanced BCC.
  • Patients must have at least one injectable and measurable cutaneous or subcutaneous lesion.
  • Patients must have locally advanced BCC that has progressed on or cannot tolerate HHIs and anti-PD1 treatments assessed by a local multidisciplinary tumor board.
  • Patients with nodal, regional or in transit injectable BCC lesions.
  • Patients must be willing to provide tissue from a core or excisional biopsy of a tumor lesion at screening and for confirmation of Objective Response or Stable Disease.
  • Prior radiotherapy to the target lesions must be completed at least 4 weeks prior to first study drug administration, with all acute RT-related toxicities resolved to ≤ Grade 1
  • Male or female patients, who are capable of giving consent, age ≥ 18 years.
  • ECOG Performance Status/WHO Performance Status ≤ 2.
  • Hemoglobin > 10.0 g/dL.
  • Platelets > 100 x 109/L.
  • ALT and AST, GGT and Lipase ≤ 1.5 x the upper limit of normal (ULN).
  • All acute toxic effects (excluding alopecia) of any prior therapy must have resolved to National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE v. 5.0) Grade ≤ 1 unless otherwise specified.
  • Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) must have negative pregnancy test results at screening. WOCBP must be using, from screening to three months following the last study drug administration, highly effective contraception methods, as defined by the "Recommendations for contraception and pregnancy testing in clinical trials" issued by the Head of Medicine Agencies' Clinical Trial Facilitation Group and which include, for instance, progesterone-only or combined (estrogen- and progesterone-containing) hormonal contraception associated with inhibition of ovulation, intrauterine devices, intrauterine hormone-releasing systems, bilateral tubal occlusion, vasectomised partner.
  • Male patients with WOCBP partners must agree to use simultaneously two acceptable methods of contraception (i.e. spermicidal gel plus condom) from the screening to three months following the last study drug administration.
  • Willingness and ability to comply with the scheduled visits, treatment plan, laboratory tests and other study procedures.

You cannot join if

  • Presence of concomitant malignancies, with the exception of any cancer curatively treated more than 3 years prior to study entry and of tumors with a negligible risk for metastasis or death, such as adequately treated cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma of the skin (surgically removed at least 4 weeks prior to study entry), ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast, or carcinoma in situ of the cervix, early-stage asymptomatic CLL and not under active treatment (Rai 0, Binet A) will be eligible for the study.
  • Current topical or systemic chemotherapy, immunotherapy.
  • Presence of visceral metastasis.
  • Chronically impaired renal function as indicated by creatinine clearance < 60 mL/min/1.73m2 or for patients older than 65 years without albuminuria or proteinuria, creatinine clearance < 45 mL/min/1.73m2.
  • Presence of active severe bacterial or viral infections or other severe concurrent disease/infection requiring therapy, including positive tests for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 or HIV-2 serum antibody, hepatitis B virus (HBV), or hepatitis C virus (HCV). For HBV serology, the determination of HBsAg and anti-HBcAg Ab is required. In patients with serology documenting previous exposure to HBV, negative serum HBV-DNA is required. For HCV, HCV-RNA or HCV antibody test is required. Subjects with a positive test for HCV antibody but no detection of HCV-RNA indicating no current infection are eligible.
  • History within the last year of acute or subacute coronary syndromes including myocardial infarction, unstable or severe stable angina pectoris, inadequately treated cardiac arrhythmias and heart insufficiency (any grade, New York Heart Association (NYHA) criteria).
  • Any abnormalities observed during baseline ECG investigations that are considered clinically significant by the investigator.
  • Known arterial aneurysms.
  • INR > 3.
  • Uncontrolled hypertension.
  • Known uncontrolled coagulopathy or bleeding disorder.
  • Known hepatic cirrhosis or severe pre-existing hepatic impairment.
  • Moderate to severe respiratory failure.
  • Active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in past 2 years.
  • Patients have a diagnosis of immunodeficiency or are receiving chronic systemic steroid therapy (in dosing exceeding 10 mg daily of prednisone equivalent) or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior the first dose of study drug. Limited use of corticosteroids to treat or prevent acute hypersensitivity reactions and asthma/COPD is not considered an exclusion criterion.
  • Known history of allergy to IL2, TNF, or other human proteins/peptides/antibodies.
  • Pregnancy or breast-feeding.
  • Ischemic peripheral vascular disease (Grade IIb-IV).
  • Severe diabetic retinopathy.
  • Recovery from major trauma including surgery within 4 weeks prior to enrollment.
  • Solid organ transplant recipient or patient with iatrogenic or pathologic severe immune suppression.
  • Patients with a history or current evidence of any condition, therapy, or laboratory abnormality that might confound the results of the study, interfere with the participant's participation for the full duration of the study, or is not in the best interest of the participant to participate, in the opinion of the treating investigator.
  • Patients who have received a live vaccine within 30 days prior to the first dose of study drug. Examples of live vaccines include, but are not limited to, the following: measles, mumps, rubella, varicella/zoster (chicken pox), yellow fever, rabies, Bacillus Calmette-Guérin, and typhoid vaccine. Seasonal influenza vaccines for injection are generally killed virus vaccines and are allowed; however, intranasal influenza vaccines (e.g., FluMist®) are live attenuated vaccines and are not allowed.
  • Any conditions that in the opinion of the investigator could hamper compliance with the study protocol.

The treatment

How it is intended to work

This is how the treatment is meant to work. Whether it helps, and how safe it is, is what this trial is testing.

daromun. A combination of darleukin (L19-IL2), an immunocytokine consisting of the recombinant form of interleukin-2 (IL-2), fused to a human single-chain variable fragment (scFv) directed against the extra-domain B (ED-B) of fibronectin (L19), and fibromun (L19-TNFalpha), an immunocytokine consisting of human tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha) fused to a human scFv antibody fragment directed against the ED-B of L19, with potential antineoplastic and immunostimulating activities. Upon administration, the L-19 moieties of each immunocytokine bind to the ED-B domain of fibronectin on tumor cells in the tumor neovasculature. In turn, the IL-2 and TNF-alpha moieties of darleukin and fibromun, respectively, may locally induce an immune response against ED-B fibronectin-expressing tumor cells. ED-B is predominantly expressed during angiogenesis and tumor growth. NCI Drug Dictionary

Treatments listed in the registry

  • L19IL2/L19TNF (Drug): intratumoral administrations

The study

Treatment groups

Na · Single Group · masking: None

Treatment (Experimental)

Patients will receive intratumoral administrations of L19IL2/L19TNF into injectable cutaneous, subcutaneous tumors and nodal or in transit metastasis once weekly for up to 4 weeks.

What it involves

Procedures

As the registry describes them. Requirements to join, such as a tissue sample, are in the eligibility list above even when on-study procedures are optional. Ask the study team which steps apply to you.

  • biopsy: Part of the study plan

Goals

What the study measures

Main goals

  • Best Overall Response Rate (BORR) (From enrollment up to a maximum of 160 weeks after the start of treatment)

Planned enrollment: 92 (estimated).

Where

Recruiting US sites

  • H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute Hospital, Inc., Tampa, Florida
  • Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
  • The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

12 recruiting sites outside the US. Site status as of Oct 30, 2026. Check the live record before contacting a site.

Sources

Where this comes from

Registry record reviewed as fetched Oct 30, 2026, last updated by the sponsor Jul 20, 2026. Public record; not medical advice.

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