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Photodynamic Therapy Using Porfimer Sodium in Treating Patients With Recurrent Mouth or Throat Dysplasia or Recurrent In Situ Cancer or Stage I Cancer of the Mouth or Throat

NCT00530088 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2014-07-04

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Summary

RATIONALE: Photodynamic therapy uses a drug that becomes active when it is exposed to a certain kind of light. When the drug is active, tumor cells are killed. Photodynamic therapy using porfimer sodium may be effective against mouth or throat dysplasia and cancer of the mouth and throat.

PURPOSE: This phase I trial is studying how well photodynamic therapy using porfimer sodium works in treating patients with recurrent mouth or throat dysplasia, recurrent in situ cancer of the mouth or throat, or stage I cancer of the mouth or throat.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

porfimer sodium

IV

DRUG

Photdynamic Therapy (PDT)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Roswell Park Cancer Institute

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Nestor R. Rigual, MD · Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2001-10-31
Primary Completion
2010-08-31
Completion
2010-10-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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