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Clinical trialNCT00453336CompletedPhase 2Interventional

Photodynamic Therapy With Porfimer Sodium in Treating Patients With Precancerous Lesions, Cancer, or Other Disease of the Aerodigestive Tract

SponsorUniversity of MiamiEnrollment45Head and Neck CancerPrecancerous/Nonmalignant Condition
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Summary

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RATIONALE: Photodynamic therapy uses a drug that becomes active when it is exposed to a certain kind of light. When the drug is active, precancerous cells and cancer cells are killed. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying the side effects and how well photodynamic therapy with porfimer sodium works in treating patients with precancerous lesions, cancer, or other disease of the aerodigestive tract.
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Investigators

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  • Francisco Civantos, Jr., MD

    University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Study Chair
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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
  • University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center - Miami

    Miami, Florida, United States

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Drugs studied

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Dihematoporphyrin ether →
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Registration & key dates

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Start
30 Jun 2003
Primary completion
31 Aug 2009
Completion
31 May 2010
Last update posted
8 Feb 2017
Registered enrollment
45
Registry id
NCT00453336
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