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

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, 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.

Timeline

Start

2003-06

Primary completion

2009-08

Completion

2010-05

Publications

• Results Civantos F. Photodynamic therapy for head and neck lesions in the subtropics. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2012 Oct 1;10 Suppl 2:S65-8. doi: 10.6004/jnccn.2012.0179.

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