Safety and Efficacy Study for the Treatment of Non-Aggressive Basal Cell Carcinoma With Photodynamic Therapy

NCT ID: NCT02144077

Last Updated: 2022-11-03

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: PHASE3
• Total Enrollment: 281 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2014-01-28
• Study Completion Date: 2020-09-09

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to test the effectiveness and safety of the medicine Ameluz® (5-aminolevulinic acid) in comparison to methyl-aminolevulinate (MAL), used with photodynamic therapy (PDT), to treat thin, non-aggressive BCC (basal cell carcinoma).

Detailed Description

The treatment comprises of up to 2 PDT cycles, each with two PDT sessions one week apart.

If 12 weeks after the the second PDT all lesions are completely cleared the patient will enter the follow-up phase. In case of remaining lesions the patient will receive a second PDT cycle starting on the same day.

Conditions

Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC)

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: DOUBLE

Study Groups

BF-200 ALA

Topical application of BF-200 ALA gel containing 78 mg/g 5-aminolevulinic acid. Application of a 1 mm thick layer covering each lesion and 0.5 to 1 cm of surrounding margin.

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

BF-200 ALA

Intervention Type: DRUG

Topical treatment for photodynamic therapy combining drug application and subsequent illumination with a narrow spectrum light source (after 3 h of drug incubation)

methyl-aminolevulinate

Topical application of Metvix creme containing 160 mg/g methyl-aminolevulinate. Application of a 1 mm thick layer covering each lesion and 0.5 to 1 cm of surrounding margin.

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

methyl-aminolevulinate

Intervention Type: DRUG

Topical treatment for photodynamic therapy combining drug application and subsequent illumination with a narrow spectrum light source (after 3 h of drug incubation)

Interventions

BF-200 ALA

Topical treatment for photodynamic therapy combining drug application and subsequent illumination with a narrow spectrum light source (after 3 h of drug incubation)

Intervention Type: DRUG

methyl-aminolevulinate

Topical treatment for photodynamic therapy combining drug application and subsequent illumination with a narrow spectrum light source (after 3 h of drug incubation)

Intervention Type: DRUG

Other Intervention Names

Ameluz; Metvix / Metvixia

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Willing and able to sign informed consent form; obtained in writing before starting any study procedures
• Presence of 1-3 thin (≤2 mm thickness), clinically non-aggressive, primary BCC lesions (primary superficial, nodular, or mixed superficial/nodular) in the face/forehead, bald scalp, extremities and/or neck/trunk. Confirmation of non-aggressiveness and thickness of BCC through biopsies taken at screening for at least one lesion. Lesions non-eligible according to biopsy should timely be removed by surgery or cryotherapy
• Diameters of lesions should range between ≥0.5cm and ≤2cm; total maximal treated area is 10cm² (including 0.5-1.0cm margin surrounding each lesion)
• Target BCC lesions must be discrete and quantifiable and have to be located within 1-2 treatment areas
• Free of significant physical abnormalities (eg tattoos, dermatoses) in potential treatment area that may cause difficulty with examination or final evaluation
• Accept to abstain from extensive sunbathing and use of solarium during observer blind part. Patients with sunburn within treatment areas cannot be included until fully recovered
• Healthy patients and patients with clinically stable medical conditions, including, but not limited to controlled hypertension, diabetes mellitus type II, hypercholesterolemia, and osteoarthritis, will be permitted to be included in study if their medication is not prohibited by protocol
• Women of childbearing potential are permitted to participate in study only if they have a negative serum pregnancy test at screening and willingness to use a highly effective method of contraception during observer blind part

Exclusion Criteria

• History of hypersensitivity to 5-ALA or any ingredient of BF-200 ALA, MAL or any ingredient of Metvix®, including arachis oil, or to peanut or soya
• Hypersensitivity to porphyrins
• Current treatment with immunosuppression therapy
• Presence of porphyria
• Presence of BCC lesions on embryonic fusion planes (H-zone)
• Presence of more than 3 BCCs
• Presence of malignant or benign tumors of the skin other than non-aggressive BCC within the treatment area (eg malignant melanoma, squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), aggressive BCC clinically diagnosed at screening) within the last 12 weeks
• Gorlin Syndrome or Xeroderma pigmentosum
• Presence of photodermatoses
• Treatment of lesions (actinic keratosis (AK), BCC, SCC, Bowens disease, melanoma) ≤12 weeks prior to first PDT, except physical treatments (eg cryosurgery, excision surgery) that will not be allowed ≤6 weeks prior to first PDT (Visit 2). Lesion(s) that seemed eligible clinically which could not be confirmed by biopsy, and which are located ≥10cm to an eligible lesion should timely be removed physically only
• Presence of inherited or acquired coagulation defect
• Start of intake of medication with hypericin or systemically-acting drugs with phototoxic or photoallergic potential within 8 weeks prior to screening
• Clinically relevant cardiovascular, hepatic, renal, neurologic, endocrine, or other major systemic disease making implementation of protocol or interpretation of study results difficult
• Evidence of clinically significant (CS), unstable medical conditions, eg:

• Metastatic tumor or tumor with high probability of metastasis
• Cardiovascular disease (New York Heart Association [NYHA] class III, IV)
• Immunosuppressive condition
• Hematologic, hepatic, renal, neurologic, or endocrine condition
• Collagen-vascular condition
• Gastrointestinal condition
• Topical treatment with 5-ALA or MAL outside treatment area during the observer blind part
• Any topical treatment including diclofenac and immunomodulatory agents (eg imiquimod, ingenol mebutate) 12 weeks prior to first PDT session and during observer blind part
• Any physical treatment during the observer blind part within treated target areas with exception of lesion(s) determined non-eligible by biopsy

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Accovion GmbH

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Biofrontera Bioscience GmbH

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Rolf M. Szeimies, Prof. Dr.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Klinik fuer Dermatologie und Allergologie (Klinikum Vest - Knappschaftskrankenhaus), Recklinghausen, Germany

Colin Morton, Dr.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Dermatology Department, Stirling Community Hospital, NHS Forth Valley, United Kingdom

Locations

Klinikum Vest GmbH

Recklinghausen, Westfalen-Lippe, Germany

Countries

Germany

References

Morton CA, Dominicus R, Radny P, Dirschka T, Hauschild A, Reinhold U, Aschoff R, Ulrich M, Keohane S, Ekanayake-Bohlig S, Ibbotson S, Ostendorf R, Berking C, Grone D, Schulze HJ, Ockenfels HM, Jasnoch V, Kurzen H, Sebastian M, Stege H, Staubach P, Gupta G, Hubinger F, Ziabreva I, Schmitz B, Gertzmann A, Lubbert H, Szeimies RM. A randomized, multinational, noninferiority, phase III trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of BF-200 aminolaevulinic acid gel vs. methyl aminolaevulinate cream in the treatment of nonaggressive basal cell carcinoma with photodynamic therapy. Br J Dermatol. 2018 Aug;179(2):309-319. doi: 10.1111/bjd.16441. Epub 2018 May 16.

Reference Type: RESULT

PMID: 29432644 (View on PubMed)

Related Links

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29432644

US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health

Other Identifiers

2013-003241-42

Identifier Type: EUDRACT_NUMBER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

ALA-BCC-CT008

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id