Actinic Keratoses Treatment With Metvix® in Combination With Light

NCT ID: NCT02373371

Last Updated: 2025-07-29

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

26 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-03-25

Study Completion Date

2018-06-01

Brief Summary

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The main objective of this study is to compare efficacy and safety of Metvix® natural daylight photodynamic therapy with those of Metvix® conventional photodynamic therapy in subjects with mild actinic keratoses (intra-individual comparison)

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Actinic Keratoses

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Daylight

Metvix® (160mg/g) and Photodynamic Therapy Daylight One session at baseline

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Metvix®

Intervention Type DRUG

Photodynamic Therapy Daylight

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a medical treatment that utilizes a photosensitizing molecule (Metvix) and a the day light to activate the applied drug

Conventional treatment

Metvix® (160mg/g) and Photodynamic Therapy Blue light One session at baseline

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Metvix®

Intervention Type DRUG

Photodynamic Therapy Blue light

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a medical treatment that utilizes a photosensitizing molecule (Metvix) and a blue light source to activate the applied drug

Interventions

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Metvix®

Intervention Type DRUG

Photodynamic Therapy Blue light

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a medical treatment that utilizes a photosensitizing molecule (Metvix) and a blue light source to activate the applied drug

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Photodynamic Therapy Daylight

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a medical treatment that utilizes a photosensitizing molecule (Metvix) and a the day light to activate the applied drug

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Male or female above 18 years;
* Subject with clinical diagnosis of mild Actinic Keratosis (AK) on the face or the scalp with or without clinical diagnosis of moderate AK on the target areas (TAs);

Exclusion Criteria

* Subject with clinical diagnosis of at least one severe AK on TAs
* Subject with clinical diagnosis of other skin disease (including non-melanoma skin cancer) on the TAs;
* Subject with pigmented AK on the TAs
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Galderma R&D

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role collaborator

University Hospital, Limoges

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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Limoges University Hospital

Limoges, , France

Site Status

Countries

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France

References

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Assikar S, Labrunie A, Kerob D, Couraud A, Bedane C. Daylight photodynamic therapy with methyl aminolevulinate cream is as effective as conventional photodynamic therapy with blue light in the treatment of actinic keratosis: a controlled randomized intra-individual study. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2020 Aug;34(8):1730-1735. doi: 10.1111/jdv.16208. Epub 2020 Feb 21.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 31955461 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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I14034

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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