Efficacy And Safety Of Illumination Dose Reduction In Red Light Photodynamic Therapy For Actinic Keratoses

NCT ID: NCT06545396

Last Updated: 2024-08-09

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

20 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-08-31

Study Completion Date

2025-03-31

Brief Summary

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The goal of this clinical trial is to compare the tolerance and efficacy of conventional photodynamic therapy (PDT) with red light versus PDT with red light at half dose of illumination, as well as the changes produced by both interventions at the biomolecular level in patients with multiple actinic keratosis on the scalp. The main questions it aims to answer are:

Does PDT with half-dose illumination protocol maintain clinical and biomolecular efficacy?

Does PDT with half-dose illumination protocol improve intervention tolerance?

Researchers will compare both treatment protocols using the patient as its own control.

Participants scalp will be divided in two halves, one will be treated with PDT at conventional doses and the other with the half-dose illumination protocol, a skin biopsy will be obtained both pre and post-treatment of each of the areas. Variables will be assessed during the 3 visits of the study.

Detailed Description

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The goal of the clinical trial is to compare efficacy and tolerance of photodynamic therapy (PDT) with red light at half dose illumination protocol with conventional PDT for the treatment of grade I and II actinic keratosis. The main hypotheses is that half-light protocol PDT could maintain efficacy while improving tolerance of the procedure.

With this aim the investigators will compare the efficacy of the clinical response after field treatment with photodynamic therapy with red light at half dose versus conventional photodynamic therapy with standard red light in patients with scalp actinic keratoses as well as determine changes in molecular biomarkers at the histological and immunohistochemical level pre- and post-treatment with conventional PDT and PDT with red light at half dose.

The included patients will have their scalp divided into two halves of similar size using the interparietal line as a separation method; one half will be treated with conventional PDT and the other half with half-dose PDT. This is a comparative study between two treatment modalities, both of which will be applied to all patients, and in half of the sample, four skin biopsies of the affected area (two pre and tw post-treatment) will also be performed to conduct an immunohistochemical analysis of the skin samples. Both treatment protocols will be compared using the patient as his or her own protocol. Variables will be assessed during the 3 visits of the study (baseline, 3 months and 6 months).

Conditions

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Actinic Keratoses

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

CROSSOVER

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

QUADRUPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Conventional photodynamic therapy with red light and methyl aminolevulinate

PDT exposing the area to a red light source for 8 minutes with a spectrum of 630 nm and 37J/cm2, with the illumination intensity being less than 200 mW/cm2.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Full-dose illumination protocol

Intervention Type OTHER

Area will be treated according to the classic protocol, in a single session. First, the surface of the actinic keratoses will be scraped to remove scales and crusts. Using a spatula, a sufficient amount of photosensitizing cream will be applied to cover the treatment area (1 mm thick). The treated area will then be covered with an occlusive dressing for 3 hours. After this interval, the dressing will be removed and the area will be exposed to a red light source for 8 minutes with a spectrum of 630 nm and 37J/cm2, with the illumination intensity being less than 200 mW/cm2.

Half-dose illumination protocol photodynamic therapy with red light and methyl aminolevulinate

PDT exposing the area to a red light source for 8 minutes with a spectrum of 630 nm and 18,5J/cm2, with the illumination intensity being less than 200 mW/cm2.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Half-dose illumination protocol

Intervention Type OTHER

Area will be treated according to the classic protocol, in a single session. First, the surface of the actinic keratoses will be scraped to remove scales and crusts. Using a spatula, a sufficient amount of photosensitizing cream will be applied to cover the treatment area (1 mm thick). The treated area will then be covered with an occlusive dressing for 3 hours. After this interval, the dressing will be removed and the area will be exposed to a red light source for 8 minutes with a spectrum of 630 nm and 18,5J/cm2, with the illumination intensity being less than 200 mW/cm2.

Interventions

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Half-dose illumination protocol

Area will be treated according to the classic protocol, in a single session. First, the surface of the actinic keratoses will be scraped to remove scales and crusts. Using a spatula, a sufficient amount of photosensitizing cream will be applied to cover the treatment area (1 mm thick). The treated area will then be covered with an occlusive dressing for 3 hours. After this interval, the dressing will be removed and the area will be exposed to a red light source for 8 minutes with a spectrum of 630 nm and 18,5J/cm2, with the illumination intensity being less than 200 mW/cm2.

Intervention Type OTHER

Full-dose illumination protocol

Area will be treated according to the classic protocol, in a single session. First, the surface of the actinic keratoses will be scraped to remove scales and crusts. Using a spatula, a sufficient amount of photosensitizing cream will be applied to cover the treatment area (1 mm thick). The treated area will then be covered with an occlusive dressing for 3 hours. After this interval, the dressing will be removed and the area will be exposed to a red light source for 8 minutes with a spectrum of 630 nm and 37J/cm2, with the illumination intensity being less than 200 mW/cm2.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patient with grade I and II actinic keratoses (AK) of Olsen on the scalp requiring field cancerization treatment.
* ≥ 18 years old.
* More than 5 AK per field of cancerization to be treated.
* More than 6 months since the last field treatment for AK performed.
* No AK in clinical grade III progression of Olsen or showing signs suggestive of being invasive squamous cell carcinoma.

Exclusion Criteria

* Patients with photodermatoses.
* Patients sensitive to methyl-aminolevulinate.
* Patients with disabilities or unable to provide informed consent.
* Patients who do not tolerate or do not wish to be treated with PDT.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Fundacion para la Investigacion Biomedica del Hospital Universitario Ramon y Cajal

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Jorge Naharro-Rodriguez

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Jorge Naharro-Rodriguez, M.D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

No organization

Central Contacts

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Jorge Naharro-Rodriguez, M.D.

Role: CONTACT

913368000 ext. +34

References

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Other Identifiers

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154/23

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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