DMSO-PDT of BCC - A 6 Year Follow up

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Status: Completed

Conditions: Carcinoma, Basal Cell

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00218829

EC-002

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to registrate long time clinical and histological treatment response of basal cell carcinoma (BCC) lesions treated with one or two procedures of dimethylsulfoxide supported 5-aminolaevulinic acid photodynamic therapy (DMSO-PDT).

Enrollment: 44 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• histological verified bcc.
• one or two PDT treatments with treatment interval no longer than two weeks.
• lesion complete response three months after therapy.

Exclusion criteria

• pregnant.
• Gorlin's syndrome.
• morpheaform or pigmented bcc.
• histology older than one year.
• tumour infiltration more than four mm.
• previous PDT treated lesions.