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Actinic KeratosesPhase 4NCT03642535

Aminolevulinic Acid-photodynamic Therapy for Facial Actinic Keratosis Treatment and Prevention

A Phase 4 study testing ALA in people with Actinic Keratoses, run by Shanghai Dermatology Hospital at 1 site in China.

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Status not confirmed. The sponsor has not verified this record for over two years, so it may be out of date.

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Trial summary

Background Actinic keratoses (AKs) are often treated separately, lesion by lesion. However, in the past years, AKs have been described as a field disease and not limited to single clinically apparent lesions. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Actinic Keratoses
What is being tested?
ALA
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
300 participants
Where
1 siteChina
Study dates
30 Aug 2018to 1 Jun 2025
Phase
Phase 4
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Clinical diagnosed with AK (OLSEN classification grade I, II, III), aged > 18 years (Because no dosing or adverse event data are currently available on the use of topical aminolevulinic acid in patients <18 years of age, children are excluded from this study);
  • All patients are unfit and reluctant to undergo surgery for any reasons, and volunteered to participate in the study and ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent. Patents are willing to pay for the treatment, and agreed to take a picture of the skin lesions.

Who cannot join

  • Those who had ALA-PDT and any other studies that affect this study within 12 weeks ;
  • There are other facial diseases that may affect the efficacy evaluation, such as other photodermatosis;
  • Take phototoxic or photosensitizer within 8 weeks;
  • Clinical and / or pathological prove that the tumor has invaded other organs or tissues;
  • Serious immunocompromised persons;
  • scar constitution;
  • Patients are known to have skin photosensitivity, porphyria, or allergies to ALA, light or lidocaine;
  • Persons are suffering from severe internal diseases, mental and mental illness, infectious diseases or pregnant or lactating women.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Peiru Wang, PHD contact

021-18017336579

wpeiru@qq.com

China1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Shanghai Dermatology Hospital

    Shanghai, Jingan, 200443

    Peiru Wang, PHD, 021-18017336579, wpeiru@qq.com

    Lude Zhu, MD, 021-15821804557, zhulude0318@163.com

    Recruiting

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About this study

Official title: Aminolevulinic Acid-photodynamic Therapy for Facial Actinic Keratosis Treatment and Prevention: A Long-term (3 Years) Follow-up of Prospective, Randomized, Multicenter-clinical Trial

Background Actinic keratoses (AKs) are often treated separately, lesion by lesion. However, in the past years, AKs have been described as a field disease and not limited to single clinically apparent lesions. Treatment should therefore target an area of field change which may treat the subclinical AKs and reduce the risk of development of further AKs, second tumours, and local recurrence.

Objectives The investigators sought to investigate whether field ALA-PDT of facial actinic keratosis would prevent new AKs, in comparison with a lesion area receiving the same ALA-PDT, in patients with clinical signs of field cancerization.

Methods Eighty patients, previously diagnosed as having AKs of the face, were randomized distribution into two groups. 10% aminolaevulinic acid (ALA)-PDT for field treatment was on one group and for a lesion area (Vehicle control cream was applied to the non-lesion area) was on the other group. During the next 5-year period of follow up, patients were clinically evaluated for new AKs.

Being tested
ALA
Keywords
Photodynamic Therapy, Actinic Keratoses
Medical subject headings
Keratosis, Actinic

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • ALADrug

    Also called Aminolevulinic Acid

    In all face treatment group, a 1-mm thick layer of 10% ALA was applied to the all face; In AK lesion treatment group, a 1-mm thick layer of 10% ALA was applied to the lesion and to 5 mm of surrounding healthy tissue. And Vehicle control cream was applied to the non-lesion area.

Study groups in NCT03642535
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
ALA for all face groupExperimentalScales and crusts were gently removed by curettage, and the lesions to be treated were scraped carefully to avoid bleeding. Immediately afterwards, a 1-mm thick layer of 10% ALA was applied to the all face. The area was covered with an occlusive dressing for 3 h, after which the remaining cream was removed with saline gauze, and the red fluorescence of porphyrins was visualized with Wood's lamp. Treatment area (all face)was then separately illuminated with red light-emitting diode lamps with peak emission at 630 nm and total light dose of 100 J/cm2. The treatment is once a week for total 3 times. The patients then follow up in clinic 3 years after their treatment to have the number of actinic keratoses counted.
Receives: Drug: ALA
ALA for AK lesion groupActive comparatorScales and crusts were gently removed by curettage, and the lesions to be treated were scraped carefully to avoid bleeding. Then a 1-mm thick layer of 10% ALA was applied to the lesion and 5 mm of surrounding healthy tissue. Vehicle control cream was applied to the non-lesion area. All area was covered with an occlusive dressing for 3 h, after which the remaining cream was removed with saline gauze, and the red fluorescence of porphyrins was visualized with Wood's lamp. Treatment area (all face)was then separately illuminated with red light-emitting diode lamps with peak emission at 630 nm and total light dose of 100 J/cm2. The treatment is once a week for total 3 times. The patients then follow up in clinic 3 years after their treatment to have the number of actinic keratoses counted.
Receives: Drug: ALA

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Number of new Actinic Keratoses

    The change in number of actinic keratoses at each follow-up will be measured as the primary outcome

    Measured: 1, 3, 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36 months after treatment

Secondary outcomes (1)
  1. The clearance rate of Actinic Keratoses

    The change rate in lesion clearance of Actinic Keratoses at one month after treatment will be measured as the second outcome

    Measured: 1 month after treatment

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted22 Aug 2018
  2. Study start30 Aug 2018
  3. Primary completion1 Jun 2025 (estimated)
  4. Study completion1 Jun 2025 (estimated)

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 4
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Sequential
Masking
Single blind
Who is masked
Outcomes assessor
Enrolment
300 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03642535
Sponsor's protocol ID
2017-014
Status last verified
Mar 2019
First submitted
4 Jan 2018
Last updated
19 Mar 2019
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
Yes: underlie results

Publications

  • Pomerantz H, Hogan D, Eilers D, Swetter SM, Chen SC, Jacob SE, Warshaw EM, Stricklin G, Dellavalle RP, Sidhu-Malik N, Konnikov N, Werth VP, Keri J, Lew R, Weinstock MA; Veterans Affairs Keratinocyte Carcinoma Chemoprevention (VAKCC) Trial Group. Long-term Efficacy of Topical Fluorouracil Cream, 5%, for Treating Actinic Keratosis: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Dermatol. 2015 Sep;151(9):952-60. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2015.0502.

    PubMed 25950503
  • Walker JL, Siegel JA, Sachar M, Pomerantz H, Chen SC, Swetter SM, Dellavalle RP, Stricklin GP, Qureshi AA, DiGiovanna JJ, Weinstock MA. 5-Fluorouracil for Actinic Keratosis Treatment and Chemoprevention: A Randomized Controlled Trial. J Invest Dermatol. 2017 Jun;137(6):1367-1370. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2016.12.029. No abstract available.

    PubMed 28532759
  • Perl M, Goldenberg G. Field therapy in the treatment of actinic keratosis. Cutis. 2014 Apr;93(4):172-3. No abstract available.

    PubMed 24818175
  • Stockfleth E, Gupta G, Peris K, Aractingi S, Dakovic R, Alomar A. Reduction in lesions from Lmax: a new concept for assessing efficacy of field-directed therapy for actinic keratosis. Results with imiquimod 3.75%. Eur J Dermatol. 2014 Jan-Feb;24(1):23-7. doi: 10.1684/ejd.2014.2265.

    PubMed 24589500
  • Neittaanmaki-Perttu N, Gronroos M, Tani T, Polonen I, Ranki A, Saksela O, Snellman E. Detecting field cancerization using a hyperspectral imaging system. Lasers Surg Med. 2013 Sep;45(7):410-7. doi: 10.1002/lsm.22160.

    PubMed 24037822
  • Gupta G, Stockfleth E, Peris K, Aractingi S, Alomar A, Dakovic R, Dirschka T. Long-term sustained lesion clearance from Lmax with imiquimod 3.75%, a new field-directed treatment for actinic keratosis. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2015 Sep;29(9):1840-2. doi: 10.1111/jdv.12697. Epub 2014 Aug 29.

    PubMed 25174261
  • Pellacani G, Peris K, Guillen C, Clonier F, Larsson T, Venkata R, Puig S. A randomized trial comparing simultaneous vs. sequential field treatment of actinic keratosis with ingenol mebutate on two separate areas of the head and body. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2015 Nov;29(11):2192-8. doi: 10.1111/jdv.13211. Epub 2015 Aug 24.

    PubMed 26300464
  • Reinhold U, Dirschka T, Ostendorf R, Aschoff R, Berking C, Philipp-Dormston WG, Hahn S, Lau K, Jager A, Schmitz B, Lubbert H, Szeimies RM. A randomized, double-blind, phase III, multicentre study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of BF-200 ALA (Ameluz((R)) ) vs. placebo in the field-directed treatment of mild-to-moderate actinic keratosis with photodynamic therapy (PDT) when using the BF-RhodoLED((R)) lamp. Br J Dermatol. 2016 Oct;175(4):696-705. doi: 10.1111/bjd.14498. Epub 2016 Jun 25.

    PubMed 26921093
  • Szeimies RM, Torezan L, Niwa A, Valente N, Unger P, Kohl E, Schreml S, Babilas P, Karrer S, Festa-Neto C. Clinical, histopathological and immunohistochemical assessment of human skin field cancerization before and after photodynamic therapy. Br J Dermatol. 2012 Jul;167(1):150-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2012.10887.x. Epub 2012 Jun 1.

    PubMed 22329784
  • Eibenschutz L, Silipo V, De Simone P, Buccini PL, Ferrari A, Carbone A, Catricala C. A 9-month, randomized, assessor-blinded, parallel-group study to evaluate clinical effects of film-forming medical devices containing photolyase and sun filters in the treatment of field cancerization compared with sunscreen in patients after successful photodynamic therapy for actinic keratosis. Br J Dermatol. 2016 Dec;175(6):1391-1393. doi: 10.1111/bjd.14721. Epub 2016 Oct 18. No abstract available.

    PubMed 27167413

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 4 study testing ALA in people with Actinic Keratoses, run by Shanghai Dermatology Hospital at 1 site in China.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 2 inclusion and 8 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 19 Mar 2019. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in China. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 4 studies take place after a treatment is approved, to learn more about its long-term benefits and risks in everyday use.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Contact Peiru Wang, PHD (021-18017336579, wpeiru@qq.com), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Number of new Actinic Keratoses (time frame: 1, 3, 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36 months after treatment). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT03642535, which also lists 10 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 19 Mar 2019.

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