Clinical trials: Other Lesions of Oral Mucosa
Other Lesions of Oral Mucosa
The Investigation of a Fluorescence/Elastic Scattering Spectroscopy (F-ESS) Device for Oral Tissue Characterization
The overall objective of this work is to identify changes in the optical properties of oral tissues to develop a non-invasive tool for the detection, diagnosis and screening of oral pathology so that treatment can be provided at…
- Trial name
- NCT00764569
- Testing
- Fluorescence/Elastic Scattering Spectroscopy
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 77 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Irvine
Head and Neck Cancer, Precancerous/Nonmalignant Condition
Photodynamic Therapy With Porfimer Sodium in Treating Patients With Precancerous Lesions, Cancer, or Other Disease of the Aerodigestive Tract
RATIONALE: Photodynamic therapy uses a drug that becomes active when it is exposed to a certain kind of light. When the drug is active, precancerous cells and cancer cells are killed.
- Trial name
- NCT00453336
- Testing
- Porfimer Sodium, Photodynamic Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 45 people
- Sponsor
- University of Miami