NCT01481155

Comparative Study of Photodynamic Therapy vs. CO2 Laser Therapy in Treatment of Actinic Keratoses

Prospective, Single-center, Investigator-blinded, Randomized, Half-side, Comparative Study of Photodynamic Therapy vs. CO2 Laser Therapy in Treatment of Actinic Keratoses

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 21 (actual)
• Sponsor: Ruhr University of Bochum · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether photodynamic therapy or CO2 laser therapy is superior in the treatment of actinic keratoses with respect to efficacy and side effects.

Detailed description

Ablative laser therapy and photodynamic therapy are widely used and accepted therapeutic methods to treat multiple actinic keratoses, yet comparative studies are rare. The purpose of this study is to compare both treatments intraindividually with respect to treatment efficacy and side effects.

Conditions

• Actinic Keratosis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	ablative CO2 laser therapy	CO2 laser therapy
PROCEDURE	photodynamic therapy	Treatment with 5-ALA cream, application time at least 4 h, red light radiation with 76 J/cm²

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-03-01
• Primary completion: 2011-12-01
• First posted: 2011-11-29
• Last updated: 2011-12-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany