Photodynamic Therapy in Treating Patients With Cancer of the Bile Duct, Gallbladder, or Pancreas

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Extrahepatic Bile Duct Cancer, Gallbladder Cancer, Liver Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer

In brief

RATIONALE: Photodynamic therapy uses light and drugs that make cancer cells more sensitive to light to kill tumor cells. This may be effective treatment for cancer of the bile duct, gallbladder, or pancreas. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to determine the effectiveness of photodynamic therapy in treating patients who have cancer of the bile duct, gallbladder, or pancreas.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT00003923
Run by
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
People needed
4
Starts
1999-03-01
Expected to finish
2002-02-01
Last updated by the study team
2013-03-04

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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