Surgery and Photodynamic Therapy in Treating Patients With Malignant Mesothelioma
Completed · Phase 2
Conditions studied: Malignant Mesothelioma
In brief
RATIONALE: Photodynamic therapy uses light and drugs that make cancer cells more sensitive to light to kill cancer cells. Combining photodynamic therapy with surgery may be an effective treatment for malignant mesothelioma. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combining photodynamic therapy with surgery in treating patients who have malignant mesothelioma.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00054002
- Run by
- Roswell Park Cancer Institute
- People needed
- 12
- Starts
- 1999-03-01
- Expected to finish
- 2010-12-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2011-03-01
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
Where it is running
- Roswell Park Cancer Institute — Buffalo, New York, United States
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