Stent Placement With or Without Photodynamic Therapy Using Porfimer Sodium as Palliative Treatment in Treating Patients With Stage III or Stage IV Cholangiocarcinoma That Cannot Be Removed By Surgery

Withdrawn before enrolling · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Cholangiocarcinoma of the Extrahepatic Bile Duct, Cholangiocarcinoma of the Gallbladder, Unresectable Extrahepatic Bile Duct Cancer, Unresectable Gallbladder Cancer, Recurrent Extrahepatic Bile Duct Cancer, Recurrent Gallbladder Cancer

In brief

RATIONALE: Stent placement may help reduce symptoms caused by the tumor. Photodynamic therapy uses a drug, such as porfimer sodium, that becomes active when it is exposed to a certain kind of light. When the drug is active, tumor cells are killed. This may be an effective treatment for cholangiocarcinoma. It is not yet known whether stent placement and photodynamic therapy using porfimer sodium are more effective than stent placement alone in treating cholangiocarcinoma. PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying stent placement and photodynamic therapy using porfimer sodium to see how well they work compared to stent placement alone as palliative treatment in treating patients with stage III or stage IV cholangiocarcinoma that cannot be removed by surgery.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT00253617
Run by
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
People needed
0
Last updated by the study team
2013-04-04

Who can join

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

Where it is running

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