A Small Clinical Study: Photodynamic Therapy to Treat Hidradenitis Suppurativa

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Conditions studied: Hidradenitis Suppurativa

In brief

This study will investigate the efficacy of Photodynamic Therapy (PDT), which is the therapeutic use of photochemical reactions, in treating hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), a chronic inflammatory condition affecting areas of skin with sweat glands. We expect that PDT is effective in treating HS.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00395187

Run by

University of Kansas

People needed

15

Starts

2006-10-01

Expected to finish

2007-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2007-10-10

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 55. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• multiple lesions consistent with HS in axillae/groin
• history of no or poor response to at least one treatment modality
• no active treatment in the 2 weeks prior to study initiation

You may not qualify if…

• Pregnancy/lactation
• photosensitizing drug use within 30 days of start of study
• active infection needing antibiotics
• history of porphyria or photosensitivity

Where it is running

• University of Kansas Medical Center — Kansas City, Kansas, United States

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