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Long-term Efficacy of Ablative Fractional Laser-assisted Photodynamic Therapy for Treatment of Lower Extremity Bowen's Disease
Er:YAG ablative fractional laser-assisted methyl aminolevulinate photodynamic therapy (AFL-PDT) has shown significantly higher efficacy and a lower recurrence rate at 12 months than methyl aminolevulinate photodynamic therapy (MAL-PDT) for treatment of Bowen's disease (BD). However, long-term follow up data are not available.
Details
| Lead sponsor | Dong-A University |
|---|---|
| Phase | PHASE1 |
| Status | COMPLETED |
| Enrolment | 60 |
| Start date | Sun Oct 30 2011 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) |
| Completion | Thu Oct 19 2017 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) |
Conditions
- Bowen's Disease
Interventions
- lidocaine-prilocaine 5% cream application
- 2940-nm Er:YAG AFL pretreatment
- methyl-aminolevulinate application
- Illuminating using red light-emitting diode lamps