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Photodynamic diagnosis using 5-ALA for biliary pancreatic cancer

Clinical study to evaluate efficacy and safety of photodynamic diagnosis using 5-ALA for biliary pancreatic cancer

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
JPRN
Registry ID
JPRN-jRCTs061210042
Enrollment
62
Registered
2021-10-13
Start date
2022-03-28
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-06-29

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Conditions

Biliary pancreatic cancer

Interventions

Aminolevulinic acid hydrochloride administration

Sponsors

Isomoto Hajime
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: [5ALA group] 1) 20 or above years old male or female 2) Patients who require endoscopic pathological diagnosis in usual care as a detailed examination of biliary pancreatic cancer 3) Patients who agreed to administer 5-ALA as a study drug 4) Patients with preserved heart, lung, liver and kidney function 5) Patients who received written consent from the study subject [Non 5ALA group] 1) 20 or above years old male or female 2) Patients who require endoscopic pathological diagnosis in usual care as a detailed examination of biliary pancreatic cancer 3) Patients with preserved heart, lung, liver and kidney function 4) Patients who received written consent from the study subject

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: [5ALA group] 1) Patients with a history of hypersensitivity to 5-ALA or porphyrin 2) Porphyria patients 3) Patients who need to take medicines or foods known to cause photosensitivity within 48 hours after administration of study drug from admission. 4) Patients with absolute contraindications to endoscopy 5) Pregnant women or patients who may be pregnant 6) Patients who cannot ingest 7) Patients who cannot be properly shielded 48 hours postdose 8) Patients who received drug treatment for malignant tumor within 1 month before obtaining consent 9) Patients who received study drug within 3 months before study drug administration [Non 5ALA group] 1) Patients with absolute contraindications to endoscopy 2) Pregnant women or patients who may be pregnant 3) Patients who received drug treatment for malignant tumor within 1 month before obtaining consent 4) Patients who received study drug within 3 months before study drug administration

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Detection sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive rate and negative predictive rate of biliary tract cancer and pancreatic cancer evaluated by a high-resolution liquid crystal LCTF microscope with biopsy tissue

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1) Detection sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive rate and negative predictive rate of biliary tract cancer and pancreatic cancer evaluated by a high-resolution liquid crystal LCTF microscope with biopsy tissue, bile and pancreatic juice 2) Detection rate and wavelength of biliary pancreatic mass evaluated by high-resolution liquid crystal LCTF microscope with biopsy tissue 3) Porphyrin metabolite concentration in bile and pancreatic juice 4) Changes in porphyrin metabolite concentration in blood and urine 5) Adverse event

Contacts

Public ContactTaro Yamashita

Tottori University Hospital

yama_t11@yahoo.co.jp+81-859-38-6527

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026