Efficacy and Safety of Treatment of Actinic Keratoses With Photodynamic Therapy Between MAL Cream and ALA Gel
Status:
Unknown status
Trial end date:
2016-03-01
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Summary
Photodynamic therapy technique (PDT) is a conventional technique which is performed applying
the product under occlusion lesions, let it incubate for 3 hours and then exposed skin to a
light source, usually red.
The conclusions of efficacy, tolerance and satisfaction that today are known about PDT with
MAL, but not with ALA, which is a new photosensitizer indicated for Actinic Keratoses. The
pharmaceutical form of ALA is a gel, which gives a hypothetical better penetration and
consequently it is more effectively.