Overview

New Treatments for Actinic Keratoses of the Scalp

Status:
Active, not recruiting
Trial end date:
2024-07-31
Target enrollment:
0
Participant gender:
All
Summary
This blinded controlled 2-year study on 120 patients with 2 or more actinic keratoses, compare the efficacy and tolerability of pulsed dye-laser- mediated photodynamic therapy compared to conventional photodynamic therapy and fractional-laser assisted daylight photodynamic therapy compared to daylight photodynamic therapy.
Phase:
N/A
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
No
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Helsinki University Central Hospital
Treatments:
Methyl 5-aminolevulinate
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

- at least 2 AKs located on both sides of the head (either the scalp, forehead, temples,
or cheeks)

Exclusion Criteria:

- pigmented AKs, in situ-carcinomas, skin cancers, psoriasis or eczema on the treatment
area