Table 2. PDT in clinical trials.
| Photosensitizer | Clinical trial phase (ClinicalTrials.gov) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Phase I | Phase II | Phase III | |
| Porfimer sodium (Photofrin) | Pancreatic cancer | Human head & neck cancer Cholangiocarcinoma |
Esophageal and/or gastric cardiac cancer |
| Aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) | Early stage head & neck tumors Multple basal cell carcinomas Colon cancer |
Malignant gliomas Basal cell carcinoma |
|
| Verteporfin | Brain tumors | Age – related macular degeneration | |
| mTHPC (Foscan) | Non-small cell lung cancer | Nasopharyngeal carcinoma Cholangiocarcinoma |
|
| TOOKAD | Renal tumors | ||