Clinical Trial Summaries

Title: MAL-PDT or placebo cream in nodular basal cell carcinoma: results of an Australian double-blind randomized multicentre study.
Author: Foley P, Freeman M, Siller G, Gebauer K, Murrell D, Barnetson R, et al.
Journal Reference: Abstract book of the International Skin Cancer Conference 2004, P22

Title: Patient satisfaction after treatment of basal cell carcinoma and actinic keratoses with MAL-PDT compared to previous other therapies.
Author: Foley P, Pariser D, Tarstedt M, Tope WD, Vinciullo C.
Journal Reference: JEADV  Vol. 19, Supplement 2, P08.80.

Title:  A comparison of photodynamic therapy using topical methyl aminolevulinate (Metvix^®) with single cycle cryotherapy in patients with actinic keratosis: a prospective, randomized study.
Author: Freeman M, Vinciullo C, Francis D, Spelman L, Nguyen R, Fergin P, et al.
Journal Reference: J Dermatol Treat 2003;14:99-106.

Title: Topical photodynamic therapy in patients with basal cell carcinoma prone to complications and poor cosmetic outcome with conventional treatment.
Author: Horn M, Wolf P, Wulf HC, Warloe T, Fritsch C, Rhodes LE, et al.
Journal Reference: Br J Dermatol 2003;149:1242-9.

Title: Comparison of topical methyl aminolevulinate photodynamic therapy with cryotherapy or fluorouracil for treatment of squamous cell carcinoma in situ: Results of a multicenter randomized trial.
Author: Morton C, Horn M, Leman J, Tack B, Bedane C, Tjioe M, et al.
Journal Reference: Arch Dermatol 2006;142:729-35.

Title: Photodynamic therapy with topical methyl aminolevulinate for actinic keratosis: results of a prospective randomized multicenter trial.
Author: Pariser DM, Lowe NJ, Stewart DM, Jarratt MT, Lucky AW, Pariser RJ, et al.
Journal Reference: J Am Acad Dermatol 2003;48:227-32.

Title: Photodynamic therapy using topical methyl aminolevulinate vs surgery for nodular basal cell carcinoma: results of a multicenter randomized prospective trial.
Author: Rhodes LE, de Rie M, Enström Y, Groves R, Morken T, Goulden V, et al. 
Journal Reference: Arch Dermatol 2004;140:17-23.

Title: Photodynamic therapy using topical methyl 5-aminolevulinate compared with cryotherapy for actinic keratosis: A prospective, randomized study.
Author: Szeimies R M, Karrer S, Radakovic-Fijan S, Tanew A, Calzavara-Pinton PG, Zane C, et al.
Journal Reference: J Am Acad Dermatol 2002;47:258-62.

Title: MAL-PDT vs. cryotherapy in primary sBCC: results of 48-month follow-up.
Author: Basset-Seguin N, Ibbotson S, Emtestam L, Tarstedt M, Morton C, Maroti M, et al.
Journal Reference: J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2005; 19 (Suppl 2):237.

Title: Economic evaluation of methyl aminolaevulinate-based photodynamic therapy in the management of actinic keratosis and basal cell carcinoma.
Author : Caekelbergh K, Annemans L, Lambert J, Roelandts R.
Journal Reference: Br J Dermatol 2006;155 (4):784-90.

Title: Guidelines on the use of photodynamic therapy for non-melanoma skin cancer: an international consensus.
Author: Braathen LR, Szeimies R-M, Basset-Seguin N, Bissonnette R et al.
Journal Reference: J Am Acad Dermatol 2007;56:125-43.

Title: Guidelines for management of Bowen's disease: 2006 update.
Author: Cox NH, Eedy DJ, Morton CA on behalf of the British Association of Dermatologists Therapy Guidelines and Audit Subcommittee.
Journal Reference: Brit J  Dermatol 2007;156:11-21.

Title: Intraindividual, right-left comparison of topical methyl aminolevulinate-photodynamic therapy and cryotherapy in subjects with actinic keratoses: a multicentre, randomised controlled study.
Author: Morton C, Campbell S, Gupta G,  Keohane S et al.
Journal Reference: Brit J. Dermatol. 2006;155(5):1029-36.

Title: Methyl aminolaevulinate–photodynamic therapy: a review of clinical trials in the treatment of actinic keratoses and nonmelanoma skin cancer.
Author: Percy Lehmann.
Journal Reference: Br J Dermatol. 2007 May;156(5):793-801.

Title: Methyl aminolevulinate: actinic keratoses and Bowen’s disease.
Author: Colin A. Morton.
Journal Reference: Dermatol Clin 2006;142:729-35.

Title: Five-Year Follow-up of a Randomized, Prospective Trial of Topical Methyl Aminolevulinate Photodynamic Therapy vs Surgery for Nodular Basal Cell Carcinoma
Author: Rhodes LE, de Rie M, Leifsdottir R, Yu R, Bachmann I, Goulden V, et al. 
Journal Reference:  Arch Dermatol. 2007 Sep;143(9):1131-6.