Topical 5-ALA-PDT With Blu-U Therapy Versus Topical 5-ALA With Pulse Dye Laser In Treating Recalcitrant Acne Vulgaris

• Status: Withdrawn
• Trial end date: 2014-02-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The goal of this study is to compare how efficient two different types of PDTs are when used in combination with topical 5-ALA. The two types of PDT lights are Blu-U light and Candela V-beam Pulse Dye Laser.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Chicago
• Treatments: Aminolevulinic Acid

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• 18-79 years of age

• Patients who failed the topical and oral antibiotics after 6 month therapy.

• Patients who failed the topical retinoids after 6 month therapy.

• Patients that are not good candidate to start oral isotretinoin (Accutane) due to contraindications.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients who have had Isotretinoin therapy less that 1 year prior to this ALA-PDT procedure.

• Patients who have an adverse reaction to light exposure (for example photo- exacerbated seizures).

• Patients with a history of porphyria.