Clinical Trial: Efficacy and Safety of Treatment of Actinic Keratoses With Photodynamic Therapy Between MAL Cream and ALA Gel

Study Status: Recruiting
Recruit Status: Recruiting
Study Type: Interventional




Official Title: Comparative Intraindividual Study, About the Efficacy and Safety of Treatment of Actinic Keratoses With Photodynamic Therapy Between Acid Methyl Aminolevulinate Cream and

Brief 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.