# Stent Placement With or Without Photodynamic Therapy Using Porfimer Sodium as Palliative Treatment in Treating Patients With Stage III or Stage IV Cholangiocarcinoma That Cannot Be Removed By Surgery

> **NCT00253617** · PHASE3 · WITHDRAWN · sponsor: **Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center**

## Conditions studied

- Cholangiocarcinoma of the Extrahepatic Bile Duct
- Cholangiocarcinoma of the Gallbladder
- Unresectable Extrahepatic Bile Duct Cancer
- Unresectable Gallbladder Cancer
- Recurrent Extrahepatic Bile Duct Cancer
- Recurrent Gallbladder Cancer

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** porfimer sodium
- **PROCEDURE:** adjuvant therapy
- **PROCEDURE:** laser therapy
- **PROCEDURE:** photodynamic therapy
- **PROCEDURE:** phototherapy

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00253617
- **Lead sponsor:** Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE3
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** WITHDRAWN
- **Start date:** —
- **Primary completion:** —
- **Final completion:** —
- **Target enrollment:** 0 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2013-04-04

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00253617

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00253617, "Stent Placement With or Without Photodynamic Therapy Using Porfimer Sodium as Palliative Treatment in Treating Patients With Stage III or Stage IV Cholangiocarcinoma That Cannot Be Removed By Surgery". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00253617. Licensed CC0.

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