Drug
5-Aminolevulinic Acid
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Regulatory
Approvals (2)
Each record names the authority, jurisdiction, indication text and status. A drug approved in one jurisdiction for one indication is not 'approved' in general.
emaProvenance
- Source
- EMA — European public assessment reports (centrally authorised medicines)
- Dataset
- EMA medicines data (xlsx)
- Version
- ema-medicines-2026-09-11T06:00
- Retrieved
- Sep 11, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Evidence
- regulatory
- License
- EMA copyright — reproduction and distribution permitted for non-commercial and commercial purposes provided EMA is acknowledged as the source (https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/about-us/legal-notice)
- Run
- ING-EMA-20260911-000001
| Jurisdiction · authority | Cancer | Indication | Status | Approval date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EU EMA | — | Treatment of actinic keratosis of mild to moderate severity on the face and scalp (Olsen grade 1 to 2; see section 5.1) and of field cancerization in adults. Treatment of superficial and/or nodular basal cell carcinoma unsuitable for surgical treatment due to possible treatment-related morbidity and/or poor cosmetic outcome in adults. | approved | Dec 13, 2011 | ema |
| EU EMA | — | Gliolan is indicated in adult patients for visualisation of malignant tissue during surgery for malignant glioma (World Health Organization grade III and IV). | approved | Sep 7, 2007 | ema |
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Derived
Development pipeline
Most advanced stage across all cancers, then per top-level cancer reached through trial conditions or approval indications. Approval in any ingested jurisdiction outranks trial phase; counts are interventional studies.
| Scope | Stage | Max phase | Active | Recruiting | Phase 3 | Trials | Approvals | Jurisdictions | First approval | First trial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All cancers | Approved | Phase 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 2 | EU | Sep 7, 2007 | 1999-10 |
| Malignant Central Nervous System Neoplasm | Phase3 | Phase 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — | 1999-10 |
| Malignant Kidney Neoplasm | Phase2 | Phase 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | Sep 15, 2026 |
Computedclinicaltrials
Curated evidence
Clinical evidence (0)
CIViC items in which this therapy appears, grouped by cancer context, then molecular profile. 50 items per page.
Data not yet available
No curated evidence item mentions this therapy yet.
Clinical trials
Trials with this intervention (29)
Most recently updated first, 50 per page.
clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Dataset
- ClinicalTrials.gov API v2 studies
- Retrieved
- Sep 19, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
| NCT | Title | Status | Phase | Enrollment (n) | Sponsor | Countries | Last update | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NCT06948552 | Photodynamic Diagnosis of Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma Using Fluorescence Endoscopy and Oral 5-ALA | recruiting | Phase 2 | 10 | Henry Ford Health SystemOTHER | 1 | Sep 18, 2026 | clinicaltrials |
| NCT07828704 | Photodynamic Diagnosis of Kidney Cancer Using Fluorescence Endoscopy and Oral 5-ALA | recruiting | Phase 2 |