Drug
Porfimer
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Regulatory
Approvals (10)
Each record names the authority, jurisdiction, indication text and status. A drug approved in one jurisdiction for one indication is not 'approved' in general.
- Source
- Health Canada — Drug Product Database (DPD)
- Dataset
- Health Canada DPD
- Version
- dpd-2026-09-11
- Retrieved
- Sep 11, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Evidence
- regulatory
- License
- Open Government Licence – Canada (https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada)
- Run
- ING-HEALTHCANADADPD-20260911-000001
| Jurisdiction · authority | Cancer | Indication | Status | Approval date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA Health Canada | — | Marketed in Canada as PHOTOFRIN (DIN 02020033) under ATC L01XD01 PORFIMER SODIUM. Indications are not published in the Drug Product Database — see the Health Canada Product Monograph. | withdrawnsource: Cancelled Post Marketsince Nov 21, 2014 | Dec 31, 1995 | health-canada-dpd |
| CA Health Canada | — | Marketed in Canada as PHOTOFRIN (DIN 02019876) under ATC L01XD01 PORFIMER SODIUM. Indications are not published in the Drug Product Database — see the Health Canada Product Monograph. | withdrawnsource: Cancelled Post Marketsince Jul 18, 2019 | Dec 31, 1995 | health-canada-dpd |
Health Canada records are DIN-level: one row per marketed product (brand, strength, form). The Drug Product Database does not publish indications, so no cancer is stated for these rows, and a cancelled or dormant DIN is the status of that one product — not a withdrawal of the molecule.
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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 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 10 | CA, EU, US | Dec 27, 1995 | 1995-02 |
| Malignant Esophageal Neoplasm | Approved | Phase 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | US | Dec 27, 1995 | 1995-10 |
| Malignant Lung Neoplasm | Approved | Phase 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | US | Dec 27, 1995 | 2004-11 |
| Malignant Gallbladder Neoplasm | Phase3 | Phase 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
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
Clinical trials
Trials with this intervention (25)
Most recently updated first, 50 per page.
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Dataset
- ClinicalTrials.gov API v2 studies
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
| NCT | Title | Status | Phase | Enrollment (n) | Sponsor | Countries | Last update | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NCT03735095 | Endobronchial Ultrasound Guided Interstitial Photodynamic Therapy in Treating Patients With Locally Advanced Lung Cancer | completed | Phase 1 / Phase 2 | 19 | Roswell Park Cancer InstituteOTHER | 1 | May 14, 2026 | clinicaltrials |
| NCT03678350 | Light Dosimetry for Photodynamic Therapy With Porfimer Sodium in Treating Participants With Malignant Mesothelioma or Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer With Pleural Disease Undergoing Surgery |