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
- 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 | — | Photodynamic therapy (PDT) with PhotoBarr is indicated for: Ablation of high-grade dysplasia (HGD) in patients with Barrett's Oesophagus (BO) | withdrawnsince Apr 20, 2012 | Mar 25, 2004 | ema |
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.
Data updated 10 hours agoSource updated unknown
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 |