Drug · Small Molecule
Temoporfin
CI-DRUG-00000784Explore in graph →CHEMBL500576 Approved
Regulatory
Approvals (1)
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 | Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma | Foscan is indicated for the palliative treatment of patients with advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma failing prior therapies and unsuitable for radiotherapy, surgery or systemic chemotherapy. | approved | Oct 24, 2001 | ema |
Data updated 12 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 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | EU | Oct 24, 2001 | 1998-10 |
| Malignant Nasopharyngeal Neoplasm | Phase2 | Phase 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2009-01 |
| Malignant Lung Neoplasm | Phase1 | Phase 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2012-07 |
| Malignant Lip and Oral Cavity Neoplasm | Phase Not Stated | N/A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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
No curated evidence item mentions this therapy yet.
Clinical trials
Trials with this intervention (8)
Most recently updated first, 50 per page.
clinicaltrialsProvenance
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NCT03003065 | Safety and Tumoricidal Effect of Low Dose Foscan PDT in Patients With Inoperable Bile Duct Cancers(PDT) | completed | Phase 2 | 10 | Chinese University of Hong KongOTHER | 1 | Aug 22, 2023 | clinicaltrials |
| NCT01854684 | Photodynamic Therapy During Surgery in Treating Patients With Non-small Cell Lung Cancer That Can Be Removed by Surgery |