Study | Year | Study type | Number of patients | Mean PDT sessions (range) | Median survival (months) | Adverse events: phototoxicity, cholangitis |
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Ortner | 1998 | Single arm | 9 | 1.5 (1-2) | 14.6 | 1 (11%), 0 (0%) |
Berr | 2000 | Single arm | 23 | 3 (1-5) | 11.1 | 3 (13%), 8 (35%) |
Zoepf | 2001 | Single arm | 8 | 1-2 | 4 | 0, 2 (25%) |
Rumalla | 2001 | Single arm | 6 | 2.3 (1-2) | >6 | 2 (33%), 2 (33%) |
Dumoulin | 2003 | Single arm | 24 | 1-2 | 9.9 | 2 (8%), 5 (21%) |
Ortner | 2003 | Randomized | 39 | 2.4 (1-5) | 16.4 | 2 (10%), 5 (25%) |
Ortner | 2003 | Nonrandomized | 31 | 1.5 (1-4) | 14.2 | 3 (10%), 6 (19%) |
Harewood | 2005 | Single arm | 8 | 2 (1-5) | 9.2 | 2 (25%), 2 (25%) |
Shim | 2005 | Single arm | 24 | 1-4 | 18.6 | 1 (4%) liver abscess |
Zoepf | 2005 | Randomized | 32 | 1-3 | 20.6 | 0, 4 (25%) |
Witzigmann | 2006 | Single arm | 68 | 2 (1-6) | 12 | 8 (12%), 38 (56%) |
Prasad | 2007 | Single arm | 25 | 1.6 (1-4) | 13.4 | 1 (4%), 2 (8%) |
Fuks | 2009 | Single arm | 14 | 2 (1-4) | 13.8 | 2 (14%), 8 (57%) |
This study | 2010 | Single arm | 10 | 8 (4-14) | >25 | 1 (10%), 2 (20%) |