Conditions: Acne Vulgaris
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 20
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
In this multicenter study, patients with dark skin and acne vulgaris will be included. The patients will receive treatment with MAL PDT and placebo PDT.

Detailed description:
The treatment period started within 2 weeks of the study screen. Patients received two treatments (MAL PDT and vehicle PDT) to each of the treatment areas, 2 weeks apart, and were followed-up 4 weeks after last treatment. The total duration of the study was 6-8 weeks.

Methyl aminolevulinate 80 mg/g cream (MAL cream 8%)and vehicle was applied for 1.5 hours before illumination (Aktilite® CL128), total light dose 37 J/cm2

Arms:
arm 1: PDT using MAL crem arm 2: PDT using Placebo cream

Interventions: intervention 1: Methyl aminolevulinate (MAL) PDT
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: Cream application followed by illumination with red light

Protocol document: