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Diagnosis of gastric cancer by measuring the urinary porphyrins after oral administration of 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA).

Not Applicable
Conditions
Gastric cancer
Registration Number
JPRN-UMIN000032048
Lead Sponsor
Osaka Police Hospital
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Complete: follow-up complete
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
40
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

1) Patients with severe anamnesis (Malignant hypertension. With severe congestive heart failure. Severe liver failure. Myocardial infarction within 3 months. End-stage cirrhosis. Poorly controlled diabetes. Severe pulmonary fibrosis. Interstitial pneumonia activity) 2) Patients who are able to orally intake foods. 3) Patients with porphyria or hypersensitivity to porphyrins allergy 4) Cancer patients within 5 years after treatment.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
The urinary and serum levels of porphyrins (5-ALA, uroporphyrin I and III, coproporphyrin I and III, protoporphyrin IX) after oral administration of 5-ALA in gastric cancer patients before and after gastrectomy and non-cancer patients.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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