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Davis RW, Klampatsa A, Cramer GM, Kim MM, Miller JM, Yuan M, Houser C, Snyder E, Putt M, Vinogradov SA, Albelda SM, Cengel KA, Busch TM. Surgical Inflammation Alters Immune Response to Intraoperative Photodynamic Therapy. CANCER RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS 2023; 3:1810-1822. [PMID: 37700795 PMCID: PMC10494787 DOI: 10.1158/2767-9764.crc-22-0494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2022] [Revised: 05/15/2023] [Accepted: 08/14/2023] [Indexed: 09/14/2023]
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Surgical cytoreduction for patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is used for selected patients as a part of multi-modality management strategy. Our group has previously described the clinical use of photodynamic therapy (PDT), a form of non-ionizing radiation, as an intraoperative therapy option for MPM. Although necessary for the removal of bulk disease, the effects of surgery on residual MPM burden are not understood. In this bedside-to-bench study, Photofrin-based PDT introduced the possibility of achieving a long-term response in murine models of MPM tumors that were surgically debulked by 60% to 90%. Thus, the addition of PDT provided curative potential after an incomplete resection. Despite this success, we postulated that surgical induction of inflammation may mitigate the comprehensive response of residual disease to further therapy. Utilizing a previously validated tumor incision (TI) model, we demonstrated that the introduction of surgical incisions had no effect on acute cytotoxicity by PDT. However, we found that surgically induced inflammation limited the generation of antitumor immunity by PDT. Compared with PDT alone, when TI preceded PDT of mouse tumors, splenocytes and/or CD8+ T cells from the treated mice transferred less antitumor immunity to recipient animals. These results demonstrate that addition of PDT to surgical cytoreduction significantly improves long-term response compared with cytoreduction alone, but at the same time, the inflammation induced by surgery may limit the antitumor immunity generated by PDT. These data inform future potential approaches aimed at blocking surgically induced immunosuppression that might improve the outcomes of intraoperative combined modality treatment. Significance Although mesothelioma is difficult to treat, we have shown that combining surgery with a form of radiation, photodynamic therapy, may help people with mesothelioma live longer. In this study, we demonstrate in mice that this regimen could be further improved by addressing the inflammation induced as a by-product of surgery.
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- Richard W. Davis
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Biostatistics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Pierfelice TV, D'Amico E, Iezzi G, Petrini M, Schiavone V, Santalucia M, Pandolfi A, D'Arcangelo C, Piattelli A, Di Pietro N. Effect of a 5-aminolevulinic acid gel and 660 nm red LED light on human oral osteoblasts: a preliminary in vitro study. Lasers Med Sci 2022; 37:3671-3679. [PMID: 36192667 PMCID: PMC9708760 DOI: 10.1007/s10103-022-03651-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2022] [Accepted: 09/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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This study aimed to evaluate the effects of a new photodynamic protocol (ALAD-PDT) on primary human osteoblasts (hOBs). The ALAD-PDT protocol consists of a heat-sensitive gel with 5% 5-delta aminolevulinic acid commercialized as Aladent (ALAD), combined with 630 nm LED. For this purpose, the hOBs, explanted from human mandible bone fragments, were used and treated with different ALAD concentrations (10%, 50%, 100% v/v) incubated for 45 min and immediately afterwards irradiated with a 630 nm LED device for 7 min. The untreated and unirradiated cells were considered control (CTRL). The cellular accumulation of the photosensitizer protoporphyrin IX (PpIX), the proliferation, the alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity, and the calcium deposition were assessed. All concentrations (10, 50, 100%) determined a significant increment of PpIX immediately after 45 min of incubation (0 h) with the highest peak by ALAD (100%). The consequent 7 min of light irradiation caused a slight decrease in PpIX. At 48 h and 72 h, any increment of PpIX was observed. The concentration 100% associated with LED significantly increased hOB proliferation at 48 h (+ 46.83%) and 72 h (+ 127.75%). The 50% and 100% concentrations in combination to the red light also stimulated the ALP activity, + 12.910% and + 14.014% respectively. The concentration 100% with and without LED was selected for the assessment of calcium deposition. After LED irradiation, a significant increase in calcium deposition was observed and quantified (+ 72.33%). In conclusion, the ALAD-PDT enhanced proliferation, the ALP activity, and mineralized deposition of human oral osteoblasts, highlighting a promising potential for bone tissue regeneration.
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- Tania Vanessa Pierfelice
- Department of Medical, Oral and Biotechnological Sciences, University G. d'Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, Via dei Vestini 31, 66013, Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Medical, Oral and Biotechnological Sciences, University G. d'Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, Via dei Vestini 31, 66013, Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Medical, Oral and Biotechnological Sciences, University G. d'Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, Via dei Vestini 31, 66013, Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Medical, Oral and Biotechnological Sciences, University G. d'Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, Via dei Vestini 31, 66013, Chieti, Italy.
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- Department of Medical, Oral and Biotechnological Sciences, University G. d'Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, Via dei Vestini 31, 66013, Chieti, Italy
- Center for Advanced Studies and Technology-CAST (Ex CeSI-MeT), University G. d'Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, 66013, Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Medical, Oral and Biotechnological Sciences, University G. d'Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, Via dei Vestini 31, 66013, Chieti, Italy
- Center for Advanced Studies and Technology-CAST (Ex CeSI-MeT), University G. d'Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, 66013, Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Medical, Oral and Biotechnological Sciences, University G. d'Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, Via dei Vestini 31, 66013, Chieti, Italy
- Center for Advanced Studies and Technology-CAST (Ex CeSI-MeT), University G. d'Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, 66013, Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Medical, Oral and Biotechnological Sciences, University G. d'Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, Via dei Vestini 31, 66013, Chieti, Italy
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- School of Dentistry, Saint Camillus International, University of Health and Medical Sciences, Via di Sant'Alessandro 8, 00131, Rome, Italy
- Dental School, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
- Fondazione Villa Serena Per La Ricerca, 65013, Città Sant'Angelo, Italy
- Casa Di Cura Villa Serena del Dott. L. Petruzzi, 65013, Città Sant'Angelo, Italy
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- Department of Medical, Oral and Biotechnological Sciences, University G. d'Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, Via dei Vestini 31, 66013, Chieti, Italy
- Center for Advanced Studies and Technology-CAST (Ex CeSI-MeT), University G. d'Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, 66013, Chieti, Italy
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Ong YH, Zhu TC. Estimation of fluorescence probing depth dependence on the distance between source and detector using Monte Carlo modeling. PROCEEDINGS OF SPIE--THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR OPTICAL ENGINEERING 2021; 11628. [PMID: 34083858 DOI: 10.1117/12.2582818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Photosensitizer fluorescence emission during photodynamic therapy (PDT) can be used to estimate for in vivo photosensitizer concentration. We built a surface contact probe with 405nm excitation light source to obtain Photofrin fluorescence signal during clinical PDT. The probe was equipped with multiple detector fibers that were located at distances between 0.14 to 0.87 cm laterally from the excitation source fiber. In this study, we investigated the probing depth of fluorescence in biological tissue with different source-detector separation using our contact probe setup. We used Monte Carlo method to simulate the 405nm excitation light and 630nm fluorescence probing depth at various source and detector (SD) separations. The results provided insight to the most probable depth of origin of detected fluorescence at each SD separation and help to understand the in vivo depth distribution of clinically measured Photofrin concentration.
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- Yi Hong Ong
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104
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De Silva P, Saad MA, Thomsen HC, Bano S, Ashraf S, Hasan T. Photodynamic therapy, priming and optical imaging: Potential co-conspirators in treatment design and optimization - a Thomas Dougherty Award for Excellence in PDT paper. J PORPHYR PHTHALOCYA 2020; 24:1320-1360. [PMID: 37425217 PMCID: PMC10327884 DOI: 10.1142/s1088424620300098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/25/2023]
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Photodynamic therapy is a photochemistry-based approach, approved for the treatment of several malignant and non-malignant pathologies. It relies on the use of a non-toxic, light activatable chemical, photosensitizer, which preferentially accumulates in tissues/cells and, upon irradiation with the appropriate wavelength of light, confers cytotoxicity by generation of reactive molecular species. The preferential accumulation however is not universal and, depending on the anatomical site, the ratio of tumor to normal tissue may be reversed in favor of normal tissue. Under such circumstances, control of the volume of light illumination provides a second handle of selectivity. Singlet oxygen is the putative favorite reactive molecular species although other entities such as nitric oxide have been credibly implicated. Typically, most photosensitizers in current clinical use have a finite quantum yield of fluorescence which is exploited for surgery guidance and can also be incorporated for monitoring and treatment design. In addition, the photodynamic process alters the cellular, stromal, and/or vascular microenvironment transiently in a process termed photodynamic priming, making it more receptive to subsequent additional therapies including chemo- and immunotherapy. Thus, photodynamic priming may be considered as an enabling technology for the more commonly used frontline treatments. Recently, there has been an increase in the exploitation of the theranostic potential of photodynamic therapy in different preclinical and clinical settings with the use of new photosensitizer formulations and combinatorial therapeutic options. The emergence of nanomedicine has further added to the repertoire of photodynamic therapy's potential and the convergence and co-evolution of these two exciting tools is expected to push the barriers of smart therapies, where such optical approaches might have a special niche. This review provides a perspective on current status of photodynamic therapy in anti-cancer and anti-microbial therapies and it suggests how evolving technologies combined with photochemically-initiated molecular processes may be exploited to become co-conspirators in optimization of treatment outcomes. We also project, at least for the short term, the direction that this modality may be taking in the near future.
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- Pushpamali De Silva
- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
- Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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Sheng T, Ong Y, Busch TM, Zhu TC. Reactive oxygen species explicit dosimetry to predict local tumor growth for Photofrin-mediated photodynamic therapy. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2020; 11:4586-4601. [PMID: 32923066 PMCID: PMC7449736 DOI: 10.1364/boe.393524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2020] [Revised: 06/23/2020] [Accepted: 07/07/2020] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Although photodynamic therapy (PDT) is an established modality for cancer treatment, current dosimetric quantities, such as light fluence and PDT dose, do not account for the differences in PDT oxygen consumption for different fluence rates (ϕ). A macroscopic model was adopted to calculate reactive oxygen species concentration ([ROS]rx) to predict Photofrin-PDT outcome in mice bearing radiation-induced fibrosarcoma (RIF) tumors. Singlet oxygen is the primary cytotoxic species for ROS, which is responsible for cell death in type II PDT, although other type I ROS is included in the parameters used in our model. Using a combination of fluences (50-250 J∕cm2) and ϕ (75 or 150 mW∕cm2), tumor regrowth rate, k, was determined for each condition by fitting the tumor volume versus time to V0 *exp(k*t). Treatment was delivered with a collimated laser beam of 1 cm diameter at 630 nm. Explicit dosimetry of light fluence rate on tissue surface, tissue oxygen concentration, tissue optical properties, and Photofrin concentration were performed. Light fluence rate at 3 mm depth (ϕ 3mm) was determined for the treatment volume based on Monte-Carlo simulations and measured tissue optical properties. Initial tissue oxygenation [3 O 2]0 was measured by an Oxylite oxygen probe before PDT and used to calculate [ROS]rx,calc. This value was compared to [ROS]rx,meas as calculated with the entire tissue oxygen spectrum [3 O 2](t), measured over the duration of light delivery for PDT. Cure index, CI = 1-k/kctr , for tumor growth up to 14 days after PDT was predicted by four dose metrics: light fluence, PDT dose, and [ROS]rx,calc, and [ROS]rx,meas. PDT dose was defined as the product of the time-integral of photosensitizer concentration and ϕ at a 3 mm tumor depth. These studies show that [ROS]rx,meas best correlates with CI and is an effective dosimetric quantity that can predict treatment outcome.
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Cramer GM, Sandell Meo J, Finlay JC, Zhu TC, Busch TM, Cengel KA. In vivo Spectroscopic Evaluation of the Intraperitoneal Cavity in Canines. Photochem Photobiol 2020; 96:426-433. [PMID: 32060914 DOI: 10.1111/php.13226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2019] [Accepted: 01/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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As part of a preclinical trial for the treatment of peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) with photodynamic therapy (PDT), we have assessed changes in optical properties, tissue oxygenation and drug concentration as a result of benzoporphyrin derivative (BPD)-mediated PDT using diffuse reflectance and fluorescence measurements. PDT can effectively treat superficial disease spread, but treatment efficacy is influenced by physical properties of the treated tissue which can change over the treatment time. In this study, healthy canines were given BPD and irradiated with 690 nm light during a partial bowel resection, and spectroscopic and fluorescence measurements were made using an in-house built spectroscopic probe. Hemoglobin concentration, oxygenation and optical properties were determined to be highly heterogeneous between canines and at different anatomical locations within the same subject, so further development of PDT dosimetry systems will need to address this patient and location-specific dose optimization. Compared to other photosensitizers, we found no apparent BPD photobleaching after PDT.
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- Gwendolyn M Cramer
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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Dupre PJ, Ong YH, Friedberg J, Singhal S, Carter S, Simone CB, Finlay JC, Zhu TC, Cengel KA, Busch TM. Light Fluence Rate and Tissue Oxygenation (S t O 2 ) Distributions Within the Thoracic Cavity of Patients Receiving Intraoperative Photodynamic Therapy for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma. Photochem Photobiol 2020; 96:417-425. [PMID: 32048732 DOI: 10.1111/php.13224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2019] [Accepted: 12/29/2019] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The distributions of light and tissue oxygenation (St O2 ) within the chest cavity were determined for 15 subjects undergoing macroscopic complete resection followed by intraoperative photodynamic therapy (PDT) as part of a clinical trial for the treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM). Over the course of light delivery, detectors at each of eight different sites recorded exposure to variable fluence rate. Nevertheless, the treatment-averaged fluence rate was similar among sites, ranging from a median of 40-61 mW cm-2 during periods of light exposure to a detector. St O2 at each tissue site varied by subject, but posterior mediastinum and posterior sulcus were the most consistently well oxygenated (median St O2 >90%; interquartile ranges ~85-95%). PDT effect on St O2 was characterized as the St O2 ratio (post-PDT St O2 /pre-PDT St O2 ). High St O2 pre-PDT was significantly associated with oxygen depletion (St O2 ratio < 1), although the extent of oxygen depletion was mild (median St O2 ratio of 0.8). Overall, PDT of the thoracic cavity resulted in moderate treatment-averaged fluence rate that was consistent among treated tissue sites, despite instantaneous exposure to high fluence rate. Mild oxygen depletion after PDT was experienced at tissue sites with high pre-PDT St O2 , which may suggest the presence of a treatment effect.
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- Pamela J Dupre
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, New York Proton Center, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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Greer A. In vivo Tissue Evaluation Reveals Improvements in Explicit PDT Dosimetry. Photochem Photobiol 2020; 96:437-439. [PMID: 32060926 DOI: 10.1111/php.13225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2020] [Accepted: 02/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Progress is needed before explicit photodynamic therapy (PDT) dosimetry can treat peritoneal carcinomatosis and yet spare all healthy tissue. A report by Cengel et al. in this issue of Photochemistry & Photobiology on tissue evaluation in a canine model may bring that goal a step closer and may even be dogma-changing.
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- Alexander Greer
- Department of Chemistry, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY.,Ph.D. Program in Chemistry, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, New York, NY
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Liu H, Daly L, Rudd G, Khan AP, Mallidi S, Liu Y, Cuckov F, Hasan T, Celli JP. Development and evaluation of a low-cost, portable, LED-based device for PDT treatment of early-stage oral cancer in resource-limited settings. Lasers Surg Med 2018; 51:345-351. [PMID: 30168618 DOI: 10.1002/lsm.23019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/10/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND Photodynamic therapy (PDT) using δ-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) photosensitization has shown promise in clinical studies for the treatment of early-stage oral malignancies with fewer potential side effects than traditional therapies. Light delivery to oral lesions can also carried out with limited medical infrastructure suggesting the potential for implementation of PDT in global health settings. OBJECTIVES We sought to develop a cost-effective, battery-powered, fiber-coupled PDT system suitable for intraoral light delivery enabled by smartphone interface and embedded electronics for ease of operation. METHODS Device performance was assessed in measurements of optical power output, spectral stability, and preclinical assessment of PDT response in ALA-photosensitized squamous carcinoma cell cultures and murine subcutaneous tumor xenografts. RESULTS The system achieves target optoelectronic performance with a stable battery-powered output of approximately 180 mW from the fiber tip within the desired spectral window for PpIX activation. The device has a compact configuration, user friendly operation and flexible light delivery for the oral cavity. In cell culture, we show that the overall dose-response is consistent with established light sources and complete cell death of ALA photosensitized cells can be achieved in the irradiated zone. In vivo PDT response (reduction in tumor volume) is comparable with a commercial 635 nm laser. CONCLUSIONS We developed a low-cost, LED-based, fiber-coupled PDT light delivery source that has stable output on battery power and suitable form factor for deployment in rural and/or resource-limited settings. Lasers Surg. Med. 9999:1-7, 2018. © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Hui Liu
- Department of Physics, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts, 02125
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- Department of Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts, 02125
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- Department of Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts, 02125
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, 02114
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, 02114
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- Department of Physics, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts, 02125
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- Department of Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts, 02125
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, 02114
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- Department of Physics, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts, 02125
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Lesion oxygenation associates with clinical outcomes in premalignant and early stage head and neck tumors treated on a phase 1 trial of photodynamic therapy. Photodiagnosis Photodyn Ther 2017; 21:28-35. [PMID: 29113960 DOI: 10.1016/j.pdpdt.2017.10.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2017] [Revised: 10/06/2017] [Accepted: 10/19/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND We report on a Phase 1 trial of photodynamic therapy (PDT) for superficial head and neck (H&N) lesions. Due to known oxygen dependencies of PDT, translational measurements of lesion hemoglobin oxygen saturation (StO2) and blood volume (tHb) were studied for associations with patient outcomes. METHODS PDT with aminolevulinc acid (ALA) and escalating light doses was evaluated for high-grade dysplasia, carcinoma-in-situ, and microinvasive carcinomas of the H&N. Among 29 evaluable patients, most (18) had lesions of the tongue or floor of mouth (FOM). Disease was intact in 18 patients and present at surgical margins in 11 patients. In 26 patients, lesion StO2 and tHb was measured. RESULTS Local control (LC) at 24 months was 57.5% among all patients. In patients with tongue/FOM lesions LC was 42.7%, and it was 50.1% for those with intact lesions. Lesion tHb was not associated with 3-month complete response (CR), but StO2 was higher in patients with CR. In tongue/FOM lesions, baseline StO2 [mean(SE)] was 54(4)% in patients (n=12) with CR versus 23(8)% in patients (n=6) with local recurrence/persistence (p=0.01). Similarly, for intact disease, baseline StO2 was 54(3)% in patients (n=10) with CR versus 28(8)% in patients (n=5) without CR (p=0.03). In patients with intact disease, higher baseline StO2 associated with 24-month local control (p=0.02). CONCLUSIONS Measurement of the physiologic properties of target lesions may allow for identification of patients with the highest probability of benefiting from PDT. This provides opportunity for optimizing light delivery based on lesion characteristics and/or informing ongoing clinical decision-making in patients who would most benefit from PDT.
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Harris K, Rohrbach DJ, Attwood K, Qiu J, Sunar U. Optical imaging of tissue obtained by transbronchial biopsies of peripheral lung lesions. J Thorac Dis 2017; 9:1386-1392. [PMID: 28616294 DOI: 10.21037/jtd.2017.03.113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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BACKGROUND Bronchoscopic procedures have been increasingly used for the diagnosis of peripheral lung cancers, but the yield remains moderately low. The aim of this study is to assess the feasibility and ability of a custom-built bimodal optical spectroscopy system to enhance the on-site discrimination between malignant and benign specimens obtained from the transbronchial lung biopsies (TBLB) of peripheral lung lesions. METHODS We conducted a prospective and single-center pilot study to examine the TBLB specimens obtained from peripheral lung lesions. Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS) and diffuse fluorescence spectroscopy (DFS) parameters were used to analyze the optical characteristics of these specimens. RESULTS One hundred and sixteen biopsy specimens from 15 patients were analyzed using optical imaging. All specimens had a confirmed pathologic diagnosis. Notably, 22 of the 116 specimens were malignant, and 10 of the 94 non-malignant specimens were necrotic biopsies. Individual parameters showed significant difference between the three groups (malignant, non-malignant and necrosis). Multivariate analysis of the blood, scattering and fluorescence parameters demonstrated a sensitivity of 77.3% and specificity of 73.1% in differentiating between malignant and benign specimens and a sensitivity of 90.9% and specificity of 100% in differentiating malignant from necrotic specimens. CONCLUSIONS We conclude that optical spectroscopy is a feasible modality for on-site discrimination between malignant and benign as well as malignant and necrotic TBLB specimens of peripheral lung lesions.
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- Kassem Harris
- Department of Medicine, Interventional Pulmonary section, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla New York, USA
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- Department of Biomedical, Industrial and Human Factors Engineering, United States Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, USA
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- Department of pathology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, USA
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- Department of Biomedical, Industrial and Human Factors Engineering, United States Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, USA
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Qiu H, Kim MM, Penjweini R, Finlay JC, Busch TM, Wang T, Guo W, Cengel KA, Simone CB, Glatstein E, Zhu TC. A Comparison of Dose Metrics to Predict Local Tumor Control for Photofrin-mediated Photodynamic Therapy. Photochem Photobiol 2017; 93:1115-1122. [PMID: 28083883 DOI: 10.1111/php.12719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2016] [Accepted: 11/30/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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This preclinical study examines light fluence, photodynamic therapy (PDT) dose and "apparent reacted singlet oxygen," [1 O2 ]rx , to predict local control rate (LCR) for Photofrin-mediated PDT of radiation-induced fibrosarcoma (RIF) tumors. Mice bearing RIF tumors were treated with in-air fluences (50-250 J cm-2 ) and in-air fluence rates (50-150 mW cm-2 ) at Photofrin dosages of 5 and 15 mg kg-1 and a drug-light interval of 24 h using a 630-nm, 1-cm-diameter collimated laser. A macroscopic model was used to calculate [1 O2 ]rx and PDT dose based on in vivo explicit dosimetry of the drug concentration, light fluence and tissue optical properties. PDT dose and [1 O2 ]rx were defined as a temporal integral of drug concentration and fluence rate, and singlet oxygen concentration consumed divided by the singlet oxygen lifetime, respectively. LCR was stratified for different dose metrics for 74 mice (66 + 8 control). Complete tumor control at 14 days was observed for [1 O2 ]rx ≥ 1.1 mm or PDT dose ≥1200 μm J cm-2 but cannot be predicted with fluence alone. LCR increases with increasing [1 O2 ]rx and PDT dose but is not well correlated with fluence. Comparing dosimetric quantities, [1 O2 ]rx outperformed both PDT dose and fluence in predicting tumor response and correlating with LCR.
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- Haixia Qiu
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.,Department of Laser Medicine, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.,Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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van Straten D, Mashayekhi V, de Bruijn HS, Oliveira S, Robinson DJ. Oncologic Photodynamic Therapy: Basic Principles, Current Clinical Status and Future Directions. Cancers (Basel) 2017; 9:cancers9020019. [PMID: 28218708 PMCID: PMC5332942 DOI: 10.3390/cancers9020019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 561] [Impact Index Per Article: 80.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2016] [Revised: 02/10/2017] [Accepted: 02/12/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a clinically approved cancer therapy, based on a photochemical reaction between a light activatable molecule or photosensitizer, light, and molecular oxygen. When these three harmless components are present together, reactive oxygen species are formed. These can directly damage cells and/or vasculature, and induce inflammatory and immune responses. PDT is a two-stage procedure, which starts with photosensitizer administration followed by a locally directed light exposure, with the aim of confined tumor destruction. Since its regulatory approval, over 30 years ago, PDT has been the subject of numerous studies and has proven to be an effective form of cancer therapy. This review provides an overview of the clinical trials conducted over the last 10 years, illustrating how PDT is applied in the clinic today. Furthermore, examples from ongoing clinical trials and the most recent preclinical studies are presented, to show the directions, in which PDT is headed, in the near and distant future. Despite the clinical success reported, PDT is still currently underutilized in the clinic. We also discuss the factors that hamper the exploration of this effective therapy and what should be changed to render it a more effective and more widely available option for patients.
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- Demian van Straten
- Cell Biology, Department of Biology, Science Faculty, Utrecht University, Utrecht 3584 CH, The Netherlands.
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- Cell Biology, Department of Biology, Science Faculty, Utrecht University, Utrecht 3584 CH, The Netherlands.
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- Center for Optical Diagnostics and Therapy, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Erasmus Medical Center, Postbox 204, Rotterdam 3000 CA, The Netherlands.
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- Cell Biology, Department of Biology, Science Faculty, Utrecht University, Utrecht 3584 CH, The Netherlands.
- Pharmaceutics, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Science Faculty, Utrecht University, Utrecht 3584 CG, The Netherlands.
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- Center for Optical Diagnostics and Therapy, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Erasmus Medical Center, Postbox 204, Rotterdam 3000 CA, The Netherlands.
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Kim MM, Penjweini R, Gemmell NR, Veilleux I, McCarthy A, Buller GS, Hadfield RH, Wilson BC, Zhu TC. A Comparison of Singlet Oxygen Explicit Dosimetry (SOED) and Singlet Oxygen Luminescence Dosimetry (SOLD) for Photofrin-Mediated Photodynamic Therapy. Cancers (Basel) 2016; 8:E109. [PMID: 27929427 PMCID: PMC5187507 DOI: 10.3390/cancers8120109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2016] [Revised: 11/14/2016] [Accepted: 11/28/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Accurate photodynamic therapy (PDT) dosimetry is critical for the use of PDT in the treatment of malignant and nonmalignant localized diseases. A singlet oxygen explicit dosimetry (SOED) model has been developed for in vivo purposes. It involves the measurement of the key components in PDT-light fluence (rate), photosensitizer concentration, and ground-state oxygen concentration ([³O₂])-to calculate the amount of reacted singlet oxygen ([¹O₂]rx), the main cytotoxic component in type II PDT. Experiments were performed in phantoms with the photosensitizer Photofrin and in solution using phosphorescence-based singlet oxygen luminescence dosimetry (SOLD) to validate the SOED model. Oxygen concentration and photosensitizer photobleaching versus time were measured during PDT, along with direct SOLD measurements of singlet oxygen and triplet state lifetime (τΔ and τt), for various photosensitizer concentrations to determine necessary photophysical parameters. SOLD-determined cumulative [¹O₂]rx was compared to SOED-calculated [¹O₂]rx for various photosensitizer concentrations to show a clear correlation between the two methods. This illustrates that explicit dosimetry can be used when phosphorescence-based dosimetry is not feasible. Using SOED modeling, we have also shown evidence that SOLD-measured [¹O₂]rx using a 523 nm pulsed laser can be used to correlate to singlet oxygen generated by a 630 nm laser during a clinical malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) PDT protocol by using a conversion formula.
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- Michele M Kim
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
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- Department of Electronic and Nanoscale Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8LT, UK.
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University of Toronto, ON M5G 1L7, Canada.
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- Institute of Photonics and Quantum Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, UK.
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- Institute of Photonics and Quantum Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, UK.
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- Department of Electronic and Nanoscale Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8LT, UK.
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University of Toronto, ON M5G 1L7, Canada.
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
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Rohrbach DJ, Rigual N, Arshad H, Tracy EC, Cooper MT, Shafirstein G, Wilding G, Merzianu M, Baumann H, Henderson BW, Sunar U. Intraoperative optical assessment of photodynamic therapy response of superficial oral squamous cell carcinoma. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2016; 21:18002. [PMID: 26780226 PMCID: PMC5996863 DOI: 10.1117/1.jbo.21.1.018002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2015] [Accepted: 12/11/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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This study investigated whether diffuse optical spectroscopy (DOS) measurements could assess clinical response to photodynamic therapy (PDT) in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). In addition, the correlation between parameters measured with DOS and the crosslinking of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3), a molecular marker for PDT-induced photoreaction, was investigated. Thirteen patients with early stage HNSCC received the photosensitizer 2-[1-hexyloxyethyl]-2-devinylpyropheophorbide-a (HPPH) and DOS measurements were performed before and after PDT in the operating room (OR). In addition, biopsies were acquired after PDT to assess the STAT3 crosslinking. Parameters measured with DOS, including blood volume fraction, blood oxygen saturation (StO2), HPPH concentration (cHPPH), HPPH fluorescence, and blood flow index (BFI), were compared to the pathologic response and the STAT3 crosslinking. The best individual predictor of pathological response was a change in cHPPH (sensitivity=60%, specificity=100%), while discrimination analysis using a two-parameter classifier (change in cHPPH and change in StO2) classified pathological response with 100% sensitivity and 100% specificity. BFI showed the best correlation with the crosslinking of STAT3. These results indicate that DOS-derived parameters can assess the clinical response in the OR, allowing for earlier reintervention if needed.
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- Daniel J. Rohrbach
- Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Department of Cell Stress Biology, Elm and Carlton Streets, Buffalo, New York 14263, United States
- Wright State University, Department of Biomedical, Industrial and Human Factors Engineering, 207 Russ Center, Dayton, Ohio 45435, United States
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- Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Elm and Carlton Streets, Buffalo, New York 14263, United States
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- Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Elm and Carlton Streets, Buffalo, New York 14263, United States
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- Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Elm and Carlton Streets, Buffalo, New York 14263, United States
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- Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Department of Cell Stress Biology, Elm and Carlton Streets, Buffalo, New York 14263, United States
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- Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Department of Cell Stress Biology, Elm and Carlton Streets, Buffalo, New York 14263, United States
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- Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Elm and Carlton Streets, Buffalo, New York 14263, United States
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- Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Elm and Carlton Streets, Buffalo, New York 14263, United States
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- Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Elm and Carlton Streets, Buffalo, New York 14263, United States
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- Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Department of Cell Stress Biology, Elm and Carlton Streets, Buffalo, New York 14263, United States
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- Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Department of Cell Stress Biology, Elm and Carlton Streets, Buffalo, New York 14263, United States
- Wright State University, Department of Biomedical, Industrial and Human Factors Engineering, 207 Russ Center, Dayton, Ohio 45435, United States
- State University of New York at Buffalo, Department of Biomedical Engineering, 332 Bonner Hall, Buffalo, New York 14228, United States
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