Padeliporfin

Padeliporfin is a water-soluble chlorophyll derivative and cytotoxic photosensitizer used for vascular-targeted photodynamic therapy for malignancies. Vascular-targeted photodynamic therapy (VTP), or vascular targeted photochemotherapy, is a focal treatment for localized prostate cancer. It aims to destroy only cancerous lesions of the prostate, rather than ablating the entire prostate gland. Padeliporfin was first approved by the European Commission on November 10, 2017, for the treatment of low-risk prostate cancer in adults meeting certain clinical criteria.

Padeliporfin is a water-soluble chlorophyll derivative and cytotoxic photosensitizer used for vascular-targeted photodynamic therapy for malignancies. Vascular-targeted photodynamic therapy (VTP), or vascular targeted photochemotherapy, is a focal treatment for localized prostate cancer. It aims to destroy only cancerous lesions of the prostate, rather than ablating the entire prostate gland. Padeliporfin was first approved by the European Commission on November 10, 2017, for the treatment of low-risk prostate cancer in adults meeting certain clinical criteria.

Padeliporfin is indicated for the treatment of adults with previously untreated, unilateral, low-risk, adenocarcinoma of the prostate with a life expectancy greater than or equal to 10 years. Patients must meet the following criteria: clinical stage T1c or T2a; Gleason Score ≤ 6, based on high-resolution biopsy strategies; PSA ≤ 10 ng/mL; and 3 positive cancer cores with a maximum cancer core length of 5 mm in any one core or 1-2 positive cancer cores with ≥ 50 % cancer involvement in any one core or a PSA density ≥ 0.15 ng/mL/cm.

• Low Risk Prostate Cancer