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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2016
Applicant:
Photocure Asa, Oslo, NO;
Inventors:
Kjetil Hestdal, Oslo, NO;
Aslak Godal, Oslo, NO;
Assignee:
PHOTOCURE ASA, Oslo, NO;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/06 (2006.01); A61K 41/00 (2020.01); A61B 1/307 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/062 (2013.01); A61K 41/0061 (2013.01); A61B 1/307 (2013.01); A61N 2005/061 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0663 (2013.01);
Abstract
This invention relates to a method of photodynamic therapy (PDT) for bladder cancer and its use as an adjuvant or neoadjuvant therapy in the treatment of bladder cancer. The invention provides a composition comprising hexyl 5-ALA ester (HAL) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for use in a method of photodynamic therapy for bladder cancer, wherein said composition is instilled into the bladder of a patient in need of such treatment and the inside of said bladder is exposed to blue light having a fluence rate of 1.5 to 12.5 mW/cm2.