USING 5-AMINOLEVULINIC ACID AND DERIVATIVES THEREOF IN SOLID FORM FOR PHOTODYNAMIC TREATMENT AND DIAGNOSTICS

摘要

FIELD: medicine, pharmaceutics.;SUBSTANCE: present invention refers to a solid pharmaceutical product for oral administration which contains a photosensitiser representing a compound of general formula I: ; ;wherein R¹ represents a substituted or unsubstituted unbranched, branched or cyclic alkyl group, and each R² independently represents a hydrogen atom or optionally a substituted alkyl group or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt, and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or excipient. The above pharmaceutical product is presented in the form of a tablet, a pill or a capsule having an enteric and gastroresistant coating, or in the form of the tablet or the capsule containing a number of balls, drops, granules or mini-pills with an enteric and gastroresistant coating. The above coating disintegrates in the lower gastrointestinal tract. The invention also refers to using the above photosensitiser in preparing the solid pharmaceutical product applicable in photodynamic treatment or diagnostics of a cancer condition in the lower gastrointestinal tract. What is also described is a photodynamic method of treating or diagnosing the cancer condition in the lower gastrointestinal tract by administering the solid pharmaceutical product containing the photosensitiser.;EFFECT: invention provides photosensitiser delivery to the lower gastrointestinal tract, and homogenous distribution of the photosensitiser in the target region, thereby improving the response to photodynamic treatment or diagnostics.;20 cl, 2 dwg, 2 tbl, 54 ex