Alpelisib (Piqray brand) is used to treat types of breast cancer in men and postmenopausal women, and Vijoice brand of alpelisib is used to treat a condition called PROS (PIK3CA-Related Overgrowth Spectrum) in certain patients.
Alpelisib is a targeted therapy from a class of medicines called PI3K inhibitors (phosphoinositide 3-kinase inhibitors) and is sometimes called a kinase inhibitor. Alpelisib is only used for PIK3CA-mutated tumors as detected by an FDA-approved test.
