Palvella Therapeutics Announces New Data from the Phase 2 TOIVA Trial of QTORIN™ Rapamycin in Cutaneous Venous Malformations Presented at the 83rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Investigative Dermatology

100% of patients with bleeding at baseline demonstrated a statistically significant improvement on the Cutaneous Venous Malformations Investigator Global Assessment Bleeding scale (cVM-IGA Bleeding) at Week 12 (+2.5 point improvement; p=0.003)

100% of patients with bleeding at baseline reported being "satisfied" or "very satisfied" with QTORIN™ rapamycin on the overall satisfaction item of the Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire for Medication at Week 12

Baseline qualitative patient interviews underscore the substantial physical, functional, and psychosocial burden of cutaneous venous malformations

QTORIN™ rapamycin has the potential to become the first FDA-approved therapy and standard of care for the estimated more than 75,000 individuals with cutaneous venous malformations in the U.S.

WAYNE, Pa., May 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Palvella Therapeutics, Inc. (Palvella or “the Company”) (Nasdaq: PVLA), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing novel therapies to treat patients suffering from serious, rare skin diseases and vascular malformations for which there are no U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved therapies, today announced new data from the Phase 2 TOIVA trial of QTORIN™ rapamycin in patients with cutaneous venous malformations (VMs) were presented at the 83rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Investigative Dermatology (SID) in Chicago, IL. The poster presentation can be found here.

“Bleeding is a common and serious problem caused by cutaneous venous malformations. The TOIVA study showed that QTORIN™ rapamycin significantly reduced bleeding and improved the appearance and height of lesions in most patients,” said Dr. Michael Kelly, pediatric hematologist-oncologist at the Cleveland Clinic’s Vascular Anomalies Program and Executive Director of the Lymphangiomatosis & Gorham’s Disease Alliance (LGDA). “Cutaneous venous malformations affect many aspects of a patient’s life, resulting in pain, functional limitations, and mental health issues. TOIVA showed a strong correlation between improvements in clinical measures and patient-reported outcomes, suggesting that QTORIN™ rapamycin could potentially reduce the overall burden of this rare disease.”

TOIVA is a Phase 2, single-arm, open-label, baseline-controlled clinical trial of QTORIN™ rapamycin administered topically once daily for a 12-week efficacy evaluation period followed by a 12-week treatment extension period, for cutaneous VMs. As previously announced in December 2025, TOIVA achieved statistical significance on multiple pre-specified clinician-reported and patient-reported efficacy endpoints. New data presented at the 83rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Investigative Dermatology demonstrated statistically significant reduction in lesion bleeding in TOIVA and highlighted the multidimensional quality-of-life (QoL) burden for individuals living with cutaneous venous malformations as captured by baseline qualitative patient interviews.

cVM-IGA: Bleeding improvement in patients with bleeding at baseline

• Patients with bleeding at baseline (n=4) demonstrated a statistically significant improvement in change in cVM-IGA Bleeding scores at Week 12 with a mean effect size of +2.5 (p=0.003). cVM-IGA Bleeding is a 7-point clinician-assessed dynamic scale measuring change in bleeding from baseline to Week 12, ranging from “Very Much Worse” (-3) to “Very Much Improved” (+3).
• At week 12, 100% of patients (4/4) were either “Much Improved” (+2) or “Very Much Improved” (+3) on the cVM-IGA Bleeding at Week 12.
• 100% of patients with bleeding at baseline reported being "satisfied" or "very satisfied" with QTORIN™ rapamycin on the overall satisfaction item of the Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire for Medication at Week 12.
  

Baseline qualitative patient interviews highlight multidimensional quality-of-life (QoL) burden of cutaneous VMs

• A pre-specified patient qualitative interview sub-study was incorporated to systematically capture the patient experience, including the symptoms, functional impacts, and treatment-related changes most meaningful to patients, consistent with FDA’s Patient-Focused Drug Development framework.
• QoL burden extends beyond clinical lesion severity, including bluish discoloration, pain/discomfort, swelling, protrusions, and bleeding or leakage.
• Patients reported limitations in physical activity, social participation, and work/school functioning, as well as emotional distress related to lesion visibility.
• Treatment priorities included improving appearance, reducing pain, and decreasing lesion size, highlighting patient-important domains not fully captured by traditional clinical severity assessments.
• Findings underscore the patient-experienced burden of moderate-to-severe cutaneous VMs and reinforce the value of patient-reported outcomes in clinical development.
  

About Palvella Therapeutics

Founded and led by rare disease biotech veterans, Palvella Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: PVLA) is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing novel therapies to treat patients suffering from serious, rare skin diseases and vascular malformations for which there are no FDA-approved therapies. Palvella is developing a broad pipeline of product candidates based on its patented QTORIN™ platform, with an initial focus on serious, rare skin diseases and vascular malformations, many of which are lifelong in nature. Palvella’s lead product candidate, QTORIN™ 3.9% rapamycin anhydrous gel (QTORIN™ rapamycin), is currently being developed for the treatment of microcystic lymphatic malformations, cutaneous venous malformations, and clinically significant angiokeratomas. Palvella’s second product candidate, QTORIN™ pitavastatin, is currently being developed for the treatment of disseminated superficial actinic porokeratosis. For more information, please visit www.palvellatx.com or follow Palvella on LinkedIn or X (formerly known as Twitter).

QTORIN™ rapamycin and QTORIN™ pitavastatin are for investigational use only and neither has been approved by the FDA or by any other regulatory agency for any indication.

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