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The fixed-dose combination of pertuzumab, trastuzumab, and hyaluronidase was approved for medical use in the United States in June 2020. [5] [10]The FDA's approval was based on the results of a non-inferiority study in participants with HER2-positive early breast cancer, which demonstrated the fixed-dose combination of pertuzumab, trastuzumab, and hyaluronidase had comparable efficacy and ...
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Pertuzumab is administered as an intravenous infusion in combination with trastuzumab and docetaxel as a first line treatment for HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer. [4] [3] It is also used in the same combination as a neoadjuvant (given to reduce the size of a tumor, prior to surgery or radiation) for HER2-positive early breast cancer; as of 2016 this use had not been shown to increase ...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved trastuzumab emtansine in February 2013, and granted the application for Kadcyla to Genentech. [18] The FDA granted the application for trastuzumab emtansine priority review and breakthrough therapy designations. [24] In 2013, trastuzumab emtansine was approved in the UK, [4] and the EU. [6]
Elevated tissue expression of hyaluronic acid and hyaluronidase validates the hyaluronic acid-hyaluronidases urine test for bladder cancer. [48] Limited data support a role of lysosomal hyaluronidases in metastasis, while other data support a role in tumor suppression. Other studies suggest no contribution or effects independent of enzyme activity.
The safety and efficacy of trastuzumab-containing combination therapies (with chemotherapy, hormone blockers, or lapatinib) for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer. [clarification needed] The overall hazard ratios (HR) for overall survival and progression free survival were 0.82 and 0.61, respectively.
Nivolumab/hyaluronidase, sold under the brand name Opdivo Qvantig, is a fixed-dose combination anti-cancer medication used for the treatment of various forms of cancer. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Nivolumab/hyaluronidase contains nivolumab , a programmed death receptor-1 (PD-1)-blocking monoclonal antibody ; and hyaluronidase , an endoglycosidase . [ 1 ]
Surufatinib (trade name Sulanda) is pharmaceutical drug for the treatment of cancer.In China, it is approved for late-stage, well-differentiated, extrapancreatic neuroendocrine tumors.