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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 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 ...
Trastuzumab deruxtecan is indicated for the treatment of adults with unresectable (unable to be removed with surgery) or metastatic (when cancer cells spread to other parts of the body) HER2-positive breast cancer who have received two or more prior anti-HER2-based regimens in the metastatic setting and for adults with locally advanced or metastatic HER2-positive gastric or gastroesophageal ...
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]
Tucatinib is a kinase inhibitor indicated in combination with trastuzumab and capecitabine for the treatment of adults with advanced unresectable or metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer, including those with brain metastases, who have received one or more prior anti-HER2-based regimens in the metastatic setting.
Capivasertib, sold under the brand name Truqap, is an anti-cancer medication used for the treatment of breast cancer. [4] [7] It is taken by mouth.[4]The most common adverse reactions include diarrhea, cutaneous adverse reactions, increased random glucose, decreased lymphocytes, decreased hemoglobin, increased fasting glucose, nausea, fatigue, decreased leukocytes, increased triglycerides ...
Datopotamab deruxtecan, sold under the brand name Datroway, is an anti-cancer medication used for the treatment of breast cancer. [1] [2] It is a Trop-2-directed antibody and topoisomerase inhibitor antibody-drug conjugate.
Enfortumab vedotin, sold under the brand name Padcev, is an antibody-drug conjugate [6] used for the treatment of urothelial cancer. [4] [7] It is a nectin-4-directed antibody and microtubule inhibitor conjugate. [4] [7] Enfortumab refers to the monoclonal antibody part, and vedotin refers to the payload drug (MMAE) and the linker. [5]