Regulatory approval

Published by the European Medicines Agency.

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has authorized trastuzumab emtansine for the adjuvant treatment of adult patients with HER2-positive early breast cancer who have residual invasive disease, in the breast and/or lymph nodes, after neoadjuvant taxane-based and HER2-targeted therapy.

This is written in the approval document as:

Kadcyla, as a single agent, is indicated for the adjuvant treatment of adult patients with HER2-positive early breast cancer who have residual invasive disease, in the breast and/or lymph nodes, after neoadjuvant taxane-based and HER2-targeted therapy.

Citation

Roche Registration GmbH. Kadcyla (trastuzumab emtansine) [product information]. European Medicines Agency website. https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/documents/product-information/kadcyla-epar-product-information_en.pdf. Revised March 2023. Accessed March 19, 2024.

Therapeutic response

Precision oncology relationships for therapeutic response derived from this regulatory approval.

Type	Biomarker(s)	Cancer type	Therapy(ies)
Sensitivity (+)	HER2-positive	Invasive Breast Carcinoma	Trastuzumab emtansine
Sensitivity (+)	ERBB2 amplification	Invasive Breast Carcinoma	Trastuzumab emtansine