Regulatory approval

Published by the Food and Drug Administration.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted approval to fulvestrant for the treatment of patients who are postmenopausal women with hormone receptor (HR)-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative advanced breast cancer not previously treated with endocrine therapy.

This is written in the approval document as:

FASLODEX is an estrogen receptor antagonist indicated for the treatment of hormone receptor (HR)-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative advanced breast cancer in postmenopausal women not previously treated with endocrine therapy.

Citation

AstraZeneca UK Limited. Faslodex (fulvestrant) [package insert]. U.S. Food and Drug Administration website. https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2021/021344s044lbl.pdf. Revised January 2021. Accessed October 30, 2024.

Therapeutic response

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

Type Biomarker(s) Cancer type Therapy(ies)
Sensitivity (+) ER positive, HER2-negative Invasive Breast Carcinoma Fulvestrant
Sensitivity (+) HER2-negative, PR positive Invasive Breast Carcinoma Fulvestrant
Sensitivity (+) ER positive, HER2-negative, PR positive Invasive Breast Carcinoma Fulvestrant