Regulatory approval

Published by the Food and Drug Administration.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted approval to ado-trastuzumab emtansine.

This is written in the approval document as:

KADCYLA is a HER2-targeted antibody and microtubule inhibitor conjugate indicated, as a single agent, for the treatment of patients with HER2-positive, metastatic breast cancer who previously received trastuzumab and a taxane, separately or in combination. Patients should have either: received prior therapy for metastatic disease; or developed disease recurrence during or within six months of completing adjuvant therapy. Select patients for therapy based on an FDA-approved companion diagnostic for KADCYLA.

Citation

Genentech, Inc. Kadcyla (ado-trastuzumab emtansine) [package insert]. U.S. Food and Drug Administration website. https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2022/125427s111lbl.pdf. Revised January 2022. 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 (+)	HER2-positive	Invasive Breast Carcinoma	Trastuzumab emtansine
Sensitivity (+)	HER2-positive	Invasive Breast Carcinoma	Trastuzumab emtansine