Regulatory approval

Published by the Food and Drug Administration.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted approval to neratinib in combination with capecitabine for the treatment of adult patients with advanced or metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer who have received two or more prior anti-HER2 based regimens in the metastatic setting.

This is written in the approval document as:

NERLYNX is a kinase inhibitor indicated in combination with capecitabine, for the treatment of adult patients with advanced or metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer who have received two or more prior anti-HER2 based regimens in the metastatic setting.

Citation

Puma Biotechnology, Inc. Nerlynx (neratinib) [package insert]. U.S. Food and Drug Administration website. https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2021/208051s009lbl.pdf. Revised June 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 (+)	HER2-positive	Invasive Breast Carcinoma	Capecitabine, Neratinib