Regulatory approval

Published by the Health Service Executive.

The Republic of Ireland's Health Service Executive (HSE) has approved palbociclib in combination with fulvestrant as a treatment option for the treatment of patients who are women with (HR)-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer who have received prior endocrine therapy.

This is written in the approval document as:

Treatment of hormone receptor (HR)-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer in combination with fulvestrant in women who have received prior endocrine therapy

Citation

Palbociclib Therapy - 28 day, 2020, version number 4, NCCP National SACT Regimen, NCCP, viewed 01/04/2024, https://www.hse.ie/eng/services/list/5/cancer/profinfo/chemoprotocols/breast/414-palbociclib-therapy-28-days.pdf

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, Palbociclib
Sensitivity (+) HER2-negative, PR positive Invasive Breast Carcinoma Fulvestrant, Palbociclib
Sensitivity (+) ER positive, HER2-negative, PR positive Invasive Breast Carcinoma Fulvestrant, Palbociclib